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  All of Acts 10 this morning.
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  So, kind of after talking to Nathan, it became pretty clear that really, it would be really hard to divide this up.
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  ! It would be best if we just preached all the way through it.
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  And as you look at the text, as you're glancing over it, you see that there's so much there.
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  And especially if you're familiar with the Bible, too, you know that there's a lot of the weeds there that you can really easily get lost in.
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  Because we're talking about some really, really complex topics this morning.
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  And there's probably about six little mini sermons in there that you really could use as a springboard to talk about so many different things.
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  So, how do you make just one concise sermon?
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  That's the thing that I've been praying about this week and that I've been thinking about in this morning is,
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  I want this to be clear. I want there to be clarity.
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  I want us to walk away with an understanding of the text and for us to be changed by the Lord.
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  As I was looking through some of the commentaries on this text, I came upon this quote by R.C. Spirrell.
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  So, he says,
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  So, now there's no pressure on me or any pressure on you.
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  We can kind of look at this text and discern what is God teaching the original people that were reading this text?
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  What is he teaching the people that were going through this story?
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  And then what is he teaching us right now?
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  Is that text relevant to our situation right now?
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  And I would say an overwhelming yes.
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  So, the way that I'm going to do this, I just, after looking through a lot of the commentaries and looking over this text,
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  there's not, I can't really present this sermon to you in this really clever way of this happened and this happened and this happened.
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  So, what I'm going to really do is I'm just going to walk through the text with you this morning.
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  I meant that, that I don't have clever bullet points.
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  I'm just not that clever.
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  But, the text is really powerful and so what we're going to do is we're going to walk through it together
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  and we're going to explain some of the things that God's doing here.
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  So, but the, kind of the theme, if you're taking notes,
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  the thing that I want you to be thinking about as we're going through this text together is
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  how does God relentlessly pursue sinners of every kind?
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  How does he do it in this text?
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  How has he been doing it in Acts?
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  How has he been doing that so far in the times that we've been talking as community groups?
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  So, how does God relentlessly pursue sinners of every kind?
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  So, with that, I do want to take a second and just pray and ask the Lord that he would give clarity,
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  that he would allow our hearts to understand this text.
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  If you've been bringing, whatever it is that you brought in,
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  whatever it is that you're about to leave and go towards this morning,
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  I believe that God has something to say to us from his text and that that is extremely relevant
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  and that we pay attention to that.
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  So, let me just pray for us real quickly.
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  Heavenly Father, thank you so much for your word.
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  Thank you that we get to meet in public this morning without fear,
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  without shame, that God, the majority of the people in this room have a copy of your word.
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  And we know that those pages, these words have been fought over and then have died over these words.
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  And that you've preserved this text so that we can look at it, God.
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  This is not just another story.
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  This is not just another piece of wisdom literature.
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  But it is your word, Lord.
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  We believe it is from you.
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  So, Lord, would you speak to us through your text this morning?
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  God, the man or woman who feels alienated from you this morning, who feels hopeless,
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  God, would you bring them in?
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  Or would you make this message clear for those of us that have grown cold to the gospel,
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  have grown apathetic to it, Lord?
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  I pray that you would wake our hearts up to it, God.
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  We love you.
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  Please give me clarity as I preach this morning.
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  God, I just pray out with David that the words in my mouth and the meditations in my heart
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  would be pleasing and acceptable in your sight.
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  We ask this in your name.
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  Amen.
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  Okay.
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  So, what has God been doing so far in Acts?
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  I'm not going to spend 20 minutes going over that because we've been talking about it for the past couple of months.
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  But just to paint the picture so that we all understand what God has been doing.
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  Let's kind of look at it really, really quickly.
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  So, Jesus, before he's crucified, he promised the Holy Spirit.
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  He says, hey, it's better that I leave and that the Holy Spirit come than it would be for me to stay.
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  Which is kind of an insane statement because I know that if you've read that, you've kind of thought to yourself,
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  like, I would much rather have Jesus around here in the flesh.
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  But we learn, we soon learn why he says those things.
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  So, he says that.
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  He's crucified.
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  He's resurrected.
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  And then he's ascended.
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  And then right after he ascends to heaven, there's this insane event that happens called Pentecost.
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  And that happens in Acts chapter 2.
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  Then after that, we see these massive conversions.
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  We see Acts chapter 2, verse 41.
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  We see, like, 3,000 people coming in one day.
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  We see Peter preach a sermon and 5,000 people come.
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  And we keep seeing the Lord add day after day to their number.
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  So, we see these massive conversions despite persecution, right?
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  Like, we've kind of started getting to that a little bit more as far as Stephen was persecuted.
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  But we still see the church growing.
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  And then we see these wonders and signs.
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  We see people being healed.
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  We see people being resurrected from the dead.
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  So, just imagine this picture if you're kind of in the early church.
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  Like, all these things that are happening.
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  You've seen, like, your world's kind of been changed over the past year or so.
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  So, and then the text that we talked about last week that Clay preached on, he talked about healing.
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  And this situation in Acts 9, verses 32 through the end about Peter healing someone and then raising someone from the dead.
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  So, if you haven't gotten a chance to listen to that sermon, I really, really recommend it.
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  Clay talks about, does God still heal today?
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  If he does, why does he?
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  And if he chooses not to heal in certain circumstances, why does he not?
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  So, I would really recommend going back and listening to that.
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  But if you've listened to all those things that I just talked about, 95% of those things really pertain to Jews only, right?
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  Pentecost, mostly Jews.
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  The massive conversions, we see Paul or Saul as Jewish.
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  We see all these things.
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  And the trend that's kind of going throughout them is Jews.
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  We do see Peter go to the Samaritans.
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  And the Samaritans are kind of, they're not quite Gentiles, but they're not quite Jews.
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  They're kind of in between.
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  So, with the exception of, does anyone know what would be the exception to that list?
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  Someone that wouldn't be a Jew.
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  The Ethiopian, right?
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  So, we had that story where the Ethiopian was converted.
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  And then he goes back.
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  That's kind of the catch point, is that he goes back to Ethiopia.
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  He doesn't stay with the church and fellowship with the church.
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  So, we see that 95% of the things that I just listed really pertains to Jews only.
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  So, let's pick it up in chapter 10 at verse 1 and see that this story, that narrative, that list is about to change.
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  Let me rip some more.
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  So, starting in verse 1.
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  At Caesarea, there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian cohort.
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  A devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God.
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  About the ninth hour of the day, he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him,
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  Cornelius.
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  And he stared at him in terror and said, What is it, Lord?
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  And he said to him, Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.
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  And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter.
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  He is lodging with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.
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  When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who attended him.
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  And having related everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
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  So just as a pause there, we're going to get through the rest of the text, but I want to take a moment and kind of talk about who is this Cornelius guy.
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  Clay found a way to slip himself into my sermon, so I have to give him credit about what does it mean to be a Roman centurion of the Italian cohort.
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  And I say that because Clay is our history buff.
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  And so what does this mean for Cornelius to be Roman and the Italian cohort?
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  So it's most likely that he would be comparable to a captain in the Roman army.
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  And he is Roman with a capital R.
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  So think about that for a second.
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  He's from the Italian cohort.
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  That would mean that his origins are from Italy.
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  He's not someone who was kind of drafted into the Roman army because as the Roman army spans their reach, they're going to take over new lands, right?
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  And they're going to bring people into their army.
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  So, and but they would be considered Roman at that point, but they're not from Rome.
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  And so Cornelius is from Rome.
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  Okay, what are the other things that we see about him?
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  We see that he's a devout man.
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  In verse 2, he fears God with all his household.
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  He gave alms generously.
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  And he prays.
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  Okay, so this word you'll see in verse 2.
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  Look, it says a devout man who fears God.
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  That is actually a term, like a label, not just describing him necessarily with just a kind of a bunch of random adjectives.
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  So, there's a couple of labels that the Bible gives to different groups of people that are in this geographic area.
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  So, there's Jews.
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  There would be Gentiles.
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  There would be Samaritans, which we talked about earlier, which is kind of they, I don't know if this is an offensive term, but like half-breeds, you know what I mean?
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  Between Jews and Gentiles.
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  And then there were God-fears.
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  And God-fears were Gentiles who conformed to the Judaic law and the customs.
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  So, that means that Cornelius probably got to see all the gods of the Roman Empire and then decided that he most likely, or that he agreed with most of the Jewish God.
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  So, that meant that he worshipped God of the Torah and that he, but the only difference would be that he wasn't circumcised.
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  I'm sorry, I'm trying to say that right.
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  So, the only difference would be that he's not circumcised.
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  He worships God.
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  He gives alms.
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  We see that he's devout, but he's not circumcised.
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  And then he prays.
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  So, this is kind of a, this is a really good description of Cornelius, right?
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  Like, if you're reading this and you're looking at Cornelius, this is a good guy, right?
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  He does all those things.
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  Like, how many of you would like to be described in that way?
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  That's a good description.
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  You're devout.
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  You fear God.
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  You give alms.
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  You pray continuously.
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  And we find out that God hears his prayers.
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  So, Cornelius is a good guy.
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  But I want to ask the question, is Cornelius saved?
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  Is he forgiven?
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  Is he clean in the eyes of God?
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  I mean, and what do you say?
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  Like, he, there are all those things that we just listed.
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  He sounds like a really, really good guy.
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  Like, he does everything right.
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  And even, I can hear the objection of someone saying, wait, are you suggesting that he's not saved?
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  Like, look at all the things that he does.
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  Look, let's look at, or so what, are you saying that you're better than him?
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  Are you saying that Mother Teresa, if, with all the good things that she did, that if she didn't believe in Christ, that she's not saved?
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  This is the question that you're going to get when you talk to other people about the gospel.
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  Because Cornelius, on paper, looks like a really, really good guy.
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  But we learn that he is later on referred to as not saved.
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  And so that's the offense of the gospel that our, the offense of the gospel is that even our best works,
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  the things that we do that you might volunteer at the homeless shelter out of the goodness of your heart,
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  you might not cuss, you might not drink, you might not be as bad as someone else.
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  But the offense of the gospel is that our best deeds, our best things that we do, apart from God,
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  are like filthy rags before him.
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  That it doesn't matter, that God's not saying like, God's not impressed with Cornelius' record.
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  That in the eyes of God of being considered holy.
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  And I'm going to, I will say Cornelius is a good guy.
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  He's a moral guy.
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  But in terms of holiness, Cornelius is not.
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  And so you would say, how do you know that?
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  If you turn one page over to the left or to the right, you're going to see in verse 14,
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  Peter is later on recounting this story.
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  And this is a little bit of a giveaway, but he says in verse 13,
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  Peter's recounting this story of what I'm about to talk about with Cornelius.
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  And he says, and he told us how he had, how Cornelius had seen this angel stand in his house and say,
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  Send to Joppa and bring Simon, who is called Peter.
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  He will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.
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  So despite Cornelius' good-looking resume, he's not in the eyes of God forgiven.
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  He's not saved.
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  There's something missing.
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  So that tells us that to be righteous before God requires more than attending a church service.
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  It requires more than being a good person.
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  It requires more than giving your money away to the poor.
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  It requires more than even just praying to God.
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  That is a huge statement.
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  There's another problem with Cornelius.
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  Cornelius is a God-fear, but he is still a Gentile.
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  In that he is unclean according to the Jewish law.
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  So, what do I mean by that?
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  Surely, if you know anything about Jewish traditions and Jewish customs,
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  you knew that they followed a very strict dietary law.
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  That's kind of the thing, the problem that Jesus keeps running into as he's talking to the Pharisees,
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  is these laws that they have that Moses set up in the Old Testament.
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  So, for reference, what I'm talking about there is specifically Leviticus 11 when it comes down to food.
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  So, in Leviticus 11, God is laying out this law to Moses,
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  and he's telling him all the foods that you can and cannot eat.
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  He says, hey, like, you can't eat a pig.
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  You can't eat a rock badger.
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  You can't eat the things that are crawling on the ground, swarming bees.
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  He lists off all of these different animals that they cannot eat.
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  So, they've got dietary laws.
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  The next thing is circumcision.
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  So, Cornelius is neither of those things.
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  So, in the eyes of the Jewish law, Cornelius is not clean.
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  Now, see, the Jews actually used these verses in Leviticus as justification
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  to put in bigger divide between them and the Gentiles,
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  just to kind of understand what's going on in that culture
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  and what that divide actually looks like.
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  I found a quote from a rabbi in the Talmud,
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  which is when we're talking about the Old Testament combined with rabbinic law,
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  which is things that they kind of added on to the Old Testament laws.
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  This rabbi said this about a Gentile.
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  He said,
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  When a Jew has a Gentile in his clutches,
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  another Jew may go to the same Gentile,
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  lend him money, and in turn deceive him,
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  so that the Gentile shall be ruined.
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  For the property of a Gentile, according to our law, belongs to no one.
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  And the first Jew that passes it has full right to seize it.
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  So, that's kind of the animosity and the divide that we're talking about here.
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  And is that from God? No.
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  I want to make that clear.
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  God sets up these dietary laws to set his people apart,
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  and the Jewish people ran with that even further
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  and came up with things like what I just said.
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  So, what's the point about the food?
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  Have you ever wondered about that?
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  Like, why did God say,
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  You can't eat these foods.
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  You must have your cloth of these different strands.
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  You can't have tattoos.
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  Like, all those Levitical laws,
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  not the Mosaic law,
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  not the laws of the Ten Commandments.
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  But, have you ever wondered,
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  What was the point of why God did all that?
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  And are those things still in place today?
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  And a lot of people would say,
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  It's for health reasons,
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  as far as circumcision and food goes.
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  And there might be some legitimacy to that.
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  But the bigger thing that I want you to get
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  is that God was setting his people apart.
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  So, turn with me to Leviticus 11,
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  just so you can kind of see with your own eyes.
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  And then look down at verse 43.
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  Okay.
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  So, what's the point of all these laws?
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  What's the point of all these rules?
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  And so, in Leviticus 11,
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  God very clearly points it out.
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  Okay, this is okay.
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  This is not okay.
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  Here's why this is not okay.
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  Here's this is okay.
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  This is not okay to eat.
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  So, he keeps going.
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  It's very, very specific.
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  And then in verse 43 of Leviticus 11,
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  it says,
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  You shall not make yourselves
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  detestable with any swarming thing that swarms,
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  and you shall not defile yourselves with them
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  and become unclean through them.
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  So, here it is.
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  Verse 44.
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  For I am the Lord your God.
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  Consecrate yourselves, therefore,
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  and be holy, for I am holy.
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  You shall not defile yourselves
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  with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground.
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  So, you get that 44 at the very beginning
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  where he says,
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  For.
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  So, it's basically like God's saying,
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  For this reason.
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  He just listed off all these animals,
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  and now God's saying,
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  Do you want to know why I'm saying this?
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  This is why.
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  I'm saying that you can be set apart
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  so that the other nations could look
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  at the nation of God in Israel
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  and see that they dressed differently,
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  that they ate differently,
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  that all their customs were different,
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  but those things were meant to be
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  a shadow of how God was making them holy
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  and set apart as a people.
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  So, this reflects to us something
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  about the nature of God,
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  that God has a concern for holiness.
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  These strict laws,
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  they point out to God how,
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  they point us out
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  how God has a big concern
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  about his people being set apart
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  and being different.
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  So, going back to Cornelius,
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  he is not those things.
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  He's not circumcised.
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  It's unlikely that he prescribed
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  to the Jewish dietary law.
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  So, if you are Peter,
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  if you're a Jew,
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  if you're looking at Cornelius,
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  let's just be honest,
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  even though he's got this good record,
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  he's unclean, right?
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  Like, he's not clean before God.
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  And that even came down to the fact
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  that, like, a Jew would not touch
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  the glass of a Gentile
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  after he had put it to his mouth
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  because it was then,
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  at that point,
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  considered unclean.
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  So, isn't Cornelius hopeless
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  in the eyes of a law?
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  Like, what hope is there for Cornelius?
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  What hope is there for this man
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  to be saved, to be forgiven?
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  Is there any hope for him?
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  In the eyes of a law or the Jew,
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  there's no hope for him, right?
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  There is this barrier
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  that's separating Cornelius
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  from being forgiven
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  and being a son of God.
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  And with that,
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  we need to talk about how
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  we're similar to Cornelius
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  in that same spot.
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  There is a barrier
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  between us and God.
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  The fact that
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  if you are in Christ right now,
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  at one point,
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  you were considered unclean.
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  You were considered unforgiven.
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  Or if you're not a believer today,
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  you stand in that spot
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  where God looks at us
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  and we're not clean before Him
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  because God's standard
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  is holiness and righteousness.
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  And Cornelius,
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  it doesn't matter how good he is,
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  he falls short of that record
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  because he's not.
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  He's not righteous
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  and he's not holy.
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  And Cornelius,
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  at this point,
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  in his own power,
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  he's hopeless to change.
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  How does the Bible
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  describe an unbeliever?
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  Think about it for a second.
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  Think about those verses
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  that you've thought about
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  where the Bible said,
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  hey, you were this at one point
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  before you were in Christ.
• 21:31
  How does the Bible describe that?
• 21:34
  Surely some of you
• 21:35
  are thinking about Ephesians 2, right?
• 21:37
  Where it says,
• 21:37
  you were dead
• 21:38
  in your transgressions and sins.
• 21:40
  in the sins in which
• 21:42
  you once walked,
• 21:43
  following the course of this world,
• 21:45
  following the prince
• 21:46
  of the power of the air,
• 21:47
  the spirit that is now at work
• 21:48
  in the sons of disobedience,
• 21:50
  among whom we all once lived
• 21:52
  in the passions of our flesh,
• 21:55
  carrying out the desires
• 21:55
  of the body and the mind,
• 21:57
  and were by nature
• 21:57
  children of wrath
• 21:58
  like the rest of mankind.
• 22:00
  God describes us as dead.
• 22:01
  So, a dead man can't get up
• 22:04
  and change his behavior.
• 22:05
  A dead man can't get up
• 22:07
  to take a pill
• 22:07
  to become healthier.
• 22:09
  A dead man is dead.
• 22:10
  So, what hope
• 22:12
  is there for a dead man?
• 22:15
  And maybe that's a state
• 22:17
  that we need to remind ourselves of
• 22:18
  is that for the unbeliever,
• 22:21
  there is no hope
• 22:22
  in and of yourself
• 22:23
  to change.
• 22:26
  Do you remember that time
• 22:27
  when you were an unbeliever
• 22:28
  or if you still are
• 22:29
  where there was things
• 22:31
  that you saw about your life
• 22:31
  and you felt hopeless
• 22:32
  to change those things entirely?
• 22:35
  They seem too big.
• 22:37
  Even as believers right now,
• 22:38
  we still see some of those things
• 22:39
  in our lives.
• 22:40
  It's like,
• 22:40
  I just can't overcome this sin.
• 22:41
  I just can't get past this.
• 22:43
  I've tried and I've tried
• 22:44
  and I've tried
• 22:45
  and I can't do it.
• 22:46
  It makes me think of
• 22:48
  the story that
• 22:49
  when I worked,
• 22:50
  I still worked there,
• 22:51
  but I worked at a
• 22:52
  drug and alcohol
• 22:53
  treatment center.
• 22:54
  It's a 30-day treatment center
• 22:55
  where someone,
• 22:56
  people fly in
• 22:57
  all over the country
• 22:57
  and people that are struggling
• 23:00
  with different drugs
• 23:01
  and alcohol come there.
• 23:02
  They live there for 30 days
• 23:03
  and then they kind of
• 23:04
  go through a rehabilitation process
• 23:06
  and then they leave.
• 23:08
  And I remember working there
• 23:10
  and listening to this story
• 23:12
  about this one guy
• 23:13
  who was kind of a little bit
• 23:14
  of a troublemaker
• 23:14
  and he wasn't necessarily
• 23:15
  following all the rules
• 23:17
  and he was kind of on the line
• 23:18
  of whether he was going
• 23:19
  to be allowed to stay
• 23:20
  because the administration
• 23:21
  can make decisions like,
• 23:23
  hey, this guy's no good
• 23:23
  for this program.
• 23:25
  He needs to come back
• 23:25
  when he's ready.
• 23:27
  And I remember talking to him
• 23:29
  and kind of like thinking,
• 23:30
  maybe I can get a chance
• 23:31
  to just talk to this guy
• 23:32
  and just convince him like,
• 23:33
  hey man,
• 23:34
  this program's going to
• 23:35
  save your life.
• 23:36
  Like, you go back out
• 23:37
  and you could,
• 23:38
  this addiction could kill you.
• 23:40
  And me just thinking,
• 23:42
  all right,
• 23:42
  maybe I can say something
• 23:43
  to this guy.
• 23:44
  And I remember him walking up
• 23:46
  and I was talking to him
• 23:47
  and I was asking him
• 23:48
  how treatment was going
• 23:49
  and I said,
• 23:50
  what are you going to do
• 23:50
  when you leave?
• 23:51
  Are you going to go
• 23:52
  to an intensive outpatient?
• 23:53
  Are you going to go
• 23:54
  to sober living?
• 23:56
  Like, what are you going to do?
• 23:57
  And the guy was like,
• 23:58
  he looked at me in the eyes
• 23:59
  and he said,
• 23:59
  I'm going to go back
• 24:00
  to drinking.
• 24:01
  Are you kidding me?
• 24:01
  Like, I know I have a problem
• 24:05
  and I know I'm going to go
• 24:07
  right back to the bottle
• 24:08
  as soon as I leave.
• 24:10
  So I'm just here
• 24:10
  to do my time
• 24:11
  and do this program
• 24:12
  and leave.
• 24:13
  And I remember like hearing that
• 24:15
  and just the hopelessness
• 24:16
  kind of sank in to my heart
• 24:18
  and thinking about
• 24:19
  what hope is for this guy.
• 24:21
  He's pretty much
• 24:22
  all but given up on this.
• 24:26
  So how is God
• 24:27
  going to relentlessly pursue
• 24:29
  that attic at Black Bear?
• 24:31
  How is God going to
• 24:32
  relentlessly pursue
• 24:33
  this guy Cornelius
• 24:34
  who again,
• 24:35
  though his best efforts
• 24:37
  still fall short
• 24:38
  of God's standard
• 24:39
  of holiness
• 24:39
  and righteousness.
• 24:41
  How is God going
• 24:43
  to relentlessly pursue you
• 24:44
  if you might still be
• 24:45
  living in your sin?
• 24:47
  You might be not
• 24:48
  as bad as the next guy
• 24:49
  but your best actions
• 24:52
  still fall short
• 24:54
  of God's standard.
• 24:59
  And then an even bigger question
• 25:01
  is how is Jesus' commandment
• 25:05
  at the very end?
• 25:06
  What did he say
• 25:06
  at the very end
• 25:07
  of Matthew 28?
• 25:08
  He says,
• 25:08
  go and make disciples
• 25:09
  of just Jews.
• 25:12
  He says,
• 25:12
  go and make disciples
• 25:13
  of all nations.
• 25:14
  So how is that
• 25:15
  going to happen
• 25:16
  when there's this divide
• 25:18
  when Cornelius
• 25:19
  is unclean
• 25:20
  in the eyes of the law
• 25:21
  and the Jews?
• 25:22
  So let's pick it up
• 25:22
  back in verse 9.
• 25:24
  The next day
• 25:29
  as they were on their journey
• 25:30
  and approaching the city
• 25:31
  Peter went up
• 25:32
  on the housetop
• 25:33
  about the sixth hour
• 25:34
  to pray
• 25:35
  and he became hungry
• 25:36
  and wanted something to eat
• 25:38
  but while they were preparing it
• 25:39
  he fell into a trance
• 25:41
  and saw the heavens opened
• 25:42
  and something like
• 25:44
  a great sheet descending
• 25:45
  being let down
• 25:46
  by its four corners
• 25:47
  upon the earth.
• 25:49
  In it were all kinds
• 25:50
  of animals
• 25:50
  and reptiles
• 25:51
  and birds of the air
• 25:51
  and there came
• 25:52
  a voice to him
• 25:53
  rise Peter
• 25:55
  kill and eat.
• 25:57
  But Peter said
• 25:58
  by no means Lord
• 25:59
  for I have never eaten
• 26:00
  anything that is common
• 26:01
  or unclean.
• 26:03
  And the voice came to him
• 26:04
  again a second time
• 26:05
  what God has made clean
• 26:06
  do not call common.
• 26:09
  This happened three times
• 26:10
  and the thing was taken up
• 26:11
  at once to heaven.
• 26:13
  Now while Peter
• 26:13
  was inwardly perplexed
• 26:15
  as to what the vision
• 26:15
  that he had seen
• 26:17
  might mean
• 26:18
  behold the men
• 26:19
  who were sent
• 26:20
  by Cornelius
• 26:21
  having made inquiry
• 26:23
  for Simon's house
• 26:24
  stood at the gate
• 26:25
  and called out
• 26:25
  to ask
• 26:26
  whether Simon
• 26:27
  who was called
• 26:28
  Peter
• 26:28
  was lodging there.
• 26:30
  And while Peter
• 26:31
  was pondering the vision
• 26:32
  the spirit said to him
• 26:33
  behold
• 26:34
  three men
• 26:35
  are looking for you
• 26:35
  rise
• 26:36
  and go down
• 26:37
  and accompany them
• 26:38
  without hesitation
• 26:39
  for I have sent them.
• 26:41
  And Peter went down
• 26:42
  to the men
• 26:42
  and said
• 26:42
  I'm the one
• 26:43
  you are looking for
• 26:44
  what is the reason
• 26:45
  for your coming?
• 26:46
  And they said
• 26:46
  Cornelius
• 26:47
  a centurion
• 26:48
  an upright
• 26:48
  and God-fearing man
• 26:50
  who is well spoken
• 26:51
  of by the whole
• 26:51
  Jewish nation
• 26:52
  was directed
• 26:53
  by a holy angel
• 26:54
  to send for you
• 26:55
  to come to his house
• 26:56
  and hear what you
• 26:57
  have to say.
• 26:59
  So he invited them
• 27:00
  to be his guests.
• 27:02
  The next day
• 27:03
  he rose
• 27:03
  and went away
• 27:04
  with them
• 27:04
  and some of the brothers
• 27:05
  from Joppa
• 27:06
  accompanied him
• 27:07
  and on the following day
• 27:08
  they entered Caesarea.
• 27:10
  Cornelius was expecting them
• 27:11
  and had called together
• 27:12
  his relatives
• 27:13
  and close friends.
• 27:15
  When Peter entered
• 27:16
  Cornelius met him
• 27:17
  and fell down
• 27:17
  at his feet
• 27:18
  and worshipped him.
• 27:20
  But Peter lifted him up
• 27:21
  saying
• 27:21
  stand up
• 27:22
  I too am a man
• 27:23
  and as he talked
• 27:24
  with him
• 27:25
  he went in
• 27:25
  and found
• 27:26
  many persons gathered
• 27:27
  and he said to them
• 27:28
  you yourselves
• 27:29
  know how unlawful
• 27:30
  it is for a Jew
• 27:31
  to associate with
• 27:32
  or to visit anyone
• 27:33
  of another nation
• 27:35
  but God
• 27:37
  has shown me
• 27:38
  that I should not
• 27:39
  call any person
• 27:39
  common or unclean
• 27:41
  so when I was sent for
• 27:43
  I came without objection
• 27:44
  I asked them
• 27:45
  why you sent for me
• 27:46
  and Cornelius said
• 27:48
  four days ago
• 27:49
  about this hour
• 27:50
  I was praying in my house
• 27:51
  at the ninth hour
• 27:52
  and behold
• 27:53
  a man stood before me
• 27:54
  in bright clothing
• 27:55
  and said
• 27:55
  Cornelius your prayer
• 27:57
  has been heard
• 27:58
  and your alms
• 27:59
  have been remembered
• 27:59
  before God
• 28:00
  send therefore
• 28:01
  to Joppa
• 28:02
  and ask for Simon
• 28:03
  who is called Peter
• 28:04
  he is lodging
• 28:05
  in the house
• 28:05
  of Simon a tanner
• 28:06
  by the sea
• 28:07
  so I sent for you
• 28:08
  at once
• 28:09
  and you have been
• 28:09
  kind enough to come
• 28:10
  now therefore
• 28:11
  we are all here
• 28:12
  in the presence of God
• 28:13
  to hear all that you
• 28:14
  have been commanded
• 28:15
  by the Lord
• 28:15
  okay
• 28:17
  so
• 28:18
  real quick
• 28:19
  let's look at
• 28:20
  Peter's first response
• 28:21
  what does he say
• 28:22
  he says
• 28:23
  so he has this vision
• 28:24
  these sheets come down
• 28:25
  all animals
• 28:26
  of every kind
• 28:27
  come down
• 28:27
  and it says
• 28:28
  rise
• 28:28
  kill and eat Peter
• 28:29
  and his first response
• 28:31
  is by no means Lord
• 28:33
  so
• 28:33
  let's not jump
• 28:35
  on Peter
• 28:35
  too quickly
• 28:36
  and say
• 28:37
  like hey
• 28:38
  how dare you
• 28:39
  respond to God
• 28:40
  like that
• 28:41
  Peter's response
• 28:41
  is actually
• 28:42
  really similar
• 28:42
  to the prophet
• 28:43
  Daniel
• 28:44
  if you think
• 28:44
  about it
• 28:44
  he objected
• 28:46
  to the dietary
• 28:47
  he objected
• 28:48
  to the food
• 28:48
  that he was being
• 28:50
  served and said
• 28:50
  no I have to
• 28:51
  observe my customs
• 28:52
  because this food
• 28:53
  that you're feeding
• 28:53
  me here in Babylon
• 28:54
  is unclean
• 28:55
  but it's interesting
• 28:59
  though
• 28:59
  like you and I
• 29:00
  have read the rest
• 29:01
  of the story
• 29:01
  we know what's coming
• 29:02
  we know that God's
• 29:03
  not just talking
• 29:04
  about food
• 29:05
  right
• 29:05
  we know that God
• 29:07
  wasn't just
• 29:08
  taking bacon off
• 29:09
  the list of things
• 29:10
  not to eat
• 29:11
  but Peter
• 29:14
  if you think
• 29:15
  so Peter had
• 29:16
  been with Jesus
• 29:17
  he had been with
• 29:18
  the resurrected Jesus
• 29:19
  he had seen
• 29:21
  Pentecost come
• 29:22
  he had been
• 29:23
  preaching to
• 29:24
  Samaritans
• 29:24
  he had probably
• 29:27
  heard the story
• 29:27
  about the Ethiopian
• 29:28
  eunuch
• 29:29
  right
• 29:29
  like he's probably
• 29:30
  heard all these
• 29:30
  things but he
• 29:31
  still doesn't
• 29:32
  get it
• 29:32
  he still doesn't
• 29:34
  get that
• 29:34
  that through
• 29:35
  Christ's work
• 29:36
  that divide
• 29:36
  is gone
• 29:37
  that now
• 29:38
  the only thing
• 29:39
  that makes us
• 29:40
  clean or unclean
• 29:41
  in God's sight
• 29:42
  is whether we
• 29:43
  have believing
• 29:43
  faith
• 29:44
  in Jesus
• 29:45
  he still doesn't
• 29:46
  get it
• 29:46
  isn't that
• 29:47
  interesting
• 29:47
  like this is
• 29:48
  a thick-headed
• 29:49
  dude
• 29:49
  but everyone
• 29:51
  else is probably
• 29:51
  like that
• 29:51
  in that same
• 29:52
  spot
• 29:52
  we see that
• 29:53
  because of
• 29:54
  all the other
• 29:54
  responses
• 29:55
  Peter had been
• 29:56
  with the
• 29:56
  resurrected Jesus
• 29:57
  but he still
• 29:58
  didn't get it
• 29:59
  so what
• 30:01
  changed
• 30:02
  why is it
• 30:03
  that God
• 30:04
  is saying
• 30:05
  hey you can
• 30:06
  eat all these
• 30:07
  foods now
• 30:07
  doesn't that
• 30:07
  seem a little
• 30:08
  bit like God
• 30:09
  is flip-flopping
• 30:10
  right
• 30:11
  doesn't it
• 30:11
  seem a little
• 30:12
  bit like that
• 30:12
  doesn't it
• 30:13
  seem like God's
• 30:13
  changing his
• 30:14
  mind
• 30:14
  so I would
• 30:17
  say no
• 30:18
  and here's
• 30:19
  why
• 30:19
  you know
• 30:21
  he said yes
• 30:22
  and that's the
• 30:22
  end of the
• 30:22
  sermon
• 30:22
  but no
• 30:24
  so
• 30:25
  so what
• 30:26
  changed
• 30:26
  obviously
• 30:27
  something
• 30:28
  changed
• 30:28
  so let me
• 30:29
  just as a
• 30:29
  little example
• 30:30
  so let's
• 30:30
  say there
• 30:31
  is a father
• 30:31
  who has a
• 30:32
  five-year-old
• 30:32
  son
• 30:33
  and his son
• 30:34
  is standing
• 30:35
  on a cross
• 30:35
  from the
• 30:36
  street
• 30:36
  and it's
• 30:36
  a busy
• 30:37
  intersection
• 30:37
  and his son
• 30:39
  is about to
• 30:39
  cross the
• 30:40
  street
• 30:40
  and his father
• 30:41
  says don't
• 30:41
  know don't
• 30:42
  cross
• 30:42
  why because
• 30:43
  he's five
• 30:43
  years old
• 30:43
  and that would
• 30:44
  be irresponsible
• 30:44
  of his dad
• 30:45
  to just let
• 30:46
  his son cross
• 30:47
  this really
• 30:47
  busy intersection
• 30:48
  okay so
• 30:50
  then let's
• 30:50
  go forward
• 30:51
  ten years
• 30:52
  and now his
• 30:53
  son is 15
• 30:54
  and he's
• 30:54
  standing across
• 30:55
  the other
• 30:55
  side of the
• 30:55
  street and
• 30:56
  his son and
• 30:56
  his dad says
• 30:57
  hey like come
• 30:57
  on over to
• 30:58
  me now
• 30:58
  and so then
• 31:00
  the son
• 31:00
  crosses the
• 31:01
  busy intersection
• 31:02
  did the
• 31:04
  father flip
• 31:04
  flop
• 31:05
  no you
• 31:06
  would just
• 31:06
  say the
• 31:06
  situation
• 31:07
  changed
• 31:08
  the son
• 31:09
  grew up
• 31:09
  things have
• 31:10
  changed
• 31:11
  things are
• 31:11
  different now
• 31:12
  and so now
• 31:13
  it is appropriate
• 31:13
  for his son
• 31:14
  to cross the
• 31:14
  street
• 31:15
  in a similar
• 31:16
  way
• 31:16
  God is not
• 31:21
  changing his
• 31:21
  mind but the
• 31:22
  fulfillment of
• 31:23
  the law has
• 31:24
  come and
• 31:25
  things have
• 31:25
  changed
• 31:26
  so if you
• 31:28
  have your
• 31:28
  ESV Bible
• 31:29
  look at
• 31:29
  verse 15
• 31:30
  so it says
• 31:32
  and the voice
• 31:33
  came to him
• 31:34
  a second time
• 31:35
  what God has
• 31:36
  made clean
• 31:36
  do not call
• 31:37
  common
• 31:38
  so we're
• 31:39
  actually kind
• 31:40
  of at a
• 31:40
  loss for our
• 31:41
  ESV translation
• 31:42
  the NASB
• 31:43
  renders this
• 31:45
  what God
• 31:46
  has cleansed
• 31:47
  no longer
• 31:48
  call unclean
• 31:49
  so God
• 31:52
  is changing
• 31:52
  things
• 31:53
  did he change
• 31:53
  it right at
• 31:54
  that moment
• 31:54
  no
• 31:55
  the truth
• 31:56
  is that
• 31:56
  he changed
• 31:57
  it with
• 31:57
  Jesus
• 31:58
  and the
• 32:00
  thing is
• 32:00
  that we
• 32:01
  can
• 32:01
  if you're
• 32:01
  really
• 32:02
  thinking
• 32:02
  about it
• 32:03
  Jesus
• 32:03
  was saying
• 32:04
  this the
• 32:04
  whole time
• 32:05
  flip over
• 32:06
  to Mark
• 32:07
  starting in
• 32:08
  chapter 2
• 32:25
  chapter 2
• 32:26
  okay so
• 32:27
  the point
• 32:28
  that I'm
• 32:29
  getting at
• 32:29
  in this
• 32:29
  text is
• 32:30
  that I'm
• 32:30
  saying that
• 32:30
  it kind
• 32:31
  of appears
• 32:31
  a little
• 32:32
  bit like
• 32:32
  Jesus is
• 32:33
  disregarding
• 32:34
  a lot
• 32:34
  of laws
• 32:35
  like that's
• 32:35
  kind of
• 32:35
  what is
• 32:36
  the friction
• 32:36
  between him
• 32:37
  and the
• 32:37
  Pharisees
• 32:37
  a lot
• 32:38
  of the
• 32:38
  times
• 32:38
  so we're
• 32:41
  not going
• 32:41
  to read
• 32:41
  all these
• 32:42
  verses
• 32:42
  but I'm
• 32:42
  just going
• 32:42
  to have
• 32:43
  you
• 32:43
  follow me
• 32:44
  here
• 32:44
  so
• 32:44
  this
• 32:45
  in chapter
• 32:46
  2
• 32:46
  at the
• 32:47
  very end
• 32:47
  of 23
• 32:48
  he's
• 32:49
  going
• 32:50
  through
• 32:50
  and his
• 32:50
  disciples
• 32:51
  are walking
• 32:51
  through a
• 32:51
  grain field
• 32:52
  and they're
• 32:52
  picking grain
• 32:53
  and they're
• 32:54
  eating it
• 32:54
  and the
• 32:55
  Pharisees
• 32:55
  have an
• 32:56
  issue
• 32:56
  with that
• 32:57
  and they're
• 32:57
  like why
• 32:57
  are you
• 32:58
  guys eating
• 32:58
  on the
• 32:59
  Sabbath
• 32:59
  they had
• 32:59
  very strict
• 33:00
  rules
• 33:00
  about what
• 33:01
  you could
• 33:01
  and could
• 33:02
  not do
• 33:02
  on the
• 33:02
  Sabbath
• 33:02
  how far
• 33:03
  you could
• 33:03
  walk
• 33:04
  what kind
• 33:04
  of work
• 33:05
  you could
• 33:05
  do
• 33:05
  in order
• 33:06
  to keep
• 33:07
  the
• 33:07
  Sabbath
• 33:07
  day
• 33:07
  holy
• 33:08
  and
• 33:10
  Jesus
• 33:11
  gives them
• 33:11
  this example
• 33:12
  of don't
• 33:12
  you know
• 33:13
  the story
• 33:13
  of when
• 33:13
  David
• 33:14
  did this
• 33:14
  when David
• 33:15
  ate
• 33:16
  the bread
• 33:16
  of the
• 33:16
  priest
• 33:16
  and then
• 33:17
  the verse
• 33:18
  that I want
• 33:18
  to draw your
• 33:18
  attention to
• 33:19
  is verse
• 33:19
  27
• 33:20
  and he says
• 33:23
  for the
• 33:24
  Sabbath
• 33:24
  so the
• 33:24
  son of
• 33:25
  man
• 33:25
  is Lord
• 33:25
  even of
• 33:26
  the
• 33:27
  Sabbath
• 33:27
  and then
• 33:28
  keep looking
• 33:28
  at verse
• 33:29
  chapter 3
• 33:30
  there's this
• 33:31
  situation
• 33:31
  where this
• 33:32
  guy has
• 33:32
  this
• 33:32
  withered
• 33:32
  hand
• 33:33
  and
• 33:34
  Jesus
• 33:35
  is about
• 33:36
  to heal
• 33:37
  this man
• 33:37
  with withered
• 33:38
  hand
• 33:38
  but he
• 33:38
  knows
• 33:38
  what the
• 33:39
  Pharisees
• 33:39
  are thinking
• 33:39
  they don't
• 33:40
  want him
• 33:40
  to heal
• 33:40
  it
• 33:41
  because
• 33:42
  they think
• 33:42
  that that's
• 33:43
  something
• 33:43
  blasphemous
• 33:43
  that he's
• 33:44
  doing
• 33:44
  but instead
• 33:44
  he does
• 33:45
  heal
• 33:46
  and they
• 33:47
  get mad
• 33:48
  and then
• 33:51
  flip over
• 33:52
  a couple
• 33:53
  pages
• 33:53
  to chapter
• 33:53
  7
• 33:54
  now this
• 34:01
  is the
• 34:01
  kicker
• 34:02
  that's so
• 34:02
  important
• 34:03
  to get
• 34:03
  look at
• 34:05
  chapter 7
• 34:06
  verse 14
• 34:07
  so
• 34:10
  Jesus
• 34:12
  says
• 34:12
  and he
• 34:13
  called the
• 34:13
  people to
• 34:14
  him again
• 34:14
  and said
• 34:15
  to them
• 34:15
  hear me
• 34:16
  all of
• 34:16
  you
• 34:17
  and
• 34:17
  understand
• 34:17
  there is
• 34:18
  nothing
• 34:18
  outside a
• 34:19
  person
• 34:19
  that by
• 34:20
  going
• 34:20
  into
• 34:20
  him
• 34:20
  can
• 34:21
  defile
• 34:21
  him
• 34:21
  but the
• 34:22
  things
• 34:22
  that come
• 34:23
  out of
• 34:23
  a person
• 34:24
  are what
• 34:24
  defile
• 34:24
  him
• 34:24
  whoa
• 34:26
  that's so
• 34:27
  not in
• 34:28
  line with
• 34:28
  what we
• 34:29
  just looked
• 34:29
  at in
• 34:30
  Leviticus
• 34:30
  right
• 34:30
  like that's
• 34:31
  Jesus
• 34:31
  don't you
• 34:32
  don't you
• 34:32
  know your
• 34:33
  Old Testament
• 34:33
  don't you
• 34:34
  know that
• 34:34
  yes it
• 34:34
  is
• 34:35
  what
• 34:35
  defiles
• 34:36
  a person
• 34:36
  like
• 34:36
  no no no
• 34:37
  you're
• 34:37
  wrong
• 34:37
  like
• 34:37
  you eat
• 34:39
  these meats
• 34:39
  you eat
• 34:39
  these different
• 34:40
  types of
• 34:40
  animals
• 34:41
  and that
• 34:42
  defiles you
• 34:42
  that makes
• 34:43
  you unclean
• 34:43
  in the eyes
• 34:44
  of the law
• 34:44
  so is
• 34:46
  Jesus
• 34:46
  seemingly
• 34:47
  disregarding
• 34:47
  these laws
• 34:48
  it seems
• 34:50
  like it
• 34:50
  right
• 34:50
  like if
• 34:51
  you look
• 34:51
  at it
• 34:51
  first glance
• 34:52
  and you
• 34:52
  really look
• 34:53
  at Leviticus
• 34:54
  and you
• 34:54
  look at
• 34:54
  to now
• 34:54
  it seems
• 34:56
  like Jesus
• 34:56
  is disregarding
• 34:57
  this
• 34:57
  so
• 35:00
  how is
• 35:02
  he not
• 35:02
  how is it
• 35:04
  that Jesus
• 35:04
  is right
• 35:05
  in what
• 35:06
  he does
• 35:06
  what
• 35:09
  is the
• 35:10
  point of
• 35:11
  these laws
• 35:11
  what is the
• 35:12
  point of
• 35:12
  these Leviticus
• 35:13
  laws
• 35:13
  what is the
• 35:14
  point of
• 35:14
  all these
• 35:15
  laws
• 35:15
  it's really
• 35:20
  made pretty
• 35:20
  clear
• 35:21
  the disciples
• 35:21
  seem to
• 35:22
  get it
• 35:22
  in Acts
• 35:23
  you can
• 35:24
  flip back
• 35:24
  over to
• 35:24
  Acts 10
• 35:25
  where we're
• 35:25
  going to
• 35:25
  kind of
• 35:25
  pick back
• 35:26
  up there
• 35:26
  but
• 35:26
  earlier in
• 35:27
  Acts 3
• 35:28
  they quote
• 35:29
  Moses
• 35:29
  from Deuteronomy
• 35:30
  and they
• 35:30
  said
• 35:30
  Moses
• 35:32
  even said
• 35:33
  this at
• 35:33
  one point
• 35:33
  Moses
• 35:34
  even said
• 35:35
  that the
• 35:36
  Lord
• 35:36
  God
• 35:37
  will raise
• 35:38
  up for
• 35:38
  you a
• 35:38
  prophet
• 35:39
  like me
• 35:40
  from your
• 35:40
  brothers
• 35:41
  you shall
• 35:41
  listen to
• 35:42
  him
• 35:42
  in whatever
• 35:43
  he tells
• 35:43
  you
• 35:43
  it shall
• 35:44
  be that
• 35:44
  every soul
• 35:45
  who does
• 35:45
  not listen
• 35:46
  to that
• 35:46
  prophet
• 35:47
  shall be
• 35:48
  destroyed
• 35:48
  from the
• 35:48
  people
• 35:49
  so Moses
• 35:50
  is actually
• 35:50
  talking about
• 35:51
  Jesus
• 35:52
  he's talking
• 35:53
  about how
• 35:54
  Jesus is going
• 35:55
  to be the
• 35:55
  fulfillment
• 35:56
  of all these
• 35:57
  laws
• 35:57
  so they're
• 35:58
  pointing to
• 35:59
  Jesus
• 35:59
  so I guess
• 36:00
  that begs another
• 36:01
  question of
• 36:01
  what's the
• 36:02
  point of the
• 36:03
  law
• 36:03
  Romans 7
• 36:05
  Paul talks
• 36:05
  about the
• 36:06
  law being
• 36:07
  kind of like
• 36:08
  a mirror to
• 36:09
  you to show
• 36:09
  you how
• 36:10
  filthy you
• 36:10
  are
• 36:11
  Paul says
• 36:11
  if I
• 36:12
  didn't
• 36:12
  have
• 36:12
  the
• 36:12
  law
• 36:13
  I
• 36:13
  wouldn't
• 36:13
  know
• 36:13
  that
• 36:14
  I
• 36:14
  was
• 36:14
  in
• 36:14
  sin
• 36:14
  if
• 36:16
  someone
• 36:16
  didn't
• 36:16
  say
• 36:16
  hey
• 36:18
  you can't
• 36:19
  rob a
• 36:20
  store
• 36:20
  I
• 36:20
  wouldn't
• 36:20
  know
• 36:20
  that
• 36:21
  it's
• 36:21
  wrong
• 36:21
  to
• 36:21
  not
• 36:21
  rob
• 36:22
  a
• 36:22
  store
• 36:22
  so
• 36:24
  the
• 36:25
  law
• 36:25
  acts
• 36:25
  as
• 36:26
  a
• 36:26
  mirror
• 36:26
  the
• 36:26
  most
• 36:27
  the
• 36:27
  big
• 36:28
  point
• 36:28
  here
• 36:28
  is
• 36:28
  that
• 36:28
  Moses
• 36:29
  and
• 36:29
  the
• 36:29
  prophets
• 36:29
  they
• 36:29
  all
• 36:30
  are
• 36:30
  pointing
• 36:31
  to
• 36:31
  an
• 36:31
  event
• 36:31
  they're
• 36:32
  all
• 36:32
  pointing
• 36:33
  to
• 36:33
  Jesus
• 36:34
  is
• 36:34
  coming
• 36:34
  so when
• 36:36
  Jesus
• 36:36
  shows up
• 36:37
  on the
• 36:37
  scene
• 36:37
  it's
• 36:38
  like
• 36:38
  the
• 36:39
  Pharisees
• 36:39
  like
• 36:39
  they're
• 36:40
  missing
• 36:40
  it
• 36:40
  they're
• 36:40
  missing
• 36:41
  the
• 36:41
  thing
• 36:41
  that
• 36:41
  the
• 36:42
  law
• 36:42
  was
• 36:42
  supposed
• 36:42
  to
• 36:43
  point
• 36:43
  them
• 36:43
  towards
• 36:43
  Jesus
• 36:49
  is
• 36:49
  the
• 36:50
  fulfillment
• 36:50
  of all
• 36:50
  these
• 36:51
  things
• 36:51
  if
• 36:51
  you've
• 36:51
  heard it
• 36:52
  said
• 36:52
  that
• 36:52
  a
• 36:54
  huge
• 36:54
  point
• 36:54
  of
• 36:55
  the
• 36:55
  law
• 36:55
  was
• 36:55
  to
• 36:55
  show
• 36:56
  us
• 36:56
  how
• 36:56
  we
• 36:56
  couldn't
• 36:56
  keep
• 36:57
  it
• 36:57
  that
• 36:59
  that's
• 36:59
  a
• 36:59
  huge
• 36:59
  purpose
• 37:00
  of
• 37:00
  the
• 37:00
  Leviticus
• 37:00
  law
• 37:01
  all
• 37:01
  these
• 37:01
  rules
• 37:02
  isn't
• 37:03
  that
• 37:03
  why
• 37:03
  Jesus
• 37:03
  says
• 37:04
  hey
• 37:05
  unless
• 37:05
  your
• 37:05
  righteousness
• 37:06
  surpasses
• 37:07
  that
• 37:07
  of
• 37:07
  the
• 37:08
  scribes
• 37:08
  and
• 37:08
  Pharisees
• 37:09
  the
• 37:09
  guys
• 37:09
  that
• 37:09
  kept
• 37:09
  all
• 37:10
  these
• 37:10
  rules
• 37:10
  that
• 37:10
  kept
• 37:11
  all
• 37:11
  the
• 37:11
  dietary
• 37:11
  laws
• 37:12
  down
• 37:12
  to
• 37:12
  the
• 37:12
  minute
• 37:13
  details
• 37:13
  and
• 37:14
  Jesus
• 37:14
  is
• 37:14
  saying
• 37:14
  you
• 37:14
  have
• 37:14
  to
• 37:21
  are
• 37:22
  hopeless
• 37:22
  just
• 37:23
  like
• 37:24
  Cornelius
• 37:24
  okay
• 37:27
  so
• 37:28
  what's
• 37:28
  Peter's
• 37:29
  second
• 37:29
  response
• 37:30
  so
• 37:30
  Peter
• 37:32
  hears
• 37:32
  this
• 37:32
  he soon
• 37:33
  realized
• 37:33
  this is
• 37:34
  about
• 37:34
  more
• 37:34
  than
• 37:35
  food
• 37:35
  that
• 37:35
  God's
• 37:35
  doing
• 37:36
  here
• 37:36
  and
• 37:37
  his
• 37:37
  response
• 37:37
  is
• 37:38
  complete
• 37:39
  obedience
• 37:39
  he
• 37:41
  understands
• 37:41
  that
• 37:42
  this
• 37:42
  vision
• 37:42
  is
• 37:42
  more
• 37:42
  than
• 37:42
  about
• 37:43
  food
• 37:44
  we
• 37:45
  see
• 37:46
  that
• 37:46
  in
• 37:46
  verse
• 37:46
  28
• 37:46
  he
• 37:47
  says
• 37:47
  you
• 37:47
  yourselves
• 37:48
  know
• 37:48
  how
• 37:49
  unlawful
• 37:49
  it is
• 37:49
  for a
• 37:50
  Jew
• 37:50
  to
• 37:50
  associate
• 37:50
  with
• 37:51
  or
• 37:51
  to
• 37:51
  visit
• 37:51
  anyone
• 37:52
  of
• 37:52
  another
• 37:52
  nation
• 37:53
  but
• 37:53
  God
• 37:53
  has
• 37:53
  shown
• 37:54
  me
• 37:54
  that
• 37:54
  I
• 37:55
  should
• 37:55
  not
• 37:55
  call
• 37:55
  any
• 37:55
  person
• 37:56
  common
• 37:56
  or
• 37:56
  unclean
• 37:57
  which
• 37:58
  is
• 37:58
  a little
• 37:58
  weird
• 37:58
  because
• 37:58
  that
• 37:59
  vision
• 37:59
  was
• 37:59
  about
• 38:00
  foods
• 38:00
  but
• 38:00
  Peter
• 38:01
  is
• 38:01
  smart
• 38:01
  enough
• 38:01
  to
• 38:01
  make
• 38:02
  the
• 38:02
  connection
• 38:02
  oh
• 38:03
  you're
• 38:03
  not
• 38:03
  just
• 38:03
  talking
• 38:03
  about
• 38:04
  food
• 38:04
  right
• 38:04
  now
• 38:04
  you're
• 38:05
  talking
• 38:05
  about
• 38:05
  all
• 38:05
  people
• 38:06
  so
• 38:08
  what
• 38:08
  does
• 38:08
  he
• 38:08
  do
• 38:08
  he
• 38:09
  does
• 38:09
  two
• 38:09
  things
• 38:10
  that
• 38:10
  would
• 38:10
  be
• 38:10
  in
• 38:11
  violation
• 38:11
  of
• 38:11
  Jewish
• 38:12
  law
• 38:12
  verse
• 38:14
  23
• 38:14
  so
• 38:16
  he
• 38:16
  invited
• 38:16
  them
• 38:17
  in
• 38:17
  to
• 38:17
  be
• 38:17
  his
• 38:17
  guests
• 38:17
  these
• 38:18
  are
• 38:18
  Gentiles
• 38:19
  and
• 38:20
  Jews
• 38:20
  are
• 38:20
  not
• 38:21
  supposed
• 38:21
  to
• 38:21
  house
• 38:22
  Gentiles
• 38:22
  inside
• 38:23
  their
• 38:23
  home
• 38:23
  the
• 38:24
  next
• 38:24
  thing
• 38:25
  that
• 38:25
  we
• 38:25
  see
• 38:25
  is
• 38:25
  that
• 38:25
  he
• 38:26
  walks
• 38:27
  with
• 38:27
  them
• 38:27
  from
• 38:28
  Joppa
• 38:28
  where
• 38:29
  Peter
• 38:29
  is
• 38:29
  to
• 38:30
  Caesarea
• 38:30
  which
• 38:30
  is
• 38:30
  about
• 38:30
  40
• 38:31
  miles
• 38:31
  and
• 38:32
  that's
• 38:32
  not
• 38:32
  something
• 38:33
  a
• 38:33
  Jewish
• 38:33
  person
• 38:33
  is
• 38:33
  supposed
• 38:34
  to
• 38:34
  do
• 38:34
  with
• 38:34
  a
• 38:34
  Gentile
• 38:35
  so
• 38:38
  Peter
• 38:38
  gets
• 38:39
  that
• 38:40
  he
• 38:40
  has
• 38:40
  to
• 38:40
  be
• 38:40
  completely
• 38:41
  !
• 38:41
  obedient
• 38:41
  to
• 38:41
  this
• 38:42
  he
• 38:42
  understands
• 38:43
  that
• 38:43
  his
• 38:44
  way
• 38:44
  of
• 38:44
  doing
• 38:44
  things
• 38:45
  is
• 38:45
  subservient
• 38:46
  to
• 38:46
  what
• 38:47
  God
• 38:48
  says
• 38:48
  his
• 38:49
  traditions
• 38:49
  the
• 38:49
  things
• 38:49
  that
• 38:50
  he
• 38:50
  holds
• 38:50
  close
• 38:50
  he
• 38:51
  lets
• 38:51
  those
• 38:52
  go
• 38:52
  to
• 38:53
  be
• 38:54
  obedient
• 38:54
  to
• 38:54
  God
• 38:55
  that's
• 38:56
  his
• 38:56
  response
• 38:57
  to
• 38:57
  outsiders
• 38:57
  Peter
• 38:58
  he
• 38:59
  allows
• 39:00
  his
• 39:00
  reputation
• 39:01
  to
• 39:01
  be
• 39:01
  tarnished
• 39:02
  in the
• 39:02
  eyes
• 39:03
  of
• 39:03
  other
• 39:03
  people
• 39:03
  because
• 39:04
  he's
• 39:04
  being
• 39:04
  seen
• 39:05
  with
• 39:05
  Gentiles
• 39:05
  he's
• 39:07
  hosting
• 39:08
  them
• 39:09
  in
• 39:09
  his
• 39:09
  home
• 39:09
  but
• 39:11
  his
• 39:11
  response
• 39:12
  is
• 39:12
  complete
• 39:13
  obedience
• 39:13
  what
• 39:15
  is
• 39:15
  our
• 39:16
  response
• 39:16
  to
• 39:17
  in a
• 39:17
  similar
• 39:18
  way
• 39:18
  to
• 39:18
  those
• 39:19
  what
• 39:19
  we
• 39:20
  would
• 39:20
  consider
• 39:20
  taboos
• 39:21
  what
• 39:21
  would
• 39:21
  be
• 39:21
  our
• 39:22
  response
• 39:22
  to
• 39:23
  outsiders
• 39:23
  college
• 39:24
  students
• 39:24
  what
• 39:25
  is
• 39:25
  your
• 39:25
  response
• 39:26
  towards
• 39:27
  those
• 39:27
  that
• 39:28
  have
• 39:28
  a
• 39:28
  different
• 39:29
  lifestyle
• 39:29
  than
• 39:29
  you
• 39:29
  and
• 39:30
  choose
• 39:30
  to
• 39:31
  party
• 39:33
  and
• 39:33
  drink
• 39:34
  and
• 39:35
  what
• 39:36
  about
• 39:36
  what's
• 39:37
  your
• 39:37
  response
• 39:37
  towards
• 39:38
  those
• 39:39
  that
• 39:39
  are
• 39:40
  socially
• 39:40
  awkward
• 39:40
  that
• 39:42
  aren't
• 39:42
  inside
• 39:42
  your
• 39:42
  friend
• 39:43
  group
• 39:43
  we
• 39:43
  see
• 39:44
  God
• 39:44
  relentlessly
• 39:44
  pursuing
• 39:45
  Cornelius
• 39:46
  and even
• 39:47
  more so
• 39:47
  relentlessly
• 39:48
  pursuing
• 39:48
  Peter
• 39:49
  to get
• 39:49
  him
• 39:50
  to
• 39:50
  understand
• 39:50
  God's
• 39:51
  greater
• 39:51
  purpose
• 39:52
  here
• 39:52
  and
• 39:54
  Peter
• 39:54
  submits
• 39:54
  that
• 39:55
  to
• 39:56
  God
• 39:56
  are
• 39:56
  you
• 39:57
  submitting
• 39:57
  your
• 39:57
  preferences
• 39:58
  your
• 39:58
  taboos
• 39:59
  the
• 40:00
  people
• 40:01
  that
• 40:01
  you
• 40:01
  most
• 40:01
  easily
• 40:02
  jive
• 40:02
  with
• 40:02
  like
• 40:03
  are
• 40:03
  you
• 40:03
  submitting
• 40:04
  those
• 40:04
  to
• 40:04
  God
• 40:05
  for
• 40:06
  the
• 40:06
  sake
• 40:06
  of
• 40:06
  pursuing
• 40:07
  those
• 40:07
  for
• 40:07
  the
• 40:07
  kingdom
• 40:07
  what
• 40:11
  about
• 40:11
  parents
• 40:12
  what about
• 40:12
  those who
• 40:12
  choose to
• 40:13
  raise their
• 40:14
  children
• 40:15
  differently
• 40:15
  than you
• 40:16
  are you
• 40:17
  letting go
• 40:18
  of your
• 40:19
  preferences
• 40:20
  for the
• 40:20
  kingdom
• 40:21
  and glory
• 40:21
  of God
• 40:22
  are you
• 40:23
  pursuing
• 40:24
  those that
• 40:24
  choose to
• 40:25
  raise their
• 40:25
  children
• 40:26
  differently
• 40:26
  than you
• 40:26
  that have
• 40:27
  a different
• 40:27
  household
• 40:28
  than you
• 40:28
  that come
• 40:29
  from broken
• 40:29
  homes
• 40:30
  and you're
• 40:30
  not used
• 40:30
  to that
• 40:31
  in the
• 40:33
  midst
• 40:34
  of a
• 40:34
  really
• 40:34
  divided
• 40:35
  political
• 40:36
  season
• 40:36
  what's
• 40:38
  your
• 40:38
  response
• 40:39
  to those
• 40:39
  that are
• 40:40
  on the
• 40:41
  opposite
• 40:41
  end of
• 40:41
  the
• 40:42
  political
• 40:42
  spectrum
• 40:42
  than you
• 40:43
  when you
• 40:44
  read the
• 40:44
  news
• 40:44
  articles
• 40:45
  and you
• 40:45
  start to
• 40:45
  get
• 40:45
  frustrated
• 40:46
  and your
• 40:46
  blood
• 40:46
  starts to
• 40:47
  boil
• 40:47
  are you
• 40:48
  praying for
• 40:49
  those people
• 40:49
  when you
• 40:49
  encounter
• 40:50
  someone
• 40:50
  are you
• 40:51
  seeing
• 40:51
  the bigger
• 40:52
  purpose
• 40:52
  here
• 40:52
  that
• 40:53
  God's
• 40:54
  desire
• 40:54
  is that
• 40:55
  all
• 40:55
  nations
• 40:56
  and all
• 40:56
  peoples
• 40:56
  would be
• 40:58
  sons
• 40:59
  and daughters
• 41:00
  the list
• 41:03
  could go
• 41:03
  on and
• 41:03
  on and
• 41:04
  on
• 41:04
  okay
• 41:06
  I'm
• 41:07
  going to
• 41:08
  wrap it
• 41:08
  up I
• 41:08
  promise
• 41:08
  let's
• 41:09
  look at
• 41:09
  verse
• 41:09
  34
• 41:09
  so
• 41:14
  Peter
• 41:14
  opened his
• 41:14
  mouth and
• 41:15
  said
• 41:15
  truly I
• 41:16
  understand
• 41:16
  that God
• 41:17
  shows no
• 41:17
  partiality
• 41:18
  but in
• 41:19
  every nation
• 41:20
  anyone who
• 41:20
  fears him
• 41:21
  and does
• 41:21
  what is
• 41:22
  right is
• 41:22
  acceptable
• 41:23
  to him
• 41:23
  as for
• 41:24
  the word
• 41:25
  that he
• 41:25
  sent to
• 41:25
  Israel
• 41:25
  preaching
• 41:26
  good news
• 41:27
  of peace
• 41:27
  through
• 41:27
  Jesus
• 41:28
  Christ
• 41:28
  he is
• 41:29
  Lord of
• 41:29
  all
• 41:29
  you
• 41:30
  yourselves
• 41:31
  know
• 41:31
  what
• 41:31
  happened
• 41:31
  throughout
• 41:32
  all
• 41:32
  Judea
• 41:33
  beginning
• 41:33
  from
• 41:34
  Galilee
• 41:34
  after
• 41:34
  the
• 41:35
  baptism
• 41:35
  that
• 41:35
  God
• 41:36
  that
• 41:36
  John
• 41:36
  proclaimed
• 41:37
  how
• 41:38
  God
• 41:38
  anointed
• 41:39
  Jesus
• 41:39
  of
• 41:39
  Nazareth
• 41:40
  with
• 41:40
  the
• 41:41
  Holy
• 41:41
  Spirit
• 41:41
  and
• 41:41
  with
• 41:41
  power
• 41:42
  he
• 41:42
  went
• 41:42
  about
• 41:43
  doing
• 41:43
  good
• 41:43
  and
• 41:43
  healing
• 41:44
  all
• 41:45
  who
• 41:45
  were
• 41:45
  oppressed
• 41:45
  !
• 41:45
  by the
• 41:46
  devil
• 41:47
  for
• 41:47
  God
• 41:47
  is
• 41:47
  with
• 41:47
  him
• 41:48
  and
• 41:48
  we
• 41:48
  are
• 41:48
  witnesses
• 41:49
  !
• 41:49
  of
• 41:49
  all
• 41:49
  that
• 41:50
  he
• 41:50
  did
• 41:50
  both
• 41:50
  in
• 41:50
  the
• 41:50
  country
• 41:51
  of
• 41:51
  the
• 41:51
  Jews
• 41:52
  and
• 41:52
  in
• 41:52
  Jerusalem
• 41:52
  they
• 41:53
  put him
• 41:53
  to
• 41:54
  death
• 41:54
  by
• 41:54
  hanging
• 41:54
  him
• 41:54
  on
• 41:55
  a
• 41:55
  tree
• 41:55
  but
• 41:56
  God
• 41:56
  raised
• 41:56
  him
• 41:56
  up
• 41:56
  on
• 41:57
  the
• 41:57
  third
• 41:57
  day
• 41:57
  and
• 41:58
  made
• 41:58
  him
• 41:58
  to
• 41:58
  appear
• 41:59
  not
• 41:59
  to
• 41:59
  all
• 42:00
  the
• 42:00
  people
• 42:00
  but
• 42:01
  to
• 42:01
  us
• 42:01
  who
• 42:01
  have
• 42:01
  been
• 42:01
  chosen
• 42:02
  by
• 42:02
  God
• 42:02
  as
• 42:02
  witnesses
• 42:03
  who
• 42:03
  ate
• 42:04
  and
• 42:04
  drank
• 42:04
  with
• 42:04
  him
• 42:04
  after
• 42:05
  he
• 42:05
  rose
• 42:05
  from
• 42:05
  the
• 42:06
  dead
• 42:06
  and
• 42:07
  he
• 42:07
  commanded
• 42:08
  us
• 42:08
  to
• 42:08
  preach
• 42:08
  to
• 42:08
  the
• 42:08
  people
• 42:09
  and
• 42:09
  testify
• 42:09
  that
• 42:10
  he
• 42:10
  is
• 42:10
  the
• 42:10
  one
• 42:10
  !
• 42:10
  appointed
• 42:11
  !
• 42:23
  Is it
• 42:24
  Peter's
• 42:24
  personal
• 42:24
  testimony?
• 42:25
  Is it
• 42:25
  about
• 42:25
  Peter
• 42:26
  saying
• 42:26
  I
• 42:27
  denied
• 42:27
  Jesus
• 42:27
  and
• 42:28
  he
• 42:28
  restored
• 42:29
  me?
• 42:30
  Is it
• 42:30
  about
• 42:30
  how
• 42:32
  I
• 42:33
  once
• 42:33
  was a
• 42:34
  drunkard
• 42:34
  and
• 42:34
  then
• 42:34
  I
• 42:35
  came
• 42:35
  to
• 42:35
  Jesus
• 42:35
  because
• 42:36
  he
• 42:37
  healed
• 42:37
  me?
• 42:37
  Or
• 42:37
  is it
• 42:37
  that
• 42:37
  I
• 42:38
  got
• 42:38
  a
• 42:38
  better
• 42:38
  life
• 42:38
  from
• 42:39
  Jesus
• 42:39
  and
• 42:39
  I
• 42:39
  found
• 42:40
  my
• 42:40
  happiness
• 42:40
  in
• 42:41
  Jesus?
• 42:41
  That's
• 42:42
  not
• 42:42
  the
• 42:42
  message
• 42:42
  that
• 42:42
  Peter
• 42:43
  preaches.
• 42:43
  I'm
• 42:43
  not
• 42:43
  saying
• 42:43
  that
• 42:43
  those
• 42:44
  are
• 42:44
  bad
• 42:44
  messages.
• 42:45
  !
• 42:45
  But
• 42:45
  when
• 42:46
  Peter's
• 42:46
  given
• 42:46
  the
• 42:46
  shot
• 42:47
  by
• 42:47
  Cornelius
• 42:48
  he
• 42:48
  says
• 42:48
  hey
• 42:48
  we're
• 42:49
  all
• 42:49
  here
• 42:49
  my
• 42:50
  whole
• 42:50
  household
• 42:50
  is
• 42:50
  here
• 42:50
  my
• 42:51
  neighbors
• 42:51
  are
• 42:51
  here
• 42:51
  my
• 42:52
  co-workers
• 42:52
  are
• 42:52
  here
• 42:53
  we
• 42:53
  hear
• 42:53
  there's
• 42:53
  a
• 42:54
  message
• 42:54
  you
• 42:54
  got
• 42:54
  to
• 42:54
  preach
• 42:54
  Peter
• 42:55
  understands
• 42:56
  it's
• 42:56
  go
• 42:57
  time
• 42:57
  and
• 42:58
  he
• 42:58
  doesn't
• 42:58
  preach
• 42:58
  his
• 42:58
  testimony
• 42:59
  he
• 42:59
  doesn't
• 42:59
  preach
• 43:00
  how
• 43:00
  God
• 43:00
  has
• 43:00
  given
• 43:00
  him
• 43:00
  a
• 43:00
  better
• 43:00
  life
• 43:01
  though
• 43:01
  some
• 43:01
  of
• 43:01
  those
• 43:02
  things
• 43:02
  may
• 43:02
  or
• 43:02
  may
• 43:02
  not
• 43:02
  be
• 43:03
  true
• 43:03
  but
• 43:04
  he
• 43:04
  preaches
• 43:05
  the
• 43:06
  life
• 43:06
  the
• 43:06
  death
• 43:06
  and
• 43:06
  the
• 43:07
  resurrection
• 43:07
  of
• 43:07
  Jesus
• 43:08
  that
• 43:08
  is
• 43:09
  crucial
• 43:10
  to
• 43:10
  understand
• 43:11
  so
• 43:11
  when
• 43:11
  you're
• 43:11
  given
• 43:11
  that
• 43:12
  moment
• 43:13
  when
• 43:14
  someone's
• 43:14
  asking
• 43:14
  you
• 43:14
  what's
• 43:15
  the
• 43:15
  hope
• 43:15
  that
• 43:16
  you
• 43:16
  have
• 43:16
  what
• 43:17
  makes
• 43:17
  you
• 43:17
  different
• 43:18
  what
• 43:18
  is
• 43:19
  it
• 43:19
  that
• 43:19
  you
• 43:19
  fall
• 43:20
  back
• 43:20
  on
• 43:20
  again
• 43:21
  personal
• 43:22
  experience
• 43:22
  is
• 43:22
  great
• 43:22
  I'm
• 43:22
  not
• 43:23
  saying
• 43:23
  that's
• 43:23
  a
• 43:23
  bad
• 43:23
  thing
• 43:24
  but
• 43:24
  I'm
• 43:24
  saying
• 43:24
  Peter
• 43:25
  sees
• 43:25
  this
• 43:25
  as
• 43:25
  an
• 43:25
  opportunity
• 43:26
  to
• 43:26
  preach
• 43:26
  the
• 43:26
  gospel
• 43:27
  so
• 43:27
  that's
• 43:27
  what
• 43:27
  he
• 43:27
  does
• 43:28
  we
• 43:31
  see
• 43:31
  that
• 43:31
  in
• 43:31
  verse
• 43:32
  38
• 43:32
  he
• 43:32
  talks
• 43:32
  about
• 43:33
  how
• 43:33
  God
• 43:33
  anointed
• 43:34
  Jesus
• 43:34
  we
• 43:34
  see
• 43:34
  him
• 43:35
  talking
• 43:35
  about
• 43:35
  his
• 43:35
  life
• 43:35
  how
• 43:36
  he
• 43:36
  was
• 43:36
  perfect
• 43:36
  how
• 43:37
  he
• 43:37
  healed
• 43:38
  people
• 43:38
  from
• 43:39
  diseases
• 43:39
  we
• 43:41
  see
• 43:41
  him
• 43:41
  talk
• 43:41
  about
• 43:41
  his
• 43:42
  death
• 43:42
  we
• 43:42
  see
• 43:42
  him
• 43:42
  talk
• 43:43
  about
• 43:43
  his
• 43:43
  resurrection
• 43:44
  in
• 43:44
  verse
• 43:44
  40
• 43:45
  and
• 43:45
  then
• 43:45
  there's
• 43:46
  this
• 43:46
  purpose
• 43:46
  that's
• 43:47
  big
• 43:47
  for
• 43:47
  us
• 43:47
  to
• 43:48
  understand
• 43:48
  in
• 43:51
  verse
• 43:51
  42
• 43:51
  it
• 43:52
  says
• 43:52
  and
• 43:52
  he
• 43:52
  commanded
• 43:52
  !
• 43:57
  That's a whole
• 44:06
  other sermon
• 44:07
  right there
• 44:07
  the message
• 44:08
  that we're
• 44:09
  preaching
• 44:09
  is of
• 44:10
  his
• 44:10
  life
• 44:11
  his
• 44:11
  death
• 44:11
  and
• 44:11
  his
• 44:11
  resurrection
• 44:11
  and
• 44:12
  for
• 44:12
  what
• 44:12
  purpose
• 44:12
  because
• 44:13
  he's
• 44:13
  coming
• 44:13
  to
• 44:13
  judge
• 44:14
  the
• 44:14
  living
• 44:14
  and
• 44:15
  the
• 44:15
  dead
• 44:15
  every
• 44:16
  single
• 44:16
  person
• 44:16
  that's
• 44:16
  ever
• 44:17
  existed
• 44:17
  on
• 44:17
  the
• 44:17
  earth
• 44:18
  God
• 44:19
  will
• 44:19
  be
• 44:19
  the
• 44:19
  judge
• 44:20
  and
• 44:23
  that
• 44:23
  everyone
• 44:23
  who
• 44:23
  believes
• 44:24
  in
• 44:24
  his
• 44:24
  name
• 44:24
  would
• 44:25
  receive
• 44:25
  forgiveness
• 44:26
  of
• 44:26
  sins
• 44:26
  Christians
• 44:27
  like
• 44:27
  that's
• 44:27
  our
• 44:27
  message
• 44:28
  that's
• 44:29
  the
• 44:29
  gospel
• 44:29
  message
• 44:30
  that
• 44:30
  we're
• 44:30
  sharing
• 44:31
  that
• 44:31
  we're
• 44:31
  carrying
• 44:31
  to
• 44:32
  our
• 44:32
  co-workers
• 44:33
  and to
• 44:33
  our
• 44:33
  friends
• 44:33
  and our
• 44:34
  family
• 44:34
  okay
• 44:37
  and then
• 44:38
  finishing up
• 44:39
  in verse
• 44:39
  44
• 44:40
  while
• 44:42
  Peter was
• 44:42
  still saying
• 44:43
  these things
• 44:44
  the Holy
• 44:44
  Spirit
• 44:44
  fell on
• 44:45
  all who
• 44:46
  heard
• 44:46
  the
• 44:46
  word
• 44:46
  and
• 44:47
  the
• 44:47
  believers
• 44:47
  from
• 44:48
  among
• 44:48
  the
• 44:48
  circumcised
• 44:49
  who
• 44:49
  had
• 44:49
  come
• 44:50
  with
• 44:50
  Peter
• 44:50
  were
• 44:50
  amazed
• 44:51
  because
• 44:51
  the
• 44:52
  gift
• 44:52
  of
• 44:52
  the
• 44:52
  Holy
• 44:52
  Spirit
• 44:53
  was
• 44:53
  poured
• 44:53
  out
• 44:53
  even
• 44:54
  on
• 44:54
  the
• 44:55
  Gentiles
• 44:55
  for
• 44:56
  they
• 44:56
  were
• 44:56
  hearing
• 44:57
  them
• 44:58
  speaking
• 44:58
  in
• 44:58
  tongues
• 44:59
  and
• 44:59
  extolling
• 44:59
  God
• 45:00
  then
• 45:00
  Peter
• 45:01
  declared
• 45:01
  can
• 45:01
  anyone
• 45:02
  withhold
• 45:02
  water
• 45:03
  from
• 45:03
  baptizing
• 45:03
  these
• 45:04
  people
• 45:04
  who
• 45:04
  have
• 45:05
  received
• 45:05
  the
• 45:05
  Holy
• 45:05
  Spirit
• 45:06
  just
• 45:06
  as
• 45:06
  we
• 45:06
  have
• 45:07
  and
• 45:07
  he
• 45:07
  commanded
• 45:08
  them
• 45:08
  to be
• 45:08
  baptized
• 45:08
  in the
• 45:09
  name
• 45:09
  of
• 45:09
  Jesus
• 45:09
  Christ
• 45:10
  then
• 45:10
  they
• 45:11
  asked
• 45:11
  him
• 45:11
  to
• 45:11
  remain
• 45:12
  for
• 45:12
  some
• 45:12
  days
• 45:12
  which
• 45:13
  is
• 45:13
  really
• 45:14
  interesting
• 45:14
  because
• 45:14
  the
• 45:14
  Holy
• 45:15
  Spirit
• 45:15
  interrupts
• 45:16
  Peter's
• 45:16
  message
• 45:16
  !
• 45:25
  it
• 45:26
  seems
• 45:26
  a little
• 45:26
  rude
• 45:26
  and
• 45:29
  does
• 45:29
  it
• 45:29
  remind
• 45:29
  you
• 45:29
  of
• 45:29
  any
• 45:30
  event
• 45:30
  that's
• 45:30
  happened
• 45:30
  maybe
• 45:31
  a few
• 45:32
  chapters
• 45:32
  ago
• 45:33
  does
• 45:33
  it
• 45:33
  remind
• 45:33
  you
• 45:33
  of
• 45:33
  Pentecost
• 45:34
  so
• 45:36
  specifically
• 45:36
  in this
• 45:37
  text
• 45:37
  that's
• 45:38
  opening up
• 45:39
  the can
• 45:40
  of
• 45:40
  the Holy
• 45:41
  Spirit
• 45:41
  being poured
• 45:42
  out on
• 45:42
  unbelievers
• 45:43
  and
• 45:44
  speaking in
• 45:45
  tongues
• 45:45
  that's a
• 45:46
  whole other
• 45:46
  conversation
• 45:48
  but in
• 45:48
  this text
• 45:49
  specifically
• 45:50
  what is
• 45:51
  the point
• 45:51
  of the Holy
• 45:52
  Spirit
• 45:52
  being poured
• 45:53
  out on
• 45:53
  this way
• 45:54
  on the
• 45:54
  Gentiles
• 45:55
  doesn't it
• 45:57
  confirm
• 45:58
  something
• 45:58
  to the
• 45:58
  Jews
• 45:59
  who think
• 46:00
  that salvation
• 46:01
  can't come
• 46:01
  to the
• 46:01
  Gentiles
• 46:02
  unless
• 46:02
  they're
• 46:02
  circumcised
• 46:03
  it reveals
• 46:04
  to them
• 46:05
  the Holy
• 46:06
  Spirit
• 46:06
  was poured
• 46:07
  out on
• 46:07
  them
• 46:08
  after
• 46:08
  what
• 46:08
  after
• 46:08
  they
• 46:08
  just
• 46:08
  heard
• 46:09
  the
• 46:09
  message
• 46:09
  and
• 46:10
  received
• 46:10
  it
• 46:11
  so
• 46:13
  it's
• 46:14
  undeniable
• 46:15
  to these
• 46:15
  witnessing
• 46:15
  Jews
• 46:16
  that the
• 46:16
  Holy
• 46:16
  Spirit
• 46:16
  is
• 46:17
  poured
• 46:17
  out
• 46:17
  that
• 46:18
  it's
• 46:18
  for
• 46:18
  all
• 46:19
  people
• 46:19
  that
• 46:19
  they
• 46:19
  don't
• 46:19
  need
• 46:20
  to
• 46:20
  clean
• 46:21
  up
• 46:21
  their
• 46:21
  life
• 46:22
  that
• 46:24
  God
• 46:24
  invites
• 46:27
  them
• 46:27
  exactly
• 46:28
  where
• 46:28
  they
• 46:28
  are
• 46:28
  you've
• 46:30
  heard
• 46:30
  it said
• 46:30
  that God
• 46:30
  accepts
• 46:31
  you
• 46:31
  just as
• 46:31
  you are
• 46:31
  that's
• 46:32
  not
• 46:32
  true
• 46:32
  God
• 46:34
  invites
• 46:34
  you
• 46:35
  exactly
• 46:35
  where
• 46:36
  you
• 46:36
  are
• 46:36
  and that's
• 46:39
  what he
• 46:39
  does
• 46:39
  here
• 46:40
  so
• 46:41
  in summary
• 46:42
  what does
• 46:43
  this tell
• 46:43
  us about
• 46:43
  the heart
• 46:44
  of God
• 46:44
  we've
• 46:45
  talked
• 46:45
  about
• 46:45
  how God
• 46:45
  is
• 46:46
  relentlessly
• 46:47
  pursuing
• 46:47
  sinners
• 46:48
  of all
• 46:48
  kinds
• 46:48
  we're
• 46:51
  seeing
• 46:51
  here
• 46:51
  that
• 46:52
  God
• 46:52
  relentlessly
• 46:53
  pursues
• 46:53
  sinners
• 46:54
  of all
• 46:54
  nations
• 46:55
  gosh
• 46:56
  this is
• 46:57
  where
• 46:57
  I said
• 46:58
  earlier
• 46:58
  that I
• 46:59
  feel
• 46:59
  like
• 46:59
  you
• 46:59
  could
• 46:59
  have
• 46:59
  six
• 47:00
  different
• 47:00
  sermons
• 47:00
  talking
• 47:01
  about
• 47:01
  God
• 47:01
  has
• 47:02
  this
• 47:02
  heart
• 47:02
  for
• 47:02
  the
• 47:02
  nations
• 47:03
  not
• 47:04
  just
• 47:04
  one
• 47:04
  group
• 47:05
  of
• 47:05
  people
• 47:05
  not
• 47:05
  just
• 47:05
  the
• 47:06
  Jewish
• 47:06
  people
• 47:06
  not
• 47:07
  just
• 47:07
  Americans
• 47:08
  not
• 47:09
  just
• 47:09
  people
• 47:09
  that
• 47:09
  align
• 47:11
  with
• 47:11
  western
• 47:11
  thought
• 47:12
  but
• 47:12
  all
• 47:13
  peoples
• 47:13
  does
• 47:13
  your
• 47:14
  heart
• 47:14
  ache
• 47:14
  to
• 47:14
  see
• 47:15
  different
• 47:15
  cultures
• 47:15
  and
• 47:16
  people
• 47:16
  saved
• 47:17
  gosh
• 47:17
  it's
• 47:18
  I
• 47:48
  just
• 47:48
  like
• 47:49
  you
• 47:49
  and
• 47:49
  me
• 47:49
  God
• 47:50
  crosses
• 47:51
  these
• 47:51
  social
• 47:52
  taboos
• 47:53
  Peter
• 47:54
  crosses
• 47:54
  these
• 47:54
  social
• 47:55
  taboos
• 47:56
  it's
• 47:58
  some
• 47:58
  people
• 47:59
  will try
• 47:59
  to
• 47:59
  compare
• 47:59
  this
• 48:00
  divide
• 48:00
  between
• 48:01
  Jews
• 48:01
  and
• 48:01
  Gentiles
• 48:02
  to
• 48:02
  maybe
• 48:03
  some
• 48:03
  of
• 48:03
  the
• 48:03
  segregation
• 48:03
  stuff
• 48:04
  that
• 48:04
  happened
• 48:04
  here
• 48:05
  in the
• 48:05
  United
• 48:05
  States
• 48:05
  in the
• 48:05
  1960s
• 48:06
  and
• 48:06
  70s
• 48:07
  and
• 48:07
  it's
• 48:08
  not
• 48:08
  comparable
• 48:09
  I get
• 48:11
  that there's
• 48:11
  prejudice
• 48:12
  there
• 48:12
  but
• 48:12
  this
• 48:13
  was
• 48:13
  something
• 48:13
  that
• 48:13
  was
• 48:13
  established
• 48:14
  by
• 48:14
  God
• 48:15
  early
• 48:17
  in the
• 48:17
  Old
• 48:17
  Testament
• 48:18
  and
• 48:18
  then
• 48:18
  God
• 48:19
  abolishes
• 48:19
  it
• 48:19
  with
• 48:19
  the
• 48:20
  coming
• 48:20
  of
• 48:20
  Jesus
• 48:20
  so
• 48:21
  yes
• 48:21
  there's
• 48:21
  prejudice
• 48:22
  that's
• 48:22
  what's
• 48:22
  common
• 48:22
  with that
• 48:23
  movement
• 48:24
  or that
• 48:25
  line of
• 48:25
  thought
• 48:25
  but
• 48:26
  this is
• 48:28
  not
• 48:28
  comparable
• 48:29
  and
• 48:31
  I say
• 48:31
  that
• 48:31
  to
• 48:31
  say
• 48:31
  if
• 48:33
  God
• 48:33
  removed
• 48:33
  the
• 48:34
  divide
• 48:34
  between
• 48:34
  the
• 48:34
  Jews
• 48:35
  and
• 48:35
  the
• 48:35
  Gentiles
• 48:36
  what
• 48:36
  divide
• 48:37
  are you
• 48:37
  putting
• 48:37
  up
• 48:37
  right
• 48:38
  now
• 48:38
  between
• 48:38
  you
• 48:39
  and
• 48:39
  another
• 48:39
  people
• 48:39
  group
• 48:40
  someone
• 48:41
  who's
• 48:42
  of a
• 48:42
  different
• 48:42
  culture
• 48:43
  someone
• 48:43
  who's
• 48:44
  of
• 48:44
  different
• 48:45
  traditions
• 48:45
  are you
• 48:46
  putting
• 48:46
  that
• 48:46
  if
• 48:46
  God
• 48:47
  hasn't
• 48:47
  are you
• 48:48
  doing
• 48:48
  it
• 48:48
  right
• 48:48
  now
• 48:49
  and
• 48:51
  I'm
• 48:52
  asking
• 48:52
  do
• 48:53
  we
• 48:53
  mirror
• 48:54
  this
• 48:54
  God
• 48:54
  has
• 48:54
  this
• 48:55
  relentless
• 48:55
  pursuit
• 48:56
  of
• 48:56
  sinners
• 48:57
  do
• 48:58
  you
• 48:58
  see
• 48:58
  that
• 48:58
  in
• 48:58
  your
• 48:59
  own
• 48:59
  life
• 48:59
  if
• 49:00
  you
• 49:00
  do
• 49:00
  praise
• 49:01
  God
• 49:02
  and
• 49:02
  ask
• 49:02
  him
• 49:02
  to
• 49:03
  give
• 49:03
  you
• 49:03
  more
• 49:03
  of
• 49:03
  that
• 49:04
  if
• 49:06
  you
• 49:06
  don't
• 49:07
  fall
• 49:07
  on
• 49:07
  your
• 49:07
  face
• 49:08
  as
• 49:08
  you
• 49:08
  go
• 49:08
  home
• 49:09
  and
• 49:09
  ask
• 49:10
  God
• 49:10
  to
• 49:10
  give
• 49:11
  you
• 49:11
  a
• 49:11
  heart
• 49:11
  for
• 49:11
  that
• 49:11
  a
• 49:12
  heart
• 49:12
  that
• 49:13
  that
• 49:15
  relentlessly
• 49:16
  proactively
• 49:17
  pursues
• 49:17
  that
• 49:18
  doesn't
• 49:18
  wait
• 49:18
  for
• 49:18
  them
• 49:18
  to
• 49:18
  come
• 49:19
  to
• 49:19
  us
• 49:19
  but
• 49:20
  that
• 49:20
  goes
• 49:20
  out
• 49:21
  are
• 49:21
  we
• 49:21
  doing
• 49:21
  that
• 49:21
  in
• 49:22
  Gainesville
• 49:22
  in
• 49:23
  Dahlonega
• 49:23
  are
• 49:24
  you
• 49:24
  guys
• 49:24
  doing
• 49:25
  that
• 49:25
  in
• 49:25
  your
• 49:25
  community
• 49:25
  groups
• 49:25
  are
• 49:25
  you
• 49:26
  guys
• 49:26
  asking
• 49:26
  those
• 49:26
  questions
• 49:27
  how
• 49:27
  can
• 49:27
  we
• 49:28
  relentlessly
• 49:28
  pursue
• 49:28
  the
• 49:29
  lost
• 49:29
  around
• 49:29
  us
• 49:30
  just
• 49:30
  like
• 49:30
  God
• 49:31
  do
• 49:31
  we
• 49:31
  mirror
• 49:31
  that
• 49:32
  what
• 49:32
  about
• 49:33
  even
• 49:33
  here
• 49:33
  this
• 49:33
  morning
• 49:34
  do
• 49:34
  you
• 49:35
  fall
• 49:35
  back
• 49:35
  into
• 49:36
  your
• 49:36
  clique
• 49:36
  of
• 49:37
  people
• 49:37
  that
• 49:38
  you
• 49:38
  feel
• 49:38
  !
• 49:38
  comfortable
• 49:38
  talking
• 49:39
  to
• 49:48
  there's
• 49:49
  going
• 49:49
  to be
• 49:49
  a
• 49:49
  time
• 49:49
  when
• 49:49
  we're
• 49:49
  going
• 49:50
  to
• 49:50
  be
• 49:50
  in
• 49:50
  heaven
• 49:50
  we're
• 49:50
  going
• 49:50
  to
• 49:50
  have
• 49:51
  all
• 49:51
  the
• 49:51
  fellowship
• 49:51
  in the
• 49:52
  world
• 49:52
  to
• 49:52
  talk
• 49:52
  to
• 49:52
  each
• 49:52
  other
• 49:53
  and
• 49:53
  I
• 49:53
  loved
• 49:53
  how
• 49:54
  Jerry
• 49:54
  mentioned
• 49:54
  that
• 49:54
  a month
• 49:55
  ago
• 49:55
  about
• 49:56
  one
• 49:56
  of the
• 49:56
  beautiful
• 49:56
  things
• 49:57
  about
• 49:57
  Christians
• 49:57
  is
• 49:58
  the
• 49:58
  fellowship
• 49:59
  and
• 49:59
  how
• 49:59
  he
• 49:59
  just
• 49:59
  likes
• 49:59
  to
• 50:00
  sit
• 50:00
  back
• 50:00
  and watch
• 50:01
  that
• 50:01
  happen
• 50:02
  and
• 50:03
  that
• 50:03
  needs
• 50:03
  to
• 50:04
  happen
• 50:04
  but
• 50:04
  we
• 50:05
  also
• 50:06
  need
• 50:06
  to
• 50:06
  have
• 50:06
  this
• 50:07
  point
• 50:07
  where
• 50:07
  we
• 50:07
  are
• 50:07
  relentlessly
• 50:08
  pursuing
• 50:08
  those
• 50:09
  who
• 50:09
  are
• 50:09
  even
• 50:09
  in
• 50:09
  our
• 50:09
  midst
• 50:09
  today
• 50:10
  so
• 50:14
  I
• 50:14
  pray
• 50:14
  that
• 50:14
  for us
• 50:15
  I pray
• 50:15
  that
• 50:15
  for us
• 50:16
  as a
• 50:16
  church
• 50:16
  that
• 50:17
  we
• 50:17
  would
• 50:17
  be
• 50:17
  marked
• 50:17
  by
• 50:18
  that
• 50:18
  kind
• 50:18
  of
• 50:18
  relentless
• 50:19
  pursuit
• 50:19
  let's
• 50:21
  pray