Acts 3

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I would invite you to turn back with me to the portion of scripture we read earlier on, so this is Acts chapter 3 and we will be looking at the second part of that Peter's speech is his sermon from verse 11, Acts chapter 3.
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I was reading recently an interview with a footballer, an interview where this footballer spoke of the practical jokes that were played on him by his teammates and his fellow professionals.
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So these guys, his fellow players, they didn't like the fact that this player in question, that he was, as they saw, a bit of an intellectual, which I think for footballers basically meant that he used to occasionally read a book or two.
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But they didn't like this.
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So on one occasion, what they did, without his knowledge, was they took a pair of scissors and they cut out, what a terrible thing to do, they cut out the very last paragraph of this long novel that this guy had been reading.
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And in this interview, I was reading, the player spoke of his dismay.
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Imagine reading this novel for week after week after week and then in his words he said, he was now unable to properly grasp the story because of the absence of a few crucial words.
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Now, a great practical joke, I'm sure you would agree.
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But I think the player's words there can equally be said of this week that we've got in front of us, the book of Acts.
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Because when we consider Acts, if we fail to just have a few key words in our minds, then we're also going to fail to grasp much about what is really happening in this book.
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Because you see, in chapter 1, right at the beginning of Acts, in Acts chapter 1 and verse 8, the author, Luke, what he does is he really sets out his skull.
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So there, in chapter 1 and verse 8, what he does is he tells us what's to come in the rest of the book.
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So he tells us that Acts is going to show us the disciples being Jesus witnesses, first in Jerusalem, then to all Judea and Samaria, and then to the ends of the earth.
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That is how the book of Acts is going to be structured.
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And that means, of course, that what we've got before us this evening, in this first part of the book of Acts, is an account of the advance of the gospel, not in Judea and Samaria, exactly.
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It's not an account of the advance of the gospel to the ends of the earth.
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What we've got in front of the earth.
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What we've got in front of us is an account of the advance of the gospel in the city of Jerusalem.
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Something that we'll see tonight is crucial to any proper understanding of Acts chapter 3.
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So with the theme for tonight, in our minds, the theme that is all about Jesus, that is all about Jesus, let's consider our first of three points.
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And let's consider that the speaker here was all about Jesus.
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The speaker was all about Jesus.
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Now, we know, having just read it, what the background is here, don't we?
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Peter has just healed this crippled beggar.
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So this man, who was suffering from a congenitive, debilitating disease, he has been healed to the extent, you see it, that he's now followed Peter and John into the temple courteous.
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And you see how he's managed to do that?
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He is now walking, and he is jumping, and he is praising God.
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And then this miracle seems to draw a crowd, doesn't it?
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Let's think about that.
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These people, who were familiar with this cripple, so people who would have walked past this cripple thousands of times on their way into the temple courteous.
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They see the guy, now we're in the distance, and he's walking, and he's jumping, and so, they run towards him.
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And they're desolate to find out what's going on, what's happened.
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Forget this, this is the important thing.
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clearly their attention
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is actually specifically
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on Peter
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and John
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isn't it?
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It isn't so much on that guy but on Peter
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look what Peter has to say to this large guy
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of Christus here
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he says why do you stare at us
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as if by
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our own power or piety we have made
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this man walk
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you see
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the attention is on
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Peter
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and John
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and what I would dearly love for you to see
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and appreciate this evening
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is how Peter
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redirects
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that attention group
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because surely think about it
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see at that moment in the temple
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warrior Peter's the man
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isn't he?
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I mean every eye
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is on Peter
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he's got this crowd that's before him on
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tender looks
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but he doesn't observe
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bask in the glory of the healing
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does he?
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I mean he doesn't just
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pause for a minute
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and enjoy the line right there
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does he?
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you know not a bit of it
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look
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immediately
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without even a second thought
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look he moves the focus
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away from him
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and he moves it straight to Jesus Christ
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look at this
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look at what he says
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why do you stare at us?
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the God
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of Abraham
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has raised his servant
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Jesus
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so he directs
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or redirects
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he diverts
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he deflects the crowd's attention
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and he deflects it to
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Jesus Christ
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and note
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as well
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that he doesn't do that
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just to explain
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what's happened
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in this miracle
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with the crippled bear
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right
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he doesn't sort of
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just deflect attention
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to show that it was
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Jesus power
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rather than
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his own
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that's healed this man
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I mean yeah
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okay
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he is going to do that
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and he'll tell them that
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but before he does that
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what does he do?
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he seizes
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this moment
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of attention
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doesn't he?
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and he presents
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to this crowd
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that's before him
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in the temple
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some of the key events
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of Jesus
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before he speaks
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about this miracle
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with the crippled
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he speaks about
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Jesus' betrayal
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and he speaks about
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Jesus' day
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and he speaks about
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Jesus' resurrection
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so what we've got
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is Peter
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redirect
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redirecting
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attention
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from himself
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to the glory
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of the risen
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Christ
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now folks
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please hear this
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we currently
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live in a culture
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that really
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exists
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in antithesis
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to the attitude
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that Peter
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displays here
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don't we?
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I mean
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Peter here
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lives to deflect
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attention
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away from himself
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where our culture
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is absolutely
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obsessed
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with drawing
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attention
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to the
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individual
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we in the 21st century
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we live in a
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self-free society
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don't we?
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we live in a
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culture
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where everything
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everything
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is about
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self-promotion
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our TV shows
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like the
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X Factor
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or
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what's the other one
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Britain's Got Talent
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you know
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they show us
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sneaking crowds
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of thousands
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of hopefuls
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all
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just desperate
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for some sort
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of deserving
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time in the
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spotlight
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don't they?
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the internet
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has made it
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easier for us
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to upload
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videos of
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ourselves
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to YouTube
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or upload
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pictures of
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ourselves
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to Facebook
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I think you
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could probably
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also sustain
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an argument
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for saying
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that popular
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music
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has changed
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you know
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songs about
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unacquainted
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love or
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protests a few
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decades ago
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to songs
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today
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that kind of
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just say
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look at me
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look how much
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money I've got
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look how many
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cars I've got
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look how many
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girls
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I can get
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we are perhaps
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more than
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any other time
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in history
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firmly immersed
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in this
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look at me
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culture
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a self-free
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society
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and so please
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friends
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I urge you
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tonight
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just to look
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at Peter
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and see that
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the Christian
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life must
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hold entirely
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different values
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to that
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that instead
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of us
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following that
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sort of
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pervasive
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self-promotion
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society
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that we
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consider the
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apostle
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and we
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see this
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we see
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that the
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Christian
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life
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must be
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in essence
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a life
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of redirection
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that we
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should in
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everything
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that we
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do
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seek not
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glory for
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ourselves
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but in
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everything
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that we
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do
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we seek
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to promote
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the glory
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and the honour
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of Jesus
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Christ
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that if
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we do
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attract
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attention
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to ourselves
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that it's
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only through
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our good
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works
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that Peter
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with his
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cripple
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but that
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only so
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that we
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can redirect
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people to
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the fruit
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of the
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cross
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friends I
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hope you
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see this
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clearly
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what we've
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got here
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under
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what is it
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Solomon's
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portico
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is a
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paradigm
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and it's
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a pattern
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for the
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whole of
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Christian
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life
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that we
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live to
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direct
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attention
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to our
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saviour
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we live
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to direct
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attention
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to our
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Lord
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the speaker
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here
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is Peter
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and the
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speaker was
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all about
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Jesus
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let's know
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because
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secondly
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that the
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scriptures
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are all
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about Jesus
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the scriptures
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are all
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about Jesus
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okay let's
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go back
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and consider
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the text
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in a little
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bit more
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detail
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so we've
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seen that
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Peter has
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taken this
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miracle
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and the
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resultant
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intrigue of
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the crowd
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and he has
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used that
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to speak
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about
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what
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to speak
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about
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God's
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action
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in Jesus
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Christ
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but there's
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something we
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need to
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notice about
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the manner
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in which
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he does
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this
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and there's
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something we
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talked about
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right at the
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beginning of
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the sermon
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because in
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this speech
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the sermon
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in the city
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of Jerusalem
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what we've
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got in front
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of us
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is actually
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a very
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Jewish
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presentation
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of the
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gospel
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a very
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very Jewish
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presentation
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now do you
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see what I
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mean by that
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if not
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observe
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firstly
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the way
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that Peter
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addresses the
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crowd
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what does he
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say
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he calls
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them men
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of Israel
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then
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observe
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how he
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speaks about
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God
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what does he
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call God
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what does he
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speak about
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God
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he says
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the God
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of Abram
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the God
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of Isaac
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the God
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of Jacob
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the God
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of our
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fathers
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then observe
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especially
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how Peter
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speaks about
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Jesus
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what does
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he say
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God
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has done
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here
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think about
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this
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he says
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that God
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has glorified
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his
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servant
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Jesus
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now
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that might
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not mean
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all that much
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to us
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in here
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but it would
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have jarred
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the first century
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Jewish audience
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wouldn't it
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that would
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have sent
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them straight
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back in their
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minds to
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Isaiah 52
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and to the
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exaltation
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of the
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suffering
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of the
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servant
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wouldn't it
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and it's
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the same
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with this
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other
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messianic
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title
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that he
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uses
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here
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you see
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that
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the
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holy
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and
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righteous
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one
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do you
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see what's
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happening
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do you see
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what Peter
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is doing
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here
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he's showing
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the crowd
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that this
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man
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that he
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is talking
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about
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Jesus
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of Nazareth
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that he
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was the
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one that the
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Jews
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had been
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waiting for
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he's saying
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that this
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man I'm
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speaking about
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Jesus of
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Nazareth
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he was the
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one that
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dares
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the
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old
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testament
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was
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pointing
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to
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and we
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may listen
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to him
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just now
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think
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okay maybe
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I see
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that
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maybe
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look at
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the second
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half of the
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sermon
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Peter makes
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his point
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so explicit
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because he
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is effectively
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saying to
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this crowd
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before him
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in the
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temple
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friends
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the old
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testament
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is all
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about
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Jesus
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look what he
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says
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verse 18
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God
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foretold
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the
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sufferings
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of Jesus
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of Nazareth
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in all
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the prophets
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verse 21
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Jesus was
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promised long
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ago by the
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holy prophets
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verse 22
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Moses
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spoke
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of the
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government
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of Jesus
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verse 24
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Samuel
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and all
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the prophets
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thereafter
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spoke about
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these days
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what is
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the days
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of Jesus
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Nazareth's
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death
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and
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resurrection
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everything
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in scripture
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Peter says
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to this
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Jewish crowd
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everything
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in scripture
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is about
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this man
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that has
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just been
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put to
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death
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Jesus
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of Nazareth
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but I
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would urge
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you
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not to
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read
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Acts 3
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and think
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of it
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as a
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dry
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monotonous
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lecture
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where Peter
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mechanically
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points out
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where Jesus
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pops up
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in the
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Old Testament
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it's not a
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lecture
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this is a
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man in the
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temple
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giving this
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heartfelt
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evangelistic
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appeal
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to these
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people
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why?
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because Peter
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could see
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that by
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this
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crowd
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not
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recognising
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Jesus
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of
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Nazareth
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as the
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one
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Old Testament
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spoke of
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him
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that they
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were rejecting
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and renouncing
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their own
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longed for
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Messiah
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I mean this
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is not about
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missing a
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sort of
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detail or a
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technicality
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about identity
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this was
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about denying
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their
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Christ
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and with
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that
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please allow
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me to
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pose to
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you a
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couple of
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crucial
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questions
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firstly
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when you
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read your
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Bible at
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home
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and I
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assume
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what you
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do
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when you
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read your
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Bible at
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home
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are you
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seeing
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Jesus
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are you
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see when I
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was studying
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for the
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ministry
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a few years
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ago
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we had a
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teacher
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a lecturer
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!
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and he
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would say
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the same
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thing every
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year to
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his class
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and he
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would tell
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us
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if you
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have something
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important to
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say to an
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audience
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what you
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do
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I'm sure
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you've
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probably
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heard this
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before
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from
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someone
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else
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what you
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do
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is first
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of all
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you tell
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the audience
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what it
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is that
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you are
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about
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to tell
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them
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and then
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the second
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thing you
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do is
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you tell
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the audience
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what it
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is that
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you have
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to tell
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them
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and then
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the third
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thing
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you tell
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the audience
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what it
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is that
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you have
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just
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told
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them
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but you
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isn't
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it
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but isn't
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that what
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God has
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done for
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us with
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Jesus
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Christ
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in
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scripture
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isn't
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it
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and he
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has foretold
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the coming
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of the
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important
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effect
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and then
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he has
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told us
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in detail
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about
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Jesus
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ministry
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and then
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he has
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explained
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to us
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again
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the
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significance
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of all
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of that
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so I
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wonder
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are you
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finding some
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of the
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parts of the
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old
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testament
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really
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difficult
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I mean
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are you
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finding them
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sometimes
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almost
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impenetrable
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I wonder
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tonight
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do you
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see that
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this
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here
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what
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Peter
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says
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to this
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crowd
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is the
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key
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to it
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all
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that we
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must
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read the
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bible
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read
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scripture
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and we
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see
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Jesus
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that we
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read
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even those
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really difficult
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parts of the
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old testament
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I mean
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do you not
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read them
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in isolation
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we read
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them as
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they sit
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in God's
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perfect plan
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of redemption
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that reaches
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its apex
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it reaches
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its zenith
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at the
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cross
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now do you
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do that
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I wonder
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is that how
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you are
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using your
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bible
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when you
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go to
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Genesis
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you see
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that the
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seed of
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the woman
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points
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to Jesus
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you see
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that Ruth's
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kinsman
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redeemer
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points
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to Jesus
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you see
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that Noah's
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ark of
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salvation
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points
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to Jesus
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you see
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that Noah's
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fish of
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deliverance
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it points
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to Jesus
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that Jesus
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is the
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everything
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and the
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every
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layer of
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scripture
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and without
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him there
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is no
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understanding
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of the
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riches
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and truths
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of the
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word of
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God
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and then
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the second
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question
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is to
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those here
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who are
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perhaps not
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yet
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saved
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it's a
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question to
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you tonight
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if you're
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not a
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Christian
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friend
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with
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all
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respect
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do you
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see that
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you're
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making
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the same
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mistake
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as this
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Jewish
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crowd
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because you
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see the
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old
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testament
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came to
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them
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and it
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spoke
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very very
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clearly
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that the
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messiah
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would
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suffer
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and they
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rejected
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him
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but we're
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told
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look at the
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end of the
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section
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we're told
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in verse
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26 that
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the gospel
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came
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first
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to the
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Jews
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but as we
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saw at the
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beginning of
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the sermon
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the gospel
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would go
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out of
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Jerusalem
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and it
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would go
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to all
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the nations
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of the
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world
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and you
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see the
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truth is
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that tonight
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as you sit
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here in this
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church
00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:11.600
the gospel
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has come to
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you
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look around
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you
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look at how
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many bibles
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are in this
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place
00:19:16.080 --> 00:19:17.539
you have
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the good
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news
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and it
00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:19.860
tells you
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very very
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clearly
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that Jesus
00:19:23.100 --> 00:19:23.880
is
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the
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Christ
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friends
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do not
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keep on
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making
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the same
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mistake
00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:33.000
as this
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Jewish
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prayer
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do not
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deny
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Jesus
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the one
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that
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all
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scripture
00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:40.940
speaks
00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.279
about
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so the
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speaker
00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:44.980
was all
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about
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Jesus
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and the
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scriptures
00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:48.960
are all
00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.240
about
00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.500
Jesus
00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.259
so thirdly
00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.579
let's
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conclude
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let's
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consider
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that the
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consummation
00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:57.220
will all
00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.819
be about
00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:58.420
Jesus
00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:58.819
so the
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consummation
00:19:59.400 --> 00:19:59.920
the end
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times
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will be
00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:02.059
all about
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Jesus
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and again
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let's
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let's use
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our imagination
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and let's
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picture the
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scene that
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we're reading
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about in
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Acts chapter
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3
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okay so
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Peter
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is at the
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side of the
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temple
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in Solomon's
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portico
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right in the
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side of the
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temple
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and he's
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spoken to
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this crowd
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and he's
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not sugar
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coated it
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has he
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I mean he's
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really underlined
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for these
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people their
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clear culpability
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that God
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has promised
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a suffering
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saviour
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that that
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suffering saviour
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has come
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and they
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have rejected
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him
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here's the
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thing
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surely
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the question
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that arises
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for that
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crowd
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is what
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now
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what
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now
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given
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their
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sin
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given
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what
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Peter
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has
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just
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pointed
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out
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given
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their
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denial
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of
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Christ
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is
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there
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any
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hope
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for
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them
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is that
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what
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they're
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asking
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or is
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it
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too late
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are they
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beyond
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saving
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well
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what
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Peter
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does
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here
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Peter
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not only
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tells them
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what they
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need to
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do to
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be saved
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but he
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also tells
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them exactly
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what that
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salvation
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will lead
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to
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so what
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does he
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say is
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the only
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way to
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be saved
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do you
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see it
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in verse
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19
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as clear
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as day
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Peter
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announces
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the only
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way of
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salvation
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he says
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what's the
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word
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repent
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repent
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turn to
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God
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turn
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from that
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denial
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of
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Jesus
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turn
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to
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Jesus
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and see
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that his
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name
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is the
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name
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that's
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above
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all
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other
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names
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so he
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tells the
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crowd
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the way
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of
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salvation
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but when
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he's done
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that
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he then
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speaks of
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what happens
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to those
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who are
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saved
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in Jesus
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Christ
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now what
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does he
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say
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I would
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ask you
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to soak
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these in
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okay
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he says
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verse 19
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that repentance
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will lead
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to sin
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being
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wiped
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out
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that
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great
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divine
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record
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of
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wickedness
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is
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blotted
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out
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from
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Jesus
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Christ
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he tells
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us that
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then he
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tells us
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that through
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repentance
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times of
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refreshing
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will come
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that just
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like the
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cripple
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that will
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stand in
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the side
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that salvation
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will involve
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a wonderful
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new lease
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of life
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in Jesus
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but thirdly
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and we're
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going to
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end with
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this one
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Peter tells
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the crowd
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that if they
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turn from
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their denial
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of Jesus
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that God
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will send
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his son
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again
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that repentance
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in Christ
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will lead
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to a
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glorious view
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of the
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second coming
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of Christ
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and do you
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see what
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Peter says
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will happen
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when Jesus
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returns
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what will
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happen
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he says
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that verse
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21
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through Christ
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God
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is going
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to work
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he is going
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to restore
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everything
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he is going
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to restore
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all things
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that not only
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are the speaker
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and scriptures
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all about
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Jesus Christ
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but the
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consummation
00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:28.980
the
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restoration
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the future
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is going
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to all
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be about
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Jesus
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Christ
00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:38.180
that he
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will
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return
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that his
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creation
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will be
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made new
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by his
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power
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that his
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people
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will be
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transformed
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that his
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city
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the new
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Jerusalem
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that it
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will be
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inhabited
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that his
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power
00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:02.099
that his
00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.639
wiped away
00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:02.980
sin
00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.259
that it
00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.819
will then
00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.579
wipe away
00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.859
all tears
00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.879
and all
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pain
00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:09.039
that his
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songs of
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glory
00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.799
will be sung
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that his
00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:14.059
crowns
00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:15.200
of glory
00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.779
will be
00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.619
handed out
00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.839
that all
00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.420
attention
00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.960
of every
00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.940
single person
00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.599
will be fixed
00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.319
upon the one
00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.659
who unlike
00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.240
us
00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.440
is actually
00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.420
deserving
00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:28.099
of all
00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.859
the focus
00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.979
and of all
00:24:29.979 --> 00:24:30.599
the praise
00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.740
and of all
00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.459
the glory
00:24:32.459 --> 00:24:34.019
that the
00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.719
consummation
00:24:34.719 --> 00:24:35.500
will all
00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.519
be about
00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.219
him
00:24:37.219 --> 00:24:38.359
Jesus
00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:39.179
Christ
00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:40.919
friends
00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.719
all of that
00:24:41.719 --> 00:24:42.759
is the
00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.379
wondrous
00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:43.919
fruit
00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:45.379
of repentance
00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:46.879
in Christ
00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:48.719
now
00:24:48.719 --> 00:24:49.779
the obvious
00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.279
question
00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.959
I have to
00:24:50.959 --> 00:24:51.599
finish with
00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:54.019
is have you
00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.599
turned from
00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.240
your sin
00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:57.099
have you
00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:58.400
really
00:24:58.400 --> 00:25:00.460
stopped denying
00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.160
the saviour
00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.859
can you see
00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.299
this evening
00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.700
that
00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:04.680
your life
00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.299
your
00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:06.839
hopes
00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:08.299
you know
00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.240
your future
00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:11.299
your affections
00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.740
above
00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:13.200
everything else
00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.640
it must
00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.319
all
00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.140
be
00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.779
about
00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.579
Jesus
00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.099
Christ
00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:19.000
do you see
00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.379
that
00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.799
it must
00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.419
be
00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:22.519
do you know
00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.740
what's
00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.199
beautiful
00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:24.919
that
00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.959
we learn
00:25:25.959 --> 00:25:26.459
in verse
00:25:26.459 --> 00:25:27.179
four of
00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:27.779
the next
00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.259
chapter
00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.859
that many
00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.339
of those
00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:30.819
people
00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.740
before
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Peter
00:25:33.139 --> 00:25:34.740
they saw
00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.219
it for the
00:25:35.219 --> 00:25:35.879
first time
00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.719
and we are
00:25:36.719 --> 00:25:37.139
told
00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:38.139
that they
00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:39.219
were saved
00:25:39.219 --> 00:25:40.539
I wonder
00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:40.919
tonight
00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.679
do you see
00:25:41.679 --> 00:25:41.919
it
00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.779
do you see
00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.219
that it's
00:25:43.219 --> 00:25:44.219
all about
00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.940
Jesus
00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:46.960
have you
00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:48.279
really
00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.319
repented
00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.299
of yourself
00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:52.759
let's pray
00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.200
let's pray
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00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200
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00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.200
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Thank you.