{"id":1516,"date":"2026-07-26T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/410-roger-lewis-gone-to-arabia\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:32:14","slug":"410-roger-lewis-gone-to-arabia","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/410-roger-lewis-gone-to-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"410: Roger Lewis – Gone to Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is a class by Brother Roger Lewis titled “Gone to Arabia”, given at the School of the Prophets in 2008.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Christophian
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\ntalk a week to help us get the <\/p>\n

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\nbeforehand as a personalized
\nrecommendation to you on why we <\/p>\n

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\nare sharing the talk.
\nAnd now let’s talk more about <\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHello, this is Brother Adam. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week we’ll be listening to
\nGone to Arabia by Brother Rodger<\/p>\n

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\nLewis, given at the 2008 College
\nof the Prophets. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat makes this class unique is
\nthat we as the audience go on a <\/p>\n

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\ndetective hunt to uncover a
\nparticular journey that Paul <\/p>\n

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\ngoes on.
\nIf you’re like me, I was <\/p>\n

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\ncompletely unaware of Paul going
\nto Arabia, yet after listening <\/p>\n

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\nto this class, I’m confident in
\nthis journey where it takes <\/p>\n

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\nplace in Paul’s life and that I
\ntoo must go to Arabia. <\/p>\n

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\nYou may find yourselves with a
\nsign on your door that says Gone<\/p>\n

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\nto Arabia after listening to
\nBrother Roger. <\/p>\n

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\nHe helps us to see the
\nimportance of taking time and <\/p>\n

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\nmeditation in God’s Word to make
\nthe commitment to understand our<\/p>\n

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\nCreator each day that we must
\nprioritize our appointments with<\/p>\n

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\nGod in our weekly schedule.
\nTo help set the scene for this <\/p>\n

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\ntalk, Paul was converted and saw
\nthe truth for the first time in <\/p>\n

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\nActs Chapter 9.
\nHe is on fire for the truth and <\/p>\n

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\nbefore he goes out preaching, he
\ntakes a visit to Arabia. <\/p>\n

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\nHe dedicates one-on-one time
\nwith God in solitude before <\/p>\n

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\ngoing out to preach the name of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Rodger does a great job
\nwith using the Scriptures for <\/p>\n

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\ngood Bible reading.
\nHe walks us through the details <\/p>\n

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\nof Paul’s trip to Arabia and
\npresents the application to us <\/p>\n

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\nto understand why Paul went to
\nArabia and why we too must go <\/p>\n

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\nthere.
\nPlease give your kind attention <\/p>\n

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\nand have your Bible in hand as
\nwe listen to Brother Rodger <\/p>\n

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\nLewis’s class entitled Gone to
\nArabia. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m just going to give some
\nintroductory thoughts to set the<\/p>\n

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\nscene for this next week, and
\nI’m going to talk to you about <\/p>\n

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\nsomething which I think is
\nreally helpful for purposes of <\/p>\n

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\nwhere we all are in our
\ndevelopment and the truth. <\/p>\n

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\nI want to talk to you tonight
\nabout Paul’s visit to Arabia, <\/p>\n

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\nand that’s an X Chapter 9.
\nSo if you’d like to turn to X <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 9, you’re just going to
\ntake up the story there. <\/p>\n

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\nSo remember all the lessons
\nyou’ve been learning this week. <\/p>\n

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\nYou need to be ready to notice
\nBible illusions, to read the <\/p>\n

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\nBible carefully.
\nI learned exactly that lesson <\/p>\n

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\nfrom Uncle John many years ago,
\nthat good Bible study is based <\/p>\n

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\non good Bible reading.
\nAnd I’ve been spreading that <\/p>\n

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\nmessage around the world as well
\nbecause I learnt that well from <\/p>\n

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\nUncle John a number of years
\nago. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’re going to find that
\nagain tonight and and and <\/p>\n

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\ntonight is really just one
\nlittle snapshot of an idea. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I think it’s so appropriate
\nto the College of the prophets. <\/p>\n

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\nNow you notice what it says in
\nActs Chapter 9 verse 18. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says and immediately there
\nfell from his eyes. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is at the time of the
\nbaptism of of Paul. <\/p>\n

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\nImmediately there fell from his
\neyes as it had been scales, and <\/p>\n

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\nhe received sight forth with
\nAnna Rose and was baptized. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, there’s something
\ninteresting, by the way, I think<\/p>\n

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\nabout that moment of time in
\nPaul’s life. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see, what it’s saying is
\nthat at the time of a person’s <\/p>\n

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\nconversion, it’s as if scales
\ncome off the eyes. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, some of you in this room
\nare baptized and some aren’t. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t need to know which of
\nwhich, by the way. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, it’s better that I
\ndon’t for purposes of tonight. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what I can say is this, that
\nsomething happens in our lives <\/p>\n

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\nwhere all of a sudden we’ve
\nknown the truth, we’ve come <\/p>\n

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\nalong to the truth, we’ve heard
\nstudies, we’ve taken notes, <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ve heard the truth, but we’ve
\nnever seen it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it was Job that would say,
\nwas it not? <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve heard of thee by the
\nhearing of the ear, but now mine<\/p>\n

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\neye seeth thee.
\nAnd what Paul was going to <\/p>\n

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\nexperience in Acts Chapter 9 was
\nthat he saw the truth for the <\/p>\n

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\nfirst time, as it were, in his
\nlife, like he’d never seen it <\/p>\n

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\nbefore.
\nThat’s going to happen to each <\/p>\n

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\none of us.
\nThe moment comes when we see the<\/p>\n

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\ntruth for what it really is.
\nAnd this was going to be the <\/p>\n

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\nmoment of Saul’s conversion, a
\ndramatic conversion that was <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to have so wide a set of
\nrepercussions in the ecclesial <\/p>\n

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\nworld of the time when this man
\nwas converted to the truth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the record says the
\nerosion was baptized and this 19<\/p>\n

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\nsays, and when he received meat,
\nhe was strengthened. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then was Saul certain days
\nwith the disciples which were at<\/p>\n

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\nDamascus, and straightway he
\npreached Christ in the <\/p>\n

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\nsynagogues that he is the Son of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nRiggle’s going to go on to talk
\nabout his work in Damascus and <\/p>\n

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\nagain it’s going to tell us in
\nverse 26. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when Saul has come to
\nJerusalem, he is saved to join <\/p>\n

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\nhimself to the disciples.
\nBut they were all afraid of him <\/p>\n

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\nand believe not that he was a
\ndisciple. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, one of the lessons that
\nthose of the Jerusalem ecclesia <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to have to learn is that
\nthe truth was strong enough to <\/p>\n

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\nchange anyone, even a soul, and
\nthey were going to have to learn<\/p>\n

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\nthat.
\nNow, what’s interesting for our <\/p>\n

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\npurposes tonight out of this
\nlittle section in Acts Chapter 9<\/p>\n

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\nis that somewhere between verse
\n18 and verse 26, when Saul comes<\/p>\n

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\nto Jerusalem, somewhere in
\nbetween those verses, Paul, I’m <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to call him Paul.
\nThroughout tonight’s study, Paul<\/p>\n

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\nmade a visit somewhere else.
\nHe made a visit somewhere else. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if you come to the book of
\nGalatians in chapter 1, we’re <\/p>\n

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\ntold, expressly told that he
\nmade a visit to Arabia at about <\/p>\n

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\nthis very time in his life.
\nAnd I want to talk to you about <\/p>\n

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\nthat visit to Arabia tonight.
\nAnd by the way, if you take good<\/p>\n

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\nenough notes tonight, what you
\nshould be able to do is to get a<\/p>\n

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\nlittle box at the bottom of Acts
\nChapter 9 headed up Paul’s visit<\/p>\n

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\nto Arabia.
\nAnd you should have a summary of<\/p>\n

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\nthe findings of tonight marked
\nas a little marking box at the <\/p>\n

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\nbottom of that chapter in the
\nActs of the Apostles. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, do you see what it says in
\nGalatians chapter 1 and verse <\/p>\n

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\n15?
\nIt says maybe, maybe verse 13 <\/p>\n

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\nfor connection.
\nSo you’ve heard of my <\/p>\n

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\nconversation in time past in the
\nJews religion, How that beyond <\/p>\n

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\nmeasure I persecuted the
\necclesia of God and wasted it <\/p>\n

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\nand profited in the Jews
\nreligion above many my equals in<\/p>\n

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\nmy own nation being more
\nexceedingly zealous of the <\/p>\n

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\ntraditions of my father’s.
\nIn fact, what we’re being told <\/p>\n

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\nby the way, about Saul is that
\nthis man knew the Bible inside <\/p>\n

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\nout and back to front and upside
\ndown. <\/p>\n

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\nHe could recite it, recite it
\nblindfolded. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, even if he was a good
\nJewish boy, and I’m quite sure <\/p>\n

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\nthat Paul was a very good Jewish
\nboy, he would be able to recite <\/p>\n

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\nthe Torah from memory and
\nprobably a good chunk of the <\/p>\n

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\nprophets as well.
\nThis was a man that knew the <\/p>\n

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\nBible intimately.
\nBut verse 15 says that when it <\/p>\n

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\npleased God, who separated me
\nfrom my mother’s womb and called<\/p>\n

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\nme by His grace to reveal his
\nson and me, he was going to <\/p>\n

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\nlearn something quite different.
\nHe was going to have to relearn <\/p>\n

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\nhis whole perspective on the
\nScriptures that he already <\/p>\n

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\nthought that he knew very well.
\nNow, what’s interesting is verse<\/p>\n

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\n15 and Bible echoes.
\nCan anyone tell me where that <\/p>\n

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\ncomes from?
\nHe separated me from my mother’s<\/p>\n

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\nwomb.
\nWe’re not going to turn the <\/p>\n

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\npassage up, but can anyone tell
\nme where it comes from? <\/p>\n

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\nBecause it’s a Bible echo.
\nAnybody know? <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s Sorry, where was that?
\nI had a a plethora of answers. <\/p>\n

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\nJeremiah, Jeremiah, Isaiah 49.
\nI’ll go for the American <\/p>\n

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\nversion.
\nThat’s what I’m talking about. <\/p>\n

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\nIsaiah chapter 49.
\nNow look, don’t turn it up <\/p>\n

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\nbecause we’re going to come back
\nto it later on. <\/p>\n

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\nBut tell you what, you might
\nwant to take a note of that <\/p>\n

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\nbecause Isaiah 49 becomes the
\nkey Old Testament passage that’s<\/p>\n

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\ngoing to permeate the whole book
\nof Galatians. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there was a very good reason
\nfor that, which we can’t come to<\/p>\n

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\nby and by in our study tonight,
\nbut we might look at later on in<\/p>\n

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\nthe course of the week.
\nJust tuck, tuck that away. <\/p>\n

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\nIsaiah 49, He separated me from
\nmy mother’s womb. <\/p>\n

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\nYes, verse one, Isaiah 49 verse
\none. <\/p>\n

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\nNow you see what it says, goes
\non to say in Galatians one, it <\/p>\n

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\nsays, Well, when God decided to
\ndo that, to reveal verse 16, His<\/p>\n

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\nson in me, that I might preach
\namong the heathen, immediately I<\/p>\n

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\nconferred not with flesh and
\nblood, neither went out to <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem to them which were
\napostles before me, but I went <\/p>\n

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\ninto Arabia and returned again
\nunto Damascus. <\/p>\n

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\nNow do you notice that he went
\nto Arabia and then came back to <\/p>\n

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\nDamascus?
\nNow hold your hand in Galatians.<\/p>\n

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\nDon’t lose Galatians, but come
\nback to Acts chapter 8, Acts <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 9.
\nBecause what we’ve got to try <\/p>\n

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\nand decide now is when about in
\nthe course of the story of Acts <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:29,960 –> 00:09:35,120
\nChapter 9, that mysterious visit
\nto Arabia took place. <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:35,240 –> 00:09:40,280
\nWhat verse in Acts Chapter 9?
\nAnd by the way, you won’t know <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:40,280 –> 00:09:44,040
\nunless you have Acts 9 open to
\nfind out what verse it might be.<\/p>\n

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\n00:09:44,520 –> 00:09:47,440
\nSo Acts Chapter 9.
\nLet’s see what the possibilities<\/p>\n

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\n00:09:47,440 –> 00:09:50,400
\nmight be.
\nSo first of all, it says in <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:50,400 –> 00:09:54,560
\nverse 25 of X9, the disciples
\ntook him by night and let him <\/p>\n

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\n00:09:54,560 –> 00:09:58,840
\ndown by the wall in a basket.
\nAnd verse 26 says, and when Saul<\/p>\n

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\n00:09:58,840 –> 00:10:01,960
\nwas come to Jerusalem, he has
\nsaved to join himself to the <\/p>\n

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\ndisciples.
\nSo I suppose it’s possible that <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:04,600 –> 00:10:09,840
\nin between verse 25 and verse
\n26, he may have gone to Arabia. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:09,920 –> 00:10:12,480
\nHe could have gone down to
\nArabia before coming back to <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:12,480 –> 00:10:14,760
\nJerusalem.
\nThat’s a possibility, isn’t it <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:14,760 –> 00:10:16,640
\nin the text?
\nI don’t think it’s right, by the<\/p>\n

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\n00:10:16,680 –> 00:10:18,840
\nway, but it’s one of the
\npossibilities. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:19,040 –> 00:10:21,520
\nAnd there’s another one a bit
\nearlier on, because do you <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:21,520 –> 00:10:26,320
\nnotice what it says in verse 22?
\nIt says Saul increased the more <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:26,320 –> 00:10:29,440
\nin strength and confounded the
\nJews, which dwelt in Damascus, <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:29,440 –> 00:10:31,320
\nproving that this is very
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:31,800 –> 00:10:37,200
\nAnd after many days were
\nfulfilled, the Jews took counsel<\/p>\n

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\n00:10:37,200 –> 00:10:39,600
\nto kill him.
\nAnd it’s a possibility, isn’t <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:39,600 –> 00:10:44,600
\nit, that in between verse 22 and
\nverse 23, you think he could <\/p>\n

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\nhave gone to Arabia then?
\nAfter all, it says many days had<\/p>\n

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\ngone past, so perhaps that’s the
\ntime for the mysterious visit to<\/p>\n

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\n00:10:52,000 –> 00:10:55,760
\nArabia that Galatians chapter
\none, verse 17 tells us. <\/p>\n

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\nBut there’s an earlier
\npossibility, and that’s this in <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:59,400 –> 00:11:01,400
\nverse 19.
\nI think this is the right one. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:02,160 –> 00:11:06,160
\nAnd it says this.
\nWhen he received meat, he was <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:06,160 –> 00:11:11,880
\nstrengthened, full stop.
\nThen was Saul’s certain days <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:11,880 –> 00:11:15,480
\nwith the Damascus, with the
\ndisciples that were at Damascus.<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:15,800 –> 00:11:20,320
\nNow you see that word then?
\nThat word then in the Greek is <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:20,320 –> 00:11:23,240
\nthe equivalent of the phrase it
\ncame to pass. <\/p>\n

189
\n00:11:23,240 –> 00:11:27,280
\nIt’s used in a number of places
\nin the Acts of the Apostles. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:27,280 –> 00:11:31,040
\nAnd what it suggests is that
\nthere’s a moment of time here <\/p>\n

191
\n00:11:31,040 –> 00:11:33,840
\nthat’s elapsed and a new event
\nhas now occurred. <\/p>\n

192
\n00:11:34,320 –> 00:11:38,360
\nSo there’s a gap halfway in the
\nmiddle of verse 19. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:38,480 –> 00:11:40,560
\nHe received meat.
\nHe was strengthened, full stop. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:41,120 –> 00:11:44,560
\nAnd then it came to pass that
\nSaul was certain days with the <\/p>\n

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\ndisciples that were at Damascus.
\nNow, I’m going to tell you <\/p>\n

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\ntonight that I think that’s
\nexactly where Paul’s visit to <\/p>\n

197
\n00:11:50,920 –> 00:11:54,320
\nArabia takes place, right smack
\nin the middle of verse 19. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:54,320 –> 00:11:57,480
\nDo you know how I know that?
\nGood Bible reading. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:58,840 –> 00:12:01,960
\nHow do I know that?
\nBecause of something that <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:01,960 –> 00:12:05,200
\nGalatians said.
\nNow what was the keyword in <\/p>\n

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\nGalatians that would bring us to
\nthe conclusion that that’s the <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:09,000 –> 00:12:11,200
\nmoment of time that Paul visited
\nArabia? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat keyword in Galatians?
\nWell, let’s read it again, verse<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:15,960 –> 00:12:20,760
\n16 of Galatians 2, when God
\nasked me to reveal his Son in <\/p>\n

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\nme, that I might preach him
\namong the heathen. <\/p>\n

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\nImmediately.
\nNow you see that immediately I <\/p>\n

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\nconferred not with flesh and
\nblood, I went to Arabia. <\/p>\n

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\nNow that keyword immediately.
\nThe word youtheos tells us that <\/p>\n

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\nthis is the very first thing
\nthat the apostle Paul did. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as soon as he was baptized,
\nhe was off to Arabia first <\/p>\n

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\nthing.
\nAnd by the way, what did Arabia <\/p>\n

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\nsymbolize?
\nVerse 16? <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:52,120 –> 00:12:54,440
\nI conferred not with flesh and
\nblood. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:54,680 –> 00:12:58,680
\nIn other words, Arabia
\nsymbolized a period of solitude <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:58,920 –> 00:13:01,880
\nand isolation.
\nHe was going to go into <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:01,920 –> 00:13:06,120
\nisolation and he did it straight
\naway, says Galatians chapter, <\/p>\n

217
\n00:13:06,200 –> 00:13:08,600
\nchapter 1.
\nIt’s the first thing he did. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:08,600 –> 00:13:13,840
\nGalatians one, verse 17.
\nSo Acts 9, he’s baptized, he <\/p>\n

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\nreceives meat, he gets up and he
\ngoes straight to Arabia, and <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:16,960 –> 00:13:19,800
\nthen he comes back to Damascus
\nafter that, which by the way, is<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:19,800 –> 00:13:22,760
\nwhat Galatians says.
\nDo you notice that verse 17, I <\/p>\n

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\nwent into Arabia and returned
\nagain to Damascus? <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:29,200 –> 00:13:32,160
\nWell, that’s what Acts says.
\nHe comes back to Damascus and he<\/p>\n

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\nspends time with the disciples.
\nNow here’s the really <\/p>\n

225
\n00:13:37,040 –> 00:13:46,720
\ninteresting question.
\nWhy was Paul going to Arabia? <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:46,720 –> 00:13:53,120
\nWell, I’ll give you a clue.
\nThere’s only one other place in <\/p>\n

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\nthe whole of the New Testament
\nwhere that word Arabia is used, <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:59,800 –> 00:14:02,040
\nand it’s in this very in this
\nvery epistle. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:03,360 –> 00:14:05,560
\nIt’s in Galatians chapter 4,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:06,440 –> 00:14:09,800
\nGalatians 4, which is the only
\nother place where the word <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:09,800 –> 00:14:14,400
\nArabia is used in the entire New
\nTestament, says verse 24. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:14,600 –> 00:14:17,800
\nGalatians 4, which things are an
\nallegory? <\/p>\n

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\nFor these are the two covenants,
\nthe one from Mount Sinai which <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:20,920 –> 00:14:23,000
\ngendereth to bondage, which is
\nHagar. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:23,360 –> 00:14:27,680
\nFor this Hagar is Mount Sinai in
\nArabia. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:27,680 –> 00:14:31,120
\nIt says, aha.
\nSo he wasn’t just going to <\/p>\n

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\nArabia, He was going to a
\nparticular place in Arabia. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:35,040 –> 00:14:37,440
\nIn fact, he was going to a
\nmountain in Arabia. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:37,440 –> 00:14:41,080
\nHe was going to Mount Sinai.
\nI think that’s exactly where <\/p>\n

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\nwhere Paul was intending to
\ntravel on this occasion. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:43,760 –> 00:14:47,080
\nAnd he’s going to Mount Sinai
\nexpressly that he might have a <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:47,080 –> 00:14:51,360
\ntime of revelation by Almighty
\nGod to prepare him for the <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:51,360 –> 00:14:54,560
\ngreatness of the work that lay
\nahead of him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:55,400 –> 00:14:58,760
\nNow that’s interesting because
\nnow come back to the first of <\/p>\n

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\nKings chapter 19.
\nAnd of course, those of you that<\/p>\n

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\nknow your Bibles well enough
\nwill know that the moment we <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:04,560 –> 00:15:08,440
\nturn up first of Kings 19, we’ve
\ncome back for the life of why <\/p>\n

248
\n00:15:08,600 –> 00:15:12,520
\nguess who?
\nElijah the prophet. <\/p>\n

249
\n00:15:12,520 –> 00:15:16,880
\nAnd what does the record say
\nconcerning Elijah? <\/p>\n

250
\n00:15:18,440 –> 00:15:20,640
\nWell, the record says this.
\nAnd I just want you to notice a <\/p>\n

251
\n00:15:20,640 –> 00:15:24,160
\ncouple of critical words in this
\nparticular chapter. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:24,400 –> 00:15:27,280
\nWe’re going to be told that the
\nfirst five, he lay first of <\/p>\n

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\nKings 19.
\nHe lay and slept under a juniper<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:29,360 –> 00:15:31,520
\ntree and an Angel touched him
\nand said, arise and eat. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:31,520 –> 00:15:34,360
\nAnd he eats so that he might be
\nstrengthened for the journey to <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:34,360 –> 00:15:36,280
\ncome to whore of the mount of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

257
\n00:15:36,640 –> 00:15:40,960
\nThis nine says this.
\nAnd he came to the unto a cave <\/p>\n

258
\n00:15:40,960 –> 00:15:43,960
\nand lodged there, and behold,
\nthe word of Yahweh came to him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he said unto him, What doest
\nthou here, Elijah? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he’s going to receive a
\nrevelation from Almighty God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:51,080 –> 00:15:53,840
\nAnd that revelation to Elijah is
\ngoing to prepare him for the <\/p>\n

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\nministry of Elijah yet to be
\nfulfilled in an age to come <\/p>\n

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\nconcerning the second Exodus,
\nthe work that Elijah has not yet<\/p>\n

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\naccomplished.
\nAnd God was going to deal with <\/p>\n

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\nhim on Mount Sinai to prepare
\nhim for that great work of <\/p>\n

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\nexodus that he was going to
\naccomplish on behalf of the <\/p>\n

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\nchildren of Israel.
\nBut this nine says He came <\/p>\n

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\nthither unto a cave.
\nBut that’s not what the Hebrew <\/p>\n

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\nsays.
\nThe Hebrew says he came to The <\/p>\n

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\nCave.
\nNow that’s interesting. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Cave.
\nNow what cave would that be? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat thinkest there?
\nWhat cave do you think he came <\/p>\n

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\nto?
\nWell, the answer is it’s a cave <\/p>\n

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\nthat someone has already been
\nin. <\/p>\n

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\nA cave that the records already
\nreferred us to. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:49,280 –> 00:16:53,560
\nThe Cave.
\nMoses was in a cave. <\/p>\n

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\nWhereabouts Me recersen.
\nGive me biblical evidence. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:58,760 –> 00:16:59,920
\nBy the way, you’re absolutely
\nright. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:01,160 –> 00:17:04,960
\nExodus 33.
\nSo Exodus chapter 33 says and <\/p>\n

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\njust I just want you to notice a
\ncouple of things that Exodus in <\/p>\n

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\nthe Exodus record.
\nSo now we’ve got Moses, Exodus <\/p>\n

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\n33, who of course speaks to the
\nAngel of the presence, the Angel<\/p>\n

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\nof the presence that would
\ngraciously deliver them. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:20,359 –> 00:17:23,319
\nAnd he said, verse 21 of Exodus
\n33. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:23,440 –> 00:17:26,000
\nAnd Yahweh said, Behold, there
\nis a place by me, and thou shalt<\/p>\n

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\nstand upon a rock, and it shall
\ncome to pass while my glory <\/p>\n

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\npasseth by, that I will put thee
\nin a Cliff of the rock, and I <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:33,400 –> 00:17:36,160
\nwill cover thee with my hand
\nwhile I pass by. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:36,160 –> 00:17:39,040
\nAnd I’ll take away my hand.
\nAnd thou shalt see my back pass,<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:39,200 –> 00:17:44,520
\nbut my face shall not be seen.
\nThere’s The Cave that Moses <\/p>\n

291
\n00:17:44,520 –> 00:17:49,080
\nretreated into when the divine
\nmanifestation of Almighty God <\/p>\n

292
\n00:17:49,080 –> 00:17:51,680
\ncame before him in the form of
\nthe Angel of the presence. <\/p>\n

293
\n00:17:51,960 –> 00:17:55,080
\nAnd by the way, Moses is there
\nreceiving a revelation from God <\/p>\n

294
\n00:17:55,400 –> 00:18:00,680
\nwhich which lasted how long?
\nExodus 34, verse 28. <\/p>\n

295
\n00:18:01,280 –> 00:18:04,400
\nHow long was he there in
\ncommunication with the deity? <\/p>\n

296
\n00:18:04,880 –> 00:18:09,840
\nHe was there with Yahweh 40 days
\nand 40 nights. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:10,240 –> 00:18:13,360
\nTake a note of it. 40 days, 40
\nnights. <\/p>\n

298
\n00:18:13,560 –> 00:18:16,800
\nSo he’s there in The Cave of the
\nrock receiving revelation. <\/p>\n

299
\n00:18:16,800 –> 00:18:19,120
\nBy the way, if I was to say to
\nyou, what’s the greatest thing <\/p>\n

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\nthat Moses did?
\nWhat would you say? <\/p>\n

301
\n00:18:22,680 –> 00:18:27,240
\nThe greatest work that Moses
\naccomplished, what would it be? <\/p>\n

302
\n00:18:27,240 –> 00:18:32,760
\nWhat would you say?
\nAnd the answer really should be,<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:32,760 –> 00:18:38,560
\nshouldn’t it, that he led the
\nchildren of Israel on an exodus <\/p>\n

304
\n00:18:38,880 –> 00:18:43,840
\nout of the land of sin and
\ndarkness into the Promised Land.<\/p>\n

305
\n00:18:45,200 –> 00:18:50,720
\nHe was the leader of the exodus.
\nAnd just as Elijah was going to <\/p>\n

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\nbe the leader of the second
\nExodus, Moses was going to be <\/p>\n

307
\n00:18:53,640 –> 00:18:57,880
\nthe leader of the first exodus.
\nAnd he’s there in The Cave of <\/p>\n

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\nthe rock that he might be
\nencouraged by the revelation of <\/p>\n

309
\n00:19:00,280 –> 00:19:05,200
\nGod for 40 days and 40 nights to
\nprepare him for the great work <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:05,200 –> 00:19:07,680
\nthat he was going to fulfil.
\nNow I want you to come back to <\/p>\n

311
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\nthe first of Kings 19, because
\nthat’s obviously The Cave that <\/p>\n

312
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\nElijah is in.
\nBut this time I want you to get <\/p>\n

313
\n00:19:13,960 –> 00:19:18,720
\nyour left hand in first of Kings
\nchapter 19, and in your right <\/p>\n

314
\n00:19:18,720 –> 00:19:21,720
\nhand come to Acts Chapter 9.
\nAgain, back to the story of the <\/p>\n

315
\n00:19:21,720 –> 00:19:23,800
\napostle Paul.
\nAnd do you know that all of a <\/p>\n

316
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\nsudden, when you read the record
\ncarefully, you’ll suddenly find <\/p>\n

317
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\nthat what’s happening to the
\napostle Paul is exactly what the<\/p>\n

318
\n00:19:33,480 –> 00:19:36,360
\nstory of Elijah is all about out
\nof the first of Kings 19. <\/p>\n

319
\n00:19:36,640 –> 00:19:40,160
\nAnd the Spirit is bidding us
\nrecognize that there is a <\/p>\n

320
\n00:19:40,160 –> 00:19:44,080
\nparallel of circumstance going
\non here in the life of the <\/p>\n

321
\n00:19:44,080 –> 00:19:46,320
\napostle to the life of the great
\nprophet. <\/p>\n

322
\n00:19:46,720 –> 00:19:50,040
\nNow, I want you to notice
\ncertain key things in the King’s<\/p>\n

323
\n00:19:50,040 –> 00:19:51,640
\nrecord.
\nBy the way, do you notice what <\/p>\n

324
\n00:19:51,640 –> 00:19:56,200
\nit says verse 8, that he went on
\nthe strength of that meet for 40<\/p>\n

325
\n00:19:56,200 –> 00:19:59,440
\ndays and 40 nights.
\nYou’ve heard that phrase before.<\/p>\n

326
\n00:19:59,520 –> 00:20:03,120
\n40 days.
\nAnd 40 nights, that’s associated<\/p>\n

327
\n00:20:03,120 –> 00:20:05,880
\nwith Moses’s time at the
\nmountain. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:20:06,320 –> 00:20:10,240
\nNow we’ve got a 40 days and a 40
\nnights associated with Elijah’s <\/p>\n

329
\n00:20:10,240 –> 00:20:13,120
\ntravel to that same place of
\ndestination. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:20:13,480 –> 00:20:15,160
\nNow you’ve got your hand in
\nthose two places. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:20:16,760 –> 00:20:19,200
\nX9.
\nFirst of Kings 19. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:20:19,840 –> 00:20:22,320
\nExcellent.
\nNow let me show you the <\/p>\n

333
\n00:20:22,320 –> 00:20:28,040
\nkeywords.
\nFirst of Kings 19 Verse 7 the <\/p>\n

334
\n00:20:28,040 –> 00:20:35,600
\nAngel touched him.
\nVerse 8 he arose. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:20:37,120 –> 00:20:42,760
\nVerse 8 Again he went in the
\nstrength of that meat. 4 <\/p>\n

336
\n00:20:42,760 –> 00:20:48,680
\nKeywords The Angel touched him,
\nhe arose, he received meat, and <\/p>\n

337
\n00:20:48,680 –> 00:20:50,480
\nhe went in the strength of that
\nmeat. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:20:50,720 –> 00:20:53,360
\nNow look at Acts Chapter 9,
\nverse 17. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:20:53,960 –> 00:20:56,680
\nAnd Ananias went his way and
\nentered into the house, and he <\/p>\n

340
\n00:20:56,680 –> 00:21:00,480
\nput his hands on him.
\nSo the first thing that Ananias <\/p>\n

341
\n00:21:00,480 –> 00:21:04,480
\ndid was he touched him, he
\ntouched Paul. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:21:04,960 –> 00:21:08,320
\nAnd as a result of that verse 18
\nsays at the end of the verse, he<\/p>\n

343
\n00:21:08,320 –> 00:21:14,880
\nreceived sight and he arose.
\nAnd verse 19 goes on to say, and<\/p>\n

344
\n00:21:14,880 –> 00:21:19,240
\nhe received meat and was
\nstrengthened. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:21:19,320 –> 00:21:21,840
\nAnd now where do those words
\ncome from, do you think? <\/p>\n

346
\n00:21:22,040 –> 00:21:25,320
\nAll out of the record of the
\nfirst of Kings chapter 19. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:21:25,560 –> 00:21:29,640
\nHe was touched, he arose, he
\nreceived meat, he was <\/p>\n

348
\n00:21:29,640 –> 00:21:33,400
\nstrengthened.
\nThe apostle Paul is engaging in <\/p>\n

349
\n00:21:33,400 –> 00:21:37,480
\nthe identical spirit to that of
\nElijah as he goes to where? <\/p>\n

350
\n00:21:37,600 –> 00:21:42,080
\nTo Arabia, to Mount Sinai.
\nI’ve got no doubts in my mind <\/p>\n

351
\n00:21:42,080 –> 00:21:45,560
\nthat the very place where the
\napostle Paul went was the same <\/p>\n

352
\n00:21:45,560 –> 00:21:50,920
\ncave to receive a revelation
\nfrom Almighty God to strengthen <\/p>\n

353
\n00:21:50,920 –> 00:21:52,600
\nhim for a work that was about to
\nbe done. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:21:52,640 –> 00:21:54,000
\nOh, let me show you something
\nelse interesting. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:21:54,000 –> 00:21:56,480
\nNow that we’re back in the New
\nTestament, now come back to <\/p>\n

356
\n00:21:56,480 –> 00:21:58,320
\nMarch.
\nWhat was that keyword in <\/p>\n

357
\n00:21:58,320 –> 00:22:01,800
\nGalatians?
\nHow soon did the apostle make <\/p>\n

358
\n00:22:01,800 –> 00:22:05,480
\nthis journey to Arabia?
\nImmediately. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:22:05,560 –> 00:22:07,480
\nThat’s the key.
\nWhat’s the keyword of Mark’s <\/p>\n

360
\n00:22:07,480 –> 00:22:09,160
\ngospel?
\nIt’s the same word, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

361
\n00:22:09,160 –> 00:22:10,120
\nEuthyos.
\nImmediately. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:22:10,120 –> 00:22:13,360
\nHere we look at Mark chapter 1
\nbecause he’s the same Spirit in <\/p>\n

363
\n00:22:13,360 –> 00:22:16,200
\nthe life of our Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:22:16,520 –> 00:22:19,720
\nAnd we’re told, aren’t we?
\nIn Mark chapter one, verse 11, <\/p>\n

365
\n00:22:20,000 –> 00:22:23,720
\nthere came a voice from heaven
\nsaying, Thou art my beloved Son,<\/p>\n

366
\n00:22:23,800 –> 00:22:29,240
\nin whom I am well pleased.
\nAnd immediately the Spirit <\/p>\n

367
\n00:22:29,520 –> 00:22:34,400
\ndriveth him into the wilderness,
\nand he was there in the <\/p>\n

368
\n00:22:34,400 –> 00:22:37,240
\nwilderness.
\nMatthew’s record says chapter 4,<\/p>\n

369
\n00:22:37,240 –> 00:22:41,560
\nverse 2.
\nWhy for 40 days and 40 nights? <\/p>\n

370
\n00:22:41,720 –> 00:22:44,120
\nWhere have you heard that phrase
\nfrom before? <\/p>\n

371
\n00:22:44,600 –> 00:22:48,760
\n40 days and 40 nights, says
\nMatthew chapter 4 and verse 2. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:22:49,080 –> 00:22:55,440
\nSo the Lord Jesus Christ
\nexperienced this same withdrawal<\/p>\n

373
\n00:22:55,440 –> 00:22:59,240
\ninto the wilderness at the
\nbeginning of his particular <\/p>\n

374
\n00:22:59,240 –> 00:23:01,480
\nministry.
\nNow, I’m not sure that the Lord <\/p>\n

375
\n00:23:01,480 –> 00:23:04,400
\nwent down to Mount Sinai.
\nI don’t know that that’s the <\/p>\n

376
\n00:23:04,400 –> 00:23:05,600
\nwilderness that the Lord went
\nto. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:23:05,600 –> 00:23:08,520
\nWhat we do know, of course, is
\nthat even if He didn’t go to <\/p>\n

378
\n00:23:08,520 –> 00:23:12,280
\nMount Sinai, later on He did go
\nto a mountain. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:23:13,840 –> 00:23:16,920
\nAnd Luke 9 says that when He was
\non that mountain, two men came <\/p>\n

380
\n00:23:16,920 –> 00:23:21,200
\nand spoke with him.
\nNow who were the two men that <\/p>\n

381
\n00:23:21,200 –> 00:23:25,480
\nspoke with him on the mountain?
\nMoses and Elijah. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:23:25,480 –> 00:23:28,440
\nAnd only Luke tells us what they
\nwere talking about. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:23:28,440 –> 00:23:29,720
\nYou know what they were talking
\nabout. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:23:30,880 –> 00:23:36,040
\nOnly Luke says they were
\ndiscussing His exodus that he <\/p>\n

385
\n00:23:36,040 –> 00:23:40,320
\nshould accomplish in Jerusalem.
\nSo what was the exodus that <\/p>\n

386
\n00:23:40,320 –> 00:23:43,240
\nJesus was going to accomplish?
\nHe was going to accomplish the <\/p>\n

387
\n00:23:43,240 –> 00:23:47,600
\nexodus from sin and death
\nitself, to lead captivity <\/p>\n

388
\n00:23:47,600 –> 00:23:51,400
\ncaptive and to bring people out
\ninto the promise of immortality <\/p>\n

389
\n00:23:51,400 –> 00:23:53,320
\nitself.
\nWas Christ going to lead an <\/p>\n

390
\n00:23:53,320 –> 00:23:54,640
\nexodus?
\nYes. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:23:54,840 –> 00:23:57,440
\nAnd on the Mount of
\nTransfiguration, says Luke 9, <\/p>\n

392
\n00:23:57,640 –> 00:24:02,160
\nthe 2 champions of the exodus,
\nMoses and Elijah, are on the <\/p>\n

393
\n00:24:02,160 –> 00:24:05,760
\nmountain discussing that with
\nhim to encourage the Lord to <\/p>\n

394
\n00:24:05,760 –> 00:24:08,800
\nstand fast and to stand firm
\nwith what he was about to do in <\/p>\n

395
\n00:24:08,800 –> 00:24:11,520
\nJerusalem.
\nHere’s the question, what do you<\/p>\n

396
\n00:24:11,520 –> 00:24:18,400
\nthink Paul was going to do?
\nHe was going to lead an exodus <\/p>\n

397
\n00:24:18,400 –> 00:24:21,920
\nout of the Gentiles, wasn’t he?
\nHe was going to bring the <\/p>\n

398
\n00:24:21,920 –> 00:24:25,920
\nGentiles out of Pagan darkness
\nfrom serving Satan into the <\/p>\n

399
\n00:24:25,920 –> 00:24:28,920
\nlight of the truth, says says
\nActs chapter 26. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:24:29,040 –> 00:24:32,560
\nHe was going to lead an exodus
\nout of the Gentile nations, and <\/p>\n

401
\n00:24:32,560 –> 00:24:36,680
\nin order to prepare the apostle
\nfor that work of exodus, he goes<\/p>\n

402
\n00:24:36,680 –> 00:24:41,120
\ndown, I believe, to Sinai in
\nArabia for a period of seclusion<\/p>\n

403
\n00:24:41,280 –> 00:24:45,000
\nand isolation and study, that he
\nmight be prepared for that <\/p>\n

404
\n00:24:45,000 –> 00:24:48,200
\nmarvellous role that he was
\nabout to perform on behalf of <\/p>\n

405
\n00:24:48,200 –> 00:24:50,200
\nAlmighty God.
\nWhat do you think Paul did when <\/p>\n

406
\n00:24:50,200 –> 00:24:52,720
\nhe got down to Mount Sinai?
\nWe’re not told how long he was <\/p>\n

407
\n00:24:52,720 –> 00:24:54,680
\nthere for.
\nWould you like to have a guess? <\/p>\n

408
\n00:24:57,720 –> 00:24:59,800
\nIf you said 40 days and 40
\nnights, that would be a <\/p>\n

409
\n00:24:59,800 –> 00:25:04,280
\nreasonable guess, wouldn’t it?
\nBefore he went back to Damascus,<\/p>\n

410
\n00:25:04,840 –> 00:25:06,720
\nI think it could have been
\nactually 40 days, not three <\/p>\n

411
\n00:25:06,720 –> 00:25:11,760
\nyears. 40 days and 40 nights
\nwould be a reasonable guess. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:25:11,840 –> 00:25:13,440
\nOK.
\nAre you thinking three years? <\/p>\n

413
\n00:25:14,840 –> 00:25:19,160
\nSorry.
\nYeah, it does say that in the in<\/p>\n

414
\n00:25:19,160 –> 00:25:21,920
\nthe Galatians chapter 1.
\nBut I think if you if you <\/p>\n

415
\n00:25:21,920 –> 00:25:25,160
\nreflect on the record, it’s more
\nlikely that he spent some time <\/p>\n

416
\n00:25:25,160 –> 00:25:27,240
\ndown there and then came back to
\nDamascus. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:25:27,240 –> 00:25:30,440
\nAnd then after the three years
\nwere up, he he makes a trip as <\/p>\n

418
\n00:25:30,440 –> 00:25:33,320
\nGalatians chapter 1 says.
\nSo it doesn’t matter. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:25:33,320 –> 00:25:36,400
\nIt’s not essential, but it was
\ncertainly a period of time <\/p>\n

420
\n00:25:36,600 –> 00:25:39,800
\nsimilar to the experience of
\nMoses and Elijah that he might. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:25:39,800 –> 00:25:43,040
\nWhat do you think Paul did there
\nwhen he was down there day after<\/p>\n

422
\n00:25:43,040 –> 00:25:45,400
\nday after day?
\nWhat was what do you think he <\/p>\n

423
\n00:25:45,400 –> 00:25:48,680
\nwas doing?
\nTell me what you think he did <\/p>\n

424
\n00:25:48,680 –> 00:25:49,280
\nevery day.
\nRelearning. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:25:50,360 –> 00:25:51,120
\nYeah.
\nRelearning. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:25:51,200 –> 00:25:53,080
\nYes.
\nRelearning what? <\/p>\n

427
\n00:25:56,880 –> 00:26:00,240
\nYes.
\nFind the Gentiles, finding the <\/p>\n

428
\n00:26:00,240 –> 00:26:02,200
\nGentiles and the Lord prophets.
\nAnd before he would find the <\/p>\n

429
\n00:26:02,200 –> 00:26:04,600
\nGentiles and Lord prophets, what
\nelse would he find? <\/p>\n

430
\n00:26:04,600 –> 00:26:07,520
\n1st?
\nHe had to find Messiah in the <\/p>\n

431
\n00:26:07,520 –> 00:26:09,520
\nlaw and the prophets like he’d
\nnever seen him before. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:26:09,680 –> 00:26:11,520
\nThe scales had to come off his
\neyes. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:26:11,520 –> 00:26:15,040
\nAnd I can imagine Paul down
\nthere praying to God, thinking, <\/p>\n

434
\n00:26:15,080 –> 00:26:17,080
\nstudying.
\nDo you think he needed his <\/p>\n

435
\n00:26:17,080 –> 00:26:19,240
\nbooks?
\nThis man could recite scripture <\/p>\n

436
\n00:26:19,240 –> 00:26:21,960
\nbackwards.
\nHe would run through scriptures <\/p>\n

437
\n00:26:21,960 –> 00:26:24,600
\nand as he ran through them in
\nhis mind, he’d think of course, <\/p>\n

438
\n00:26:24,640 –> 00:26:28,480
\nof course, the red heifer, the
\nstory of this, the story of that<\/p>\n

439
\n00:26:28,480 –> 00:26:30,640
\nout of the law.
\nAnd all of a sudden Messiah <\/p>\n

440
\n00:26:30,640 –> 00:26:33,920
\nwould start to appear as if the
\nscales had come off his eyes, <\/p>\n

441
\n00:26:34,520 –> 00:26:38,400
\nand he had to rethink, rethink.
\nAnd as he started to do that, he<\/p>\n

442
\n00:26:38,400 –> 00:26:40,040
\nwould knit the Scriptures
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:26:40,160 –> 00:26:42,720
\nThat would be absolutely
\nconvincing to the apostle Paul <\/p>\n

444
\n00:26:42,720 –> 00:26:46,200
\nthat Messiah was indeed there
\nand that he was none other than <\/p>\n

445
\n00:26:46,280 –> 00:26:49,920
\nJesus of Nazareth.
\nBy the way, an Angel came to <\/p>\n

446
\n00:26:49,920 –> 00:26:53,680
\nMoses on Mount Sinai.
\nWhich Angel was there? <\/p>\n

447
\n00:26:53,720 –> 00:27:00,160
\nBy the way, which Angel appeared
\nto Moses on Mount Sinai? <\/p>\n

448
\n00:27:02,280 –> 00:27:04,320
\nProbably Michael, the Angel of
\nthe Presence. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:27:04,720 –> 00:27:06,080
\nWhy?
\nBecause it relates to matters <\/p>\n

450
\n00:27:06,080 –> 00:27:08,920
\nconcerning Israel.
\nWhich Angel do you think <\/p>\n

451
\n00:27:08,920 –> 00:27:13,240
\nmanifested himself to Elijah in
\nthe same cave? <\/p>\n

452
\n00:27:13,240 –> 00:27:19,480
\nWhat do you think?
\nProbably Michael, because the <\/p>\n

453
\n00:27:19,480 –> 00:27:22,360
\nsubstance of Elijah’s work and
\nministry yet to come as a <\/p>\n

454
\n00:27:22,360 –> 00:27:25,440
\nrestoration.
\nAnother exodus of Israel, and <\/p>\n

455
\n00:27:25,440 –> 00:27:28,800
\nMichael has responsibility for
\nthe affairs of Israel. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:27:29,480 –> 00:27:31,000
\nNow here’s an interesting
\nquestion. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:27:32,520 –> 00:27:35,440
\nWhat Angel do you think appeared
\nto the Lord in the wilderness? <\/p>\n

458
\n00:27:36,320 –> 00:27:40,200
\nBe careful.
\nNow, which one? <\/p>\n

459
\n00:27:40,200 –> 00:27:42,760
\nGabriel.
\nYes, I think more likely <\/p>\n

460
\n00:27:42,760 –> 00:27:43,480
\nGabriel.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n

461
\n00:27:43,480 –> 00:27:48,640
\nBecause Gabriel has affairs
\nconcerning the Messiah, and now <\/p>\n

462
\n00:27:48,640 –> 00:27:51,560
\nthe Lord in the wilderness is
\nbeing prepared by contact with <\/p>\n

463
\n00:27:51,560 –> 00:27:55,680
\nan Angel instructed by Almighty
\nGod to prepare his Son for the <\/p>\n

464
\n00:27:55,680 –> 00:27:57,800
\nwork of exodus yet to come.
\nNow that’s interesting. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:27:57,800 –> 00:28:00,840
\nSo we’ve got 2 archangels,
\nMichael and Gabriel, the one <\/p>\n

466
\n00:28:00,840 –> 00:28:03,800
\nassociated with Israel, the
\nother associated with the work <\/p>\n

467
\n00:28:03,800 –> 00:28:05,760
\nof Messiah.
\nDo you remember the words of <\/p>\n

468
\n00:28:05,760 –> 00:28:09,160
\nActs chapter 8, the things
\nconcerning the Kingdom of God? <\/p>\n

469
\n00:28:09,320 –> 00:28:13,240
\nThat’s the Angel Michael.
\nAnd the name of Jesus Christ, <\/p>\n

470
\n00:28:13,320 –> 00:28:16,360
\nThat’s the Angel Gabriel.
\nWhich Angel do you think might <\/p>\n

471
\n00:28:16,360 –> 00:28:20,320
\nhave appeared to Paul when he he
\nwas at Sinai in Arabia? <\/p>\n

472
\n00:28:20,680 –> 00:28:24,320
\nIf an Angel had appeared to him,
\nwhich I think did, by the way, <\/p>\n

473
\n00:28:25,440 –> 00:28:28,560
\nwhich one?
\nWhat think is there? <\/p>\n

474
\n00:28:31,520 –> 00:28:32,960
\nEither both or Jesus?
\nEither both or Jesus. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:28:32,960 –> 00:28:38,800
\nThat’s a sneaky answer.
\nNow, I’d be more definitive than<\/p>\n

476
\n00:28:38,800 –> 00:28:43,280
\nthat.
\nHere’s the clue before you <\/p>\n

477
\n00:28:43,280 –> 00:29:03,160
\nanswer, Toby, what was Paul
\ngoing to be and do so therefore,<\/p>\n

478
\n00:29:03,920 –> 00:29:05,840
\nGabriel, go to the top of the
\nclass. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:29:05,880 –> 00:29:10,160
\nWe’re in fellowship.
\nBy the way, if someone finds a <\/p>\n

480
\n00:29:10,160 –> 00:29:12,360
\nverse that says it’s Michael,
\nI’ll gladly bow down. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:29:12,360 –> 00:29:14,680
\nBut it seems to me to be
\nappropriate that it may have <\/p>\n

482
\n00:29:14,680 –> 00:29:18,480
\nbeen the Angel Gabriel if there
\nwas a manifestation to the <\/p>\n

483
\n00:29:18,480 –> 00:29:21,760
\napostle Paul at that time,
\nbecause he was going to be <\/p>\n

484
\n00:29:21,760 –> 00:29:24,400
\nChrist to the Gentiles and he
\nneeded to be strengthened for <\/p>\n

485
\n00:29:24,400 –> 00:29:27,320
\nthat particular work that he was
\ngoing to undertake. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:29:27,560 –> 00:29:28,920
\nSo what’s interesting about
\nthis? <\/p>\n

487
\n00:29:28,920 –> 00:29:30,880
\nNow come back to Acts Chapter 9.
\nLet me show you something <\/p>\n

488
\n00:29:30,880 –> 00:29:35,160
\ninteresting because Acts Chapter
\n9 says this. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:29:42,240 –> 00:29:46,120
\nSo let’s read again from verse
\n18, and we’ll just insert our <\/p>\n

490
\n00:29:46,120 –> 00:29:50,520
\nlittle visit to Arabia on the
\nway through X9, verse 18. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:29:50,520 –> 00:29:53,440
\nImmediately there fell from his
\neyes as it had been scales, and <\/p>\n

492
\n00:29:53,440 –> 00:29:56,040
\nhe received sight forthwith and
\narose and was baptized. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:29:56,040 –> 00:30:01,000
\nAnd when he received meat, he
\nwas strengthened full stop and <\/p>\n

494
\n00:30:01,000 –> 00:30:05,880
\nimmediately he went to Sinai in
\nArabia to receive the revelation<\/p>\n

495
\n00:30:06,000 –> 00:30:09,680
\nthat would be granted unto him.
\nAnd when he comes back Verse 19 <\/p>\n

496
\n00:30:09,680 –> 00:30:13,920
\ngoes on to say, and then was
\nsold certain days with the with <\/p>\n

497
\n00:30:13,920 –> 00:30:16,800
\nthe disciples which were at
\nDamascus and straightway he <\/p>\n

498
\n00:30:16,800 –> 00:30:19,480
\npreached Christ in the synagogue
\nthat he’s the son of God. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:30:19,680 –> 00:30:21,280
\nBut all that heard him were
\namazed. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:30:21,440 –> 00:30:23,800
\nAnd so it is not the sea that
\ndestroyed them which pulled on <\/p>\n

501
\n00:30:23,800 –> 00:30:26,840
\nthis name in Jerusalem and came
\nhit her for that intent that he <\/p>\n

502
\n00:30:26,840 –> 00:30:28,680
\nmight bring them bound unto the
\nchief priest. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:30:28,680 –> 00:30:30,040
\nCan you just imagine what must
\nhave happened? <\/p>\n

504
\n00:30:30,240 –> 00:30:35,160
\nWhat happens is of this, Saul
\narrives into Damascus, breathing<\/p>\n

505
\n00:30:35,160 –> 00:30:37,920
\nthreatenings and slaughter.
\nHe’s struck on the way by the <\/p>\n

506
\n00:30:37,920 –> 00:30:40,680
\nbright light of the of the
\nvision of our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

507
\n00:30:40,880 –> 00:30:44,320
\nThey bring him in by the hand.
\nHe’s lying on a bed for three <\/p>\n

508
\n00:30:44,320 –> 00:30:46,720
\ndays.
\nAnanias comes in and touches <\/p>\n

509
\n00:30:46,720 –> 00:30:48,520
\nhim.
\nHe looks up into the face of the<\/p>\n

510
\n00:30:48,520 –> 00:30:50,520
\ngrace of God.
\nHe’s baptized, he’s given meat <\/p>\n

511
\n00:30:50,520 –> 00:30:52,320
\nand good.
\nHe’s gone, disappeared. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:30:52,320 –> 00:30:53,440
\nWhere’d he go?
\nGone. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:30:54,400 –> 00:30:57,800
\nAnd all of a sudden, some period
\nof time later, he’s back in <\/p>\n

514
\n00:30:57,800 –> 00:31:00,800
\nDamascus.
\nAnd the next day the synagogue <\/p>\n

515
\n00:31:00,800 –> 00:31:05,120
\nknew all about the fact that
\nSaul was back big time because <\/p>\n

516
\n00:31:05,320 –> 00:31:11,240
\nhe was preaching what verse 20
\nthat Jesus Christ is the Son of <\/p>\n

517
\n00:31:11,240 –> 00:31:14,520
\nGod.
\nAnd they were amazed that heard <\/p>\n

518
\n00:31:14,520 –> 00:31:16,400
\nhim.
\nNow see what verse 22 says. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:31:16,640 –> 00:31:20,480
\nSaul increased the mourn
\nstrength and confounded the Jews<\/p>\n

520
\n00:31:20,480 –> 00:31:25,040
\nwhich dwelt at Damascus, proving
\nthat this is very Christ. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:31:25,320 –> 00:31:29,040
\nNow you see that word proving in
\nActs 9 verse 22. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:31:29,280 –> 00:31:32,640
\nThat’s the word in Colossians
\nchapter 2 and verse 2 which <\/p>\n

523
\n00:31:32,640 –> 00:31:35,040
\nsays, let me just read that to
\nyou. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:31:36,080 –> 00:31:43,600
\nIt’s in Colossians chapter 2 and
\nverse 2, and it says that their <\/p>\n

525
\n00:31:43,600 –> 00:31:51,040
\nhearts might be comforted being
\nknit together in love, being <\/p>\n

526
\n00:31:51,040 –> 00:31:54,560
\nknit together in love.
\nColossians 2 verse 2. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:31:54,760 –> 00:31:58,520
\nAnd it’s the same word in
\nEphesians 4 verse 16 when it <\/p>\n

528
\n00:31:58,520 –> 00:32:03,200
\ntalks about the body of Christ
\nand the members being compacted <\/p>\n

529
\n00:32:03,200 –> 00:32:05,960
\ntogether by that which every
\njoint supplies. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:32:06,440 –> 00:32:09,600
\nSo you see what we’ve been told
\nin Acts Chapter 9 verse 22. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:32:09,600 –> 00:32:12,960
\nPaul, Saul increased the more in
\nstrength and and confounded the <\/p>\n

532
\n00:32:12,960 –> 00:32:15,600
\nJews, proving that this is very
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:32:15,880 –> 00:32:19,080
\nHe was able to knit something
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:32:19,080 –> 00:32:22,560
\nWhat was he knitting together?
\nHe was knitting scriptures <\/p>\n

535
\n00:32:22,560 –> 00:32:26,120
\ntogether in such a powerful way
\nthat the Jews couldn’t. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:32:26,120 –> 00:32:28,560
\nHe went into the synagogue and
\ntrounced them. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:32:29,400 –> 00:32:32,960
\nHe absolutely trounced them.
\nThey just didn’t know how to <\/p>\n

538
\n00:32:32,960 –> 00:32:36,440
\nhandle this chap.
\nHe had every answer available, <\/p>\n

539
\n00:32:37,040 –> 00:32:38,520
\nevery scripture they could show
\nthem. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:32:38,520 –> 00:32:42,400
\nHe knew the answer to turn that
\nto the Spirit of Christ in the <\/p>\n

541
\n00:32:42,400 –> 00:32:45,200
\nOld Testament and he could knit
\nthat together like they’ve never<\/p>\n

542
\n00:32:45,200 –> 00:32:46,960
\nheard before.
\nNow do you know, I think so <\/p>\n

543
\n00:32:46,960 –> 00:32:49,920
\nwonderful about verse 22.
\nTwo things, two things that are <\/p>\n

544
\n00:32:49,920 –> 00:32:51,600
\nwonderful.
\nDo you remember we said there’s <\/p>\n

545
\n00:32:51,600 –> 00:32:53,920
\nan allusion to Isaiah.
\nWhat was it? <\/p>\n

546
\n00:32:53,920 –> 00:32:57,200
\nIsaiah in Galatians Isaiah.
\nNow come and have a look at <\/p>\n

547
\n00:32:57,200 –> 00:33:00,720
\nIsaiah chapter 49 and see why
\nit’s such an appropriate <\/p>\n

548
\n00:33:00,720 –> 00:33:03,840
\nillusion.
\nIn the in the Galatians story, <\/p>\n

549
\n00:33:04,720 –> 00:33:08,800
\nyou see Paul was called
\nseparated from his mother’s womb<\/p>\n

550
\n00:33:08,800 –> 00:33:11,440
\nsays Galatians.
\nAnd as soon as God called him <\/p>\n

551
\n00:33:11,440 –> 00:33:14,560
\nfrom his mother’s womb, as it
\nwere to reveal Christ, he goes <\/p>\n

552
\n00:33:14,560 –> 00:33:17,080
\nstraight to sign up.
\nThat’s what Galatians chapter 1 <\/p>\n

553
\n00:33:17,080 –> 00:33:19,080
\nsays.
\nNow look at the force of this in<\/p>\n

554
\n00:33:19,080 –> 00:33:24,160
\nIsaiah chapter 49 verse one
\nsays, Listen, O iles unto me, <\/p>\n

555
\n00:33:24,160 –> 00:33:28,920
\nand how can ye people from far
\nYahweh have pulled me from the <\/p>\n

556
\n00:33:28,920 –> 00:33:32,040
\nwomb, from the bowels of my
\nmother? <\/p>\n

557
\n00:33:32,160 –> 00:33:35,280
\nHath He made mention of my name?
\nThere’s the illusion, by the <\/p>\n

558
\n00:33:35,280 –> 00:33:38,760
\nway, in Galatians chapter 1, He
\nseparated me from my mother’s <\/p>\n

559
\n00:33:38,760 –> 00:33:41,080
\nwomb.
\nNow look at the next verse in <\/p>\n

560
\n00:33:41,080 –> 00:33:48,480
\nIsaiah 49.
\nAnd he hath made my mouth like a<\/p>\n

561
\n00:33:48,480 –> 00:33:54,400
\nsharp sword.
\nIn the shadow of his hand hath <\/p>\n

562
\n00:33:54,400 –> 00:33:59,360
\nhe hid me, and made me a
\npolished shaft. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:34:00,200 –> 00:34:06,360
\nIn his quiver hath he hid me.
\nDo you know where Paul was <\/p>\n

564
\n00:34:07,200 –> 00:34:11,120
\nreally was when he got to The
\nCave in Sinai? <\/p>\n

565
\n00:34:13,760 –> 00:34:17,800
\nHe was hidden in the shadow of
\nYahweh’s hand, wasn’t he down <\/p>\n

566
\n00:34:17,800 –> 00:34:20,920
\nthere in The Cave?
\nAlmighty God sharpened him to be<\/p>\n

567
\n00:34:20,920 –> 00:34:26,000
\na sword for the truth and
\npolished him to be an error as <\/p>\n

568
\n00:34:26,000 –> 00:34:29,560
\nfar as the, the, the, the, the
\nbattle against sin and the <\/p>\n

569
\n00:34:29,560 –> 00:34:31,280
\nbattle for the truth was
\nconcerned. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:34:31,480 –> 00:34:34,840
\nAnd in the solitude of that
\nplace, the apostle would be hid <\/p>\n

571
\n00:34:34,840 –> 00:34:38,239
\nin the shadow of God’s hand that
\nhe might be polished and <\/p>\n

572
\n00:34:38,239 –> 00:34:41,639
\nsharpened and prepared.
\nAnd the proof of that, is it not<\/p>\n

573
\n00:34:41,719 –> 00:34:44,360
\nthe proof of that as Acts
\nChapter 9, that as soon as he <\/p>\n

574
\n00:34:44,360 –> 00:34:48,520
\nturns up a Damascus, he he
\nlaunches into the synagogue, And<\/p>\n

575
\n00:34:48,520 –> 00:34:51,600
\nboy did they feel the cutting
\nedge of that sword. <\/p>\n

576
\n00:34:51,800 –> 00:34:56,320
\nHe was proned to sharps by his
\nexperience down at Sinai. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:34:56,560 –> 00:34:59,880
\nAnd So what that proves to me,
\nActs Chapter 9 verse 22 saw them<\/p>\n

578
\n00:34:59,880 –> 00:35:03,200
\ncrease the more in strength, and
\nconfounded the Jews which dwelt <\/p>\n

579
\n00:35:03,200 –> 00:35:06,880
\nthe Damascus knitting together,
\nthat this is very Christ. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:35:06,960 –> 00:35:16,920
\nWhat that proves is that his
\ntime at Sinai had borne fruit, <\/p>\n

581
\n00:35:17,080 –> 00:35:21,400
\ndoesn’t it?
\nIt proves that it’s time in <\/p>\n

582
\n00:35:21,400 –> 00:35:27,520
\nseclusion had borne fruit.
\nWhen he comes back, he’s a <\/p>\n

583
\n00:35:27,520 –> 00:35:32,200
\ntransformed man, ready to lead
\nan exodus out of the Gentile <\/p>\n

584
\n00:35:32,200 –> 00:35:37,720
\nnations into the hope of Israel.
\nAnd the man of God that’s been <\/p>\n

585
\n00:35:37,720 –> 00:35:41,360
\nselected is prepared just as
\nMoses and Elijah and the Lord <\/p>\n

586
\n00:35:41,360 –> 00:35:49,840
\nJesus Christ have been prepared.
\nSo you with me so far right now.<\/p>\n

587
\n00:35:49,840 –> 00:35:58,960
\nHere’s the lesson.
\nYou know, we get baptized and we<\/p>\n

588
\n00:35:58,960 –> 00:36:02,720
\nsay to ourselves, well, I’m in
\nthe truth now. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:36:04,360 –> 00:36:06,480
\nI hope I can be useful in the
\ntruth one day. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:36:07,600 –> 00:36:09,040
\nHope God can do something with
\nme. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:36:10,440 –> 00:36:12,560
\nI hope it’s something I can do.
\nUseful for the truth? <\/p>\n

592
\n00:36:16,160 –> 00:36:18,200
\nWell, if that’s all you do, you
\nwon’t be useful. <\/p>\n

593
\n00:36:20,800 –> 00:36:23,840
\nI think that the powerful lesson
\nto me out of all this is that <\/p>\n

594
\n00:36:23,840 –> 00:36:30,680
\nthese men were the great men of
\nGod, and before they launched on<\/p>\n

595
\n00:36:30,680 –> 00:36:35,760
\nthe great work that God had in
\nstore for them, they had to <\/p>\n

596
\n00:36:35,760 –> 00:36:40,000
\nengage in a time of preparation
\nfor that labour. <\/p>\n

597
\n00:36:40,240 –> 00:36:44,280
\nEven the Lord went into the
\nwilderness for 40 days, for 40 <\/p>\n

598
\n00:36:44,280 –> 00:36:48,920
\nnights before that labour began
\nof leading an exodus out of sin <\/p>\n

599
\n00:36:48,920 –> 00:36:52,160
\nand death.
\nNow, if these men had to do <\/p>\n

600
\n00:36:52,160 –> 00:36:54,040
\nthat, what do you think we need
\nto do? <\/p>\n

601
\n00:36:57,240 –> 00:36:59,880
\nWe’re not going to accomplish
\nanything on behalf of Almighty <\/p>\n

602
\n00:36:59,880 –> 00:37:03,040
\nGod unless we’re prepared.
\nAnd the lesson of the story, <\/p>\n

603
\n00:37:03,040 –> 00:37:06,640
\nyoung men, is there’s only one
\nplace we can prepare, and that’s<\/p>\n

604
\n00:37:06,640 –> 00:37:09,520
\nin Sinai.
\nWe’ve got to get to Arabia. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:37:09,840 –> 00:37:11,600
\nWe’ve got to get into the
\nwilderness. <\/p>\n

606
\n00:37:11,720 –> 00:37:15,480
\nWe’ve got to get into solitude.
\nWe’ve got to get down into The <\/p>\n

607
\n00:37:15,480 –> 00:37:19,920
\nCave, and we’ve got to spend
\nsome time there. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:37:21,600 –> 00:37:23,880
\nOtherwise we won’t be ready for
\nany work of God. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:37:26,000 –> 00:37:28,480
\nNow, this is the lesson.
\nIt’s going to require commitment<\/p>\n

610
\n00:37:28,480 –> 00:37:31,520
\nand I’ll tell you why.
\nBecause we’ve got an instant age<\/p>\n

611
\n00:37:31,520 –> 00:37:33,560
\nof iPods where we can plug in
\nanything we like. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:37:33,560 –> 00:37:35,480
\nWe can go onto the Internet and
\nlearn anything we like. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:37:35,640 –> 00:37:38,040
\nBut you can never know God like
\nthat. <\/p>\n

614
\n00:37:38,040 –> 00:37:41,440
\nThere are no instant answers
\nwith God. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:37:41,800 –> 00:37:46,400
\nIt takes time and it takes
\nmeditation before the voice of <\/p>\n

616
\n00:37:46,400 –> 00:37:48,560
\nGod is heard speaking.
\nSo let me tell you what <\/p>\n

617
\n00:37:48,560 –> 00:37:51,520
\nhappened.
\nJohn Martin came to New Zealand <\/p>\n

618
\n00:37:51,680 –> 00:37:54,280
\nin 1966.
\nI was too young for that. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:37:55,240 –> 00:37:58,160
\nBut he came again later on, and
\nthat’s when I heard him on. <\/p>\n

620
\n00:37:58,160 –> 00:38:03,080
\nElijah and I went home and I was
\n17 and I made the decision that <\/p>\n

621
\n00:38:03,080 –> 00:38:06,000
\nI needed to get into Sinai.
\nI didn’t think of those words at<\/p>\n

622
\n00:38:06,000 –> 00:38:07,800
\nthat time, but in effect, that’s
\nwhat I needed to do. <\/p>\n

623
\n00:38:07,800 –> 00:38:11,200
\nI knew that I had to get my head
\ninto the words seriously. <\/p>\n

624
\n00:38:11,360 –> 00:38:15,080
\nSo I went home and on Monday,
\nTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, <\/p>\n

625
\n00:38:15,080 –> 00:38:19,760
\nFriday nights at age 17, I did 2
\nhours study each night, Monday <\/p>\n

626
\n00:38:19,760 –> 00:38:22,680
\nto Friday.
\nI did 8 hours on Saturday and I <\/p>\n

627
\n00:38:22,680 –> 00:38:25,200
\ndid 8 hours on Sunday.
\nBible study. <\/p>\n

628
\n00:38:25,280 –> 00:38:28,160
\nSerious Bible study.
\nAnd you know what? <\/p>\n

629
\n00:38:29,760 –> 00:38:34,760
\nI’m really sorry I didn’t do
\nmore because there’s still 1000 <\/p>\n

630
\n00:38:34,760 –> 00:38:37,120
\nthings that I want to know out
\nof the Bible and I haven’t had <\/p>\n

631
\n00:38:37,120 –> 00:38:39,920
\ntime to get to them all yet.
\nAnd now I don’t have the time <\/p>\n

632
\n00:38:39,920 –> 00:38:42,640
\nthat I had when I was 17.
\nWhen you’re 17, you think you <\/p>\n

633
\n00:38:42,640 –> 00:38:45,080
\nhaven’t got any time.
\nYou’ve got oodles of time, <\/p>\n

634
\n00:38:45,240 –> 00:38:50,560
\nbelieve me.
\nAnd I’ve got lots of things I <\/p>\n

635
\n00:38:50,560 –> 00:38:56,480
\nwant to study.
\nI wish I’d done more, but I’m <\/p>\n

636
\n00:38:56,480 –> 00:39:01,040
\nglad I’ve done what I have done.
\nSo what you’ve got to do is <\/p>\n

637
\n00:39:01,040 –> 00:39:03,680
\nthis, when you go, when you go
\nback from the, from the College <\/p>\n

638
\n00:39:03,680 –> 00:39:06,080
\nof the Prophets back home,
\nyou’ve got to think about this <\/p>\n

639
\n00:39:06,080 –> 00:39:09,480
\nand you’ve got to say, am I
\nprepared to make that commitment<\/p>\n

640
\n00:39:09,680 –> 00:39:11,560
\nof actually withdrawing into
\nsign? <\/p>\n

641
\n00:39:11,560 –> 00:39:13,400
\nWhat you’ve got to do is you’ve
\ngot to go home, you’ve got to go<\/p>\n

642
\n00:39:13,400 –> 00:39:16,160
\nto your bedroom, you’ve got to
\nmake up a sign and the sign says<\/p>\n

643
\n00:39:16,160 –> 00:39:17,960
\nyou’ve got to put it on the door
\noutside. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:39:18,280 –> 00:39:23,360
\nGone to Arabia back in 40 days
\nand a little bit at the bottom. <\/p>\n

645
\n00:39:23,360 –> 00:39:28,880
\nPS Mum still called me for tea.
\nAnd you’ve got to retreat into <\/p>\n

646
\n00:39:28,880 –> 00:39:32,720
\nthat room and shut the door.
\nAnd when you shut the door, <\/p>\n

647
\n00:39:32,720 –> 00:39:36,120
\nwhich by the way is really
\nretreating into The Cave, isn’t <\/p>\n

648
\n00:39:36,120 –> 00:39:37,800
\nit?
\nWhen you do that, you’ve got to <\/p>\n

649
\n00:39:37,800 –> 00:39:41,800
\nget your Bible out and your desk
\nprepared and you’ve got to focus<\/p>\n

650
\n00:39:41,800 –> 00:39:46,240
\nyourself in prayer and then
\nspend some serious time in the <\/p>\n

651
\n00:39:46,240 –> 00:39:50,400
\nBible in solitude.
\nIf you’re ever going to find <\/p>\n

652
\n00:39:50,400 –> 00:39:53,280
\nGod, it’s the only place where
\nyou can do it. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:39:55,400 –> 00:39:58,400
\nBut what I can promise you is
\nthis, and Brother John knows <\/p>\n

654
\n00:39:58,400 –> 00:40:06,720
\nthis more than I do.
\nThere are moments when you’re <\/p>\n

655
\n00:40:06,720 –> 00:40:14,840
\nalone in your room and all of a
\nsudden scriptures flow together <\/p>\n

656
\n00:40:17,160 –> 00:40:20,200
\nand you feel as if the face of
\nGod has just passed by you. <\/p>\n

657
\n00:40:23,640 –> 00:40:26,480
\nAnd you felt that you heard the
\nwhisper of ail should I speaking<\/p>\n

658
\n00:40:26,480 –> 00:40:32,440
\nin your ears as if the Angel of
\nthe Presence was right there. <\/p>\n

659
\n00:40:34,600 –> 00:40:37,000
\nBecause all of a sudden
\nsomething in the Bible came to <\/p>\n

660
\n00:40:37,000 –> 00:40:39,440
\nlife, as if scales had come off
\nyour eyes. <\/p>\n

661
\n00:40:41,920 –> 00:40:45,520
\nAnd you fall on your knees and
\nyou thank God that you’ve <\/p>\n

662
\n00:40:45,520 –> 00:40:47,120
\ndiscovered that marvellous
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

663
\n00:40:48,600 –> 00:40:53,920
\nAnd I’m telling you now, you’ll
\nonly find them in Sinai in the <\/p>\n

664
\n00:40:53,920 –> 00:40:59,200
\nquiet and the solitude of that
\nplace where we where we retreat <\/p>\n

665
\n00:40:59,200 –> 00:41:03,440
\nfor Bible study.
\nNow, these men had a destiny <\/p>\n

666
\n00:41:03,440 –> 00:41:05,880
\nwith God to do that.
\nAnd we’ve got to do the same <\/p>\n

667
\n00:41:05,880 –> 00:41:08,640
\nthing.
\nAnd we’ve got to make time to do<\/p>\n

668
\n00:41:08,640 –> 00:41:10,840
\nit.
\nWe’ve got to make time on our <\/p>\n

669
\n00:41:10,840 –> 00:41:13,720
\ncalendars that says, well,
\nthat’s the time that I have as <\/p>\n

670
\n00:41:13,720 –> 00:41:16,840
\nan appointment with God.
\nAnd it doesn’t matter when it <\/p>\n

671
\n00:41:16,840 –> 00:41:19,920
\nis.
\nIf you decide that Wednesday <\/p>\n

672
\n00:41:19,920 –> 00:41:22,040
\nnights you’re going to do Bible
\nstudy and that Wednesday night <\/p>\n

673
\n00:41:22,040 –> 00:41:24,880
\nBible study starts at 8:00, then
\nit doesn’t matter if someone <\/p>\n

674
\n00:41:24,880 –> 00:41:26,920
\nrings and says we’re going to
\nthe beach, we’re going for a <\/p>\n

675
\n00:41:26,920 –> 00:41:29,360
\nBBQ, we’re playing volleyball,
\nwe’ve got a party. <\/p>\n

676
\n00:41:29,600 –> 00:41:33,160
\nYou look at your diary and say
\nI’m sorry, I can’t come. <\/p>\n

677
\n00:41:35,280 –> 00:41:43,040
\nI’ve got an appointment with God
\ndown in Sinai. <\/p>\n

678
\n00:41:47,640 –> 00:41:51,480
\nAbout the blessing of that
\nappointment is that only in that<\/p>\n

679
\n00:41:51,480 –> 00:41:54,400
\nplace will you hear the voice of
\nGod whispering to you the <\/p>\n

680
\n00:41:54,400 –> 00:41:59,880
\nsecrets of His truth.
\nThis is what transformed these <\/p>\n

681
\n00:41:59,880 –> 00:42:03,640
\nmen.
\nAs Brother John says, what we <\/p>\n

682
\n00:42:03,640 –> 00:42:09,480
\nneed is young men who can do
\njust that and go home and fire <\/p>\n

683
\n00:42:09,480 –> 00:42:13,640
\nup themselves and their families
\nand their ecclesias with such <\/p>\n

684
\n00:42:13,640 –> 00:42:17,240
\npassion and zeal for the truth
\nthat it’s preserved into the <\/p>\n

685
\n00:42:17,240 –> 00:42:19,640
\nnext generation and the
\ngeneration beyond. <\/p>\n

686
\n00:42:21,280 –> 00:42:23,720
\nAnd we’ll only do it if we’ve
\ngot men prepared to travel to <\/p>\n

687
\n00:42:23,720 –> 00:42:28,440
\nSinai.
\nNow, wouldn’t that make a little<\/p>\n

688
\n00:42:28,480 –> 00:42:32,600
\ngood little box at the bottom of
\nActs Chapter 9, Paul’s visit to <\/p>\n

689
\n00:42:32,600 –> 00:42:36,080
\nArabia?
\nI think that’s exactly the <\/p>\n

690
\n00:42:36,080 –> 00:42:37,560
\nspirit of the College of the
\nprovince. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:42:52,540 –> 00:42:54,620
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