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Acts 13:13-43 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Please take out your copy of God's Word and turn to Acts chapter 13.
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Acts chapter 13, our text for today is verse 13 through verse 43.
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There is much talk today in the church concerning vision for the church.
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And that term is typically used, thinking of casting compelling dreams for the life of an organization.
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And most talk of vision casting begins with a reference to a particular verse,
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or I should say the first half of a particular verse, which is Proverbs 29.18.
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Most often quoted from the King James Version, where there is no vision, the people perish.
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You may be familiar with this.
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Rick Warren, who is the pastor of Saddleback Church in California and author of The Purpose Driven Life and other books that start with purpose driven.
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If you are a good Christian this morning, you may be wearing your purpose driven life boxers.
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said,
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My imagination influences my aspiration.
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In other words, your dreams determine your destiny.
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To accomplish anything, you must first have a mission, a goal, a hope, a vision.
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And then he quotes the first half of 29.18 from the King James Version.
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And without a vision, the people perish.
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Bill Hybels, the pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois, one of the largest attended churches in America,
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averages 24,000 in attendance each Sunday, wrote this.
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Proverbs 29.18 says,
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Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained.
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He's getting closer.
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They can't focus.
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Can't reach their goal.
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Can't follow their dream.
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An older translation says,
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Without vision, the people perish.
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I've seen it with my own eyes.
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Without vision,
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people lose the vitality that makes them feel alive.
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The foreword to Andy Stanley's book,
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Making Vision Stick,
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reads as follows.
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Noted author and pastor Andy Stanley points out
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that if followers don't get the vision,
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it's because the leaders haven't delivered it.
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He reveals the three reasons vision doesn't stick,
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and then he delivers three ways to make vision stick,
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to make you a leader worth following.
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So we have to ask the question,
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is this fair use of Proverbs 29.18?
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And it is not.
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Proverbs 29.18 in the English Standard Version of the Bible
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and pretty much every other version of the Bible
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reads more like this,
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where there is no prophetic vision,
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the people cast off restraint.
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And the rest of the verse reads,
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But blessed is he who keeps the law.
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In fact, the last part of the King James Version,
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and let me say to you
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that the King James Version of the Bible
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is a good translation of the Bible.
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It gets much of it very, very right.
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But it's interesting that none of these men
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or anybody who references Proverbs 29.18 this way
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preaches from the King James Version,
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nor would suggest that you study from the King James Version.
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But even the King James Version,
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the rest of verse 18 says,
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But he that keepeth the law happy is he.
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And to rightly understand Proverbs 29.18 is to see
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that the Hebrew word for vision,
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more closely got at with the ESV translation,
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prophetic vision,
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means a word from God.
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So without a word from God,
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the people cast off restraint.
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Without a word from God to give guidance to the people of God,
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the people of God throw off restraint.
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They don't know where to go.
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They don't know what to do.
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And we know that's what it means
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because the rest of the verse says,
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But blessed, happy is he who keeps the what?
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The law, right?
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That's been given by the word of God.
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And so, what people need is the Scripture.
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What people need is the prophetic vision.
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People need to see Christ.
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Christ needs to be proclaimed to them by the Bible.
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That's why here we preach the Bible.
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And we do that humbly.
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And we do it by grace.
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It is with great fear and trembling
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that I even attempt to tell you what this book means.
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But we do that.
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We labor in that because we love you.
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Because we want what is best for you.
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We want your blessedness.
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Hear me.
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I don't want you to follow me.
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Don't follow me.
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Follow Christ.
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I'm only any good as a leader
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if I point you to Him.
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And how do we do this?
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We do it with the Bible.
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Today's text is Luke's first account
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of Paul's preaching.
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It is not the first time that Paul has preached.
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He's been preaching now for years.
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But it is the first record of his preaching.
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And it is Bible preaching.
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I want you to see that this morning.
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See the example in Paul the preacher.
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He preached the Bible.
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So again, our text is Acts 13.
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Verses 13-43.
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Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos
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and came to Perga in Pamphylia.
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And John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
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But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia.
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And on the Sabbath day, they went into the synagogue and sat down.
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After the reading from the law and the prophets,
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the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them saying,
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Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.
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So Paul stood up and motioning with his hands said,
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Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.
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The God of this people, Israel, chose our fathers
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and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt.
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And with uplifted arm, he led them out of it.
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And for about 40 years, he put up with them in the wilderness.
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And after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan,
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he gave them their land as an inheritance.
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All this took about 450 years.
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And after that, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
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Then they asked for a king.
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And God gave them Saul, the son of Kish,
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a man of the tribe of Benjamin for 40 years.
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And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king,
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of whom he testified and said,
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I have found in David, the son of Jesse,
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a man after my heart who will do all my will.
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Of this man's offspring,
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God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.
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Before his coming,
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John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance
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to all the people of Israel.
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And as John was finishing his course, he said,
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What do you suppose that I am?
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I am not he.
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No, but behold, after me one is coming,
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the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.
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Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham,
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and those among you who fear God,
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to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
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For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers,
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because they did not recognize him,
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nor understand the utterances of the prophets,
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which are read every Sabbath,
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fulfilled them by condemning him.
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And though they found in him no guilt worthy of death,
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they asked Pilate to have him executed.
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And when they had carried out all that was written of him,
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they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
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But God raised him from the dead.
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And for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him
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from Galilee to Jerusalem,
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who were now his witnesses to the people.
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And we bring you the good news
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that what God promised to the fathers,
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this he has fulfilled to us, their children,
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by raising Jesus.
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As also it is written in the second Psalm,
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You are my son, today I have begotten you.
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And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead,
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no more to return to corruption,
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he has spoken in this way,
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I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.
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Therefore, he says also in another Psalm,
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You will not let your holy one see corruption.
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For David, after he had served the purpose of God
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in his own generation,
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fell asleep and was laid with his fathers
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and saw corruption.
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But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.
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Let it be known to you, therefore, brothers,
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that through this man forgiveness of sins
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is proclaimed to you.
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And by him, everyone who believes is freed
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from everything from which you could not be freed
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by the law of Moses.
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Beware, therefore,
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lest what is said in the prophets should come about.
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Look, you scoffers,
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be astounded and perish,
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for I am doing a work in your days,
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a work that you will not believe,
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even if one tells it to you.
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As they went out,
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the people begged that these things
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might be told them the next Sabbath.
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And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up,
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many Jews and devout converts to Judaism
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followed Paul and Bartimaeus,
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who, as they spoke with them,
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urged them to continue in the grace of God.
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Beloved, this is God's word to us.
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It was written for his glory and for our good.
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We would all do well to listen to it
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in order to believe its promises
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and obey its commands.
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And so Paul, given the opportunity in the synagogue,
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preaches Christ.
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He preaches Jesus Christ.
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And we're going to cover that in three sub-points.
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Paul preaches Jesus Christ
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as the culmination of human history,
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as the fulfillment of prophecy,
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and as the justifier of the sinner.
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Now we see that Paul and his companions,
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this is Barnabas and John Mark,
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have now left the island of Cyprus.
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And I lost control up here.
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If you don't mind getting that next slide for me, Adam,
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just so you can see.
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I'm a visual learner,
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so I like to see the map.
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You recall at the beginning of verse 13,
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they traveled from Antioch down here,
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bottom right corner just above the speaker,
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to Seleucia,
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then down to Salamis.
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They traveled all about the island of Cyprus
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preaching the gospel of God.
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They went to Paphos,
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where they were able to speak the gospel
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to the governor and he believed.
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They've now left from there.
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They've gone to Pamphylia.
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You can see it up on the coast there.
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To Perga.
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And then on to Antioch,
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not to be confused with Antioch of Syria,
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but Antioch,
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Pisidia,
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a common name of cities in that day.
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Gainesville, right?
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This is Antioch.
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Pisidia is where they are eventually heading.
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So you can see that John Mark leaves them.
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Luke does not tell us ever exactly why,
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although we get some evidence later on
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as there's a dispute between Barnabas and Paul
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about whether or not John Mark should go with them.
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If you recall this, Paul really doesn't want them to go
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because he had left them.
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And the assumption that's made is that he left
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because the journey that they're about to take
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is an extremely dangerous one.
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So you're going to make this journey from Perga to Antioch,
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which was about 100 miles,
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had two really, really hard river crossings,
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rivers that often flooded,
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had lots of rapids in them.
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They weren't taking boats across.
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They also had to travel across the Taurus Mountains.
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The path actually went up on the cliff sides,
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very treacherous.
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And this area was known for bandits
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that lived in the area and would ransack people.
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In fact, a bunch of the Roman conquerors
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had a great deal of problem with these bandits in this area.
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It was kind of a stronghold still,
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even against Rome,
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and they liked to ransack Roman travelers.
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I don't think that they were honorable men at all,
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but in my mind, I think of Robin Hood a little.
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When I think of these men,
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it was a dangerous, dangerous place for them to travel.
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And so likely, that's why.
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Likely, that's why John Mark turned around,
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said, I'm not for the danger that's about to happen,
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and went back to Jerusalem.
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But Paul and Barnabas, they press on.
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Paul's comments in 2 Corinthians 11,
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the first part of 26,
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are likely concerning this route.
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He says,
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On frequent journeys,
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in danger from rivers,
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danger from robbers,
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he goes on in verse 26,
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but likely, this crossing,
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which he did a multitude of times,
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is what he's referring to,
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the rivers and the danger from the robbers.
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They arrive in Antioch of Pisidia,
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and on the Sabbath day,
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they go into the synagogue,
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and they sit down.
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They go and join the worship in the synagogue
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on the Sabbath day.
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And we're going to see this as Paul's persistent habit.
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When he goes to a new place,
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to a new city,
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the very first thing that he does
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is he goes to the synagogue.
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And we should ask the question,
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why?
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Why is it that he does this thing?
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I think it's twofold, the reasoning.
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Number one,
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he started with the people
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who had a knowledge
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of the God he was talking about.
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They had the Old Testament Scriptures.
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They believed in God Creator.
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They believed they were the people of God.
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And it gave them a starting point
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to continue to tell that Gospel story to them.
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To see the fulfillment
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of all of those things,
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human history,
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prophecy,
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in Christ.
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But also,
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I think he loved his people.
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He had a concern for Jews.
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The Jews had been dispersed
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all across this area.
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There were Jews living
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in all of these places
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as well as people
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who had converted to Judaism.
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And he's concerned for them.
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He wants to seek their good
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in these places.
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Romans 9, verses 1-3
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is some evidence of this.
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Paul writes,
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I am speaking the truth in Christ.
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I am not lying.
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My conscience bears me witness
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in the Holy Spirit
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that I have great sorrow
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and unceasing anguish
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in my heart.
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For I could wish
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that I myself were accursed
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and cut off from Christ
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for the sake of my brothers,
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my kinsmen,
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according to the flesh.
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He had this deep heart felt
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to the degree
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that he would prefer
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to be cut off
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from Christ
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in order that they might
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know Christ.
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And so we're going to see this
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as a habit of his.
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He's going to go first
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to the synagogue
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and first speak
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to the Jews
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and those who have converted
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to Judaism
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before he speaks more broadly
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in each community.
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And as would have been common
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in the synagogue,
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there's a reading
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from the Law and the Prophets.
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And the Law and the Prophets
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was a common phrase
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used to speak
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of the Scriptures
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in that day.
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This would have been
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our Old Testament.
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Jesus confirms this
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as our Old Testament.
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We have it as 49 books.
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The Old Testament,
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boy, if I get this wrong,
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I'm going to feel horrible
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this morning.
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My brain's suddenly
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freaking out on me.
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They had it as fewer books
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because some of the books
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that we have divided up,
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1 and 2 Samuel,
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for example,
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was the book of Samuel
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for them.
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So fewer books for them,
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but still the same text
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that we have today
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as our Christian Old Testament.
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They would have read
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somewhere from this text,
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the Law and the Prophets.
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And we see that they asked
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Paul and or Barnabas
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to speak.
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Now this isn't because
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they were guests.
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This isn't because
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they were like random individuals.
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We don't ask,
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if I've never seen your face before,
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I go,
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hey, would you like to talk
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this morning?
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Likely they had gotten
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to know them a bit.
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There was a little bit
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of conversation happening
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beforehand.
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And because Paul
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was an understudy
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of the well-known
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rabbi Gamaliel,
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they would have been
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interested to hear
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what he had to say.
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He had studied underneath.
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It's like he had been
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to the best seminary
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in the land.
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So maybe if we had
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a guest on a Sunday morning
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that I knew
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had a PhD
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from Southern Seminary.
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I'm like,
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hey, you want to talk
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this morning?
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Because I'm good.
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You want to get up here?
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I'd prefer to hear
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what you have to say.
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So something like this happens
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and they ask
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if they'd like to do so
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and Paul seizes
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the opportunity.
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Sees it as something
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that's orchestrated by God
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for the sake of the people,
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his hearers,
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and he seizes the opportunity.
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And he gives to them
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across our text
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three exhortations.
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And I'm kind of
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setting the stage.
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Three exhortations.
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Verse 16,
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he says,
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listen.
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Tell them to listen.
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He stands up.
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He motions with his hand.
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This is why I speak
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with my hands.
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He motions with his hand,
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men of Israel
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and you who fear God.
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So those who are Jewish
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and those who have been
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converted to Judaism,
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proselytites,
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listen.
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The things I'm about to say
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matter.
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They are important.
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And I love here
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that Paul doesn't tell them
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a poem
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or share a joke
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to get their attention.
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He just says,
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listen,
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and launches into a sermon.
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In fact,
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interestingly,
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this is the longest
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recorded sermon
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that Paul preaches,
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which doesn't mean
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that he didn't preach
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more and longer,
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but this is the longest one
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that Luke records.
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So he says,
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listen,
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and he gets into it.
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He also exhorts them
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to beware.
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Verse 40,
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beware,
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therefore,
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in light of everything
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that I've said,
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beware,
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lest what is said
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in the prophets
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should come about.
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We'll talk more about that
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in just a bit.
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But he tells them
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to listen.
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He tells them to beware.
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And then implied,
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verse 38 and 39,
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he exhorts them to believe.
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Let it be known to you,
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therefore,
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brothers,
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that through this man
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forgiveness of sins
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is proclaimed to you,
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and by him
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everyone who believes
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is freed
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from everything
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from which you could not
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be freed
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by the law of Moses.
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So he exhorts them,
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and I'm exhorting you
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this morning
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to listen
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to the words of Paul,
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to beware,
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and to believe.
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The backdoor main outline,
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Jesus Christ
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as the culmination
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of human history.
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And we see this
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in verses 17
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through 22.
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And while I can't,
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we don't have time
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this morning
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to walk through
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these things line by line,
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or to develop it,
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oh, like,
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this morning I wanted
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to talk about covenants
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so much.
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We're not going to talk
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about covenants at all.
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There's just not enough time.
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There's so much to be said
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from these verses.
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But we see
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Paul preaching Christ
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as the culmination
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of human history,
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the high point,
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the climactic point
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of human history
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as he summarizes
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the grace of God
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toward his people
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from Genesis chapter 12
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through the book
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of 1 Samuel
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in six verses.
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It's a sweeping summary
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of Jewish history
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in six verses.
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And in the midst of that,
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what Paul is doing
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is he's highlighting
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God's gracious work
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toward his people.
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God's gracious work
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toward his people.
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Note with me,
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if you will,
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the way in which
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he tells the story.
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Who is acting?
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What is the main character?
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Certainly we have Israel,
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God's people,
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in his summary.
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But who's the main character?
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It's God.
20:24
Verse 17,
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the God of this people,
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Israel,
20:28
chose,
20:28
God chose our fathers
20:30
and made the people great
20:32
during their stay
20:32
in the land of Egypt.
20:33
He did it.
20:34
He accomplished it
20:35
through human means.
20:36
They were doing things
20:37
to be prolific
20:39
and grow in numbers.
20:40
But he did it.
20:42
And with uplifted arm,
20:43
he led them out of it.
20:45
God delivered them
20:46
from Egypt.
20:48
And for 40 years,
20:50
he put up with them
20:51
in the wilderness
20:52
and all of their unbelief
20:53
and all of their wickedness.
20:55
He put up with them
20:56
graciously.
20:58
Verse 19,
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after destroying
21:01
seven nations,
21:02
this is God.
21:03
God destroyed seven nations.
21:04
He used the army
21:05
to do so,
21:06
but it was God
21:06
that did it.
21:07
He gave them their land
21:09
as an inheritance.
21:10
All this took
21:11
450 years.
21:12
And after that,
21:13
again,
21:14
God gave them judges
21:16
until Samuel the prophet.
21:18
Judges entered the scene
21:18
from time to time
21:19
as it was necessary.
21:21
As the people of God
21:22
needed some special intervention,
21:25
he brought along the judges.
21:28
Samuel was the last one,
21:29
also a prophet.
21:32
The people of God
21:33
asked for a king.
21:34
They wanted to be
21:34
like other people.
21:35
They didn't want to be
21:36
in a theocracy any longer.
21:37
They wanted to be ruled.
21:40
I would suggest
21:40
as a judgment,
21:41
God gave them
21:42
exactly what they asked for.
21:44
He gave them Saul.
21:47
And when he had removed him,
21:48
verse 22,
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God removed Saul.
21:51
He raised up another king.
21:54
And that is David.
21:56
So see how Paul's
21:57
walking through
21:57
and emphasizing
21:58
God's gracious work.
22:01
And he's leading his listeners
22:02
to the culmination,
22:03
this climactic point
22:04
of all of these events.
22:07
Right?
22:08
He's taking them to David
22:10
and he's getting their minds
22:11
to rest for a moment
22:12
on David
22:13
who was so revered.
22:16
He was the king.
22:17
This was the high point
22:18
in Jewish history
22:20
at the time.
22:21
It had never been better
22:22
for the Jews
22:23
than when David
22:24
was king.
22:28
But he's pressing on
22:30
beyond that
22:30
in the rest of our text.
22:31
God's gracious work
22:32
finds its high point
22:33
in the life,
22:35
death,
22:35
and resurrection
22:36
of Jesus Christ.
22:37
It doesn't stop
22:38
with David.
22:39
Right?
22:39
It wasn't the best
22:40
it will ever be
22:41
in David.
22:42
It finds its high point
22:43
in the life,
22:45
death,
22:45
and resurrection
22:46
of Jesus Christ.
22:49
All roads
22:50
lead to Golgotha
22:53
and they emanate
22:55
from it.
22:57
We'll see it that way.
22:58
All roads lead to Golgotha,
23:00
the life,
23:01
the death,
23:01
and the resurrection
23:02
of Jesus Christ
23:03
and they all emanate
23:04
back out from it.
23:06
We're part of that story today.
23:08
Praise the Lord
23:09
that human history
23:11
has meaning
23:11
and it has bearing
23:12
because of Christ.
23:17
Come Lord Jesus
23:18
before January.
23:23
Second,
23:23
we see Paul
23:24
preach Jesus Christ
23:25
as the fulfillment
23:26
of prophecy.
23:29
There's so much
23:29
in here.
23:30
There's a lot
23:31
to be said.
23:32
I'm going to say
23:33
a little about it.
23:35
Verses 23
23:36
through 37.
23:39
Paul points out
23:41
that the Jews
23:42
in Jerusalem
23:43
were used by God
23:45
to fulfill
23:46
the prophecy
23:47
of Scripture.
23:49
Common questions
23:50
that would have been asked
23:51
abroad
23:51
by adherents
23:53
to Judaism.
23:55
Those who were looking
23:56
to the Messiah,
23:58
they understood
23:58
that the Scripture
23:59
taught this coming
24:00
of a Messiah.
24:02
They most often
24:04
misunderstood it.
24:04
They thought
24:05
that the Messiah
24:05
was going to come
24:06
and deliver them
24:06
from Roman rule.
24:07
We know now
24:09
that that's not the case.
24:10
Jesus Christ came
24:11
and delivered us
24:12
from the rule
24:13
of the dominion
24:14
of darkness.
24:15
A much bigger thing
24:16
was happening
24:16
than just a deliverance
24:18
from Roman oppression.
24:20
So they misunderstood it
24:21
but they were looking
24:22
to this Messiah
24:23
and they would have wondered
24:24
how is it
24:25
if this Jesus
24:26
was the Messiah
24:27
how is it
24:28
that he was killed?
24:30
That doesn't make
24:30
any sense to us.
24:33
So he shows
24:33
that the way
24:34
in which he was killed
24:35
was a fulfillment
24:36
of the prophecy.
24:38
Verse 27
24:39
for those who live
24:40
in Jerusalem
24:41
and their rulers
24:41
because they did not
24:43
recognize him
24:44
nor understand
24:45
the utterances
24:45
of the prophets
24:46
which are read
24:46
every Sabbath.
24:48
So they didn't get it.
24:49
They didn't know
24:49
who Jesus was
24:50
and because of that
24:51
they fulfilled them
24:54
by condemning him.
24:55
The last part
24:56
of verse 27.
24:57
They fulfilled
24:58
the prophecy
24:59
concerning the Christ
25:00
by condemning him.
25:03
And though they found him
25:03
no guilt worthy of death
25:04
they asked Pilate
25:05
to have him executed.
25:06
And when they had carried out
25:07
this verse 29
25:08
when they had carried out
25:10
all that was written
25:11
of him
25:12
when they had carried it out
25:14
all that was written
25:15
of him
25:15
all the things
25:16
that were meant
25:16
to come to death
25:17
the very specific way
25:19
in which he was meant
25:20
to die
25:21
they took him down
25:22
from the tree
25:23
and they laid him
25:25
in a tomb.
25:26
Paul points out
25:27
that the Jews
25:28
in Jerusalem
25:28
were used by God
25:29
to fulfill
25:29
the prophecy
25:30
of scripture.
25:32
Paul tells them
25:33
then the good news
25:35
of a resurrected Christ.
25:39
This is how
25:40
the Messiah
25:41
could have been killed.
25:43
He's no longer dead.
25:45
He's not dead
25:46
anymore.
25:47
Verse 30
25:48
But
25:49
God
25:50
my favorite conjunction
25:52
love it when the scriptures say
25:54
but
25:55
God
25:56
God intervening
25:58
God working graciously
25:59
amongst his people
26:00
but God
26:01
raised him
26:02
from the dead.
26:04
Praise the Lord.
26:06
And for many days
26:06
he appeared to those
26:07
who had come up with him
26:08
from Galilee
26:08
to Jerusalem
26:09
the apostles
26:10
who were now
26:11
his witnesses
26:12
to the people.
26:12
We have this evidencing
26:14
he did in fact
26:15
raise from the dead.
26:16
He was with
26:17
the apostles
26:17
and they are his witnesses
26:18
to the people.
26:20
And we
26:20
bring you
26:22
the good news
26:24
the euangelion.
26:25
We now bring
26:26
the good news
26:28
Jesus Christ
26:28
the gospel
26:29
that what God
26:31
promised
26:31
to the fathers
26:32
has come to pass.
26:36
Paul references
26:37
in this section
26:37
of our text
26:38
three well known
26:40
and well respected
26:41
prophets.
26:43
He knows his audience.
26:44
He's speaking to a people
26:45
who knew
26:46
these men.
26:48
The Old Testament
26:49
David
26:50
David the king
26:51
also a prophet
26:52
writer of many of the Psalms
26:53
and Isaiah
26:55
the prophet
26:56
prophet of hope
26:58
who preached Christ
27:00
long before Christ
27:01
was on the scene.
27:02
He also references
27:04
another prophet
27:05
that they would have known
27:06
John the Baptist.
27:08
That's who he's talking about
27:09
when he talks about John
27:10
offering a baptism
27:11
of repentance.
27:13
I like
27:14
some people like to call him
27:15
John the Baptizer
27:16
because he wasn't the first Baptist.
27:18
He didn't start
27:18
the Southern Baptist denomination.
27:21
He was John who baptized.
27:24
And they would have known of him.
27:25
They would have heard of him.
27:26
People had been traveling
27:28
for miles
27:29
and miles
27:29
and miles
27:30
to come and be baptized
27:31
by John.
27:33
Likely some of the people
27:35
in this congregation
27:36
had been baptized
27:37
by John.
27:39
And so Paul references him.
27:41
He uses things
27:42
that John said
27:43
to say
27:43
I'm not the Christ.
27:45
The Christ is coming.
27:47
I'm not even worthy
27:47
to untie
27:48
his
27:48
sandals.
27:51
He shows
27:52
how all of these prophets
27:53
were pointing
27:54
to Jesus.
27:56
And he does so
27:57
in the fulfillment
27:57
of three prophetic promises
27:59
concerning the resurrection
28:01
of Christ.
28:02
This is the primary thing
28:03
he's driving us to.
28:05
He's pointing us to.
28:06
Verse 30 again.
28:07
But God
28:08
raised him
28:09
from the dead.
28:10
They killed him
28:11
in the fulfillment
28:11
of what was written
28:12
but God
28:13
raised him
28:14
from the dead
28:15
as it was
28:16
written.
28:17
It's essentially
28:18
what he's going on
28:19
to say.
28:20
He shows
28:21
how they're all
28:21
pointing to Christ
28:22
in the fulfillment
28:23
of three prophetic promises
28:25
concerning the resurrection
28:26
of Christ.
28:28
Verse 33.
28:30
God
28:30
raised up
28:32
Jesus.
28:34
He has fulfilled
28:35
to us
28:35
their children
28:36
by raising
28:37
Jesus.
28:38
As also it is written
28:40
in the second psalm
28:40
you are my son
28:41
today
28:42
I have
28:44
begotten you.
28:46
This is
28:46
Psalm chapter 2
28:47
verse 7.
28:49
I love that Clay read
28:50
I don't know if he knew
28:51
that that was
28:52
in this chapter
28:53
today or not
28:54
but it's wonderful
28:55
that he read it
28:55
either way.
28:57
Psalm chapter 2
28:58
verse 7.
28:59
You are my son
29:00
today
29:01
I have
29:02
begotten you.
29:04
God the Father
29:04
talking to God
29:06
the Son
29:06
predicts not only
29:08
Christ's incarnation
29:08
but also
29:09
his resurrection
29:10
which magnified
29:12
Jesus'
29:13
sonship.
29:14
He is the Son
29:15
forever.
29:16
God raised up
29:18
Jesus.
29:20
God raised up
29:21
Jesus with
29:21
finality.
29:23
Verse 34.
29:26
And as
29:26
for the fact
29:27
that he raised
29:27
him from the dead
29:28
no more
29:29
to return
29:30
to corruption
29:31
he has spoken
29:33
in this way.
29:34
This is an
29:34
interesting one.
29:36
For the fact
29:37
that he raised
29:37
him from the dead
29:38
no more to return
29:38
to corruption
29:39
he has spoken
29:40
in this way
29:41
I will give you
29:42
the holy
29:42
and sure blessings
29:43
of David.
29:44
How do those
29:45
two things
29:46
relate?
29:48
Isaiah 55.3
29:49
I will give you
29:50
the holy and sure
29:50
blessings
29:51
of David.
29:52
Paul is saying
29:53
that God
29:53
had said that
29:55
in regards
29:56
to the fact
29:56
that he raised
29:57
Jesus from the dead
29:58
no more to return
29:58
to corruption.
29:59
So he has been
30:00
raised from the dead
30:01
he won't go back
30:02
to being dead
30:03
he won't be corrupted
30:04
by that they mean
30:05
decayed
30:06
he won't be thrown
30:07
in as many
30:08
crucified people
30:08
were into a
30:09
mass pit
30:10
he was put in a
30:11
tomb
30:12
but he was raised
30:13
he didn't see
30:13
corruption
30:14
he was raised
30:14
from the dead
30:15
how do those
30:17
things connect?
30:18
And I believe
30:18
they connect
30:19
because a dead
30:19
Christ could not
30:20
have been the
30:21
assurance of
30:22
promises made
30:23
to David
30:24
a king to rule
30:25
forevermore
30:26
it wouldn't make
30:27
sense that it
30:28
would be that
30:28
and his life
30:30
now is the
30:32
assurance of
30:33
that promise
30:33
the fact that
30:34
Jesus is alive
30:36
today and he
30:37
will no longer
30:37
return to corruption
30:38
is the assurance
30:39
of the promises
30:40
that God gave
30:42
to David
30:42
that he would
30:43
in the lineage
30:43
of David
30:44
raise up
30:45
a king
30:46
who would rule
30:46
forevermore
30:47
over his people
30:48
third
30:50
God did not
30:52
allow Jesus
30:53
to see
30:54
decay
30:55
mention that
30:56
to some length
30:57
right
30:57
he was raised
30:58
from the dead
30:58
after three days
31:00
verse 35
31:01
and 37
31:03
or excuse me
31:04
through 37
31:05
therefore he says
31:06
in another psalm
31:07
you will not let
31:08
your holy one
31:08
see corruption
31:09
that's psalm
31:10
16
31:11
10
31:12
and then he
31:13
uses a little
31:14
logic for us
31:15
right
31:15
who is it that
31:16
God is talking
31:17
concerning
31:18
right
31:19
as David writes
31:20
this prophetic
31:20
psalm
31:21
you will not let
31:21
your holy one
31:22
see corruption
31:23
well it's Christ
31:24
because
31:24
verse 36
31:25
for David
31:26
after he served
31:26
the purpose of God
31:27
in his own generation
31:28
fell asleep
31:29
and was laid
31:29
with his fathers
31:30
and saw corruption
31:31
right
31:32
David decayed
31:33
he died
31:34
he decayed
31:35
he didn't live
31:35
forever
31:36
on earth
31:37
verse 37
31:38
but he whom
31:39
God raised up
31:40
did not
31:41
see corruption
31:43
so these are
31:45
the ways
31:46
in which
31:46
Paul drives
31:48
that Jesus
31:49
is the fulfillment
31:50
of these prophecies
31:52
he is in fact
31:53
the Christ
31:54
the one that you've
31:55
been waiting
31:56
for
31:57
why does all that matter
31:59
like what's
31:59
what's the point
32:00
what is it that
32:01
we gain from
32:02
Jesus being
32:03
the Christ
32:04
well thirdly
32:05
Paul preaches
32:06
Jesus Christ
32:07
as the justifier
32:09
of the sinner
32:11
verses 38
32:13
through 41
32:15
this is really
32:17
the main point
32:18
the crux
32:19
of what
32:20
he has to say
32:21
to us today
32:22
let it be known
32:26
to you therefore
32:27
for everything
32:29
that we've said
32:29
about Jesus
32:30
being the Christ
32:31
brothers
32:32
that through
32:34
this man
32:34
forgiveness
32:35
of sins
32:36
is proclaimed
32:37
to you
32:37
and by him
32:39
everyone who
32:40
believes
32:40
is freed
32:41
from everything
32:42
from which
32:43
you could not
32:44
be freed
32:44
by the law
32:46
of Bovisus
32:48
now in the ESV
32:50
freed
32:50
could be rendered
32:52
justified
32:53
I like that better
32:54
I like the word
32:56
justified
32:57
better
32:58
justified
33:00
should not be for you
33:00
a high churchy word
33:02
you need to understand
33:03
what it means
33:03
the biblical word
33:04
you should understand
33:05
what it means
33:06
in simplest of terms
33:08
to be justified
33:09
would be like
33:09
standing for a judge
33:11
guilty of something
33:13
and being dismissed
33:15
of that charge
33:16
being let go
33:18
you're no longer guilty
33:19
there's no guilt
33:20
found with you
33:21
at all
33:22
in a broader way
33:24
in a more biblical
33:25
way
33:26
if we believed in Christ
33:28
not only has the debt
33:29
of our sin
33:29
been cancelled
33:30
but we've also been
33:31
granted his righteousness
33:33
and both are necessary
33:35
for us to be saved
33:36
we have to not
33:37
be guilty
33:38
of transgressing
33:40
the law
33:40
but we also have to
33:41
have kept the law
33:42
perfectly
33:42
there's two sides there
33:44
which is why Jesus
33:45
came and lived
33:46
that's why he didn't
33:47
just come
33:47
die
33:48
he came and lived
33:49
a perfect life
33:50
he amassed righteousness
33:52
he never sinned
33:53
so that we could have
33:54
his sinlessness
33:56
it's often called
33:57
his act of obedience
33:59
right
33:59
it's very important
34:00
he died
34:03
bore the wrath of God
34:04
for our sin
34:05
took
34:05
God never just says
34:07
eh
34:08
I'm just going to
34:09
overlook sin
34:09
can't do that
34:11
as a just God
34:11
he can't do it
34:12
he has to punish sin
34:13
he punished our sin
34:15
in Christ
34:16
so that the record
34:17
could be cancelled
34:17
the two sides
34:18
that's what it means
34:19
to be justified
34:21
that's why I think
34:22
freed is kind of
34:22
a weak word
34:23
when you think
34:24
of all
34:24
of that
34:26
right
34:27
let it be known
34:28
to you therefore
34:28
brothers
34:28
that through this
34:29
man forgiveness
34:29
is proclaimed
34:30
to you
34:30
and by him
34:31
everyone who
34:31
believes
34:31
is justified
34:32
from everything
34:34
from which you
34:34
could not be
34:35
justified
34:36
by the law
34:37
of Moses
34:38
Paul's listeners
34:40
were very aware
34:41
of this
34:42
they knew the law
34:44
and they knew
34:45
their inability
34:46
to keep the law
34:48
Paul writes later
34:49
in Romans chapter 3
34:50
for by works of the law
34:52
no human being
34:52
will be justified
34:53
in God's sight
34:54
since through the law
34:56
comes knowledge
34:57
of sin
34:57
but now
34:59
the righteousness
35:00
of God
35:00
has been manifested
35:01
apart from the law
35:03
although the law
35:04
and the prophets
35:05
bear witness to it
35:06
the point we're making
35:07
right
35:07
point two
35:08
our need of
35:09
Christ
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verse 22
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Romans 3
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the righteousness
35:12
of God
35:13
through faith
35:14
in Jesus Christ
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for all who believes
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for there is no distinction
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Galatians 3
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10
35:20
for all who rely
35:23
on works of the law
35:24
are under a curse
35:25
for it is written
35:27
right
35:27
as listeners would have
35:28
been aware of
35:29
Deuteronomy 27
35:30
26
35:30
cursed
35:31
be everyone
35:32
who does not abide
35:33
by all things
35:34
written in the book
35:36
of the law
35:36
and do them
35:37
never able to gain
35:40
favor with God
35:40
by our works
35:42
it's the beautiful thing
35:44
about the Christian religion
35:45
different from
35:45
every other
35:47
religion
35:48
and of course
35:48
I would suggest to you
35:49
it's the only true religion
35:50
that we now
35:52
having been justified
35:53
are obedient
35:54
as a gracious response
35:56
to what God has done
35:57
for us in Christ
35:59
right
36:00
we're obedient now
36:01
we keep the law
36:02
now because
36:03
we've been freed
36:05
from the penalty
36:05
of not being able
36:06
to keep the law
36:08
it's a gracious response
36:11
to that
36:11
not that we're driving
36:13
we're trying
36:13
we're trying
36:14
we're trying
36:15
to gain God's favor
36:16
right
36:17
by faith in Christ
36:18
we are justified
36:19
John Bunyan
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familiar with
36:23
the old Puritan
36:24
John Bunyan
36:24
wrote a wonderful book
36:25
called
36:26
The Pilgrim's Progress
36:27
and you have to read it
36:28
if you're a believer
36:28
trade in your
36:32
purpose driven life boxers
36:33
for a copy
36:33
of The Pilgrim's Progress
36:34
and read this book
36:36
and in the book
36:38
it's about
36:38
a man named Christian
36:40
who's going on a journey
36:41
to the celestial city
36:42
it's an allegory
36:43
of the Christian life
36:43
and he has a
36:44
a co-patriot
36:46
with him
36:47
along the way
36:47
by the name
36:48
of Faithful
36:49
and there's a point
36:50
at which they meet
36:51
and Faithful is
36:51
recounting his story
36:53
of his journey
36:53
so far
36:54
he's encountering
36:55
some of the same
36:56
things that Christian
36:57
has encountered
36:57
and he's telling
36:58
his story
36:59
I love this
37:01
where he speaks
37:02
of encountering
37:03
Moses
37:04
so this is Faithful
37:06
speaking to Christian
37:07
about Moses
37:08
so soon as
37:10
the man
37:10
overtook me
37:11
Moses
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it was but a word
37:14
and a blow
37:14
for down he knocked me
37:16
and laid me
37:17
for dead
37:18
but when I was a little
37:20
come to myself again
37:20
I asked him
37:21
wherefore
37:22
why
37:23
he served me
37:24
so
37:24
he said
37:26
because of my
37:27
secret inclining
37:28
to Adam
37:29
the first
37:30
because you're a human
37:32
born in sin
37:33
and with that
37:35
he struck me
37:36
another deadly blow
37:38
on the breast
37:38
and beat me
37:39
down backward
37:40
so I lay
37:41
at his foot
37:42
as dead
37:42
as before
37:43
so when I came
37:45
to myself again
37:46
I cried him
37:47
mercy
37:47
but he said
37:48
I know not
37:49
how to show
37:50
mercy
37:51
and with that
37:52
he knocked me
37:53
down again
37:54
so you see
37:54
what he's saying
37:54
the law of Moses
37:55
right
37:56
the purpose
37:57
that it served
37:57
was to convince
37:59
of our sinfulness
38:00
right
38:00
it doesn't know
38:01
how to show mercy
38:02
right
38:02
it's just law
38:03
like here's the standard
38:05
keep it
38:06
but we can keep it
38:07
we can keep it
38:09
we need another way
38:10
in Christ
38:12
and Bunyan
38:14
writes on
38:14
he had doubtless
38:16
made an end of me
38:17
but that one
38:19
came by
38:19
speaking of Christ
38:20
and bid him
38:21
forbear
38:22
stop
38:23
right
38:24
it's wonderful
38:25
it's wonderful
38:26
so he tells them
38:29
right
38:30
believe
38:30
this is the gospel
38:31
of Jesus Christ
38:33
you can be justified
38:34
from your lawlessness
38:36
in a way
38:37
that the law of Moses
38:38
could never
38:39
have done
38:40
for you
38:41
and he warns them
38:42
he says
38:44
beware
38:45
therefore
38:46
lest what is said
38:47
in the prophets
38:48
should come about
38:50
and he references
38:52
Habakkuk
38:53
chapter 1
38:54
verse 5
38:55
it's a very
38:57
interesting
38:57
reference
38:58
to make
38:58
his point
39:00
Habakkuk 1
39:01
5
39:01
foretells
39:02
of the destruction
39:03
of Judah
39:04
by the Chaldeans
39:06
and the Chaldeans
39:08
if you care
39:09
about such a thing
39:10
are the southern
39:11
Babylonians
39:11
right
39:12
southern people
39:12
are always
39:13
the nastiest people
39:14
aren't they
39:14
he raises up
39:18
Habakkuk 1
39:19
5
39:20
says
39:20
a people
39:21
an evil people
39:22
as a judgment
39:23
against
39:23
wicked
39:24
Israel
39:25
now this happened
39:27
like
39:27
you could say
39:28
Habakkuk 1
39:28
5 was fulfilled
39:29
though
39:29
wasn't it
39:30
because in fact
39:30
the Chaldeans
39:31
did come
39:32
and they did
39:32
rout
39:33
through
39:33
Israel
39:34
and they did
39:35
bring destruction
39:36
to Judah
39:37
yes
39:38
but Paul
39:38
references it
39:39
here
39:39
for future
39:40
destruction
39:40
beware
39:42
lest the
39:43
final judgment
39:44
is what he's
39:44
using Habakkuk
39:45
1 5
39:45
to say
39:46
be true
39:47
of you
39:47
that you
39:47
don't believe
39:48
in this
39:48
Christ
39:49
and that
39:50
you're
39:50
utterly
39:50
destroyed
39:51
for being
39:52
disobedient
39:52
to God
39:54
only by
39:55
faith in
39:56
Christ
39:56
one be
39:57
justified
39:58
before God
39:59
Acts chapter 4
40:00
verse 12
40:01
Peter
40:01
another wonderful
40:03
sermon in the
40:03
book of Acts
40:04
preaching to the
40:05
council
40:06
the Sanhedrin
40:07
said in there
40:09
salvation
40:09
and no one
40:10
else
40:10
for there is
40:10
no other
40:11
name under
40:11
heaven given
40:12
among men
40:13
by which
40:13
we must be
40:15
saved
40:15
believe in
40:16
Christ
40:17
believe in
40:18
Christ
40:19
by faith in
40:21
Christ we are
40:21
set free
40:22
from the
40:23
condemnation
40:24
of the law
40:25
this date
40:28
November 13th
40:29
in the year
40:30
354
40:31
Augustine
40:33
of Hippo
40:34
was born
40:34
so it's
40:35
fitting that
40:36
we quote
40:36
him today
40:37
Augustine
40:38
once wrote
40:39
thus
40:39
a good
40:40
man
40:40
though a
40:41
slave
40:41
is free
40:42
but a
40:44
wicked
40:44
man
40:44
though a
40:45
king
40:45
is a
40:46
slave
40:46
for he
40:47
serves
40:47
not one
40:48
man alone
40:49
but what
40:49
is worse
40:50
as many
40:50
masters
40:51
as he
40:52
has
40:53
vices
40:54
be set
40:56
free
40:56
in
40:56
Christ
40:57
from the
40:58
condemnation
40:58
of the
40:58
law
40:58
by believing
41:00
in him
41:01
and then we
41:03
see in the
41:03
concluding two
41:04
verses that
41:05
Paul's preaching
41:06
bears fruit
41:07
as they went
41:09
out the people
41:09
begged that
41:10
these things
41:11
might be told
41:12
them the
41:13
next sabbath
41:14
I would
41:15
someday love
41:16
for somebody
41:17
to beg me
41:17
to preach
41:18
next Sunday
41:19
I'm kidding
41:21
I think you
41:22
guys know
41:22
I'm coming
41:22
back
41:23
and after
41:25
the meeting
41:25
of the
41:25
synagogue
41:25
broke up
41:26
many Jews
41:27
and devout
41:28
converts
41:29
these are
41:29
these proselytites
41:30
to Judaism
41:30
followed Paul
41:32
and Barnabas
41:33
who as they
41:33
spoke with
41:34
them urged
41:35
them to
41:36
continue in
41:37
the grace
41:37
of God
41:37
so we see
41:38
some evidence
41:38
of people
41:39
turning to
41:39
the truth
41:39
of God
41:40
to what
41:41
degree we
41:41
don't know
41:42
but clearly
41:43
Paul and
41:43
Barnabas
41:43
see the
41:44
grace of
41:44
God
41:44
working in
41:45
them
41:45
that they're
41:46
hearing the
41:46
truth
41:47
they're at
41:47
least hungry
41:49
to hear more
41:49
of the truth
41:50
as they
41:50
follow them
41:51
along
41:52
so in
41:54
closing I
41:54
want to
41:54
remind you
41:55
of Paul's
41:56
three exhortations
41:57
verse 16
42:00
particularly for
42:01
those who
42:02
aren't in
42:02
Christ this
42:03
morning
42:03
listen
42:05
listen to
42:07
the good
42:07
news
42:07
of Jesus
42:09
Christ
42:09
your judgment
42:10
is sure
42:10
and it is
42:11
coming
42:11
beware
42:13
lest what
42:14
is said
42:15
in the
42:15
prophets
42:15
should come
42:16
about
42:16
and believe
42:18
believe
42:20
believe
42:20
through this
42:22
man
42:22
through
42:22
Christ
42:22
forgiveness
42:23
of sins
42:24
is
42:24
proclaimed
42:25
to you
42:27
everyone
42:28
who
42:28
believes
42:28
is justified
42:29
from
42:30
everything
42:31
that the
42:31
law of
42:31
Moses
42:32
could not
42:32
justify
42:33
us
42:33
from
42:34
and I
42:36
want to
42:36
add one
42:36
additional
42:37
exhortation
42:38
beyond our
42:40
text this
42:40
morning
42:41
and that
42:42
is that
42:42
you preach
42:43
like
42:44
Paul
42:45
preach
42:47
like
42:47
Paul
42:47
if you
42:48
are a
42:48
Christian
42:49
it has
42:50
been
42:50
granted
42:50
to you
42:51
the
42:51
privilege
42:52
of getting
42:52
to proclaim
42:53
the good
42:53
news
42:53
of Jesus
42:54
Christ
42:55
it does
42:55
not mean
42:56
necessarily
42:57
that you
42:57
will preach
42:58
like
42:58
this
42:58
on a
42:59
Sunday
42:59
morning
43:00
from a
43:01
stage
43:01
with a
43:02
lapel
43:02
mic
43:02
it doesn't
43:03
necessarily
43:03
mean that
43:04
but it
43:04
has been
43:04
given
43:04
to you
43:05
the task
43:05
of heralding
43:06
the coming
43:07
of Christ
43:08
speaking
43:09
the good
43:10
news
43:10
of Jesus
43:11
to people
43:12
do that
43:13
with the
43:14
Bible
43:14
preach
43:15
like
43:17
Paul
43:17
it's
43:17
what
43:18
people
43:18
desperately
43:19
need
43:20
let's
43:21
pray
43:21
together