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Acts 16:6-10 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in Acts chapter 16.
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! The book of Acts chapter 16.
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The record of Jesus' earthly ministry, now His second being the record of Jesus' ascended ministry,
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through the agency of the Holy Spirit in the lives of His church.
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See in chapter 1, verse 8, the command for them to be still,
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and when they receive power from the Holy Spirit,
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that they'll be Jesus' witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
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So, we find this happening.
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We find ourselves in the midst of this narrative.
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The Gospel witness of Stephen in chapter 7
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finds him at the end of chapter 7 as the first Christian martyr.
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And a man named Saul, who we are now calling Paul in our text,
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his Roman name, stood and gave approval of such a thing.
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And this event scattered the church abroad.
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It was the hinge on which the gates swung open.
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And now, Paul himself, having been saved by grace some chapters later in our narrative,
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is a major agent in this to the ends of the earth effort of the ascended Christ
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by the agency of the Spirit in his life.
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So, we find ourselves here witnessing a portion of Paul's second missionary journey.
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He's completed the first with Barnabas.
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They found themselves back in Antioch.
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And we saw in the past couple of weeks,
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Paul part ways with Barnabas in Antioch
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and take Silas with him to Derbe and Lystra,
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where they pick up Timothy to join them.
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So, the missionary band of two becomes three.
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And we saw last week,
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Timothy exercised his freedom in Christ
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for the sake of the souls of those Jews in the region
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by being circumcised.
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And we concluded in verse 5,
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so the churches were strengthened in the faith
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and they increased in numbers daily.
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And so, that's the stage set for verses 6 through 10.
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And so, before we read it,
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let me remind you that 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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And 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 I begin reading in verse 6 of Acts chapter 16.
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And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia,
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having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit
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to speak the Word in Asia.
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And when they had come up to Mysia,
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they attempted to go into Bithynia,
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but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
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So, passing by Mysia,
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they went down to Troas.
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And a vision appeared to Paul in the night.
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A man of Macedonia was standing there,
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urging him and saying,
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come over to Macedonia and help us.
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And when Paul had seen the vision,
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immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia,
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concluding that God had called us
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to preach the Gospel to them.
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So, let's continue to set the stage a bit
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so as to wrap our minds around
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where Paul and his companions are traveling
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before we consider what we should
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and what we shouldn't learn from such a text.
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And so, in the hopes of serving you,
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I've got a map we're going to put up here,
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although the details of it are tiny.
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I have a laser pointer pen whose batteries are dead,
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so I was going to point for you.
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If you're using the ESV translation of the Bible,
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you likely have this exact same map in the back.
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So, if it helps you to be able to see it
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a little bit better,
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to give you some help.
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First, this is Paul's first and second missionary journey,
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both of which started in Antioch,
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which is up in the northwest corner of Syria.
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You can actually see it labeled starting point
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if you can read that from where you are.
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The little word bubble says starting point there.
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The first missionary journey,
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they set out him and Barnabas
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and went to Cyprus first,
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and they worked in this clockwise direction
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going through Lystra, Iconium, and Derbe,
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and then they cycled back around back to Antioch.
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Chapter 14, the Jerusalem Council.
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They're back in Antioch now.
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They've likely been there for about two years.
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Paul and Barnabas part ways,
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and this time, Paul leaves with Silas,
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and he goes counterclockwise
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through Tarsus to Derbe and Lystra.
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I can't, I can't, I can't mind.
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I'm just going to walk up a point.
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I'm not that tall.
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So you're seeing the region of Galatia comes down,
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reaches down in there,
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and you're seeing the two cities at the bottom of that,
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Derbe, Lystra, Iconium, just north of that.
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So that's where they've picked up Timothy
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in this region,
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and they're now beginning to travel around Galatia,
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and Phrygia is what our text says for us.
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Now, Phrygia, you may or may not be able to see
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as running, they've got the word running parallel up like this.
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It was a sub-region of Galatia.
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So complicated ancient times, Roman rule,
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they're always dividing and pushing lines out
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and having governors of various regions.
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So it's a sub-region of Galatia, right?
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And they're traveling around in this area,
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and the text says,
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having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit
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to speak the word in Asia.
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Now, if you will track with me
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and note the way the solid arrow goes up from there, right?
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It goes up through where?
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The region of Asia.
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So isn't it interesting in our text
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that the text records they were traveling about
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in Phrygia and Galatia.
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Our previous text from last week,
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the beginning of Acts chapter 16,
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says they were going about
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and they were preaching the gospel
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in the form of delivering this letter
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that the Jerusalem Council had formed
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to inform the Gentile believers
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that they didn't need any further burden,
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meaning they didn't need to be circumcised
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to keep the Old Testament commanded of circumcision.
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So they're going around strengthening churches
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in these places.
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So when you read it, it's interesting
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because the way the ESV punctuates it,
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it seems like they're traveling
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in the regions of Phrygia and Galatia
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because they've been forbidden
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by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
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But then quickly after that,
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they go into Asia.
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Isn't that interesting?
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I'm not sure that the punctuation follows.
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Maybe it does,
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and we don't need to get into it this morning.
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But in brief, it almost seems like it should say,
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and they went through the region of Phrygia
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and Galatia, period,
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having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit
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to speak the word in Asia,
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and when they had come up to Mysia.
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Are you tracking my logic there?
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Because they're in a region
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and they're about to move through a region.
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The way it's punctuated in the ESV,
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if we read it that way,
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would mean that they were staying
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in the region of Phrygia and Galatia
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until they decided to move through Asia.
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But nonetheless, this is what's happening.
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This is where they are and what's going on.
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Asia, also a region.
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And you find it here on the map.
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Modern day Turkey,
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not Far East Asia,
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as most of us would think of.
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So this would have been the region of Asia.
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And you see the sub-region
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above the word Asia there of Mysia.
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So that's where they are heading through
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to the sub-region of Mysia.
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And they attempt to go into Bithynia,
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which is another region north,
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just there south of the Black Sea.
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But they are, again,
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prevented,
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but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
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So they pass by Mysia.
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They skirt it to the north.
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And they find themselves in the town,
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in the coastal town of Troas.
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Okay?
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So they went down to Troas.
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It means they went downhill to the sea.
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They went down to Troas.
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And it is in Troas that Paul sees a vision,
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likely in a dream, right?
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It says that at night,
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so likely in a dream,
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a Macedonian man saying,
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urging him and saying,
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come over to Macedonia and help us.
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Now it's interesting at this point in our text,
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in Luke's narrative,
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Luke switches from third-person narrative
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to first-person plural narrative.
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It's likely at this point in his record
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that he joins up with the missionary troop.
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He's been writing now,
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looking back to these events,
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gathering accounts of it,
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but now he's first-person.
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He's there, first-person.
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You'll see the third-person narrative
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signified by the pronoun they
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in verses 6,
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verses 7,
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verses 8,
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and the pronoun him
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in verse 9.
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But in verse 10,
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you see the switch
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to first-person plural narrative
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signified by the pronoun we.
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When Paul had seen the vision,
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immediately we stopped to go into Macedonia,
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concluding that God had called us,
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another plural pronoun,
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to preach the gospel to them.
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So it's likely this is where
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Luke joins them
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and begins to accompany them
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on their missionary journey.
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Note also in our text
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that when they consider
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a request for help
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seen in the form of a vision,
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their proper assumption
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is that the help requested
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is a desire for the gospel
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to be preached.
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So this vision,
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the Macedonian man does not say
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come and preach the gospel to us.
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He says come and help us.
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And so they go to meet
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the Macedonian's real need
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and not any felt need,
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and the real need
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is for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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This event in the book of Acts
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is significant.
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It's very significant
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in that it takes Paul
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and his companions'
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missionary efforts to Europe
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for the first time.
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Macedonia is modern day Greece.
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So it takes it across
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into another continent
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for the very first time.
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Caleb, you can take the map off
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there now.
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So as we witness these events,
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remember this is historical narrative,
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so we're just seeing
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the record of events.
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We should glean out of it
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what we can learn,
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but before we do that,
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I want to talk about
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what we shouldn't learn
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from such a text.
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So what might we be tempted
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to learn from this text
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that we shouldn't learn
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from this text?
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There's a phrase in our text
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accompanied by general activity
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of the Holy Spirit
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that our generation tends
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to make many mistakes with.
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And that phrase is this.
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God had called.
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And the general activity
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of the Holy Spirit
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is His forbidding in verse 6,
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His not allowing in verse 7,
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and His giving of a vision
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in verse 9.
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Now I will not deny
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that God has specific intention
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for them to travel to Macedonia.
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The Spirit of God gives a vision,
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a very specific calling
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for them to travel to Macedonia.
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They were correct
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in their conclusion
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from Paul's vision.
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And I will not deny
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that God works
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through the agency
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of the Holy Spirit
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to accomplish His intention.
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What I want to keep us from doing
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with this text this morning
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is taking Luke's ambiguity.
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Like he's not very specific
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about how it is
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that the Spirit forbids
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and does not allow.
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Specific about the vision,
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but not specific
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about the prevention
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of their moving
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and sharing the gospel.
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I don't want us
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to take that ambiguity
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about how exactly
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the Spirit forbid
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and did not allow
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and turn it into a license
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to feel our way
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through God's calling
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for our lives.
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An incredibly common
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Christian phrase
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in our day is,
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I feel called by God
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to fill in the blank.
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Go here,
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marry this person,
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take this job.
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I feel called
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to do such and such.
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Many of you have said
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something very much like this.
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I have myself.
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But what does it mean
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to feel called?
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Can you describe
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to me said feeling?
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How do I know
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when I am feeling called?
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This is dangerous,
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extra-biblical language.
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And I see two common,
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all too common,
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unfortunate results
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from such thinking
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and use of language.
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Number one,
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these are the two errors
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I see most often,
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which are at least
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in part a result
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of this kind of speaking.
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Many Christians
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do nothing at all
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waiting for some
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unknown feeling.
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We live in a culture
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of people saying
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that they feel called
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to things
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and I haven't felt that,
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so I do nothing
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until I wait
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for this feeling
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that everyone's
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talking about.
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And that's happening
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both passively,
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people who just do
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nothing at all,
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waiting for that,
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or actively
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in that people
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are always trying
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to figure out
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exactly what
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their feelings are.
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Have you ever
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used language like,
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I just don't feel
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a piece about this?
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Not biblical language,
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beloved.
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The Bible doesn't
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speak in those terms
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to us,
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that we feel like
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something's the right
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decision to make
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and therefore
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we make that decision.
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Let me give you
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a bit of an example.
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We also use the
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language of doors
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being opened,
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which is biblical
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language,
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praise God,
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but I think we use
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it too often
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in unbiblical ways.
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Paul says in 1 Corinthians
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chapter 16,
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verses 8 and 9,
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this.
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He's talking about
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his longing to come
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see the church
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in Corinth.
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He says,
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but I will stay
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in Ephesus
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until Pentecost,
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the future,
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the celebration
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of Pentecost.
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Verse 9,
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for a wide door
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of effective work
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has opened to me.
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So there's that
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biblical use of the
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language of why
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door has been opened.
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Like Paul is saying,
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look, I have so much
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ministry I can do
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in Ephesus.
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And most of us
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kind of stop there
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and we think
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that doors being
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opened means easy.
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Right?
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There it is.
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It's a thing.
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And you've heard
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that sometimes God
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closes the door
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and he opens up
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a window.
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Right?
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That you don't,
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the easiest route,
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right?
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We follow the easy
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path like water does.
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But the rest of
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verse 9,
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Paul says this,
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and there are
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many adversaries.
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And there are
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many adversaries.
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So we may not
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feel like something
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is going the way
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it ought to do,
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but it could very
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well be the very
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right thing to do.
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And we'll talk
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about how we
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establish that.
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And it may be
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sometimes that we
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have to kick
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the door down
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because it is
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what God
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has called us
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to.
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So I see
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many Christians
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who just do
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nothing at all
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whether passively
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or actively
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because of
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feelings.
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And secondly,
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some Christians
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are left
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confused
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because the
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thing they
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felt called
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to
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doesn't work
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out the way
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they thought
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that it would.
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Some of you
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may know somebody
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who has felt
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called at some
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point in their
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life to world
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missions.
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And the
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circumstances of
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life prevent
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them from
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ever taking
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their feet
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off American
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soil.
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And they're
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confused.
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What was this
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thing that I
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felt that
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didn't get
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accomplished?
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Young people,
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some of you
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probably have a
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friend or may
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be guilty of
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feeling called
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to date somebody
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and that person
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disagrees with
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you.
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And suddenly
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we don't know
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who hears
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God.
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You're just
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feeling your
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feelings.
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We are not
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instructed anywhere
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in the Bible
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to feel our
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way through
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life's decisions.
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Praise God
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for that.
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My feelings
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are way
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too fickle
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to be any
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source of
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direction.
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And if you
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know me for
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very long,
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you know I'm
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not much of
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a feeler.
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I'm much
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more cerebral
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in the way I
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function,
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but my
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feelings are
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not to be
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trusted.
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Most of
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this week,
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up until some
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moments ago,
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I did not
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feel like
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preaching.
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I didn't
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feel like it.
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I would have
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gladly canceled
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this morning
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for inclement
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weather,
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or asked
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someone to
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take the
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task from
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me,
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but I am
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convinced in
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my mind by
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the instruction
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of the
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scripture of
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the centrality
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of preaching
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for the good
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of God's
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people.
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And I am
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moved by that
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truth to
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prepare,
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anyway,
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and to
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pray that
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God would
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have me
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feel what
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I ought
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to feel
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when I
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come to
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preaching.
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But it
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does not
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change what
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I do.
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I pray that
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my feelings
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would be
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consistent with
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the truth
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of my
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calling.
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I don't
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always feel
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like serving
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my wife
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and my
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children.
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Have you
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ever felt
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like doing
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dishes?
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dishes?
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But we
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do it
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anyway.
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There's
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many times
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I don't
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feel like
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getting on
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the floor
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and playing
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with my
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kids.
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I am
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tired and
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I am
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getting
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older and
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it hurts
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to be on
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the floor.
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But I
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am a
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dad.
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And of
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this I
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can be
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sure that
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God is
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giving me
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the
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responsibility
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to love
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my
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children.
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many of
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you
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did not
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feel like
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getting up
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this morning.
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An alarm
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went off
19:08
way too
19:10
early and
19:10
it was
19:10
storming
19:11
outside and
19:12
it was
19:12
cloudy.
19:12
It was so
19:13
much darker
19:13
than it
19:14
should have
19:14
been this
19:15
morning for
19:16
us to
19:17
wake up.
19:18
You didn't
19:18
feel like
19:19
doing it but
19:19
you did it
19:20
all the same
19:20
because you
19:21
didn't want
19:21
to neglect
19:22
the command
19:22
for us to
19:23
gather
19:23
together.
19:25
There are
19:26
some people
19:26
who are not
19:27
here with us
19:27
this morning
19:28
because they
19:29
didn't feel
19:30
like being
19:31
here.
19:32
Many are
19:33
traveling but
19:34
some just
19:35
didn't feel
19:36
like being
19:38
here this
19:38
morning.
19:40
In our
19:41
text this
19:41
morning I'm
19:42
convinced that
19:44
Luke does not
19:45
tell us exactly
19:46
how the
19:46
Spirit forbid
19:47
and did not
19:48
allow because
19:49
that is not
19:51
the point of
19:52
the text.
19:53
It's not the
19:54
point of the
19:55
text and so we
19:56
should not learn
19:57
that.
19:57
From the
19:58
text that
19:58
the Spirit
19:59
is working
19:59
in some
20:00
strange
20:01
mysterious way
20:02
and we look
20:03
at that and
20:04
we look at
20:04
our experience
20:05
and our
20:05
culture and
20:06
go well it
20:06
must be that
20:07
they didn't
20:08
feel like they
20:09
should preach
20:09
the gospel in
20:10
Asia or they
20:11
didn't feel like
20:12
they should go
20:13
to Bithynia.
20:14
We don't know
20:15
what intervened
20:16
in those cases
20:17
but I can tell
20:18
you this because
20:20
of the larger
20:20
context of the
20:21
Bible it was
20:22
not because
20:23
of their
20:24
feelings.
20:26
So it leaves
20:26
the question
20:27
I hope that
20:28
the phrase
20:29
that they
20:29
were concluding
20:31
that God
20:31
had called
20:32
them to
20:33
preach the
20:34
gospel gives
20:36
you some
20:36
hope.
20:38
God's given
20:39
us general
20:40
call but
20:41
he's also
20:41
working the
20:42
specifics out.
20:43
Very
20:44
specifically
20:44
God is
20:46
having them
20:47
move through
20:47
a region in
20:48
order to
20:49
get to
20:49
a place
20:51
and we
20:51
get to see
20:51
so much
20:52
of what
20:52
unfolds in
20:53
that place
20:54
God's
20:54
good
20:55
sovereign
20:55
purpose
20:57
but to
20:58
hang on
20:59
that to
20:59
go ooh
21:00
God's
21:00
calling in
21:01
very specific
21:02
ways
21:03
we should
21:04
consider that.
21:05
So what
21:06
can we learn
21:06
from this
21:07
text about
21:08
God's
21:09
calling for
21:10
our lives?
21:11
Can we
21:12
know with
21:13
specificity
21:14
what God
21:16
would have
21:16
us do
21:17
with our
21:18
lives?
21:19
And there
21:20
is much to
21:21
be said
21:21
about this
21:21
so this
21:21
will be
21:22
in
21:22
brief
21:22
this
21:23
morning.
21:24
I want
21:24
to encourage
21:24
you to
21:25
continue to
21:25
consider the
21:26
biblical
21:26
teaching on
21:27
these things
21:27
beyond this
21:28
morning but
21:28
in brief
21:29
let's talk a
21:30
little bit
21:30
about that.
21:30
Can we
21:31
know with
21:31
specificity
21:32
what God
21:33
would have
21:33
us do
21:34
with our
21:34
lives?
21:35
And in
21:35
considering
21:35
that question
21:36
my attention
21:37
was drawn
21:38
to the title
21:39
that Luke
21:40
uses for
21:41
the Holy
21:41
Spirit the
21:42
second time
21:43
that he
21:44
mentions him.
21:44
He mentions
21:45
him first
21:46
in verse
21:46
six but
21:47
secondly he
21:48
uses this
21:50
title for
21:51
the Holy
21:51
Spirit in
21:51
verse seven
21:52
the Spirit
21:54
of Jesus.
21:56
The Spirit
21:56
of Jesus.
21:57
Luke seems
21:57
to be giving
21:59
possession of
22:00
the Spirit
22:01
to Jesus.
22:02
You could
22:02
say Jesus'
22:04
Spirit
22:05
did this
22:07
thing.
22:08
Now that
22:09
is not a
22:10
name often
22:11
used for the
22:11
Holy Spirit
22:12
in the New
22:12
Testament.
22:13
In fact it
22:14
is only used
22:15
here in this
22:15
exact form
22:16
the Spirit
22:17
of Jesus
22:18
but also
22:19
we won't
22:20
be too
22:20
picky
22:20
the Spirit
22:21
of Jesus
22:22
Christ
22:22
in Philippians
22:23
chapter 1
22:23
verse 19
22:24
and the
22:25
Spirit
22:26
of Christ
22:27
in 1 Peter
22:28
chapter 1
22:28
verse 11
22:29
and in
22:30
Romans
22:30
chapter 8
22:31
verse 9
22:32
which we're
22:33
going to look
22:33
at momentarily
22:34
Romans 8
22:36
verse 9.
22:38
Let me say
22:39
this to you
22:40
a valuable
22:41
hermeneutic
22:42
principle
22:43
right?
22:44
Hermeneutics
22:44
is the study
22:45
of how to
22:46
study the
22:47
Bible.
22:48
A valuable
22:48
hermeneutic
22:49
principle
22:50
is that
22:51
where
22:52
Scripture
22:53
is less
22:54
clear
22:54
we use
22:55
more
22:56
clear
22:56
text
22:57
to
22:57
Scripture
22:57
to
22:58
interpret
22:58
it.
22:59
So when
23:00
something's
23:00
a head
23:00
scratcher
23:01
and I
23:02
would suggest
23:02
to you
23:02
that these
23:03
verses
23:03
are these
23:03
five
23:04
verses
23:04
we need
23:04
to look
23:05
in a
23:05
broader
23:05
context
23:06
and what
23:07
the Bible
23:07
says
23:07
in more
23:08
clear
23:08
ways
23:09
to help
23:09
us
23:09
understand
23:10
what's
23:10
happening
23:10
here
23:11
in
23:11
this
23:12
narrative.
23:13
So let's
23:15
explore this
23:15
title
23:16
the Spirit
23:17
of Jesus
23:17
a bit
23:17
further
23:18
by looking
23:19
in the book
23:20
of John
23:20
at another
23:22
title given
23:23
to the Spirit.
23:24
So I'm coming
23:25
away from the
23:26
Spirit of Jesus
23:26
title but to
23:28
help us
23:28
understand it
23:28
I want to
23:29
look at
23:29
another title
23:30
given to
23:30
the Spirit
23:31
this time
23:32
by Jesus
23:34
turn to
23:35
John
23:35
chapter
23:35
16.
23:36
You can
23:40
mark
23:40
Acts
23:40
16
23:41
We're
23:42
going to
23:42
be away
23:42
from it
23:42
for a
23:42
little
23:43
while
23:43
though.
23:53
Now the
23:53
book of
23:54
John
23:54
in a
23:55
sense
23:55
places
23:56
Jesus
23:57
on
23:57
trial.
23:59
John
23:59
is a
23:59
follower
24:00
of Jesus
24:00
Christ
24:00
but the
24:01
way
24:01
in which
24:02
he
24:03
presents
24:03
the
24:04
book
24:04
of
24:04
John
24:04
is
24:05
meant
24:06
to
24:06
drive
24:07
us
24:07
to
24:07
understand
24:08
that
24:08
Jesus
24:08
is
24:09
the
24:10
Christ
24:10
and so
24:10
he
24:10
in
24:12
very
24:12
specific
24:12
ways
24:13
brings
24:14
out
24:14
witnesses
24:15
the first
24:16
12
24:17
chapters
24:17
of
24:17
John
24:17
this is
24:18
what
24:18
he's
24:18
doing
24:19
and
24:19
he
24:19
states
24:19
for
24:19
us
24:20
much
24:20
later
24:20
in
24:20
the
24:20
book
24:21
in
24:21
John
24:21
chapter
24:21
20
24:22
verse
24:22
31
24:23
these
24:23
words
24:24
are
24:24
written
24:25
so
24:25
that
24:25
you
24:25
may
24:25
believe
24:26
that
24:26
Jesus
24:26
is
24:27
the
24:27
Christ
24:27
the
24:28
Son
24:28
of
24:28
God
24:28
and
24:29
that
24:29
by
24:29
believing
24:30
you
24:30
may
24:30
have
24:31
life
24:31
in
24:32
his
24:32
name
24:32
so
24:33
the
24:34
book
24:34
of
24:34
John
24:34
is
24:34
filled
24:34
with
24:35
the
24:35
language
24:35
of
24:35
witness
24:36
and
24:36
testimony
24:37
it
24:38
is
24:38
in
24:38
this
24:38
context
24:39
that
24:39
John
24:40
records
24:40
Jesus
24:41
farewell
24:42
discourse
24:42
you
24:43
really
24:43
should
24:44
study
24:44
Jesus
24:44
farewell
24:45
discourse
24:46
chapter
24:46
14
24:47
15
24:47
and
24:48
16
24:49
in
24:49
John
24:50
chapter
24:50
16
24:51
verse
24:51
7
24:52
Jesus
24:53
says
24:53
the
24:54
following
24:54
to
24:55
his
24:55
disciples
24:55
I
24:57
tell
24:57
you
24:58
the
24:58
truth
24:58
it
24:59
is
25:00
to
25:00
your
25:00
advantage
25:01
that
25:01
I
25:01
go
25:02
away
25:02
for
25:03
if
25:03
I
25:03
do
25:04
not
25:04
go
25:05
away
25:05
the
25:06
helper
25:07
will
25:07
not
25:08
come
25:08
to
25:08
you
25:08
but
25:09
if
25:10
I
25:10
go
25:10
I
25:11
will
25:11
send
25:12
him
25:12
to
25:13
you
25:14
so
25:15
now
25:15
the
25:15
English
25:16
word
25:17
helper
25:17
some
25:18
of
25:18
your
25:18
translations
25:19
might
25:19
say
25:19
comforter
25:20
is
25:22
the
25:22
word
25:23
paraclete
25:25
paraclete
25:26
and
25:27
there's
25:27
been
25:27
a lot
25:28
of
25:28
debate
25:28
about
25:28
what
25:29
this
25:29
word
25:30
means
25:30
I'm
25:30
going
25:30
to
25:30
read
25:31
to
25:31
you
25:31
a
25:31
brief
25:32
quote
25:32
from
25:33
Sinclair
25:33
Ferguson's
25:34
book
25:34
the
25:34
Holy
25:34
Spirit
25:35
this
25:36
is
25:38
one
25:38
of
25:38
the
25:38
best
25:39
treatments
25:39
of
25:39
the
25:39
topic
25:40
of
25:40
the
25:40
spirit
25:40
so
25:40
if
25:40
you
25:40
really
25:41
want
25:41
to
25:41
know
25:42
more
25:42
and
25:42
I
25:42
hope
25:42
you
25:42
do
25:42
about
25:43
the
25:44
third
25:44
part
25:45
of
25:45
the
25:45
trinity
25:45
this
25:45
would
25:45
be
25:45
a
25:46
!
25:46
book
25:46
to
25:47
pick
25:47
up
25:47
so
25:49
he
25:49
writes
25:50
this
25:50
much
25:51
attention
25:52
has
25:52
been
25:52
devoted
25:52
in
25:53
Johannine
25:54
studies
25:55
of
25:55
John
25:55
Johannine
25:56
studies
25:56
to
25:57
the
25:57
meaning
25:58
and
25:58
identity
25:59
of
25:59
the
26:00
paracletos
26:00
a
26:02
compound
26:02
of
26:02
kaleo
26:03
to
26:03
call
26:04
and
26:05
para
26:05
alongside
26:06
the
26:08
term
26:08
denotes
26:09
someone
26:09
who
26:09
is
26:10
called
26:10
to
26:10
one's
26:11
aid
26:12
or
26:13
defense
26:13
a
26:14
paraclete
26:15
is
26:15
in
26:16
the
26:16
older
26:16
sense
26:17
of
26:17
the
26:17
word
26:17
a
26:18
comforter
26:18
someone
26:19
who
26:19
comes
26:20
to
26:21
strengthen
26:22
so
26:22
we're
26:22
all
26:22
familiar
26:23
with
26:23
that
26:23
kind
26:23
of
26:24
idea
26:24
of
26:25
the
26:25
spirit
26:26
of
26:26
God
26:26
comes
26:26
along
26:27
as
26:27
a
26:27
comforter
26:28
as
26:28
a
26:28
helper
26:29
brings
26:30
strength
26:30
acts
26:31
one
26:31
eight
26:32
however
26:34
it is
26:35
now
26:35
more
26:36
generally
26:36
recognized
26:37
that
26:38
in
26:39
John
26:39
the
26:40
term
26:41
has
26:41
a
26:41
forensic
26:42
connotation
26:43
not
26:44
important
26:44
phrase
26:44
the
26:45
spirit
26:46
is
26:47
the
26:47
witness
26:48
advocate
26:49
who
26:50
testifies
26:51
to
26:52
Christ
26:52
it's
26:54
we've
26:55
come
26:55
to
26:55
understand
26:56
right
26:56
through
26:56
much
26:58
study
26:59
not
26:59
our
26:59
study
27:00
other
27:01
people
27:01
study
27:01
that
27:03
the
27:03
word
27:03
paraclete
27:04
means
27:04
to come
27:04
alongside
27:05
and to
27:05
serve
27:06
as a
27:06
witness
27:07
so in
27:07
the
27:07
context
27:07
of
27:08
John's
27:08
letter
27:08
being
27:09
about
27:09
being
27:10
a
27:10
witness
27:11
to
27:11
Jesus
27:13
as
27:13
the
27:13
Christ
27:14
can
27:14
be
27:15
understood
27:15
that
27:15
the
27:15
spirit
27:16
is
27:17
Jesus'
27:18
witness
27:19
Jesus'
27:20
advocate
27:21
that does not nullify
27:23
the strengthening
27:23
and the comforting
27:24
and the helping
27:26
that the spirit
27:26
is to
27:27
us
27:27
but here
27:28
what
27:29
St.
27:29
Claire Ferguson
27:30
is suggesting
27:30
is that
27:31
the helper
27:32
is
27:33
Jesus'
27:34
helper
27:34
more than
27:36
it's
27:36
our
27:37
helper
27:38
so how
27:39
does
27:39
the spirit
27:39
serve
27:40
as the
27:40
witness
27:41
advocate
27:42
of
27:43
Christ
27:43
back up
27:43
a little
27:44
bit
27:44
in
27:44
John
27:45
chapter
27:45
16
27:46
I'm not
27:47
sorry
27:48
sorry
27:48
don't
27:48
back
27:48
up
27:48
go
27:48
forward
27:49
verses
27:50
8
27:50
through
27:51
15
27:51
and
27:56
when
27:56
he
27:56
comes
27:57
this
27:57
is
27:57
the
27:58
helper
27:58
the
27:58
paraclete
27:59
spirit
28:00
of
28:00
Christ
28:01
he
28:03
will
28:03
convict
28:04
the
28:04
world
28:04
concerning
28:05
sin
28:06
and
28:06
righteousness
28:07
and
28:08
judgment
28:09
concerning
28:10
sin
28:11
because
28:12
they
28:12
do
28:12
not
28:13
believe
28:13
in
28:14
me
28:14
so
28:15
he
28:15
will
28:15
come
28:16
those
28:16
who
28:16
have
28:16
not
28:16
placed
28:17
their
28:17
faith
28:17
in
28:17
Jesus
28:17
Christ
28:18
the
28:18
helper
28:19
the
28:20
witness
28:20
advocate
28:21
of
28:21
Jesus
28:22
will
28:23
bring
28:23
about
28:23
conviction
28:24
for
28:25
people
28:25
who
28:25
have
28:25
transgressed
28:26
the
28:26
law
28:27
which
28:27
is
28:27
everybody
28:28
right
28:29
verse
28:30
10
28:30
concerning
28:32
righteousness
28:33
the
28:34
perfect
28:34
requirement
28:35
of the
28:36
law
28:36
our
28:37
need
28:38
of
28:38
righteousness
28:39
to be
28:39
accepted
28:40
by
28:40
God
28:40
because
28:41
Jesus
28:42
says
28:42
I
28:43
go
28:43
to
28:44
the
28:44
father
28:44
and
28:44
you
28:44
will
28:45
see
28:45
me
28:45
no
28:45
longer
28:46
right
28:46
him
28:46
living
28:47
out
28:47
the
28:47
perfect
28:48
righteousness
28:48
of
28:48
God
28:48
before
28:49
them
28:49
he's
28:49
leaving
28:50
so
28:51
the
28:51
helper
28:51
is
28:52
going
28:52
to
28:52
come
28:52
and
28:52
bear
28:52
witness
28:53
about
28:54
his
28:54
perfect
28:55
righteousness
28:56
and
28:57
our
28:57
need
28:58
of
28:58
it
28:58
he'll
29:00
be a
29:00
witness
29:00
to
29:01
the
29:01
world
29:01
in
29:02
that
29:03
way
29:04
verse
29:04
11
29:05
concerning
29:05
judgment
29:06
because
29:07
the
29:08
ruler
29:08
of
29:08
this
29:08
world
29:09
is
29:10
judged
29:10
because
29:12
when
29:12
Jesus
29:13
died
29:13
right
29:14
the
29:15
death
29:16
knell
29:16
had been
29:17
told
29:17
for
29:17
Satan
29:18
he has
29:19
yet to
29:19
die
29:20
completely
29:20
but
29:20
he
29:20
has
29:21
been
29:21
judged
29:22
and
29:23
judgment
29:23
will
29:24
one
29:24
day
29:24
come
29:25
to
29:26
the
29:26
world
29:26
so
29:26
the
29:27
paraclete
29:28
the
29:29
spirit
29:29
of
29:29
Christ
29:30
serves
29:31
to
29:31
defend
29:32
Christ
29:34
as
29:34
a
29:34
witness
29:34
to
29:34
the
29:34
world
29:35
but
29:36
not
29:36
just
29:36
that
29:37
look
29:37
on
29:37
in
29:38
verse
29:38
12
29:39
through
29:39
15
29:39
Jesus
29:40
says
29:41
I
29:41
still
29:41
have
29:41
many
29:42
things
29:42
to
29:42
say
29:43
to
29:43
you
29:43
but
29:44
you
29:44
cannot
29:45
bear
29:45
them
29:45
now
29:46
when
29:47
the
29:47
spirit
29:47
of
29:47
truth
29:48
comes
29:48
another
29:49
title
29:49
now
29:49
given
29:50
to
29:50
the
29:50
paraclete
29:51
when
29:51
the
29:51
spirit
29:51
of
29:51
truth
29:52
comes
29:52
he
29:53
will
29:53
guide
29:53
you
29:53
into
29:53
all
29:54
the
29:54
truth
29:54
for
29:55
he
29:55
will
29:55
not
29:55
speak
29:56
on
29:56
his
29:56
own
29:56
authority
29:57
but
30:02
he
30:03
will
30:03
glorify
30:04
me
30:04
for
30:04
he
30:04
will
30:04
take
30:05
what
30:05
is
30:05
mine
30:05
and
30:05
declare
30:06
it
30:06
to
30:06
you
30:06
all
30:07
that
30:07
the
30:07
father
30:08
has
30:08
is
30:08
mine
30:08
therefore
30:09
I
30:09
said
30:09
that
30:10
he
30:10
will
30:10
take
30:10
what
30:10
is
30:10
mine
30:11
and
30:12
declare
30:12
it
30:12
to
30:13
you
30:13
so
30:14
the
30:14
paraclete
30:15
also
30:15
is a
30:16
witness
30:16
to
30:17
us
30:17
of
30:17
what
30:18
Christ
30:20
Jesus
30:21
that
30:21
he
30:21
is
30:22
the
30:23
Christ
30:23
that
30:23
the
30:23
gospel
30:24
is
30:24
true
30:25
and
30:25
the
30:26
primary
30:26
way
30:26
that
30:26
he
30:27
does
30:27
this
30:27
is
30:28
!
30:28
he
30:28
!
30:29
in
30:29
men
30:30
a
30:30
book
30:31
that
30:31
tells
30:32
us
30:32
all
30:33
that
30:33
we
30:33
need
30:33
to
30:33
know
30:34
about
30:35
Jesus
30:35
and
30:36
all
30:36
that
30:36
we
30:36
need
30:36
to
30:36
know
30:37
to
30:37
follow
30:38
him
30:38
so
30:39
the
30:40
paraclete
30:40
witnesses
30:41
!
30:41
to
30:41
the
30:42
supremacy
30:42
of
30:42
Christ
30:43
to
30:43
us
30:43
and
30:44
to
30:45
the
30:45
world
30:45
through
30:47
us
30:47
before
30:49
Jesus'
30:50
declaration
30:50
in
30:50
John
30:50
16
30:51
7
30:51
John
30:52
draws
30:53
a
30:53
parallel
30:54
for
30:54
us
30:54
between
30:55
the
30:55
spirit
30:55
and
30:56
the
30:56
apostles
30:57
Jesus'
30:57
words
30:58
Jesus
30:59
says
31:00
John
31:00
chapter
31:00
15
31:00
verse
31:01
26
31:01
and
31:01
27
31:02
I
31:03
hope
31:03
I'm
31:03
not
31:03
losing
31:04
you
31:04
in
31:04
the
31:04
midst
31:04
of
31:04
all
31:04
this
31:05
when
31:06
the
31:06
helper
31:06
comes
31:07
there
31:07
again
31:07
paraclete
31:08
when
31:09
the
31:09
helper
31:09
comes
31:10
whom
31:10
I
31:11
will
31:11
send
31:11
to
31:11
you
31:11
from
31:11
the
31:11
father
31:12
the
31:12
spirit
31:12
of
31:13
truth
31:13
who
31:13
proceeds
31:14
from
31:14
the
31:14
father
31:15
he
31:16
will
31:16
bear
31:16
witness
31:17
about
31:18
me
31:19
and
31:20
you
31:20
also
31:20
will
31:21
bear
31:21
witness
31:21
because
31:22
you
31:22
have
31:22
been
31:23
with
31:23
me
31:23
from
31:24
the
31:24
beginning
31:25
so you
31:25
see
31:26
through
31:26
the
31:27
recorded
31:27
words
31:27
of
31:27
Jesus
31:28
John
31:28
draws
31:29
this
31:29
parallel
31:30
for us
31:30
between
31:31
the
31:31
spirit
31:31
and
31:32
the
31:32
apostles
31:33
and now
31:33
us
31:34
as the
31:34
church
31:35
of
31:35
Christ
31:36
on
31:36
earth
31:37
so this
31:38
is the
31:38
function
31:39
this is the
31:39
primary work
31:40
and we've
31:40
said this in
31:41
other terms
31:41
in past
31:42
weeks
31:42
right
31:42
the primary
31:43
work of
31:43
the spirit
31:44
of God
31:44
is what
31:45
the
31:46
exaltation
31:47
of Jesus
31:48
Christ
31:49
and as
31:50
we've
31:50
worked
31:50
through
31:51
signs
31:52
and
31:52
wonders
31:52
I've
31:53
been
31:53
trying
31:53
to
31:54
set
31:54
up
31:54
for
31:54
you
31:54
the
31:54
filter
31:55
that
31:56
is
31:56
things
31:57
we're
31:57
witnessing
31:58
now
31:58
are
31:59
they
31:59
Christ
32:00
exalting
32:01
or are
32:02
they
32:03
supposedly
32:03
spirit
32:04
exalting
32:04
because the
32:04
spirit
32:05
would never
32:05
do
32:05
such
32:05
a
32:05
thing
32:06
right
32:06
the
32:06
spirit
32:06
is
32:06
always
32:07
about
32:07
the
32:07
exaltation
32:08
of
32:09
Jesus
32:09
Christ
32:09
and
32:09
here
32:10
we
32:10
see
32:10
this
32:10
in
32:10
John
32:11
right
32:12
him
32:12
being
32:12
called
32:12
the
32:12
helper
32:13
the
32:13
paraclete
32:15
the
32:15
witness
32:15
to
32:16
who
32:16
Jesus
32:16
is
32:17
and
32:17
what
32:18
he
32:18
did
32:18
okay
32:20
now
32:21
to
32:21
Romans
32:21
chapter
32:21
8
32:22
and
32:22
you'll
32:22
want
32:22
to
32:22
turn
32:22
there
32:22
as
32:23
well
32:23
I'm
32:33
trying
32:33
to tie
32:34
this
32:34
together
32:34
for you
32:34
I'm
32:34
also
32:35
missing
32:35
an hour
32:36
of sleep
32:36
Romans
32:39
chapter
32:40
8
32:40
beginning
32:41
in
32:42
verse
32:42
8
32:42
those
32:46
who
32:47
are
32:47
in
32:47
the
32:47
flesh
32:48
cannot
32:49
please
32:50
God
32:51
and
32:52
he's
32:52
speaking
32:52
metaphorically
32:52
he's
32:53
not
32:53
talking
32:53
about
32:53
us
32:53
physically
32:53
being
32:55
but
32:55
in
32:55
the
32:55
flesh
32:56
existing
32:56
in
32:57
the
32:57
flesh
32:58
verse
32:58
9
32:58
you
32:59
however
33:00
are
33:01
not
33:02
in
33:02
the
33:02
flesh
33:03
but
33:03
in
33:04
the
33:05
spirit
33:05
if
33:06
in
33:06
fact
33:07
the
33:07
spirit
33:08
of
33:08
God
33:08
dwells
33:09
in
33:09
you
33:10
so
33:10
we're
33:11
in
33:11
the
33:11
spirit
33:11
if
33:12
the
33:12
spirit
33:12
in
33:13
us
33:14
anyone
33:15
who
33:15
does
33:15
not
33:15
have
33:16
the
33:16
spirit
33:16
of
33:17
Christ
33:17
there's
33:18
that
33:18
phrase
33:18
verse
33:19
9
33:19
Romans
33:20
chapter
33:20
8
33:20
anyone
33:21
who
33:21
does
33:21
not
33:22
have
33:22
the
33:22
spirit
33:23
of
33:23
Christ
33:24
does
33:24
not
33:25
belong
33:25
to
33:26
him
33:26
but
33:28
if
33:28
Christ
33:29
is
33:29
in
33:30
you
33:30
although
33:31
the
33:32
body
33:32
is
33:32
dead
33:32
because
33:32
of
33:32
sin
33:33
the
33:33
spirit
33:34
is
33:34
life
33:34
because
33:36
of
33:36
righteousness
33:36
so
33:37
track
33:38
the
33:38
logic
33:38
for
33:39
you
33:39
through
33:39
that
33:40
we
33:41
are
33:41
in
33:41
the
33:42
!
33:42
spirit
33:42
if
33:42
the
33:43
spirit
33:43
of
33:43
God
33:44
is
33:44
in
33:44
us
33:45
we
33:46
belong
33:47
to
33:47
Christ
33:47
if
33:48
the
33:49
spirit
33:49
of
33:49
Christ
33:50
is
33:51
ours
33:52
if
33:53
the
33:53
spirit
33:53
of
33:54
Christ
33:54
is
33:54
ours
33:55
then
33:55
Christ
33:56
is
33:56
in
33:58
us
33:58
and
33:59
so
33:59
you
33:59
see
34:00
how to
34:00
call
34:00
the
34:01
Holy
34:01
Spirit
34:02
the
34:02
spirit
34:02
of
34:02
Christ
34:02
or
34:02
the
34:03
spirit
34:03
of
34:03
Jesus
34:04
as
34:05
Luke
34:05
does
34:06
is
34:06
really
34:07
right
34:07
and
34:08
proper
34:09
so
34:10
we're
34:10
followers
34:11
of
34:11
Jesus
34:11
Christ
34:12
if
34:12
we
34:13
are
34:13
pleasers
34:13
of
34:13
God
34:14
then
34:14
we
34:15
are
34:15
so
34:15
because
34:16
of
34:17
the
34:17
spirit
34:18
of
34:19
Christ
34:20
so
34:21
how does
34:21
this answer
34:22
the question
34:22
that I asked
34:22
at the very
34:23
beginning
34:23
you may be
34:24
wondering
34:24
can we
34:25
know
34:25
with
34:26
specificity
34:26
what
34:27
God
34:27
would have
34:28
us
34:28
do
34:29
with
34:29
our
34:30
lives
34:30
yes
34:32
to
34:33
know
34:33
Christ
34:34
and
34:35
to
34:35
make
34:36
him
34:36
known
34:36
is
34:37
the
34:38
large
34:38
and
34:38
general
34:39
and
34:39
specific
34:39
call
34:40
on the
34:41
life
34:41
of
34:41
all
34:41
people
34:42
we
34:43
would
34:43
know
34:43
him
34:44
and
34:44
that
34:44
we
34:45
would
34:45
make
34:45
him
34:46
known
34:46
the
34:47
spirit
34:47
of
34:48
Jesus
34:48
will
34:49
always
34:50
lead
34:51
us
34:51
in
34:52
this
34:52
way
34:53
I
34:55
suggest
34:55
to
34:55
you
34:55
this
34:56
morning
34:56
that
34:56
this
34:56
is
34:57
why
34:57
Luke
34:58
gives
34:58
us
34:59
such
34:59
ambiguous
35:00
details
35:00
and
35:01
uses
35:01
this
35:02
title
35:02
for
35:03
the
35:03
Holy
35:04
Spirit
35:04
because
35:06
what
35:06
he
35:06
wants
35:07
us
35:07
to
35:07
see
35:08
in
35:08
the
35:08
very
35:09
early
35:09
stage
35:10
of
35:10
the
35:10
second
35:10
missionary
35:11
journey
35:11
he
35:11
wants
35:12
us
35:12
to
35:12
see
35:13
them
35:13
going
35:14
he
35:15
wants
35:15
us
35:16
to
35:16
note
35:16
that
35:16
they're
35:17
going
35:18
verse
35:19
six
35:19
they
35:20
went
35:21
verse
35:21
seven
35:22
I'm
35:22
back
35:22
in
35:22
Acts
35:23
16
35:23
by
35:23
the
35:23
way
35:24
verse
35:25
seven
35:25
they
35:26
had
35:26
come
35:27
they
35:27
attempted
35:28
to
35:28
go
35:29
verse
35:30
eight
35:30
passing
35:31
by
35:32
they
35:32
went
35:33
down
35:34
and
35:34
then
35:34
in
35:34
verse
35:34
10
35:35
we
35:35
sought
35:37
to
35:38
go
35:38
they
35:39
never
35:40
stop
35:42
they
35:42
just
35:43
continue
35:44
the
35:44
mission
35:45
that
35:45
Christ
35:45
had
35:46
given
35:46
them
35:46
why
35:46
because
35:47
the
35:47
spirit
35:48
of
35:48
Jesus
35:49
is
35:50
the
35:50
one
35:50
that's
35:50
guiding
35:50
them
35:51
all
35:52
along
35:52
the
35:53
way
35:53
so
35:54
in
35:54
our
35:55
going
35:56
we
35:56
should
35:56
want
35:57
to
35:57
know
35:57
Christ
35:58
and
35:58
to
35:59
make
35:59
him
35:59
known
36:00
and
36:00
then
36:00
beloved
36:01
the
36:02
details
36:02
don't
36:02
really
36:02
matter
36:03
that
36:03
much
36:03
don't
36:04
believe
36:05
in
36:05
what
36:06
John
36:06
MacArthur
36:06
called
36:06
a dot
36:07
theology
36:07
that it's
36:08
your task
36:09
as a follower
36:10
of Jesus
36:10
Christ
36:10
to perfectly
36:11
discern
36:12
the will
36:12
of God
36:12
so that
36:13
you can
36:13
get
36:13
from point
36:14
A
36:14
to B
36:15
to C
36:16
to D
36:16
this is
36:16
not the
36:17
way the
36:17
Lord
36:17
works
36:18
in our
36:18
lives
36:19
pursue
36:20
him
36:21
with
36:21
all
36:22
that you
36:23
have
36:23
and then
36:24
in the
36:24
details
36:24
do what
36:25
you want
36:26
to
36:26
take
36:27
the
36:27
job
36:28
you
36:28
would
36:28
want
36:28
to
36:28
and
36:29
marry
36:29
who
36:29
you
36:29
would
36:30
want
36:30
to
36:30
and
36:30
go
36:30
to
36:31
the
36:31
school
36:31
and
36:31
major
36:31
in
36:32
what
36:32
you
36:32
would
36:32
want
36:33
to
36:33
provided
36:34
that
36:34
you're
36:34
putting
36:34
the
36:34
kingdom
36:35
of
36:35
God
36:36
first
36:37
those
36:38
things
36:38
work
36:38
themselves
36:39
out
36:40
they
36:40
work
36:40
themselves
36:41
out
36:42
Luke
36:44
wants
36:44
us
36:44
to
36:44
see
36:44
them
36:45
going
36:45
so
36:46
that
36:46
we
36:47
will
36:48
go
36:48
so
36:49
that
36:49
we
36:49
will
36:50
go
36:50
now
36:52
!
36:53
because
36:54
I
36:54
don't
36:54
want
36:54
to be
36:55
logically
36:55
inconsistent
36:56
we
36:57
do
36:57
see
36:58
the
36:58
spirit
36:58
directing
36:58
some
36:59
things
36:59
specifically
36:59
here
37:00
do we
37:00
not
37:00
you're
37:01
going
37:01
wait
37:01
a
37:01
second
37:02
Nathan
37:02
hang
37:02
on
37:02
you
37:03
started
37:03
setting
37:03
this
37:03
whole
37:04
thing
37:04
up
37:04
and
37:04
you
37:04
didn't
37:04
answer
37:05
the
37:05
question
37:05
well
37:06
let me
37:06
answer
37:06
the
37:06
question
37:06
for
37:06
you
37:07
in
37:08
part
37:08
right
37:08
but
37:09
largely
37:09
right
37:10
largely
37:11
know
37:11
Christ
37:12
and
37:13
make
37:13
him
37:13
known
37:14
what
37:15
about
37:16
the
37:16
particulars
37:16
right
37:17
what
37:17
about
37:17
the
37:17
particulars
37:17
here
37:19
are
37:19
just
37:19
a
37:19
few
37:19
guiding
37:19
principles
37:20
!
37:20
that
37:26
should
37:26
navigate
37:26
some
37:27
of
37:27
the
37:27
particulars
37:27
of
37:28
our
37:28
life
37:29
as
37:29
we
37:29
put
37:29
the
37:29
kingdom
37:30
of
37:30
God
37:30
first
37:31
and
37:31
foremost
37:32
so
37:32
first
37:33
practice
37:34
the
37:35
revealed
37:35
will
37:35
of
37:35
God
37:36
for
37:36
your
37:36
life
37:37
practice
37:38
this
37:38
large
37:38
overarching
37:39
revealed
37:40
will
37:40
for
37:41
your
37:42
life
37:42
if
37:43
you're
37:43
not
37:44
a
37:44
follower
37:44
of
37:44
Jesus
37:44
Christ
37:45
repent
37:45
and
37:46
believe
37:47
repent
37:48
and
37:48
believe
37:48
know
37:49
him
37:49
be
37:50
restored
37:50
to
37:50
God
37:51
because
37:51
of
37:52
his
37:52
person
37:52
and
37:53
his
37:53
work
37:53
on
37:54
your
37:54
behalf
37:55
then
37:56
and if
37:58
you
37:58
already
37:58
know
37:58
Christ
37:59
then
37:59
exercise
38:01
the
38:01
habits
38:02
of
38:02
grace
38:03
do
38:03
those
38:04
things
38:04
in
38:04
the
38:04
scripture
38:05
that
38:05
we're
38:05
commanded
38:06
to
38:06
do
38:06
for
38:06
our
38:07
good
38:08
college
38:09
students
38:10
I
38:10
hear
38:10
so
38:10
many
38:11
of
38:11
you
38:11
whining
38:12
about
38:12
what
38:13
you're
38:13
supposed
38:13
to
38:13
do
38:13
next
38:14
and
38:14
you
38:14
don't
38:15
do
38:15
the
38:15
good
38:15
things
38:16
that
38:16
God
38:16
has
38:16
already
38:16
told
38:17
you
38:17
to
38:17
do
38:18
start
38:19
there
38:20
habits
38:22
of
38:22
grace
38:22
like
38:23
Bible
38:23
reading
38:24
memorization
38:25
meditation
38:26
prayer
38:28
privately
38:29
and
38:30
corporately
38:31
you may
38:32
remember
38:32
some
38:32
months
38:33
ago
38:33
we
38:33
framed
38:33
that
38:34
up
38:34
as
38:34
your
38:34
gospel
38:35
conviction
38:35
fellowship
38:38
meeting
38:38
with the
38:38
church
38:39
it's
38:40
good
38:40
that
38:40
you
38:40
guys
38:40
are
38:40
here
38:41
with us
38:41
today
38:42
it's
38:43
your
38:43
gospel
38:43
community
38:44
obedience
38:46
in
38:46
all
38:47
things
38:48
that
38:48
God
38:48
has
38:48
commanded
38:49
begin
38:50
to
38:50
pursue
38:50
holiness
38:51
by
38:51
the
38:51
grace
38:51
that
38:51
God
38:52
provides
38:53
your
38:54
gospel
38:54
character
38:55
and
38:56
gospel
38:57
proclamation
38:58
this is
38:59
the commission
38:59
that has
38:59
been given
39:00
to us
39:00
by God
39:01
begin
39:01
to do
39:02
those
39:02
things
39:02
the
39:02
revealed
39:03
things
39:04
and
39:05
you'll
39:06
find
39:06
that
39:07
your
39:07
heart
39:07
will
39:07
be
39:07
joined
39:08
to
39:08
God's
39:08
and
39:08
you'll
39:08
figure
39:09
out
39:09
the
39:10
little
39:10
bits
39:11
and
39:11
the
39:11
details
39:12
of
39:13
your
39:13
life
39:14
secondly
39:15
do
39:17
what you
39:18
are doing
39:18
until God
39:19
tells you
39:20
to do
39:20
otherwise
39:20
do what
39:22
you are
39:22
doing
39:22
until God
39:24
tells you
39:24
to do
39:24
otherwise
39:25
right
39:26
we see the
39:26
missionary
39:26
troop
39:27
traveling
39:28
about
39:29
and then a
39:30
vision
39:30
comes along
39:31
and they
39:31
decide to
39:32
get out
39:33
of the region
39:33
they're in
39:34
and to
39:34
sail
39:34
across
39:36
an inlet
39:37
and arrive
39:38
in
39:38
Europe
39:39
in
39:39
Macedonia
39:40
right
39:41
Romans
39:41
chapter
39:42
12
39:42
verse
39:44
1
39:44
and
39:45
2
39:45
excuse
39:47
me
39:47
just
39:47
verse
39:47
2
39:47
Paul
39:49
says
39:49
do
39:49
not
39:50
be
39:50
conformed
39:51
to
39:51
this
39:51
world
39:52
but
39:53
be
39:53
transformed
39:54
by
39:54
the
39:54
renewal
39:55
of
39:55
your
39:55
mind
39:56
that
39:57
by
39:57
testing
39:58
you
39:58
may
39:58
discern
39:58
what
39:59
is
40:00
the
40:00
will
40:00
of
40:00
God
40:01
what
40:01
is
40:01
good
40:02
and
40:03
acceptable
40:03
and
40:05
perfect
40:06
do
40:07
what
40:08
you're
40:08
doing
40:08
until
40:08
God
40:09
tells
40:09
you
40:09
to
40:09
do
40:10
otherwise
40:10
and
40:12
enrich
40:13
your
40:13
thinking
40:14
not
40:14
your
40:15
feeling
40:15
so that
40:16
you'll
40:16
know
40:16
when
40:17
it's
40:17
time
40:17
it's
40:18
time
40:18
to
40:18
do
40:18
a
40:18
different
40:19
thing
40:19
you'll
40:19
hear
40:19
the
40:19
voice
40:20
of
40:21
God
40:21
speaking
40:21
to
40:22
you
40:22
don't
40:23
expect
40:24
a
40:24
vision
40:25
don't
40:26
look
40:26
for
40:27
a
40:27
sign
40:27
we'll
40:28
say
40:28
to
40:28
you
40:28
that
40:28
this
40:28
is
40:29
not
40:29
beyond
40:31
God
40:31
but
40:32
certainly
40:32
not
40:32
the
40:32
most
40:33
common
40:33
way
40:33
that
40:33
God
40:33
is
40:34
going
40:34
to
40:34
communicate
40:34
to
40:35
you
40:35
a
40:37
narrative
40:37
example
40:37
of
40:38
this
40:38
transforming
40:39
of
40:39
the
40:39
mind
40:40
can
40:41
be
40:41
found
40:41
in
40:41
Acts
40:41
chapter
40:42
15
40:42
verses
40:43
24
40:44
through
40:45
28
40:46
Clay
40:46
preached
40:46
on
40:47
this
40:47
a
40:47
number
40:48
of
40:48
weeks
40:48
ago
40:49
this
40:50
is
40:50
the
40:50
results
40:51
of
40:52
the
40:52
Jerusalem
40:52
council
40:53
this
40:53
is
40:53
the
40:53
letter
40:54
that
40:54
they
40:54
sent
40:54
back
40:55
to
40:55
the
40:55
Gentile
40:56
churches
40:56
!
41:03
words
41:04
unsettling
41:04
your
41:05
minds
41:05
although
41:06
we
41:06
gave
41:06
them
41:07
no
41:07
instructions
41:08
here's
41:09
this
41:09
phrase
41:09
verse
41:09
25
41:10
it
41:11
has
41:11
seemed
41:11
good
41:12
to
41:13
us
41:13
it
41:14
seemed
41:14
good
41:15
to
41:15
us
41:15
right
41:15
we
41:16
have
41:16
studied
41:17
and we
41:17
have
41:17
heard
41:18
the
41:18
report
41:18
and it
41:19
makes
41:19
sense
41:20
that we
41:21
would
41:21
send
41:22
to you
41:22
a
41:23
letter
41:24
verse
41:25
25
41:25
goes on
41:25
to say
41:26
having
41:26
come
41:26
to
41:26
one
41:26
accord
41:27
collectively
41:28
deciding
41:29
together
41:29
to
41:29
choose
41:30
men
41:30
and
41:30
send
41:30
them
41:30
to
41:30
you
41:31
with
41:31
our
41:31
beloved
41:32
Barnabas
41:32
and
41:33
Paul
41:33
men
41:34
who
41:34
have
41:34
risked
41:35
their
41:35
lives
41:35
in
41:35
the
41:35
name
41:35
of
41:35
the
41:35
Lord
41:36
Jesus
41:36
Christ
41:36
we
41:36
have
41:36
therefore
41:37
sent
41:37
Judas
41:37
and
41:38
Silas
41:38
who
41:39
themselves
41:39
will
41:39
tell
41:39
you
41:40
the
41:40
same
41:40
things
41:41
by
41:41
word
41:42
of
41:42
mouth
41:43
in
41:43
verse
41:43
28
41:43
for
41:46
it
41:46
has
41:46
seemed
41:46
good
41:47
to
41:48
the
41:48
Holy
41:49
Spirit
41:49
and
41:50
to
41:51
us
41:52
to
41:53
lay
41:53
on
41:53
you
41:53
no
41:53
greater
41:53
burden
41:54
than
41:55
these
41:55
requirements
41:56
and
41:56
he
41:56
goes
41:56
on
41:56
to
41:56
give
41:57
some
41:57
description
41:57
of
41:58
what
41:58
those
41:58
requirements
41:59
are
42:00
so
42:01
be
42:01
about
42:01
the
42:01
work
42:01
of
42:02
renewing
42:03
your
42:03
mind
42:04
being
42:05
reasonable
42:06
and
42:08
make
42:08
decisions
42:09
accordingly
42:09
and
42:11
number
42:12
three
42:12
and
42:12
finally
42:13
seek
42:15
wise
42:15
counsel
42:16
one
42:17
of the
42:17
things
42:18
I
42:18
despise
42:19
about
42:20
the
42:20
language
42:21
of
42:21
feeling
42:22
called
42:23
is
42:23
that
42:23
no
42:23
one
42:24
can
42:24
refute
42:24
such
42:25
a
42:25
thing
42:25
if
42:26
they
42:26
also
42:26
are
42:27
wrapped
42:27
up
42:27
in
42:28
that
42:28
belief
42:28
system
42:29
you
42:30
can
42:30
go
42:30
and
42:31
say
42:31
I
42:31
feel
42:32
called
42:33
to
42:33
jump
42:34
off
42:34
the
42:34
roof
42:35
of
42:35
the
42:35
church
42:35
building
42:35
and
42:36
someone
42:36
else
42:36
who
42:37
goes
42:37
oh
42:37
I
42:37
have
42:38
also
42:38
felt
42:38
called
42:38
to
42:38
do
42:38
things
42:39
would
42:39
not
42:40
tell
42:40
you
42:40
to
42:40
stop
42:40
if
42:41
they're
42:41
being
42:41
consistent
42:42
I
42:44
would
42:44
no
42:45
that's
42:46
dumb
42:46
don't
42:47
do
42:47
that
42:48
whatever
42:48
you're
42:48
feeling
42:49
is
42:49
probably
42:50
sad
42:50
but
42:50
you
42:50
should
42:51
not
42:51
jump
42:51
off
42:51
the
42:52
roof
42:52
of
42:53
the
42:53
church
42:53
building
42:54
and
42:56
so
42:56
people
42:56
feel
42:57
called
42:58
to
42:58
do
42:58
things
42:58
all
42:58
the
42:58
time
42:59
I
42:59
know
42:59
quite a
43:00
few
43:00
men
43:00
who
43:01
have
43:01
felt
43:01
called
43:02
to
43:02
be
43:02
pastors
43:02
and
43:04
they
43:04
have
43:04
no
43:05
business
43:06
teaching
43:07
other
43:07
people
43:07
the
43:08
word
43:08
of
43:08
God
43:08
none
43:09
!
43:10
whatsoever!
43:10
our
43:12
southern
43:12
baptist
43:13
seminaries
43:13
graduate
43:14
lots
43:15
of
43:16
men
43:16
who
43:16
have
43:17
no
43:17
business
43:18
teaching
43:19
the
43:20
word
43:20
of
43:20
God
43:20
and
43:21
it's
43:21
not
43:22
the
43:22
seminary's
43:22
fault
43:22
it's
43:23
the
43:23
individual's
43:24
and
43:24
the
43:24
church's
43:25
fault
43:25
for
43:25
ever
43:25
allowing
43:26
them
43:26
to
43:27
go
43:27
we
43:28
need
43:28
to
43:28
say
43:28
to
43:29
each
43:29
other
43:29
brother
43:29
this
43:30
is
43:30
not
43:30
your
43:30
thing
43:31
what
43:32
you're
43:32
feeling
43:33
should
43:33
not
43:33
be
43:33
the
43:34
basis
43:34
for
43:35
your
43:35
decision
43:36
let's
43:37
find
43:37
a way
43:37
to
43:37
channel
43:38
the
43:38
energy
43:39
that
43:39
you
43:39
have
43:39
for
43:40
the
43:40
sake
43:40
of
43:40
the
43:40
king
43:41
in
43:41
a
43:41
way
43:41
that's
43:41
going
43:41
be
43:41
most
43:42
effective
43:42
for
43:43
the
43:44
kingdom
43:44
so
43:45
seek
43:45
wise
43:46
counsel
43:47
and
43:47
we
43:47
see
43:47
that
43:48
here
43:48
right
43:48
Paul
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has
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a
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vision
43:49
we
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don't
43:51
get
43:51
the
43:51
details
43:51
of
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this
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but
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he
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goes
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to
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them
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and
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they
43:54
together
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conclude
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that
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God
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called
43:58
them
43:58
called
43:59
us
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to
43:59
preach
44:00
the
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gospel
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to
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the
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Macedonians
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and
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so
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they
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go
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as
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a
44:03
faith
44:05
unit
44:05
together
44:06
to
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this
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work
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that's
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ahead
44:08
of
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them
44:08
so
44:10
as
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we
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witness
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texts
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like
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this
44:13
right
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driving
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purpose
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historical
44:17
narrative
44:17
God
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is
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continuing
44:19
to
44:19
press
44:20
the
44:20
gospel
44:21
proclamation
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out
44:22
further
44:22
and
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further
44:23
and
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further
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right
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it's
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on
44:24
its
44:24
way
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to
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the
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ends
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of
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the
44:26
earth
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we
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are
44:27
gracious
44:28
recipients
44:28
of the
44:29
work
44:29
that's
44:29
happening
44:30
here
44:30
as
44:30
the
44:30
gospel
44:30
continues
44:31
to
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go
44:32
forth
44:33
this
44:33
is
44:33
our
44:34
history
44:35
we
44:35
should
44:35
praise
44:36
the
44:36
lord
44:36
for
44:37
his
44:37
good
44:37
work
44:37
driving
44:38
them
44:39
through
44:39
Asia
44:40
and
44:40
into
44:41
Macedonia
44:42
to
44:42
spread
44:42
the
44:42
gospel
44:43
further
44:44
and
44:44
further
44:44
and
44:45
we
44:45
should
44:45
be
44:45
careful
44:46
what
44:46
we
44:46
do
44:47
with
44:47
such
44:47
a
44:47
text
44:47
as
44:48
it
44:48
applies
44:48
to
44:49
our
44:49
lives
44:50
beloved
44:51
let
44:51
us
44:51
be
44:51
those
44:52
who
44:52
are
44:52
going
44:53
who
44:54
are
44:54
practicing
44:55
the
44:55
revealed
44:55
will
44:56
of
44:56
God
44:56
and
44:57
all
44:57
of
44:57
those
44:57
habits
44:58
of
44:59
grace
44:59
who
44:59
are
44:59
being
45:00
transformed
45:00
by the
45:01
renewing
45:01
of
45:01
our
45:01
mind
45:02
and
45:02
who
45:02
are
45:02
seeking
45:03
wise
45:03
counsel
45:04
for
45:04
how
45:04
we
45:04
can
45:04
obey
45:05
in
45:05
the
45:05
particulars
45:06
of
45:07
our
45:07
pursuit
45:07
of
45:08
Jesus
45:08
let's
45:09
pray
45:09
together