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00:00We were praying earlier and we were talking about prayer,
00:03but have you ever thought about how awesome prayer is?
00:08I mean, think about it.
00:10You have the creator of the universe,
00:12the person, the being that spoke all things into existence.
00:16He didn't take matter and recreate it.
00:19He spoke matter into existence and created all things.
00:23This being desires to communicate to us.
00:27He wants to commune with us in prayer.
00:31He's not a God that created and went on a journey somewhere
00:33and just leaves us to our own demise.
00:36He's a God that wants us to commune with him.
00:39What a privilege it is to pray to God.
00:44You know, when you see people pray,
00:45oh, they're just talking there.
00:46No, they're not talking there.
00:47They're talking to a real person,
00:49a person who made all things,
00:51who is a sovereign Lord of the universe,
00:53who directs all things.
00:55Oh, what a wonderful thing prayer is.
00:58We have a prayer chain here,
01:00and if you have prayer requests,
01:01you can always add it to the prayer chain
01:02and we can get that information.
01:04But have you noticed that sometimes we pray
01:06for something particular, specific,
01:09and God always answers prayers.
01:11We know that.
01:11He always answers prayers,
01:13but sometimes he doesn't answer it exactly
01:16as we thought he ought to.
01:17You ever been there before?
01:19Some of you may keep a prayer journal
01:20and you write down the prayers
01:22and then you see the answers to the prayer
01:23and you see that God answered it,
01:24but it wasn't exactly like that you had prayed.
01:28I mean, he knows all things,
01:29so he knows how to answer it best,
01:30but sometimes he does answer exactly like we pray.
01:34And in the text today,
01:36God answers the disciples' prayer
01:38exactly like they had prayed in chapter four.
01:42In chapter four, this is what they said.
01:45We talked about it a few weeks back.
01:47Remember, Peter and John had been arrested,
01:50tried in front of the Sanhedrin,
01:53threatened not to speak in the name of Jesus.
01:55They go back to their friends
01:56and they hold a prayer worship service,
01:59and part of that was this prayer right here.
02:01This is what they said.
02:03And now, Lord, look upon their threats,
02:05that's the Sanhedrin,
02:06and grant to your servants
02:08to continue to speak your word with all boldness.
02:12We're not asking for deliverance.
02:13We're asking to continue to speak your word.
02:16While you stretch out your hand to heal,
02:20and signs and wonders are performed
02:21through the name of your holy servant, Jesus.
02:25And God, in chapter five,
02:26answers it exactly like they prayed.
02:29Exactly.
02:30Gave them boldness,
02:32performed signs and wonders through the apostles,
02:34but answered accordingly how they prayed.
02:36What a wonderful thing
02:38when God answers exactly like we thought he should.
02:42You know, do you think about it, though?
02:43Well, their prayer didn't deliver them
02:46from the circumstances that they found themselves in.
02:49It actually furthered the persecution
02:51that they're going to experience.
02:53So they were praying not to be delivered,
02:55but hey, in the midst of this,
02:57we want to be faithful to you.
02:59Isn't that a good prayer?
03:01In the midst of everything we see around us,
03:03I just want to be faithful to you, God.
03:05That's what they're praying.
03:06So here we see in the rest of chapter five,
03:08we looked at Ananias and Sapphira two weeks ago,
03:11the rest of chapter five,
03:12that the proclamation of the gospel
03:14cannot be stopped by men.
03:16Men cannot stop the proclamation of the gospel,
03:18for God is advancing the message
03:20even though men are opposing him.
03:22His message will get out.
03:24Man cannot stop the gospel message.
03:26They try in this chapter,
03:28again, they try to stop people speaking
03:30in the name of Jesus,
03:32but you cannot.
03:34Opposition is there.
03:35Opposition is here today, even still.
03:38But people, men cannot stop the advancement
03:41of the kingdom of God
03:42and God's message of salvation.
03:46God answered their prayer
03:47exactly like they had prayed.
03:50They didn't pray for deliverance.
03:52They prayed for boldness to be faithful
03:54in the midst of opposition.
03:57I don't know,
03:57some of you may be experiencing opposition
03:59at work right now.
04:02Prayer is,
04:02God, just give me boldness to be faithful to you
04:05in the midst of the opposition.
04:06Maybe it's within your own family.
04:09God, give me boldness to be faithful to you
04:11in the midst of all.
04:12I mean, it's a great prayer.
04:16God answered their prayer exactly.
04:18Verses 12 through 16 focuses like a summary.
04:23The story continues on in verse 17,
04:25but there's like a summary
04:26of what was taking place in Jerusalem here,
04:2812 through 16.
04:30So now we see,
04:33now many signs and wonders
04:34were regularly done among the people
04:36by the hands of the apostles.
04:38So it's still the apostles
04:39that are doing the signs and wonders
04:40at this point.
04:41And they were all together
04:43in Solomon's portico.
04:44So all the believers were gathered
04:45in the same place that they were before,
04:47proclaiming and speaking
04:48in the name of Jesus.
04:49Yet 13 says,
04:51none of the rest dared join them,
04:54but the people held in high esteem.
04:56So the group is gathered,
04:57the people that are not believers
04:59are looking out at a distance.
05:01They're favoring them.
05:02They're saying something is good
05:03about this Christian group,
05:04but they're standoffish at this point.
05:07They're standoffish in verse 13.
05:10And more than ever,
05:11believers were added to the Lord,
05:13multitudes of both men and women.
05:15And this is the first time
05:16the women are included in the counting.
05:18I'm sure there were women
05:19that got saved in the day of Pentecost as well,
05:20but just men were counted.
05:22Now it's both.
05:22So that they even carried out the sick
05:28into the streets
05:29and laid them on cots and mats
05:31that as Peter came by,
05:33at least his shadow might fall on some of them.
05:36We'll talk about that in a second.
05:37It sounds kind of strange.
05:40The people also gathered
05:41from the towns around Jerusalem.
05:44So now the message is going beyond Jerusalem,
05:46bringing the sick and those afflicted
05:48with unclean spirits,
05:49and they were all healed.
05:53Everyone that was brought to them
05:54was healed in this case.
05:56So now we see this summary
05:58of what's going on.
05:59They were in Solomon's portico right here.
06:02You'll see the picture here.
06:03It'll pop up on the screen.
06:04Just there it is right there.
06:06To the right is the temple.
06:08That's where all the sacrifices
06:09and the priestly duties.
06:10And the left was a large area
06:11that literally thousands of people could be in.
06:14And that's where they were gathering together
06:16every day in the temple.
06:17And they were then speaking about Jesus,
06:19talking about Jesus being the Messiah.
06:21So they're gathering together
06:22in this area right here.
06:24So the summary focusing on
06:26the healing ministry of the apostles
06:27and the growing favor of the people,
06:29but it also sets the stage
06:31for the second arrest that's going to happen.
06:34Because as the people give them favor,
06:36the religious leaders are falling out of favor,
06:39and so they respond.
06:40That sets us up for that.
06:43So they're performing signs and wonders,
06:45confirming the word that's performing,
06:46and the signs and wonders
06:48were God's way of bearing witness
06:49to the testimony that they were saying,
06:52the words that they were proclaiming.
06:54You have a new revelation
06:56that God is giving to people,
06:58and then there's no way to check it.
06:59So signs and wonders were there to show
07:01that this is coming from God.
07:02This is God's work.
07:04Only God can do these things.
07:06These are what God is having to say.
07:08In fact, the writer of Hebrews talks about this,
07:11these bearing witness
07:12to the preaching of the apostles.
07:13For since the message delivered by angels
07:16proved to be reliable,
07:18and every transgression or disobedience
07:20received a just retribution,
07:22how shall we escape
07:23if we neglect such a great salvation?
07:25Let me just pause right there.
07:27That is a great, great question.
07:29How can you escape
07:30if you neglect this great salvation?
07:34If you ignore this great salvation?
07:36How can you,
07:36whether you're at home
07:37or whether you're right here,
07:38if you've never believed
07:39in the Lord Jesus Christ,
07:40how can you escape the judgment
07:41that's going to come?
07:42This great salvation
07:43if you don't believe in Him?
07:47How can we escape
07:48if we neglect such a great salvation?
07:50The idea is you cannot.
07:53It was declared at first by the Lord,
07:56and it was attested to us
07:57by those who heard,
07:58in other words,
07:58the apostles,
07:59while God also bore witness
08:01by signs and wonders
08:02and various miracles
08:03and by gifts of the Holy Spirit
08:05distributed according to His will.
08:07So He's continuing the ministry.
08:08God is doing this work
08:09through the apostles.
08:12Notice that the people
08:13favored the Christians
08:15but kept a distance.
08:17They kept a distance.
08:19People were intrigued
08:20by the Christians
08:21and their message
08:21but were afraid of joining them.
08:24Think Ananiah and Sapphira.
08:27Because if you remember,
08:28in Acts chapter 5,
08:29this is what it said.
08:31And great fear came upon
08:32the whole church,
08:33believers,
08:34and upon all who heard
08:36of these things.
08:37So the unbelievers as well.
08:38Whoa,
08:39I've got to be very careful.
08:41I'm going to count the cost
08:42if I'm going to join this group.
08:43They held them in favor.
08:44They're going,
08:45there's something about
08:45these Christians
08:46that are intriguing.
08:48But I'm afraid
08:49to join them right now.
08:52They were intrigued.
08:53Now this shadow thing,
08:55this shadow.
08:56In the ancient world,
08:57it's a very superstitious thing.
08:58In the ancient world,
08:59a shadow was supposed
09:00to represent the person,
09:02the inner person.
09:03So they thought,
09:04well,
09:04if we just put them
09:06on cots and mats
09:07and Peter's shadow go by.
09:08Now Luke never says
09:09that anyone got healed
09:11from the shadow.
09:12He doesn't say that.
09:13It's not in the text anywhere.
09:14It just says
09:15they thought they would be
09:16and so they laid them on mats.
09:18Luke doesn't say
09:19anyone got healed
09:20but the superstitious thing,
09:21they recognize that God
09:22was at work among these people.
09:24Something was happening
09:25through this person
09:26named Peter.
09:27Notice it says
09:29they were all healed.
09:32All.
09:33Everyone was brought,
09:34was healed.
09:34Everyone was healed.
09:35No one was sent away
09:36because they did not have faith
09:38to be healed.
09:39Oh, you didn't have enough faith
09:40you didn't get healed.
09:40No, everyone was healed.
09:42They were all healed
09:42by the apostles that day.
09:45The Jews were going,
09:46well, give us some more signs.
09:48Well, you have Jesus,
09:49you have the resurrection
09:50as a sign,
09:51you have his works as a sign,
09:52his testimony as a sign,
09:54but we need more signs.
09:55The Jews love signs.
09:57They require God
09:58to do something
09:58to show them.
10:00Show me,
10:01like the Missouri,
10:02show me state,
10:02show me and I'll believe.
10:04Does that ever work, really?
10:06He showed them.
10:07Did they believe?
10:08Just showing them
10:09doesn't necessarily believe
10:10but they require a sign.
10:11That's what Paul said
10:12in Corinthians about Jews.
10:14For Jews demand signs
10:16and Greeks seek wisdom.
10:17They're looking for something.
10:18Even when Jesus was here,
10:19they were saying,
10:20show us a sign, Jesus.
10:22John 6.
10:23So they said to him,
10:24then what sign do you do
10:25that we may see
10:26and believe you?
10:28What work do you perform?
10:29So they're asking for signs.
10:31And in John 7,
10:32yet many of the people
10:33believed in him.
10:34They said,
10:34when Christ appears,
10:35will he do more signs
10:36than this man has done?
10:37They're asking for more signs.
10:39God is giving them that.
10:40Here are signs right here,
10:42wonders, miracles
10:43through the hands
10:43of the apostles.
10:46Something though
10:46to remember
10:47about miracles and signs
10:48is that miracles alone
10:50without God's word
10:51can save no one.
10:53Miracles alone
10:54without God's word
10:54can save no one.
10:56The miracles
10:56have people's attention.
10:58God's word
10:58is what saves people.
11:01So now their healing ministry
11:03led to their arrest
11:04by the religious authorities.
11:06The people are favoring
11:08the apostles
11:09and the religious authorities
11:10are realizing
11:11they're losing the favor
11:12of the esteem
11:13of the people.
11:14Look at verse 17.
11:15It's a little larger section here.
11:17Verses 17.
11:18Excuse me.
11:19Verse, yeah, 17.
11:20But the high priest
11:22rose up
11:23and all who were with him,
11:25that is the party
11:26of the Sadducees.
11:26Most of the people
11:27on the Sanhedrin
11:28were Sadducees.
11:28There are Pharisees
11:29on the Sanhedrin.
11:30Most were Sadducees.
11:31And filled with jealousy,
11:34they arrested the apostles
11:36and put them
11:36in public prison.
11:38We're going to humiliate you guys.
11:41But during the night,
11:43an angel of the Lord
11:43opened the prison doors
11:45and brought them out
11:46and said,
11:46go and stand in the temple
11:48and speak to the people
11:49all the words
11:51of this life.
11:52So they're set free.
11:53So they wait
11:54for the temple doors
11:55to open
11:55and it says,
11:56and when they heard this,
11:57they entered the temple
11:58at daybreak
11:59and began to teach.
12:00Okay.
12:01So they're arrested,
12:02thrown in prison,
12:03angel comes,
12:04releases them,
12:05they go back
12:06to the temple
12:06the next day.
12:07Here's where we're at.
12:08Now when the high priest came
12:10and those who were with him,
12:11they called together
12:12the council,
12:13all the senate
12:14of the people,
12:14probably the scribes
12:15at this point,
12:16of Israel,
12:17and sent to the prison
12:18to have them,
12:19the apostles brought.
12:20Now again,
12:21this is not just Peter and John,
12:22this is all the apostles
12:23are there.
12:25But when the officers came,
12:26they did not find them
12:28in prison.
12:29So they returned
12:29and reported,
12:30hey,
12:30we found the prison
12:31securely locked
12:32and the guards
12:33standing at the doors,
12:34but when we opened them,
12:35we found no one inside.
12:37Now when the captain
12:38of the temple
12:39and the chief priest
12:40heard these words,
12:40they were greatly perplexed.
12:42You can imagine
12:43the look on their face.
12:44What?
12:45How's that possible?
12:46They were greatly perplexed,
12:48it says here,
12:49wondering what this would come to.
12:52What's going to come of this?
12:54And someone came
12:55and told them,
12:55hey, look,
12:56the men whom you put in prison
12:57are standing in the temple
12:58and teaching the people.
12:59Now, of course,
13:00they're very excited about this
13:01because that's what they wanted,
13:02right?
13:03Follow along with me.
13:04Yeah,
13:05you can imagine the reaction
13:06that wait,
13:06we just told them
13:07don't do that
13:08and they're now back
13:09in the temple again.
13:10We found the prison
13:11securely locked
13:12and the guards
13:13and the guards
13:13and the doors
13:13and we opened them
13:14and the temple
13:15heard these words,
13:16they were greatly perplexed
13:17and someone came
13:18and told them,
13:19look,
13:19the men whom you put in prison
13:20are standing in the temple
13:21and teaching the people.
13:23Then the captain
13:23with the officers
13:24went and brought them
13:25but not by force
13:27so they didn't put hands
13:28on them necessarily,
13:28they just said,
13:29hey,
13:29we need to talk to you
13:31for they were afraid
13:32of being stoned
13:32by the people.
13:33They were afraid
13:33the people would
13:34hit them with rocks
13:35and kill them
13:36and when they had brought them,
13:38they set them
13:38before the council
13:39so they stood
13:40before the Sanhedrin
13:41and the high priest
13:42questioned them
13:43saying,
13:44we strictly charge you
13:45not to teach
13:46in this name
13:47yet here you have
13:48filled Jerusalem
13:49with your teaching
13:51and I say,
13:51hallelujah,
13:52good job guys.
13:53They filled Jerusalem
13:54with the teaching
13:55and you intend
13:56to bring this man's
13:58blood upon us
13:59but Peter and the apostles
14:00answered,
14:01we must obey God
14:02rather than men.
14:03The God of our fathers
14:05raised Jesus
14:06whom you killed,
14:07there's like a mini sermon
14:08that Peter gives,
14:09whom you killed
14:10by hanging him
14:10on a tree,
14:11God exalted him
14:13at his right hand
14:14as leader and savior
14:15to give repentance
14:16to Israel
14:17and forgiveness
14:18of sins
14:18and we are witnesses
14:20to these things.
14:21We saw him,
14:22we walked with him,
14:22we saw the resurrection
14:23and so is the Holy Spirit
14:25whom God has given
14:26to those who obey him.
14:29Implication,
14:30they're not obeying him
14:31because they don't have
14:31the spirit.
14:32That's the implication.
14:33So these religious leaders
14:36are not happy
14:37of what's going on.
14:39They're losing favor
14:40with the people
14:40so they get jealous.
14:42They get jealous.
14:44In fact,
14:44they're enraged
14:45with jealousy.
14:47A zeal to eradicate
14:48this messianic movement,
14:50this cult
14:50that's arising in Israel.
14:52Now granted,
14:53it was the Sanhedrin's
14:54responsibility
14:54to check all teaching
14:56in Israel.
14:56That is true.
14:57But they're failing
14:58to see that this teaching
14:59is from God.
15:00They don't understand that.
15:02And their jealousy
15:03was a religiously motivated,
15:05intense anger.
15:08They're taking something
15:09from us.
15:11The steam of the people
15:13are no longer falling on us,
15:14the religious leaders
15:15of the nation.
15:16Now the steam of the people
15:17is going to those Christians,
15:19those followers
15:20of the Nazarene,
15:21of the way.
15:23They don't like it.
15:26Dr. Gary Collins
15:27in HomeAid says,
15:28there is a distinction
15:29between jealousy and envy.
15:30To envy is to want
15:32something which belongs
15:33to another person.
15:35You should not covet
15:35your neighbor's house,
15:36his wife or his servant,
15:38his ox or donkey
15:39or anything that belongs
15:40to your neighbor.
15:41In contrast,
15:42jealousy is the fear
15:43that something
15:44which we possess
15:45will be taken away
15:46by another person.
15:48Although jealousy
15:48can apply to our jobs,
15:50our possessions
15:50or our reputations,
15:52in this case,
15:52it's reputations,
15:53the word more often
15:54refers to anxiety
15:56which comes
15:56when we are afraid
15:57that the affections
15:58of a loved one
15:59might be lost
16:00to a rival.
16:01They are jealous.
16:03The people are esteeming
16:04these Christians
16:05and they're losing
16:05their influence
16:06or losing their power.
16:08They were afraid
16:09of losing their political
16:10and religious power,
16:11of losing the esteem
16:12of the people
16:13so they get,
16:13they're filled
16:14with rage toward them.
16:17They were motivated
16:18by a zeal
16:19to maintain the purity
16:20of the faith
16:21and they're saying,
16:21this is not of God.
16:23And you're kind of saying,
16:24just open up your eyes.
16:26This is what the prophets
16:27talked about.
16:28They wrote all these things
16:29about the Messiah
16:30that was going to come
16:31and he has come
16:32and you have rejected
16:33your Messiah.
16:35They have lost
16:36the esteem of the people
16:37and so they arrest them,
16:39attempting to humiliate them.
16:41Think about that.
16:42When you're arrested,
16:43what do people look at you?
16:44If a cop comes in
16:45and arrests me right now,
16:45what are you going to think?
16:46You're going to think,
16:47whoa, what did he do wrong?
16:49They're trying to humiliate
16:50and degrade the apostles
16:51is what they're trying to do.
16:53Discredit their message.
16:55In John 15,
16:56this is what Jesus said.
16:58Remember the word
16:59that I said to you?
17:00A servant is not greater
17:01than his master.
17:02If they persecuted me,
17:03they will also persecute you.
17:05If they kept my word,
17:06they will also keep yours.
17:08But they're trying
17:09to discredit them
17:10by arresting them,
17:10making them look bad
17:11in the eyes of the people.
17:14But God vindicated them
17:15by delivering them
17:16from prison
17:16through an angel.
17:18And the escape,
17:19well, actually,
17:19you really can't call it
17:20an escape.
17:21They didn't escape.
17:22God released them.
17:23It's not an escape.
17:24God let them go.
17:24God released them.
17:27Demonstrates that
17:28the Jewish religious leaders
17:30were helpless
17:30in this situation.
17:32They were not in control.
17:35They thought they were
17:36in control
17:36of the whole situation.
17:38They're not in control.
17:41So after they
17:42are set free
17:44by the angel,
17:45they go home
17:46and cower
17:47and lock the doors.
17:49Okay, thank you.
17:50Someone's paying attention.
17:51All right.
17:51They go back
17:52to the temple.
17:53The place that they
17:54were just arrested at,
17:55they go back
17:55to the temple.
17:57You would think,
17:58oh, they're going to run.
17:59They're not going to run.
18:00Why?
18:00Because their Lord
18:01has told them,
18:02I need for you
18:03to proclaim my name
18:04among the nations.
18:05I need for you
18:06to do this.
18:06I want,
18:07I desire you
18:08to talk about me,
18:09to proclaim my name,
18:10to preach in my name
18:11among the nations.
18:12So they go back
18:13to the temple.
18:14They go back
18:15to the temple.
18:15Even when God
18:18is providing for us,
18:19in other words,
18:20he,
18:20the release of the apostles
18:21from prison,
18:22it doesn't mean
18:23that all obstacles
18:24and difficulties
18:24will go away.
18:26In fact,
18:27in the deliverance,
18:28we may encounter
18:28more obstacles
18:29and difficulties.
18:32All the words
18:33of this life
18:34they're proclaiming.
18:35What a beautiful message
18:35of the gospel.
18:36All the words
18:37of this life.
18:38It has been said
18:40that evangelism
18:41is not on the agenda
18:43of the church.
18:44It is the agenda
18:46of the church.
18:47Our Lord told us
18:48to go into all the world
18:49and preach the gospel
18:50to every creature.
18:51Go and make disciples
18:52of all nations.
18:53It's not on the agenda.
18:54It is the agenda
18:55of what the church
18:55is to do about.
18:56To speak in the name
18:57of Jesus
18:58to the world.
19:00This is what's so funny.
19:02The Sadducees
19:03were the majority
19:04on the Sanhedrin
19:05and the high priest
19:05was the Sadducee.
19:07Sadducees don't believe
19:08in angels.
19:10Who released
19:11the apostles?
19:12An angel!
19:13I love it!
19:14What an irony!
19:15Here it is.
19:16They don't even believe it.
19:17How do you know that?
19:18Well, Acts chapter 23.
19:20For the Sadducees said
19:21there is no resurrection
19:22nor angel
19:23nor spirit
19:24but the Pharisees
19:25acknowledge them all.
19:25It's like God
19:26is laughing in heaven.
19:27Ha ha!
19:27You don't even believe
19:28in angels.
19:28I'm going to use an angel
19:29to release them.
19:30I think it's great.
19:31What an irony.
19:32Shows who's in control
19:33of the situation.
19:35It's not the Sanhedrin.
19:36It's God.
19:37God's in control of this.
19:39And could you imagine?
19:40So they call
19:41for the apostles
19:42to be brought
19:43so they can examine them
19:45and they send someone
19:46to the prison
19:47and then someone
19:49comes back
19:49from the prison
19:50and goes,
19:50hey, we found
19:51the doors locked
19:52and the guards
19:52still standing there
19:53but they're gone
19:54and they get perplexed.
19:55The text says,
19:55what's that?
19:57And in the midst
19:57of them frowning
19:58someone walks in
20:00and goes,
20:00hey, wait,
20:01I found them.
20:01They're in the temple
20:02preaching again.
20:03Could you imagine?
20:04That's hilarious to me.
20:06It's the place
20:07that it is too funny.
20:09Someone arrives
20:09with these news.
20:10They're in the temple
20:11preaching again.
20:14And this is,
20:15as I read this,
20:16I said,
20:17no one asked
20:18the apostles
20:18how they escaped.
20:21You would think
20:22that they would ask,
20:22how'd you get out?
20:23I mean,
20:24I would want to know
20:24if I was a leader,
20:25how did you get out
20:26of my prison?
20:27Because I don't want
20:27that to happen
20:28to anyone else.
20:29No one asked
20:30the apostles
20:30how they got away.
20:31I think that's interesting.
20:34Here's the point.
20:35The Sanhedrin
20:36was not in control
20:37of the situation.
20:39God was.
20:40God was.
20:41They thought
20:42they were in control.
20:43God's in control of this.
20:46The apostles
20:47were willing to go
20:48with the captain
20:49of the guard.
20:49They didn't resist arrest.
20:51They didn't say,
20:52you can't take me.
20:53You have no right
20:54to take me.
20:54In fact,
20:55they didn't even
20:55lay hands on him.
20:56They walked willingly
20:57with the captain
20:58of the guard
20:58back to the Sanhedrin.
21:02That's tough.
21:03William Temple
21:05said that Christians
21:05are called
21:06to the hardest
21:07of all tasks
21:08to fight
21:09without hatred,
21:11to resist
21:12without bitterness,
21:13and in the end,
21:14if God granted so,
21:16to triumph
21:16without vindictiveness.
21:18That's tough.
21:20But they're not fighting.
21:21They're not resisting arrest.
21:23They're just going
21:23with them.
21:25So all the apostles
21:26are now standing
21:27before the Sanhedrin.
21:28So here's a picture
21:29of the Sanhedrin.
21:31It's in a semi-circle.
21:32The accused
21:33stands in the center.
21:34The 71 members
21:35of the Sanhedrin
21:36are the circle
21:36of the man.
21:37High priest at the top.
21:38He's the questioner.
21:39The student seating
21:40is probably,
21:41this is where the senate
21:41is at right now.
21:42The scribes
21:43of the nation
21:43are probably
21:44in the student seating.
21:45And then all of the apostles
21:46are in this.
21:48Can you imagine
21:48they're like being,
21:49it's like this.
21:50It's like everyone's
21:51around them pushing in
21:52on them.
21:52They could feel
21:53the intense hatred
21:53towards them
21:54as they're standing
21:55in the midst
21:55of these people.
21:57And two charges
21:58were leveled against them.
21:59Number one was,
22:00you ignored
22:02what we told you
22:03to do.
22:03We gave you
22:04a court order.
22:05Don't preach
22:06in his name.
22:07But you're ignoring that.
22:08And secondly,
22:09you intend
22:10to make this man's
22:11blood be on our heads.
22:14That was the two,
22:15that they were
22:16ignoring the court order.
22:17And second is,
22:18you're saying that
22:19his blood is to be on,
22:20we're at fault
22:21for killing,
22:21for murdering him.
22:22Of course,
22:25the Jewish people
22:25already said
22:26that his blood
22:26be upon us
22:27at the crucifixion.
22:28Remember that?
22:29Matthew 27.
22:30So when Pilate
22:31saw that he was
22:32gaining nothing,
22:33but rather that
22:34a riot was beginning,
22:35he took water
22:36and washed his hands
22:37before the crowd
22:37saying,
22:38I am innocent
22:39of this man's blood.
22:40See to it yourselves.
22:42And all the people
22:43answered,
22:43his blood be on us
22:45and on our children.
22:46They had already
22:46asked that.
22:47They already said
22:47his blood be on us
22:48and on our children.
22:49Of course you're
22:50guilty of that.
22:50We're guilty as well
22:52as Gentiles.
22:54And in the whole thing,
22:56the Sanhedrin
22:56will not even say
22:57the name of Jesus
22:58in this name.
23:00This person
23:01never will say
23:02the name of Jesus.
23:05And they filled
23:06Jerusalem with their teaching.
23:07I love it.
23:08They were faithful
23:09to the gospel message.
23:10They were faithful
23:11to do what their Lord
23:11told them to do.
23:13See, the Sanhedrin
23:14wanted the apostles
23:15to be loyal to them
23:17instead of being loyal
23:18to the Lord Jesus.
23:20They got the ranking
23:21out of order
23:22to be honest with you.
23:23They're thinking
23:24that they're outranking God.
23:26That we should be loyal
23:27to men
23:28whereas God is asking us
23:29to be loyal to him.
23:32They forgot the ranking.
23:34Dr. H. Sloan Coffin said,
23:37let me go back
23:38to Galatians 1.
23:40For am I now seeking
23:42the approval of man
23:43or of God?
23:44Or am I trying
23:45to please man?
23:46And the apostles go,
23:46we're not trying
23:47to please him.
23:47This is of course
23:48Paul talking.
23:48If I were still
23:50trying to please men,
23:50I would not be
23:51a servant of Christ.
23:52So I'm not trying
23:53to please you.
23:53I'm trying to please
23:54my Lord.
23:55I'm loyal to him.
23:56I'm not loyal to you.
23:58If you tell me something
23:58that's contrary
23:59to what my Lord
24:00has told me to do,
24:00then I can't do that.
24:01I have to do
24:02what my Lord
24:02has asked me to do.
24:04And again,
24:05then Sloan Coffin said,
24:06Christians like Jesus
24:08have God
24:09as their authority
24:10and no authority
24:11as their God.
24:13God is our authority.
24:14They forgot the ranking.
24:16They forgot who's,
24:17I was in the military.
24:18I only made it to E4
24:19which is not very high.
24:20It's be like a corporal specialist
24:23is what it was called
24:24in the army.
24:25It means if a sergeant
24:26who was over me,
24:27E5, E6, whatever,
24:28could give me an order,
24:29great,
24:30I wouldn't need to obey
24:31as long as it's
24:31a lawful order.
24:32But if a general came
24:34or if the commander
24:35in chief himself came
24:36and gave me an order,
24:38that supersedes
24:38all other orders.
24:40I have to follow
24:41the most highest authority.
24:43And they're saying,
24:44I can't follow you.
24:45You're telling me
24:46something contrary
24:47to what the highest authority,
24:48my sovereign Lord
24:49has told me what to do.
24:50You're asking me
24:51to do something
24:52contrary to that.
24:52I can't do that.
24:54There's a ranking
24:55going on here.
24:55God is supreme.
24:56He is the sovereign Lord
24:57of all.
24:58The Lord of hosts
24:59is his name.
25:00The Lord of the armies
25:01of heaven.
25:02He is the commander
25:03in chief of all things.
25:05I have to do
25:05what he asked me to do.
25:08In fact,
25:09they said,
25:09they must obey God.
25:12It was an ethical
25:13necessity.
25:14We must.
25:15It's not a question.
25:17Should I or shouldn't I?
25:19It's a must.
25:19We must.
25:20It's an ethical consideration.
25:22It's a necessity.
25:23It's important.
25:24We must.
25:26Obedience
25:27is the dedication
25:28of believers
25:28to do what God
25:29has asked them to do.
25:31And as believers now,
25:33we can choose obedience.
25:35Before we came to faith,
25:36we weren't obedient.
25:36We didn't desire obedience.
25:37But now being born again
25:39with the spirit of God
25:39living in us
25:40and the new nature,
25:41we can desire
25:41to be obedient to God.
25:43In fact,
25:47as believers,
25:48you cannot change
25:49our minds
25:50about Jesus
25:51and we're not going
25:53to change the subject
25:54about Jesus
25:55because it's all
25:57about Jesus.
25:59Winston Churchill
26:00said this,
26:00he wants to find
26:01a fanatic
26:02as someone
26:02who can't change
26:03his mind
26:04and won't change
26:05the subject.
26:06That's us.
26:07That's us.
26:08You can't change
26:09our mind about Jesus
26:10and we're not going
26:10to change the subject
26:11and that's what
26:11the apostles said.
26:12Listen,
26:13we have to do
26:14what God has asked us
26:15to do.
26:15We have to be faithful
26:16to him.
26:17He is the Lord
26:18and commander of all
26:19and he's asked us
26:19to do this.
26:20We have to do this.
26:24And Peter's statement
26:25of we must obey God
26:26rather than man
26:26has been used
26:27throughout the centuries
26:28of all those
26:28oppressive regimes
26:29that have told Christians
26:31to do things
26:31contrary to the word
26:32of God
26:32or the law of God
26:33and the Christian
26:34says we cannot.
26:35We must obey God
26:36rather than man.
26:37Understandable.
26:38And then Peter
26:39gives this little
26:40short sermon
26:40you killed
26:42you sinners
26:43God raised
26:44so they're sinners
26:45God acted
26:46now repent
26:47and believe
26:48the gospel message
26:49for forgiveness
26:49of sins.
26:50It's a really short
26:50message.
26:51It's very concise
26:52basically a short
26:53version of the gospel
26:54resurrection
26:55repentance
26:56and forgiveness
26:56through repentance
26:57is repent
26:58believe the gospel.
27:00Frank Stag
27:01said something
27:02interesting
27:03in New Testament
27:04theology.
27:05Men cannot achieve
27:06but only receive
27:07repentance
27:08yet they must receive
27:10it.
27:11By faith a man
27:11receives Christ
27:12into his innermost
27:13person and Christ
27:14as a transforming
27:15present reverses
27:16the course of that
27:17life from self-trust
27:19to trust in God
27:20from self-assertion
27:22to self-denial.
27:23This conversion
27:24is a reversal
27:25of the fall
27:26in which man
27:26sought to find
27:27the whole meaning
27:28of his existence
27:29within himself.
27:31Repent
27:32believe the gospel
27:33turn
27:35they said
27:37we can only
27:37obey God
27:38you're not
27:40you don't even
27:42have the spirit
27:42you're not
27:43obeying him
27:44we must obey
27:45God
27:45so now
27:47now they're
27:49not just
27:50perplexed
27:51or enraged
27:53now they want
27:54to kill
27:55the apostles
27:55look at verse
27:5833
27:58when they
28:00heard this
28:01they were
28:01enraged
28:02and wanted
28:03to kill
28:03them
28:04now it's
28:05moved from
28:05hey we're
28:05just really
28:06ticked off
28:06to now
28:07we want
28:07to take
28:07your lives
28:08we want
28:09to unlive
28:09you
28:09some of you
28:11will catch
28:12that later
28:12we want
28:16you dead
28:17but a Pharisee
28:19in the council
28:20named Gamaliel
28:21a teacher
28:21of the law
28:22held in honor
28:23by all the
28:23people
28:24very powerful
28:24guy
28:25ran a
28:26rabbinical
28:26school
28:26very well
28:28known guy
28:28stood up
28:29and gave
28:30orders
28:30to put
28:30the men
28:31outside
28:31for a little
28:32while
28:32so they
28:32set the
28:32apostles
28:33out
28:33so they
28:33can have
28:34a conversation
28:34among
28:35themselves
28:35and he
28:36said to
28:36the group
28:37to the
28:37to the
28:37Sanhedrin
28:38men of
28:39Israel
28:39take care
28:40what you
28:40are about
28:40to do
28:41with these
28:41men
28:41for before
28:43these days
28:43Thutius
28:44rose up
28:45claiming to
28:46be somebody
28:46and a number
28:47of men
28:48about 400
28:48joined him
28:49he was killed
28:50and all who
28:51followed him
28:52were dispersed
28:52and came to
28:53nothing
28:53after him
28:55Judas a
28:55Galilean
28:56rose up
28:56in the days
28:57of the census
28:57and drew away
28:58some of the
28:59people after
28:59him
29:00he too
29:00perished
29:01and all
29:02who followed
29:02him
29:02were scattered
29:03so in the
29:04present case
29:05in this case
29:06of these
29:06apostles
29:07I tell you
29:08keep away
29:09from these
29:10men
29:10and let
29:11them alone
29:11for if this
29:12plan
29:13or this
29:13undertaking
29:14is of man
29:15it will
29:15fail
29:16but if
29:17it is
29:18of God
29:19you will
29:19not be
29:20able to
29:21overthrow
29:21them
29:22you might
29:23even be
29:23found
29:23opposing
29:24God
29:25so they
29:26took his
29:27advice
29:27and when
29:28they had
29:28called
29:29in the
29:29apostles
29:29they
29:30beat
29:30them
29:31no longer
29:31threatening
29:31them
29:32they
29:32beat
29:32them
29:33and charged
29:34them
29:34not to
29:35speak in
29:35the name
29:35of Jesus
29:36and let
29:37them go
29:37they went
29:38home
29:39with all
29:40their bruises
29:40and they
29:41cried
29:41together
29:42no wait
29:43that's not
29:43what it
29:43says
29:44it says
29:44they left
29:45the presence
29:46of the
29:46council
29:47rejoicing
29:48amazing
29:50they were
29:50rejoicing
29:51rejoicing
29:52to be counted
29:53worthy
29:53to suffer
29:54dishonor
29:55for the
29:56name
29:56boy
29:57what a
29:58concept
29:58rejoicing
29:59in
29:59suffering
29:59and every
30:02day in
30:02the temple
30:03and from
30:03house to
30:03house
30:03they did
30:04not cease
30:05teaching
30:05and preaching
30:06that the
30:07Christ is
30:08Jesus
30:08in other
30:08words
30:08they're doing
30:09what the
30:10Lord asked
30:10them to
30:10do
30:11they wanted
30:13to kill
30:14them
30:14the Sanhedrin
30:15true believed
30:15that they were
30:16doing the
30:16will of
30:16God
30:17remember
30:17Moses said
30:18to stone
30:19the
30:19blasphemer
30:19the one
30:20who rose
30:20up and
30:21spoke
30:21against
30:21God
30:22stone
30:22the
30:22blasphemer
30:23kill
30:23him
30:23with
30:23stones
30:24hit him
30:24with rocks
30:24till
30:24he dies
30:25so
30:25they're
30:26thinking
30:26they're
30:26doing
30:26the
30:26will
30:27of
30:27God
30:27they're
30:27thinking
30:28they're
30:28actually
30:28holding
30:29the
30:29Jewish
30:29faith
30:30pure
30:30not
30:31realizing
30:31that
30:32God
30:32has
30:32brought
30:33the
30:33new
30:33covenant
30:33that
30:34Jeremiah
30:34the prophet
30:35talked
30:35about
30:35Moses
30:38commanded
30:38put the
30:38blasphemer
30:39to death
30:39in
30:40John
30:4016
30:41Jesus
30:41said
30:41this
30:42I
30:43have
30:43said
30:43all
30:44these
30:44things
30:44to
30:45you
30:45to
30:45keep
30:45you
30:46from
30:46falling
30:46away
30:47they
30:47will
30:48put
30:48you
30:48out
30:48of
30:48the
30:49synagogues
30:49indeed
30:50the
30:50hour
30:51is
30:51coming
30:51when
30:52whoever
30:53kills
30:53you
30:54will
30:54think
30:54he
30:54is
30:54offering
30:55service
30:55to
30:56God
30:56they
30:58think
30:58we're
30:59doing
30:59God's
30:59will
30:59here
31:00we're
31:00doing
31:00exactly
31:01what
31:01God
31:01wants
31:01us
31:02to
31:02do
31:02here
31:02we're
31:03holding
31:04the
31:04faith
31:04pure
31:05the
31:07English
31:08martyr
31:08Hugh
31:08Latimer
31:09said
31:09whenever
31:10you
31:10see
31:10persecution
31:11there
31:12is
31:12more
31:12than
31:12a
31:13probability
31:13that
31:13truth
31:14is
31:14on
31:15the
31:15persecuted
31:15side
31:16that's
31:17what
31:17we
31:17see
31:17here
31:18so
31:19Gamaliel
31:20speaks
31:20up
31:21and says
31:21hey
31:21listen
31:21guys
31:22careful
31:22what
31:22you
31:22do
31:23here
31:23careful
31:23what
31:24you
31:24do
31:24we
31:24have
31:24precedent
31:25in
31:25the
31:25past
31:25careful
31:26what
31:26you
31:26do
31:27held
31:27in
31:28great
31:28words
31:28in
31:28fact
31:28he
31:28was
31:28Paul's
31:29teacher
31:29this
31:30man
31:30was
31:31this
31:31man
31:31was
31:32Paul's
31:32teacher
31:32the
31:32apostle
31:33Paul
31:33this
31:33was
31:34his
31:34teacher
31:34Acts
31:35chapter
31:3522
31:36and
31:37when
31:37they
31:37heard
31:37that
31:37he
31:37was
31:38addressing
31:38them
31:38in
31:39the
31:39Hebrew
31:39language
31:39they
31:40became
31:40even
31:40more
31:40quiet
31:41and
31:42he
31:42said
31:42I
31:42am
31:42a
31:42Jew
31:43born
31:43in
31:43Tarsus
31:44in
31:44Cilicia
31:45but
31:45brought
31:46up
31:46in
31:46this
31:46city
31:47Jerusalem
31:47educated
31:48at
31:48the
31:48feet
31:48of
31:48Gamaliel
31:49according
31:50to
31:50the
31:50strict
31:50manner
31:51of
31:51the
31:51law
31:51of
31:51our
31:51fathers
31:52being
31:52zealous
31:52for
31:52God
31:53as
31:53of
31:53all
31:53of
31:53you
31:53to
31:53this
31:53day
31:54so
31:54this
31:54was
31:54Paul's
31:55teacher
31:55so
31:55he
31:56was
31:56a
31:56very
31:56brilliant
31:56man
31:57leader
31:58of
31:58a
31:58rabbinical
31:58school
31:59they
32:02thought
32:02they
32:03were
32:03doing
32:03the
32:03will
32:03of
32:03God
32:03so
32:04when
32:04Gamaliel
32:04says
32:04listen
32:05be
32:05careful
32:05you
32:05maybe
32:06actually
32:06find
32:06yourself
32:06opposing
32:07God
32:07that
32:07never
32:08entered
32:08into
32:08their
32:09mind
32:09that
32:09they
32:09could
32:09be
32:09opposing
32:10God
32:10they
32:10thought
32:10they
32:11were
32:11doing
32:11his
32:11will
32:11so
32:14the
32:14Sanhedrin
32:15beat
32:15the
32:16apostles
32:16with
32:16rods
32:17not
32:17like
32:17a
32:18Roman
32:18scourging
32:19it's
32:19a
32:19different
32:19they
32:20beat
32:20him
32:20with
32:20rods
32:21now
32:21likely
32:22it's
32:22not
32:22going
32:22to
32:23kill
32:23you
32:23but
32:23I'm
32:23sure
32:24it's
32:24going
32:24to
32:24hurt
32:24really
32:25bad
32:25especially
32:2739
32:27times
32:28beaten
32:28with
32:29a rod
32:30some
32:30sort
32:30of
32:30cane
32:31stick
32:31or
32:31a
32:31stick
32:32I'm
32:32sure
32:33that
32:33hurts
32:33really
32:33bad
32:34likely
32:34not
32:34to
32:34kill
32:35him
32:35but
32:35it's
32:35going
32:35to
32:35hurt
32:36in fact
32:37you
32:38couldn't
32:38do
32:38more
32:38than
32:3940
32:39that
32:40was
32:40under
32:40the
32:40law
32:40in
32:41Deuteronomy
32:4125
32:4240
32:42stripes
32:43was
32:44the
32:44limit
32:4440
32:45stripes
32:46may
32:46be
32:46given
32:46him
32:46but
32:47not
32:47more
32:47lest
32:48if
32:48one
32:48should
32:49go
32:49on
32:49to
32:49beat
32:49him
32:49with
32:50more
32:50stripes
32:50than
32:50these
32:50your
32:51brother
32:51be
32:51degraded
32:51in
32:51your
32:52sight
32:52so
32:52they
32:52stopped
32:52at
32:5339
32:53always
32:53in
32:54case
32:54they
32:54miscounted
32:55so
32:55they
32:55always
32:55stopped
32:55at
32:5639
32:56Paul
32:56talks
32:57about
32:57being
32:57beaten
32:5739
32:58times
32:58beaten
33:02abused
33:05but
33:09the
33:10apostles
33:11could
33:11not
33:11be
33:12silenced
33:12what
33:13would
33:14it
33:14take
33:14to
33:14silence
33:14us
33:15what
33:18would
33:18it
33:18take
33:18to
33:18silence
33:18us
33:19I
33:19mean
33:19they're
33:19beaten
33:20with
33:21rods
33:21again
33:21not
33:22going
33:22to
33:22kill
33:22them
33:22but
33:22it's
33:22going
33:23to
33:23hurt
33:23really
33:23bad
33:23and
33:24they
33:24wouldn't
33:24stop
33:25what
33:26would
33:26it
33:26take
33:26to
33:26silence
33:27us
33:27just
33:28one
33:29comment
33:29one
33:30dirty
33:30look
33:31what
33:32would
33:32it
33:32take
33:32to
33:32silence
33:33they
33:34were
33:34unwilling
33:34to
33:35be
33:35silenced
33:35they
33:36would
33:36not
33:37be
33:37silenced
33:37and
33:38can
33:38you
33:39imagine
33:39the
33:39text
33:39says
33:40that
33:40they
33:40rejoiced
33:41for
33:42being
33:42beaten
33:42for
33:42Jesus
33:43sake
33:43for
33:44the
33:44name
33:44of
33:44Jesus
33:44it's
33:45not
33:45that
33:45they
33:45endured
33:46it
33:46oh
33:46well
33:46here
33:47it
33:47happened
33:47no
33:47thank
33:48you
33:49thank
33:50you
33:50can
33:50I
33:50have
33:50another
33:51thank
33:52you
33:52can
33:52I
33:52have
33:53another
33:53they
33:53rejoiced
33:54at
33:54getting
33:54beaten
33:55for
33:55Jesus
33:55sake
33:56that
33:57is
33:57an
33:57amazing
33:58thought
33:58Jesus
34:00said
34:00this
34:00in
34:00Luke
34:016
34:01blessed
34:03are
34:03you
34:03when
34:03people
34:04hate
34:04you
34:04and
34:05when
34:05they
34:05exclude
34:06you
34:06and
34:07revile
34:07you
34:08and
34:08spurn
34:09your
34:09name
34:09as
34:09evil
34:10on
34:10the
34:10account
34:11of
34:11the
34:11son
34:11of
34:11man
34:12now
34:12right
34:12there
34:12we have
34:12to
34:12stop
34:13and say
34:13well
34:13none
34:13of
34:13us
34:14like
34:14any
34:14of
34:14that
34:14stuff
34:15we
34:16don't
34:16like
34:16to
34:16be
34:17excluded
34:17we
34:17want
34:17to
34:17be
34:17part
34:18of
34:18the
34:18group
34:18we
34:18don't
34:18like
34:19to
34:19be
34:19excluded
34:19not
34:20at
34:20all
34:20reviled
34:21spoken
34:21bad
34:22about
34:22none
34:22of
34:22us
34:22like
34:23that
34:23we
34:23don't
34:23like
34:23that
34:24people
34:25hate
34:25you
34:26I
34:26don't
34:26want
34:26to
34:26be
34:26liked
34:27but
34:30if
34:31I'm
34:31all
34:31of
34:31that
34:31because
34:32of
34:32Jesus
34:32he
34:34said
34:34rejoice
34:34in
34:35that
34:35day
34:35and
34:36leap
34:37for
34:37joy
34:37for
34:38behold
34:38your
34:38reward
34:38is
34:39great
34:39in
34:39heaven
34:39so
34:40so
34:40for
34:41so
34:41their
34:41fathers
34:42did
34:42to
34:42the
34:42prophets
34:43is
34:44be
34:45happy
34:46yes
34:46can I
34:47have
34:47another
34:47yes
34:48thank
34:48you
34:48may
34:48I
34:49have
34:49another
34:49Peter
34:51said
34:51this
34:52to
34:53the
34:53Christians
34:53beloved
34:54do
34:54not
34:55be
34:55surprised
34:55at
34:56the
34:56fiery
34:56trial
34:56when
34:57it
34:57comes
34:57upon
34:57you
34:57to
34:58test
34:58you
34:58as
34:59though
34:59something
34:59strange
35:00were
35:00happening
35:00to
35:00you
35:01but
35:01rejoice
35:02in
35:03so far
35:03as
35:03you
35:03share
35:04in
35:04Christ's
35:05sufferings
35:06that
35:06you
35:07may
35:07also
35:07rejoice
35:08and
35:08be
35:08glad
35:08when
35:09his
35:09glory
35:09is
35:09revealed
35:10if
35:11you
35:11are
35:11insulted
35:11for
35:12the
35:12name
35:12of
35:12Christ
35:12you're
35:13blessed
35:13if
35:15someone
35:16insults
35:16you
35:16I'm
35:16not
35:17talking
35:17about
35:17insulting
35:18you
35:22all
35:22compassion
35:23and
35:23love
35:23and
35:23humility
35:24and
35:25someone
35:25hates
35:25you
35:25he
35:26says
35:26rejoice
35:27rejoice
35:29if
35:30you're
35:30insulted
35:30for
35:31the
35:31name
35:31of
35:31Christ
35:31you're
35:31blessed
35:32because
35:32the
35:32spirit
35:33of
35:33glory
35:33and
35:33of
35:33God
35:34rests
35:34upon
35:34you
35:35but
35:35let
35:35none
35:36of
35:36you
35:36suffer
35:36as
35:36a
35:37murderer
35:37or
35:37a
35:37thief
35:38or
35:38an
35:38evil
35:38door
35:38as
35:39a
35:39meddler
35:39yet
35:40if
35:40anyone
35:40suffers
35:41as
35:41a
35:41Christian
35:41let
35:42him
35:42not
35:42be
35:42ashamed
35:43but
35:43let
35:44him
35:44glorify
35:44God
35:45in
35:45that
35:45name
35:46we
35:48need
35:48to
35:48be
35:48bold
35:48people
35:49for
35:49Jesus
35:50there's
35:51going
35:51to
35:51be
35:51insults
35:52coming
35:52our
35:52way
35:52they're
35:53going
35:53to
35:53exclude
35:54us
35:55from
35:55the
35:55group
35:56from
35:56the
35:56greater
35:57society
35:58because
35:59we
35:59believe
35:59in
36:00the
36:00name
36:00of
36:00Jesus
36:01rejoice
36:03you're
36:04blessed
36:05they're
36:07not
36:07going
36:07to
36:07stop
36:07preaching
36:07in
36:08the
36:08name
36:08of
36:08Jesus
36:08they
36:08won't
36:09do
36:09it
36:09and
36:10the
36:10persecution
36:11strengthened
36:12their
36:12dedication
36:13it
36:13did
36:14not
36:14discourage
36:15them
36:15it
36:16strengthened
36:16their
36:16dedication
36:17it
36:17did
36:17not
36:18discourage
36:18them
36:18why
36:19because
36:19the
36:19Lord
36:20was
36:20standing
36:20by
36:21his
36:21people
36:21God
36:23was
36:23in
36:24control
36:24you
36:27know
36:27we
36:27always
36:27I
36:28have
36:28always
36:29mostly
36:29emphasized
36:30that
36:30verse
36:3029
36:31where
36:31it
36:32says
36:32we
36:34must
36:35obey
36:35God
36:36rather
36:36than
36:36men
36:36I
36:36have
36:37always
36:37emphasized
36:37that
36:37it's
36:38important
36:38we
36:38understand
36:39that
36:39anyone
36:40giving
36:40us
36:40any
36:40sort
36:40of
36:40commands
36:41or
36:41orders
36:41outside
36:42the
36:42word
36:42of
36:42God
36:42or
36:42contrary
36:43to
36:44them
36:44no
36:44because
36:45we
36:45have
36:45a
36:45supreme
36:46commander
36:46that's
36:46told
36:46us
36:46something
36:47different
36:47so
36:48I've
36:48always
36:48emphasized
36:49that
36:49and that's
36:49important
36:50we need
36:50to
36:50emphasize
36:50that
36:51especially
36:52now
36:52when things
36:52will come
36:53our way
36:53that will
36:53try to
36:54stop us
36:54speaking
36:54in the
36:55name
36:55of
36:55Jesus
36:55we have
36:56to
36:56continue
36:57doing
36:57that
36:57and so
36:58we have
36:58to do
36:59what
36:59God
36:59has
36:59asked
36:59us
36:59to
37:00do
37:00so
37:00that's
37:01important
37:01but I
37:01think
37:02there are
37:02a couple
37:02other
37:03things
37:03here
37:03in this
37:03text
37:04that's
37:04as
37:05important
37:06or
37:06perhaps
37:06even
37:06more
37:07important
37:07than
37:07that
37:08yes
37:09it's
37:09important
37:10that
37:11text
37:12teaches
37:12us
37:12something
37:14greater
37:14than
37:15doing
37:15the
37:15right
37:16thing
37:16even
37:16when
37:17the
37:17authority
37:18orders
37:18us
37:18to
37:18violate
37:19God's
37:19laws
37:19or
37:19God's
37:20commands
37:20there's
37:21two
37:22things
37:22I
37:22think
37:22that
37:22are
37:22probably
37:23more
37:23important
37:24and that
37:24is
37:24number
37:24one
37:25is
37:25this
37:25they
37:26understood
37:26God
37:27is
37:27in
37:27control
37:27God
37:30is
37:31in
37:31control
37:31the
37:32Sanhedrin
37:33was not
37:33controlling
37:34things
37:34the
37:34people
37:35were not
37:35controlling
37:35things
37:36God
37:37was
37:37in
37:37control
37:37and
37:38when
37:38God
37:38is
37:39in
37:39control
37:39all
37:40he
37:40asks
37:40us
37:40to
37:41do
37:41is
37:41to
37:41be
37:41faithful
37:42and
37:43obedient
37:43to
37:43him
37:44because
37:44he's
37:45in
37:45control
37:45for
37:46arrested
37:47for
37:48persecuted
37:48for
37:48the name
37:49of
37:49Christ
37:49hey
37:50God
37:50is
37:50in
37:51control
37:51it's
37:52not
37:52an
37:52accident
37:53he's
37:54not
37:54wringing
37:54his
37:55hand
37:55saying
37:55oh
37:55look
37:55they're
37:56arresting
37:56Pastor
37:56Mark
37:57for
37:57speaking
37:57my
37:58name
37:58no
37:59God
38:00is
38:00in
38:00control
38:01we
38:02have
38:02to
38:02understand
38:02as
38:02we
38:03go
38:03into
38:03this
38:03world
38:03proclaiming
38:04his
38:04name
38:04that
38:04God
38:05is
38:05in
38:05control
38:06and
38:07they
38:07understood
38:07that
38:07this
38:09world
38:10is
38:11opposed
38:11to
38:11God
38:12certainly
38:12second
38:15I
38:15think
38:16as
38:16important
38:16as
38:16this
38:17suffering
38:18for the
38:19name
38:19of
38:19Christ
38:20is
38:20normal
38:21for
38:21Christians
38:22it's
38:24not
38:25normal
38:25for
38:25us
38:25but
38:26it's
38:26normal
38:27for
38:27Christians
38:27ask
38:28them
38:28ask
38:30them
38:30suffering
38:32for
38:33the
38:33name
38:33of
38:33Christ
38:33is
38:34normal
38:34but
38:36you
38:36and
38:36I
38:36don't
38:36like
38:37to
38:37be
38:37excluded
38:37we
38:37don't
38:37want
38:38to
38:38be
38:38part
38:38cast
38:39out
38:39as
38:39a
38:39group
38:39we
38:39want
38:40to
38:40be
38:40liked
38:40we
38:40don't
38:40want
38:41to
38:41be
38:41hated
38:41all
38:43those
38:43things
38:43we
38:43want
38:44yet
38:44we
38:44understand
38:45that
38:45this
38:45world
38:46is
38:46opposed
38:47to
38:47the
38:47gospel
38:47and
38:48when
38:48we
38:49take
38:49the
38:49gospel
38:49message
38:50out
38:50they're
38:50opposed
38:51to
38:51us
38:51speaking
38:51in
38:51the
38:52name
38:52of
38:52Jesus
38:52they
38:52don't
38:53want
38:53us
38:53to
38:53do
38:53that
38:54even
38:56when
38:57we
38:57are
38:57faithful
38:57or
38:58more
38:58importantly
38:59because
38:59we
39:00are
39:00faithful
39:00we
39:02may
39:02suffer
39:02for
39:02the
39:02name
39:03of
39:03Jesus
39:03God
39:05is
39:05in
39:05control
39:05and
39:06suffering
39:07is
39:07normal
39:08for
39:08the
39:08Christian
39:09experience
39:09let's
39:10pray
39:10father
39:10thank
39:11you
39:11I
39:13thank
39:13you
39:13that
39:13this
39:14text
39:14has
39:14been
39:14given
39:15to
39:15us
39:15to
39:15remind
39:16us
39:16the
39:17apostles
39:17walked
39:18with
39:18your
39:18son
39:18they
39:19saw
39:19him
39:19they
39:20heard
39:20him
39:20they
39:20saw
39:21the
39:21resurrection
39:21they
39:22were
39:22witnesses
39:22of
39:23these
39:23things
39:23they
39:23can't
39:25do
39:25anything
39:25other
39:25than
39:26say
39:26what
39:26they
39:26have
39:26seen
39:27and
39:27heard
39:27and
39:27that's
39:27exactly
39:28what
39:28they're
39:28doing
39:28they
39:30took
39:31your
39:31word
39:32at
39:32face
39:32value
39:33and
39:33did
39:34what
39:34you
39:34asked
39:34them
39:34to
39:35do
39:35oh
39:36father
39:36I
39:37pray
39:37for
39:37us
39:37as
39:38believers
39:38here
39:39in
39:39medical
39:39lake
39:39and
39:39in
39:40America
39:40that
39:41we
39:41would
39:41have
39:41the
39:42boldness
39:42and
39:42the
39:42courage
39:43to
39:43take
39:43your
39:44message
39:44to
39:44take
39:45your
39:45commands
39:45and
39:46to
39:46do
39:46what
39:46you've
39:46asked
39:47us
39:47to
39:47do
39:47to
39:48be
39:48obedient
39:49to
39:49you
39:49no
39:49matter
39:50what
39:50because
39:51you're
39:51in
39:52control
39:52and
39:53help
39:54us
39:54to
39:54understand
39:54that
39:55this
39:55world
39:55is
39:56opposed
39:56to
39:56you
39:56it
39:57is
39:57opposed
39:57to
39:57the
39:57gospel
39:58message
39:58it
39:58hated
39:59your
39:59son
39:59we
40:00know
40:00that
40:01it
40:01hates
40:01us
40:01too
40:02father
40:03help
40:03us
40:03to
40:04understand
40:04that
40:04suffering
40:05is
40:05part
40:05of
40:05this
40:06Christian
40:06experience
40:07it's
40:08a
40:08norm
40:08when
40:09we're
40:10faithful
40:10to
40:10you
40:11it
40:11brings
40:11us
40:12it
40:12can
40:12bring
40:12us
40:13likely
40:14to
40:14bring
40:14us
40:14into
40:15suffering
40:15for
40:16faithfulness
40:17to
40:17you
40:17so
40:18father
40:18I
40:19thank
40:19you
40:19that
40:19you
40:20are
40:20in
40:20control
40:21and
40:22that
40:22you
40:22will
40:22vindicate
40:23your
40:23people
40:24on
40:24that
40:25day
40:25you
40:26will
40:26say
40:26these
40:26are
40:26mine
40:27I
40:27have
40:28bought
40:28them
40:28with
40:28the
40:28blood
40:29of
40:29my
40:29son
40:30they're
40:31mine
40:31thank
40:33you
40:33father
40:33we
40:33pray
40:34in
40:34Jesus
40:34name
40:34amen
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