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\nNo, but my wife and I really
\nexpressed thanks to all of you <\/p>\n
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\nguys.
\nWe’ve had a absolutely terrific <\/p>\n
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\nreally, really enjoyed our time <\/p>\n
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\nand our haven’t seen much of our
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\nfantastic time as well.
\nOK, so we are taking our journey<\/p>\n
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\nbeyond Jerusalem today.
\nWe yesterday concluded in Luke <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 24 where we brought
\nthose two wandering disciples <\/p>\n
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\nback into Jerusalem.
\nThey were able to see who Christ<\/p>\n
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\nhe tells his disciples to go to <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem and to remain there
\nuntil they’re sent with the <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit from on high.
\nSo we come then to this idea of <\/p>\n
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\ngoing beyond Jerusalem.
\nBefore we really dive into the <\/p>\n
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\nclass, though, what I wanted to
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\nsome helpful resources that I
\nfound and kind of just pass <\/p>\n
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\nthese on if you are interested
\nin taking your studies in the <\/p>\n
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\nGospels or in your journey to
\nJerusalem further, I thought I <\/p>\n
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\nwould just share some of these.
\nSo I’m just going to put up four<\/p>\n
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\ndifferent texts that I found to
\nbe useful. <\/p>\n
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\nThe first of which being Brother
\nBernard’s book on Luke verse by <\/p>\n
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\nverse.
\nThis was a great resource if <\/p>\n
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\nanybody here is a fan of the
\nexposition those those green <\/p>\n
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\nbooks that are just so prominent
\non your shelves in at your <\/p>\n
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\nhomes.
\nThis is another one. <\/p>\n
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\nIt like that.
\nIt’s a verse by verse <\/p>\n
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\nexposition.
\nGreat great book to read. <\/p>\n
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\nNext book is not from our
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\nvery helpful.
\nIt’s called Christ <\/p>\n
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\nchronological.
\nThis one’s on Amazon. <\/p>\n
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\nIt is a it is a great visual
\nharmony of the gospels and what <\/p>\n
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\nit does it is it lays out very
\nnicely chronologically where <\/p>\n
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\neach of the gospels lie with
\neach other. <\/p>\n
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\nEach gospel has its own color
\nand each section has its own <\/p>\n
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\nshort kind of summary of it.
\nVery, very useful. <\/p>\n
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\nI found myself often just
\ngrabbing this as a quick <\/p>\n
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\nreference as I would try to
\nfigure out where all these <\/p>\n
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\npieces fit in various gospels.
\nVery good. <\/p>\n
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\nMy deaf recommended coffee table
\nbook or something like that. <\/p>\n
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\nAnother good one that I have to
\nadmit I did not read, which I’ll<\/p>\n
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\nexplain why in a second.
\nThe Messiah and His Ministry is <\/p>\n
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\na series of three books so far.
\nThis one is entitled The Journey<\/p>\n
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\nto Jerusalem and in fear of
\nbeing taking brother Walker’s <\/p>\n
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\nwork, I actually did not read
\nthis one. <\/p>\n
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\nI own it.
\nIt is the next book that I will <\/p>\n
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\nread, but I did not want to kind
\nof be kind of driven in the <\/p>\n
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\ndirection that he was taking his
\nstudy, you know, out of fear of <\/p>\n
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\njust mostly redoing a study that
\nhe’s already done. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I’m really hoping we don’t
\ndiffer in opinions here because <\/p>\n
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\nthat’d be scary.
\nBut I recommend this series. <\/p>\n
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\nI have spoken with people who
\nhave read the whole series. <\/p>\n
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\nVery, very highly recommended as
\nwell. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you’re interested in taking,
\nyou know, this study in <\/p>\n
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\nparticular further, again, you
\ncan see some context before the <\/p>\n
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\njourney and then following the
\njourney in this series as well. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, a book that I recommend
\npretty much everywhere I go is a<\/p>\n
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\nbonus material that I call it
\nthis Morning. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is not necessarily to do
\ndirectly with the journey to <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem, although it does play
\na role. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the day Christ died.
\nAnybody here read this book? <\/p>\n
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\nAbsolutely recommend this book.
\nAbsolutely hands down recommend <\/p>\n
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\nthis book.
\nIt was written and assembled by <\/p>\n
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\na very dear friend of mine, a
\nmajor spiritual mentor for mine <\/p>\n
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\nwhen I was a younger brother.
\nAnd I found tremendous help in <\/p>\n
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\nthis book. 400 plus pages, 24
\nhour time span. <\/p>\n
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\nVery, very, very good read from
\nour community. <\/p>\n
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\nGame changer on the if you’re
\ndoing a study in the Gospels. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, moving on, moving past that,
\nthat was for the teens. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, so let’s then go to Acts
\nchapter 1 while you turn to Acts<\/p>\n
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\nchapter 1.
\nWhat I want to do is I want to <\/p>\n
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\nquickly give you a summary of
\nwhere we really ended our Luke <\/p>\n
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\n24 journey.
\nSo we ended with Luke 24. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that repentance and
\nremission of sins should be <\/p>\n
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\npreached in His name among all
\nthe nations beginning at <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem.
\nAnd ye, Jesus says, are <\/p>\n
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\nwitnesses of these things.
\nHe’s speaking to the 11. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says remain in Jerusalem.
\nThis is the conclusion of Acts. <\/p>\n
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\nPardon me.
\nThis is the conclusion of Luke, <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s literally meant to tie <\/p>\n
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\nthese two gospels together.
\nLuke and Acts are two volumes of<\/p>\n
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\nThat’s how these books should be<\/p>\n
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\napproached because what we have
\nhere at the very end of Luke is <\/p>\n
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\nall nations would receive the
\ngospel beginning at Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nThis phrase is acts.
\nIf you were going to summarize <\/p>\n
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\nActs, that’s it.
\nSo Luke is saying there’s a <\/p>\n
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\ncliffhanger at the end of Luke,
\nall nations beginning at <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem.
\nNow go read Volume 2 when the <\/p>\n
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\ngospel is preached to all
\nnations beginning at Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you remember from class
\nnumber one, we looked at how it <\/p>\n
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\nChrist tells us in Matthew that <\/p>\n
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\nThey were a city of disciples <\/p>\n
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\nsee. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd So what he does is he now
\ntakes these and he says remain <\/p>\n
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\nAnd from Jerusalem you’re going <\/p>\n
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\nto take this gospel message and
\nyou’re going to spread it to the<\/p>\n
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\nYou’re going to spread it <\/p>\n
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\nHe says that’s the book of Acts <\/p>\n
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\nLuke chapter 2 A light to <\/p>\n
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\nLuke chapter 4 Elijah and Elijah<\/p>\n
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\nsent to the Gentiles.
\nLuke 7 Jesus heals the Romans <\/p>\n
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\nLuke 10 Parable of the Good <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s going to transfer the <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the gospel was preached to <\/p>\n
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\nThis was the message.
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\nIf they had actually been been <\/p>\n
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\nthey would have seen that this <\/p>\n
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\nThe two phases are fairly <\/p>\n
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\nLuke phase one, Acts phase two, <\/p>\n
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\nphase one was in chapter in Luke
\nchapter 24. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll read you the verse Luke 24.
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\nWe’ve looked at this many times.
\nThen he said to them, these are <\/p>\n
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\neverything written about me in
\nthe Law of Moses and the <\/p>\n
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\nprophets and the Psalms must be
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\nSo what he says is that was
\nphase one. <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nPhase one, check Mark.
\nLuke has come to a conclusion. <\/p>\n
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\nChrist has made it to Jerusalem.
\nHe’s brought the 12 there and <\/p>\n
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\ntheir remaining in the city.
\nThen you come to Acts. <\/p>\n
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\nOne verse one in the first book.
\nWhat’s he talking about? <\/p>\n
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\nLuke in the first book, O
\nTheophilus, I have dealt with <\/p>\n
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\nall that Jesus began to do and
\nteach in the first book, <\/p>\n
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\nTheophilus.
\nI was talking about everything <\/p>\n
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\nteach. <\/p>\n
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\nStay tuned for everything in
\nActs. <\/p>\n
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\nThe gospel explodes in Acts.
\nThe journey to Jerusalem now <\/p>\n
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\nseems like the afternoon stroll.
\nWhen you come to Acts, the <\/p>\n
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\ngospel is going to go
\neverywhere. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we start Phase 2.
\nThe disciples still in their <\/p>\n
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\nconfusion verse 6 when they had
\ncome together, they asked him, <\/p>\n
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\nLord, are you at this time going
\nto restore the Kingdom to Israel<\/p>\n
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\nIs now the time that you are
\ngoing to bring back the Kingdom <\/p>\n
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\nof David of Israel is now the
\ntime Christ says to them, it’s <\/p>\n
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\nnot for you to know times or
\nseasons. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Father have fixed by his own
\nauthority, but you will receive <\/p>\n
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\npower when the Holy Spirit has
\ncome upon you and he says phase <\/p>\n
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\ntwo, you will be my witnesses in
\nJerusalem, Judea, Sumeria, and <\/p>\n
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\nto the end of the earth.
\nSo we see here the two phases 1 <\/p>\n
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\naccomplished everything that was
\nwritten about me in the Psalms <\/p>\n
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\nand the prophets and the law of
\nMoses at Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nPhase one, Phase two, you bring
\nthat message to Jerusalem, <\/p>\n
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\nJudea, Samaria, and to the ends
\nof the earth. <\/p>\n
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\nActs is a big book.
\nA lot of people are going to <\/p>\n
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\nlearn the gospel message here.
\nPhase 1, you got to get to <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem.
\nThat was Luke volume 1 volume to<\/p>\n
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\nspread the gospel out from
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve made it there, brothers
\nand sisters. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve made it to the city.
\nNow let’s take it and to spread <\/p>\n
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\nit to the world.
\nSo let’s start. <\/p>\n
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\nThen in Acts chapter 1, it gets
\nunderway fairly quickly. <\/p>\n
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\nThey choose Matthias to replace
\nJudas in Acts chapter 1. <\/p>\n
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\nThen we come to Acts chapter 2.
\nActs chapter 2 starts the ball <\/p>\n
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\nrolling, and we see now that
\nwhen this ball gets rolling, <\/p>\n
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\nthere is no stopping it.
\nThe gospel is going to be spread<\/p>\n
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\nto Jerusalem, it’s going to be
\nspread to Judea and Samaria, and<\/p>\n
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\nit’s going to be spread to the
\nends of the earth. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it starts here at the Day of
\nPentecost. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so they’re given the Holy
\nSpirit and instantly we have <\/p>\n
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\npreaching.
\nBut who are we preaching to? <\/p>\n
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\nRemember phase two, the ends of
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\nAnd how is it that we hear, each
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\nBut it started.
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\nNow we go on further in this, we
\ncome to verse 16 and see if a <\/p>\n
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\nBut this is what was uttered
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\nAre there 2 light bulbs <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ll never guess what he says.<\/p>\n
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\nIn chapter 3 he’s speaking again
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\nGuess what? <\/p>\n
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\nvoice, stopped their ears,
\nrushed together at him. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd falling to his knees, he
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\nThis is again a message of the
\nLord Jesus Christ, because we <\/p>\n
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\ninstantly in chapter 8, verse <\/p>\n
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\none, phase two, and Saul
\napproved of his execution. <\/p>\n
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\nBut what happens?
\nAnd there arose on that day a <\/p>\n
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\ngreat persecution against the
\necclesia in Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they were all scattered
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\nand Samaria, except the
\napostles. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the ecclesia in Jerusalem is
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\nThey see the success of Stephen,
\nand they persecute the rest of <\/p>\n
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\nAway To Judea and Samaria.
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\nNo, they start. <\/p>\n
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\nPhase 2 is underway. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve spread the gospel to
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\nplus are baptized and more
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\nNow the persecution of Stephen,
\nthough sad God uses it to launch<\/p>\n
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\nbring with them the truth.
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\nhere with spreading the gospel.
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\nof these people fleeing for his
\nlife. <\/p>\n
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\nNow those who were scattered
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\nPhilip verse 4 went down to a
\ncity of Samaria, of course, and <\/p>\n
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\nhe proclaimed to them the Christ
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\nattention to what was being said
\nby Philip when they heard him <\/p>\n
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\nand saw the signs that he did.
\nThe Gospel is spreading, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters, it’s
\nworking. <\/p>\n
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\nThe disciples made it to
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\nThey preached in Jerusalem and <\/p>\n
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\nPhilip baptizes the first <\/p>\n
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\nGentile in Acts, in the
\nEthiopian eunuch, and we see the<\/p>\n
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\nfruit. <\/p>\n
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\nWe have believers, and
\nbeautifully, it’s in Samaria, <\/p>\n
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\nwhere five years earlier Christ
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\nIn Acts 8, he persecutes the <\/p>\n
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\necclesia and Philip flees.
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\nchapter, Acts Chapter 9, Acts 9,
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\nJerusalem, how he he calls the <\/p>\n
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\nJudea and Galilee and Samaria
\nhad peace, but not only did it <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s still working at the hands <\/p>\n
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\nActs chapter 10 What happens in <\/p>\n
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\nit outside of Judea and Samaria <\/p>\n
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\nbecause of the persecution that <\/p>\n
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\ncoming to Antioch spoke to the <\/p>\n
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\nLord Jesus. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the hand of the Lord was
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\nbelieved turned to the Lord.
\nThe report of this came to the <\/p>\n
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\ngo to Antioch and Barnabas goes <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s popping up. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s working. <\/p>\n
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\nand again, another arrest of <\/p>\n
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\nPaul utters. <\/p>\n
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\nActs 13, lest that come upon <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:38,200 –> 00:22:43,840
\nyou, which was spoken of by the
\nprophets, Acts 26 saying none of<\/p>\n
340
\n00:22:43,840 –> 00:22:48,760
\nthe things and those which the
\nprophets and Moses did say <\/p>\n
341
\n00:22:48,760 –> 00:22:52,400
\nshould come.
\nAnd Paul picks up that mantle, <\/p>\n
342
\n00:22:53,560 –> 00:22:57,000
\nand he brings it to the rest of
\nthe world. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:22:57,000 –> 00:23:02,240
\nAnd so, brothers and sisters,
\nthat’s Phase 2. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:03,760 –> 00:23:08,960
\nThe disciples, beginning in the
\nday of Pentecost, lights cities <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:08,960 –> 00:23:11,960
\non a hill that couldn’t be hid
\nfor all to see. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:14,880 –> 00:23:21,760
\nThey spread the gospel to
\nJerusalem, to Judea, Samaria, <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:22,360 –> 00:23:27,800
\ninto the ends of the earth.
\nWe’ve brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:27,800 –> 00:23:32,080
\nlooked this week at many of the
\nstruggles that they had that we <\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:32,080 –> 00:23:34,320
\nhave on the road towards
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:35,920 –> 00:23:38,880
\nBut brothers and sisters, they
\nmade it. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:41,280 –> 00:23:45,480
\nThey made it to Jerusalem.
\nThat’s our goal. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:23:45,680 –> 00:23:48,000
\nOur goal is to make it to
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:23:48,840 –> 00:23:52,320
\nWe have trials, we have
\ntroubles. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:23:52,400 –> 00:23:57,160
\nWe’ve looked at them abundant
\ntimes this week, but the goal is<\/p>\n
355
\n00:23:57,160 –> 00:24:00,440
\nwe make it to Jerusalem to
\nbecome a city of people. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:01,120 –> 00:24:05,320
\nBut we don’t stop there, do we?
\nBecause once we are called into <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:05,320 –> 00:24:09,400
\nthat Kingdom, do we simply sit
\nthere waiting? <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:09,840 –> 00:24:14,640
\nNo, what do we do?
\nWe bring the message to the ends<\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:14,680 –> 00:24:18,200
\nof the earth.
\nAnd just as these apostles were <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:18,200 –> 00:24:21,680
\nwitness to this, brothers and
\nsisters, this will be our role <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:22,920 –> 00:24:27,320
\nto get to Jerusalem and to bring
\nthat message to the ends of the <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:27,320 –> 00:24:30,960
\nearth.
\nThe final verse I’d like to look<\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:30,960 –> 00:24:34,280
\nat together with you this week,
\nif you come with me to the book <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:34,280 –> 00:24:38,800
\nof Philippians.
\nThe book of Letter to the <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:38,800 –> 00:24:43,880
\nPhilippians has in chapter 3
\nsome very comforting words. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:49,300 –> 00:24:54,380
\nAnd I’ll read from the English
\nstandard up on the screen. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:24:54,380 –> 00:25:00,940
\nIt says, but our citizenship is
\nin heaven. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:01,920 –> 00:25:05,920
\nIt’s the word polytuma means a
\ncommunity in the strongs. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:25:05,920 –> 00:25:09,880
\nIt means a government.
\nCitizenship means belonging to <\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:09,880 –> 00:25:14,240
\nsomething.
\nOur citizenship, brothers and <\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:14,240 –> 00:25:25,840
\nsisters, it’s in heaven, and
\nfrom it we await a Savior. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:27,920 –> 00:25:36,600
\nWe certainly do, don’t we?
\nThe Lord Jesus Christ, who will <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:36,600 –> 00:25:45,720
\ntransform our lowly bodies to be
\nlike His glorious body by the <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:45,720 –> 00:25:49,680
\npower that enables Him even to
\nsubject all things to Himself. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:49,680 –> 00:25:54,880
\nFirst one of chapter 4.
\nTherefore, my brothers, whom I <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:54,880 –> 00:26:05,080
\nlove and long for my joy and
\ncrown, stand firm. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:26:05,080 –> 00:26:10,360
\nThus in the Lord, our
\ncitizenship, brothers and <\/p>\n
378
\n00:26:10,360 –> 00:26:14,520
\nsisters, is in heaven.
\nWe journey together towards the <\/p>\n
379
\n00:26:14,520 –> 00:26:19,080
\nsame city, following the same
\nman, to be counted as New <\/p>\n
380
\n00:26:19,080 –> 00:26:23,480
\nJerusalem.
\nBut brothers and sisters, we <\/p>\n
381
\n00:26:23,480 –> 00:26:28,960
\nknow that the mission to
\nJerusalem Phase One worked. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:29,480 –> 00:26:32,600
\nAnd do we know Phase two was
\nsuccessful? <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:32,720 –> 00:26:36,680
\nHow do we know, brothers and
\nsisters, Phase two was <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:36,680 –> 00:26:39,520
\nsuccessful?
\nHow do we know that the message <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:39,600 –> 00:26:41,720
\nwas preached to the ends of the
\nearth? <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:44,000 –> 00:26:51,840
\nLook at us, look at us.
\nWe’re Christadelphians living <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:52,080 –> 00:26:57,040
\n2000 years after these events.
\nAnd God’s gathered us from all <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:57,040 –> 00:26:59,720
\nover.
\nThe message was preached to the <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:59,720 –> 00:27:05,480
\nends of the earth.
\nWe’re here, brothers and <\/p>\n
390
\n00:27:05,480 –> 00:27:07,600
\nsisters.
\nWe’re so close to Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:27:09,040 –> 00:27:15,960
\nWe’re so close.
\nSo as we, God willing, future <\/p>\n
392
\n00:27:15,960 –> 00:27:20,840
\nmembers of that new Jerusalem,
\nwe will take the same gospel <\/p>\n
393
\n00:27:20,840 –> 00:27:27,240
\nmessage that we’ve clung on to
\nuntil that day, and we’ll start <\/p>\n
394
\n00:27:27,240 –> 00:27:34,720
\nin Jerusalem and we’ll bring it
\nto the rest of the world under <\/p>\n
395
\n00:27:34,720 –> 00:27:39,320
\nthe command of our king.
\nI look forward to this day <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:39,320 –> 00:27:44,200
\ngreatly to join you all, where
\nwe will help fill Jerusalem, <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:44,200 –> 00:27:48,000
\nJudea, Samaria, and the ends of
\nthe earth with God’s glory as <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:48,000 –> 00:27:52,040
\nthe waters cover the sea.
\nBut for the time being, brothers<\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:52,040 –> 00:27:56,480
\nand sisters, we journey towards
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:58,400 –> 00:28:03,080
\nSo what I would like to do is
\nwrap up the Toward Jerusalem <\/p>\n
401
\n00:28:03,080 –> 00:28:07,720
\nseries with a hymn.
\nIf you please, get out your hymn<\/p>\n
402
\n00:28:07,720 –> 00:28:10,200
\nbooks.
\nWe, of course, still have our <\/p>\n
403
\n00:28:10,200 –> 00:28:14,000
\nthird session afterwards, but
\nI’d like to finish up my study <\/p>\n
404
\n00:28:14,000 –> 00:28:18,480
\ntogether here by lifting up our
\nvoices together and praise to <\/p>\n
405
\n00:28:18,480 –> 00:28:22,640
\nour Father.
\nAnd after we’ve sung this <\/p>\n
406
\n00:28:22,640 –> 00:28:24,680
\ntogether, if you remain
\nstanding, I’ll close with the <\/p>\n
407
\n00:28:24,680 –> 00:28:29,000
\nword of prayer.
\nAnd then following prayer, our <\/p>\n
408
\n00:28:29,320 –> 00:28:30,920
\npresider for the day will
\ndismiss us. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:28:31,840 –> 00:28:37,240
\nWe’ll close with Him 89.
\nThere are many beautiful hymns <\/p>\n
410
\n00:28:37,240 –> 00:28:40,080
\nin our hymn book.
\nI love the hymn book that we <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:40,080 –> 00:28:43,160
\nhave, but there’s something
\nspecial when there’s one written<\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:43,160 –> 00:28:46,760
\nby a brother from our community.
\nHim 89 was written by <\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:46,760 –> 00:28:48,840
\nChristadelphian by the name of
\nBrother John Morris. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:48,840 –> 00:28:53,640
\nAnd it speaks so beautifully of
\nthe hope that we have in that <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:53,640 –> 00:28:57,120
\ncity, New Jerusalem.
\nIf you aren’t familiar with the <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:57,120 –> 00:28:59,840
\ntune, let’s give it your best
\ngo. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:29:00,840 –> 00:29:04,560
\nIt’s a fairly simple melody,
\nhopefully, and I’m confident <\/p>\n
418
\n00:29:04,560 –> 00:29:08,520
\nyou’ll pick it up quickly and
\nyou’ll belt it out with me. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:29:10,000 –> 00:29:11,720
\nI’m going to read all three
\nverses. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:29:13,720 –> 00:29:17,480
\nHymn 89.
\nHallelujah. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:29:18,480 –> 00:29:23,640
\nGod be honoured, true and
\nrighteous all his ways. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:29:24,320 –> 00:29:28,280
\nPraise our God, all ye that fear
\nhim, praise the Lord his <\/p>\n
423
\n00:29:28,280 –> 00:29:32,840
\nservants.
\nPraise come ye Saints, with joy <\/p>\n
424
\n00:29:33,880 –> 00:29:38,240
\nand gladness for the marriage
\nfeast prepare. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:39,640 –> 00:29:46,640
\nPurged from all their sins the
\nblessed robes of righteousness <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:46,680 –> 00:29:51,560
\nshall we’re coming down to earth
\nfrom heaven. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:51,880 –> 00:29:59,960
\nNew Jerusalem we see God shall
\ndwell with man forever. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:30:00,320 –> 00:30:06,640
\nHis own people they shall be.
\nGod shall wipe away all sorrow. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:30:07,240 –> 00:30:13,520
\nFormer things will pass away,
\nLit forever by God’s presence. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:30:14,400 –> 00:30:22,040
\nEarth shall glow in endless day.
\nCome, Lord Jesus, come now <\/p>\n
431
\n00:30:22,040 –> 00:30:25,040
\nquickly open soon the book of
\nlife. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:30:25,320 –> 00:30:28,240
\nBring thy judgments and thy
\nblessings. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:30:28,400 –> 00:30:31,280
\nEnd the years of tears and
\nstrife. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:30:32,600 –> 00:30:36,200
\nWorthy is the Lamb that liveth,
\nwho through death the victory <\/p>\n
435
\n00:30:36,200 –> 00:30:40,320
\nwon.
\nBlessing, honor, strength and <\/p>\n
436
\n00:30:40,320 –> 00:30:45,960
\nriches.
\nBe to him God’s conquering Son.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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