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Matt Edmundson: Welcome to this
week's Crowd Church service.

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We are a digital church on a
quest to discover how Jesus helps

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us live a more meaningful life.

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We are a community, a space to explore
the Christian faith and a place

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where you can contribute and grow.

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Our service will last about an hour
and in a few seconds we will start

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with a time of worship after which you
will meet our hosts for our service.

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After the talk, we head into Conversation
Street, where we look at your stories

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and questions that you've posted in the
comments throughout the live stream.

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I want to invite you to connect with
us here at Crowd Church, and there

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are a few That you can do just that.

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Firstly, you can engage with crowd
from any device during our live stream.

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And if you're up for it, why not
invite a few friends over and

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experience the service together.

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You see, church is all about connecting
with God and connecting with others.

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And one of the easiest ways for
you to do that is to also join.

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One of our mid week groups where we meet
online together to catch up and discover

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more about the amazingness of Christ.

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You can also subscribe to our podcast
called What's The Story, where we

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deep dive into stories of faith
and courage from everyday people.

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More information about all of these
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church or you can reach us on social
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to crowd or new to the christian
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your next steps to take are well why
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church forward slash next for more details

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and now the moment you've been waiting
for is here our online church service

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starts right now Now, wow, good
evening and welcome to Crowd Church.

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Great to have you with us.

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I'm beside the beautiful, the
talented with an amazing new haircut.

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Anna Kettle, how are we doing?

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Anna Kettle: I'm alright, thank you, yeah.

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Happy New Year everyone.

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I was just saying to Matt, it's been
a while since I've done Crowd Church.

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It is.

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With one thing and another going on.

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It is.

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Matt Edmundson: Do you
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Anna Kettle: Well, we'll see, won't
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minutes or so, but hopefully so.

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Matt Edmundson: We'll find out.

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We'll find out, definitely.

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It's, uh, it's going to be one of those.

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Well, good evening to you.

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If you are watching us live,
it's great that you're with us.

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Uh, good evening, Nicola.

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Uh, we've got Miriam in the comments
and, uh, new YouTuber, uh, Bamsam.

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Hi, everyone.

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I'm new.

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Greetings and salutations.

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Uh, and if you're watching us on Facebook.

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A warm welcome to you as well.

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It's great that you're here.

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Uh, hopefully, like your hair
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Anna Kettle: Just gonna pick on the
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Like New Year, new start.

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I, I don't really do New Year.

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New do I don't really do New
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'cause I can't keep any of them.

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Matt Edmundson: New Year.

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New Year.

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Easier to do.

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Do new You do new?

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Do new you?

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Anna Kettle: but you
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Matt Edmundson: But no, that was actually,
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we need to, if you're joining us because
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earlier, Harding's not with us this week.

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Uh, John did his talk on, uh, 2024,
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Evening, Andy.

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resolutions, uh, maybe about something
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check it out if you've not seen
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I really was inspired by it, which
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like I'm, like I'm not normally
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He's a great speaker.

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I think I'm making it worse.

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Let's go back to talking
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Oh, brilliant.

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So yes, very happy new year to you if
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But yeah, so it has been
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You've been away.

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Anna Kettle: been, I don't think I've
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Just because, I don't know, December
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me with one thing or another.

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Matt Edmundson: you swapped
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That's right, yeah.

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And so you're on this weekend next week.

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Yeah, it's like buses.

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Anna Kettle: You've had nothing of me now
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I'm making up on the racer that I missed.

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So there we are.

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Matt Edmundson: Wow.

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And we're all going to be
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That's for sure.

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So very warm welcome to you.

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Uh, so today let, let me
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Why don't you tell people
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Anna Kettle: So today
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It's carrying on the Axe series
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speaking today, isn't it?

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It is Pete Farrington, the one and only.

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Then we'll be having a bit of a
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And, yeah, um, you get to hear me and
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So, what's not to love
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Matt Edmundson: What's not to love?

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You see, you do remember.

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I do.

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It's just like riding a bike, isn't it?

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As soon as you get on,
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Matt Edmundson: I just get up and talk.

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If I do this, uh, no, I'll
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all looks like, all the text.

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Uh, and so have you been doing acts
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Anna Kettle: We're funnily enough, we
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We started acts when we were teenagers.

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Matt Edmundson: So we've got
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Hi from Peter and Keith in the comments.

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Hi Peter, hi Keith.

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Hope you guys are well.

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They're joining us on Facebook.

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So, uh, welcome to our Facebook viewers.

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Great to have you with us.

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Uh, so yes, just to, well, before
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we got quite a few new people
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So my name is Matt.

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I'm one of the leaders here at
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Uh, and we're with you for the next, well,
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I think we've now got to the stage
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Anna Kettle: We have, and just to say,
like, post your comments in the chat box

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as we go, like, because we'll pick up
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So yeah, any thoughts as we're
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Yeah, pop them in the chat, put
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hope we'll get to those hopefully
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Uh, it's just probably worth
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don't want to know more about us,
just check out the website www.

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crowd.

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church.

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You can find us on social
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All the information is there, uh,
but that's it, so I'm going to push

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that button, take the website off
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going to push this button, and we're
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Uh, grab your notebooks, grab
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be back in about 20 minutes.

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Here we go.

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Pete Farrington: Hello crowd, so
today we are going to be talking

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about Sphinxes, Judgment, Mount
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We're in Acts chapter 24, and
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And after five days, the high priest
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and a spokesman, Juan Tertullus.

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They laid before the governor
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And when he had been summoned, Tertullus
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through you we enjoy much peace, and
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Felix, reforms are being made for this
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we accept this with all gratitude.

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But to detain you no further, I beg you
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we have found this man, Paul, a plague,
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Jews throughout the whole world and is a
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He goes on to bring more false
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which Paul makes his defense.

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And he says in verse 14, but this, I
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Which they call a sect, I worship the
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laid down by the law and written in
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which these men themselves accept
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of both the just and the unjust.

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So I always take pains to have a clear
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Now after Paul finishes his
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But Felix, having a rather accurate
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saying, When Lysias the Tribune
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Then he gave orders to the centurion
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but have some liberty, and that none
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and he sent for Paul, and heard him
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And as Paul reasoned with him about
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the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed
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When I get an opportunity,
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At the same time, he hoped that
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So he sent for him often
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When two years had elapsed, Felix
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And desiring to do the Jews a
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Now it's easy to see a passage
of scripture and think, well,

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that's an interesting historical
narrative, I suppose, but it's

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hard to see what relevance it has
to my life or to the modern world.

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But Hebrews 4, verse 12 says this, For the
word of God is living and active, it is

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sharper than any two edged sword, piercing
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of Joints and of Marrow, and Discerning
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So I pray today that God's Word would
read us, and it would read our modern

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world, and it would pierce us to the core.

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Now it's interesting, because Paul could
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with Felix and Drusilla, to plead with
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that the injustice he'd suffered.

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And he could have joined Tertullus
in that cringeworthy flattery

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and praising the emperor for his
beautiful clothes when the guy was

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in fact naked, like in Aesop's Tale.

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Instead, he chooses to speak to
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control, and the coming judgement.

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It's a peculiar choice of words
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So let's break this down and try and
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how those three things are connected.

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Well probably words would come
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Perfection, Purity, Light, Goodness.

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And any reasonable person will affirm
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And the opposite of which we
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But they're all general terms.

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And Paul moves in his reasoning
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He goes from speaking about
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And self control really has to do with
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live according to an ascribed manner,
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nothing of with his lifestyle choices.

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It was well known that the guy took
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and that she had left her first
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married, in order to marry Felix.

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lust, who exercised the powers of
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So as we listen to Paul reason, we'd be
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intellectual discussion about morality.

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to the division of soul and spirit.

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And he didn't stop at speaking of general
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He's now speaking about
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those things in Felix's life.

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Following Christ would have meant
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according to his fleshly desires.

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a total reordering of his loves.

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Now I could avoid this next part
and pretend it's not there, and

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I could speak to you just like
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Paul then speaks of a coming judgment.

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And we see that Felix was alarmed,
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When I get an opportunity,
I will summon you.

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We kind of have the tendency
to be like that, don't we?

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We hold God at arm's length, and
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in case we have need of Him, or
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So Paul, this prisoner, the man
on trial, tells the one with the

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power over his life and his freedom
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Um, a little while back on Crowd,
we saw that, um, the jailer,

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uh, rushed to the prisoner Paul
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That's what the gospel does.

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It's a great equalizer.

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It is the great equalizer.

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It flips everything upside down.

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And just as Felix was alarmed,
we all have reason to be alarmed.

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We all have reason to tremble.

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Only God can judge us is just
not the flex that we think it is.

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Um, a little while back
on Crowd, I quoted C.

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S.

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Lewis when he said that at
first Christianity presents

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us with terrifying facts.

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And it's those facts about
Christianity that got Felix alarmed.

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An old preacher called Martin Lloyd
Jones said this, Have you ever trembled?

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Have you ever been disturbed?

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Have you felt concerned?

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Have you ever become anxious?

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If not, you have never heard this gospel.

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No man can truly hear this gospel without
knowing something about trembling.

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Now, as I was thinking about all of
this, I was reminded of, um, the 80s

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fantasy film, The Neverending Story.

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This might be a bit of a niche pop culture
reference, but, um, in this film, the

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protagonist I've forgotten his name now.

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Bastion, I think.

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He's reading a book, this fantasy
story, and as he's reading it he

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kind of realises that he is also
the protagonist in the story.

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It's a fantasy.

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And the protagonist in the
story is called Atreyu.

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He's a young warrior and he's
tasked with defeating an evil force.

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And his quest leads
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And the Sphinxes are able to see in a
There's a sphinx on either side, and

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these sphinxes are able to see into
a man's heart, and anybody who isn't

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found to be worthy is killed with
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And as Atreyu edges closer to the
gate, he sees the corpses of those

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who've gone before him and been
incinerated, and the words of his

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mentor are then ringing in his ears.

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Oh

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no!

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Don't start to doubt

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yourself!

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Be confident!

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And that really echoes the
message of our age, doesn't it?

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Don't start to doubt yourself.

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Be confident.

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And as a child, that scene
made me feel deeply uneasy.

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I loved the film, but that
really, really disturbed me.

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Um, but you should go check it out,
the film, it's great, it's awesome.

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It's, um, terribly cheesy,
um, classic 80s fantasy.

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And the theme tune was sung by
this guy with this amazing mullet.

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It's just ridiculous.

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But there was something about that scene,
um, that to me hinted at something true.

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Not in fantasy, but in reality, that there
would one day be a test that I would not

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be able to pass, that I wouldn't find
reason enough to have confidence, or

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that there might be a judgment coming.

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Now, I also, it would occasionally have
dreams in which I was, like, being crushed

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by these cosmic objects, these huge, huge
objects that would Um, that were just

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spinning out of control and, and about
to crush me and, and they terrified me.

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But this, this feeling of not having
confidence and knowing that I, uh,

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knowing that I didn't have it in me to
save myself, uh, really troubled me.

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Possibly, if there are any
psychologists listening, you're

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probably having a great time right now.

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Tune in next time for more.

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But it might be tempting to just call
this self esteem problems and to leave

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it there as if we've settled the issue.

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But low self esteem was a symptom.

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And you can find many effective ways
of dealing with symptoms in the world.

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But we have never been
able to treat the cause.

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Because you can feel confident,
like when you've been in a certain

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environment a number of times
and you know what you're doing.

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When you, you're experienced or skilled
at something, or maybe when you've

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got a certain title or qualification.

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But what if all of those things
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Like we can psychologize man to the
nth degree, but it is God's Word

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that truly reads us and pierces to
the division of soul and of spirit.

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Like think about it.

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When did insecurity
first enter the picture?

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When did fear, trembling,
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We have to go all the way
back to the garden in Genesis.

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It was when Adam and Eve were no longer
sure of their standing before God,

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and they heard him walking in the cool
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Why?

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There hadn't been any death, no
childhood trauma, there was no pain.

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From their upbringings, they
were just naked in their sin.

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And we go to great, great lengths to,
to try to project the appearance of

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confidence and really much of social
media is used for that very purpose.

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But there's a difference between
projecting an appearance of confidence

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and having a lasting, eternal certainty
and hope that isn't contingent on

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material things or circumstance
or the connections that you have.

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Now, when Paul was speaking of
righteousness and self control,

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he wasn't being self righteous.

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He too knew what it was to be alarmed.

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On the road to Damascus, you've probably
heard of this story, as he's on his

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way to go and persecute Christians.

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Jesus meets him powerfully, and it
says in Acts 9, verse 6, that he,

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Paul, trembling and astonished, said,
Lord, what do you want me to do?

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Just imagine being invited to a
church in the first century, and your

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friends are introducing you to people.

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Oh, that's so and so, and oh,
that guy over there, you see him?

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His name's Paul.

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Yeah, he used to round us Christians up,
imprison us, persecute us, and kill us.

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And he even stood by in approval of
the stoning of our good friend Stephen.

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And do you know what?

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Do you know what's incredible?

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That guy has confidence.

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He has a hope.

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Which is insane, because if there's a
coming judgment, then surely someone like

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Paul has got it coming for them, right?

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Surely he should not have
even a shred of confidence.

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But Paul looks to that
day, and he has a hope.

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We saw in verse 15, as he's making
his defense, Having a hope in God,

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that there will be a resurrection
of both the just and the unjust.

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Now, it is no accident that this mention
of, of hope and, and resurrection

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of both the just and the unjust.

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And then when he talks about coming
judgment, those two things are just

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eight verses apart because when,
when Paul spoke of resurrection,

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he knew what will accompany it.

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Now, there are many verses in the
Bible that talk about, um, Jesus coming

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in righteousness to judge the world.

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Uh, I'm just going to choose one,
but there are, there are many.

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So Acts 17 verse 31 says, He, that's
God, commands all people everywhere

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to repent because he has fixed a day
on which he will judge the world in

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righteousness by a man whom he has
appointed, that man being Jesus.

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And of this he has given assurance
to all by raising him from the dead.

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But Paul has hope.

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He has confidence.

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Not because he got himself a life
coach or a guru, like a guru, like

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Atreyu in The NeverEnding Story.

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It wasn't because he'd repeated
to himself, don't start to

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doubt yourself, be confident.

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Paul was confident because he
had hidden himself in Christ.

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The source of all insecurity,
alternately, comes from being

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unsure of your standing before God.

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The one on whom you depend
for every breath you take.

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And conversely, the source of all
hope and true confidence, not just the

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appearance of confidence, like being a
good public speaker or something, but real

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certainty and assurance comes from being
hidden in Christ and the righteousness

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that only He can clothe you in.

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Because if you're impure or
unrighteous, Which we all are, if

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we're left to it, to our own devices.

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God's presence is dangerous to you.

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And that's not because it's
bad, but because it's so good.

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Like, think of it, we can
think of it a bit like the sun.

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The sun is a source of life.

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We couldn't and wouldn't exist without it.

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But it is dangerous.

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You get too close, and you die.

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But Jesus Christ has made a way for
us to stand in the centre, in the

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white hot heat of his glory, and
enjoy it forever, and for it to be our

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greatest treasure, and our eternal joy.

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So that, that concrete hope that,
that he will find, that Paul will

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find before the judge, before God,
this has a direct impact on how he's

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standing before the governor now.

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He's, he's not choosing,
he's not choosing flattery.

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He's not choosing to just try
and, to just try and get out.

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He wants to have a clear
conscience before God and man.

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He doesn't, he doesn't want to be nice.

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He wants to be loving.

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He's trying to tell Felix what
he, um, what he needs to hear.

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And many accusations were brought against
Paul, but he's looking to this fixed

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future date now, and he sees, like Romans
7 says, Uh, that, that Satan is the

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accuser who accuses believers before God,
while Jesus is the advocate who is making

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appeals on our behalf for the father.

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And this is our sure and
steady anchor of the soul.

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Um, I, I always quote C.

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S.

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Lewis and here we go again.

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00:25:03,879 --> 00:25:09,445
Um, he, he says this wonderfully
in, um, In a sermon called The

466
00:25:09,445 --> 00:25:11,965
Weight of Glory, it's one of the
best things you'll ever read.

467
00:25:12,655 --> 00:25:17,844
He says this, In the end, that face,
which is the delight or terror of the

468
00:25:17,844 --> 00:25:22,875
universe, must be turned upon each
of us, either with one expression or

469
00:25:22,875 --> 00:25:28,065
the other, either conferring glory
inexpressible or inflicting shame

470
00:25:28,125 --> 00:25:30,255
that can never be cured or disguised.

471
00:25:31,394 --> 00:25:36,124
The promise of glory is the promise,
almost incredible and only possible by

472
00:25:36,124 --> 00:25:41,894
the work of Christ, that some of us,
that any of us who really chooses shall

473
00:25:41,945 --> 00:25:46,994
actually survive that examination,
shall find approval, shall please God.

474
00:25:47,844 --> 00:25:52,884
To please God, to be a real ingredient
in the divine happiness, to be

475
00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:58,114
loved by God, not merely pitied
or tolerated, but delighted in.

476
00:25:58,660 --> 00:26:03,540
As an artist delights in his work,
or a father in his son, it seems

477
00:26:03,540 --> 00:26:09,520
impossible a weight of glory which
our thoughts can hardly sustain.

478
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,410
But so it is.

479
00:26:12,650 --> 00:26:13,540
But so it is.

480
00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:22,019
And I could have avoided talking
about judgement, but to avoid it is to

481
00:26:22,019 --> 00:26:28,325
pretend that one of the most fundamental
Elements of the, the, the, the great

482
00:26:28,325 --> 00:26:30,035
story of the Bible is not there.

483
00:26:31,265 --> 00:26:36,155
And there is one more lesson here in this
story with Felix that we cannot avoid.

484
00:26:37,655 --> 00:26:42,695
Felix sent Paul away and he said,
oh, I'll, I'll call upon you again

485
00:26:42,995 --> 00:26:48,515
at a more convenient time when,
when it suits me, don't delay.

486
00:26:49,055 --> 00:26:50,436
I'm the type of person who has.

487
00:26:51,254 --> 00:26:55,645
20 open tabs on my browser that I think
I'll come back to at some point, so

488
00:26:55,645 --> 00:26:59,774
like blogs or articles that have caught
my eye but I haven't, I just haven't

489
00:26:59,774 --> 00:27:04,334
gotten around to reading, or tasks on
my Google Calendar, I'm terrible for

490
00:27:04,334 --> 00:27:06,915
this, I just keep moving along every day.

491
00:27:07,394 --> 00:27:11,274
Didn't get it done today but that's
alright, I just just slide it across.

492
00:27:12,404 --> 00:27:15,554
I'm always gonna have tomorrow, right,
and we think we're going to live forever.

493
00:27:16,555 --> 00:27:20,035
Due to technological advances, by
and large, we're pretty much able to

494
00:27:20,065 --> 00:27:23,725
push the reality of death far from
our minds, at least that compared

495
00:27:23,725 --> 00:27:25,394
to generations gone before us.

496
00:27:26,495 --> 00:27:31,365
It says in James 4 verse 14, you do
not know what tomorrow will bring.

497
00:27:31,815 --> 00:27:33,165
What is your life?

498
00:27:33,545 --> 00:27:37,095
You are a mist that appears for
a little time and then vanishes.

499
00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:43,054
Drusilla probably thought she had more
time when she was in Pompeii with her

500
00:27:43,064 --> 00:27:46,584
son Agrippa on 24th of August in 79 AD.

501
00:27:47,894 --> 00:27:51,195
She died that day in the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

502
00:27:52,624 --> 00:27:56,294
And Felix probably thought that he
had more time to enjoy his governor,

503
00:27:56,814 --> 00:28:00,044
but just two years later he was
stripped of his position, of his

504
00:28:00,044 --> 00:28:06,144
title, of his influence, everything
upon which his confidence rested.

505
00:28:06,830 --> 00:28:08,309
was gone in an instant.

506
00:28:10,510 --> 00:28:14,510
I'm gonna, um, just end with a
quote from a guy called Paul Washer.

507
00:28:15,419 --> 00:28:19,919
He says that with one hand, God
is motioning man to come to him.

508
00:28:20,340 --> 00:28:22,580
He's pleading with man to come to him.

509
00:28:23,349 --> 00:28:25,959
That's what Paul was doing
with Felix, reasoning with him,

510
00:28:26,050 --> 00:28:28,270
pleading with him to come to God.

511
00:28:28,820 --> 00:28:32,899
Christ has made a way for us to stand
in the white hot heat of his presence

512
00:28:32,899 --> 00:28:36,100
and his glory and his righteousness.

513
00:28:37,550 --> 00:28:42,130
With the other hand, God is
holding back his wrath and soon

514
00:28:42,450 --> 00:28:44,230
he's going to drop both hands.

515
00:28:44,890 --> 00:28:47,310
So my message today is do not delay.

516
00:28:47,630 --> 00:28:52,959
Come to Christ today and clothe
yourself in the, clothe yourself in the

517
00:28:52,959 --> 00:28:55,240
righteousness that he offers you freely.

518
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:56,610
Thanks for listening.

519
00:28:57,030 --> 00:28:57,540
Matt Edmundson: See you soon.

520
00:29:01,170 --> 00:29:02,301
Welcome back.

521
00:29:02,301 --> 00:29:05,509
Uh, thanks Pete for the
talk or should we say Luigi?

522
00:29:05,980 --> 00:29:06,320
Yeah,

523
00:29:06,990 --> 00:29:09,450
Anna Kettle: I like the fact that we've
moved on from talking about my hair to

524
00:29:09,860 --> 00:29:12,500
Pete's moustache, which is very special.

525
00:29:12,550 --> 00:29:14,500
It's probably the best one I've seen.

526
00:29:14,540 --> 00:29:15,160
Matt Edmundson: Yeah, it is.

527
00:29:15,569 --> 00:29:17,800
He's got a good tache as
well, Pete, hasn't he?

528
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:18,240
Yeah,

529
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:19,500
Anna Kettle: that's not
half a moustache, is

530
00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:20,969
Matt Edmundson: it?

531
00:29:20,970 --> 00:29:21,979
It's a good tache.

532
00:29:22,090 --> 00:29:23,719
If you're going to do it, do it like Pete.

533
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:25,130
Also

534
00:29:25,140 --> 00:29:28,250
Anna Kettle: a good talk as well,
with a good moustache, well done,

535
00:29:28,710 --> 00:29:29,060
Matt Edmundson: also a good talk.

536
00:29:29,510 --> 00:29:32,590
Yeah, very good talk, uh, and
we're going to get into that.

537
00:29:32,590 --> 00:29:35,399
So any questions, any of your own
thoughts, put them in the comments.

538
00:29:35,399 --> 00:29:37,030
We're going to get to that
in Conversation Street.

539
00:29:37,590 --> 00:29:40,390
Um, but just to, if you've joined
us during the talk, if you don't

540
00:29:40,390 --> 00:29:44,580
know us, my name's Matt and this is
Anna, who's just had a new hairdo,

541
00:29:44,820 --> 00:29:47,012
uh, hence the reason we're not, oh,
I've just dropped a bit off my hair.

542
00:29:47,012 --> 00:29:47,139
Yeah,

543
00:29:47,140 --> 00:29:49,740
Anna Kettle: we're talking, that's
why we're, uh, talking about it again.

544
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:51,910
Matt Edmundson: Absolutely.

545
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:52,740
Thought we'd got on from that, but no.

546
00:29:53,230 --> 00:29:55,040
We have, uh, we have, we really have.

547
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:56,649
So it's great that you're here,
it's great that you're with us.

548
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,539
Spoiler alert, if you're watching
this and waiting for the football

549
00:29:59,540 --> 00:30:08,620
results, uh, fingers in your ears
now, because 0, which, um, is A

550
00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:09,500
Pete Farrington: beautiful

551
00:30:09,500 --> 00:30:10,000
Anna Kettle: thing.

552
00:30:10,550 --> 00:30:12,190
If you come from
Liverpool, like we both do.

553
00:30:13,670 --> 00:30:16,450
Matt Edmundson: Well, if you live
in Liverpool, yeah, like we both

554
00:30:16,450 --> 00:30:20,929
do, we are beaming out of Liverpool
right now and big Liverpool fan.

555
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,499
In fact, I don't know if I've told you
this, I chose Liverpool University not

556
00:30:24,509 --> 00:30:27,419
because of the quality of the course,
but because of the football team.

557
00:30:27,790 --> 00:30:30,810
Anna Kettle: Well, I chose Liverpool
University because of the quality

558
00:30:30,810 --> 00:30:34,519
of the music scene and the club
scene at the time, so there we are.

559
00:30:34,519 --> 00:30:36,150
Also not because of the course.

560
00:30:36,770 --> 00:30:39,449
Matt Edmundson: It's funny what makes
us choose universities, isn't it really?

561
00:30:39,980 --> 00:30:43,640
But yes, so yeah, well done Liverpool,
congratulations, we're stoked.

562
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:44,290
Yeah.

563
00:30:45,060 --> 00:30:46,020
Yeah, it's funny.

564
00:30:47,820 --> 00:30:51,760
Let's talk about the talk, rather than the
football, and the club scene of Liverpool.

565
00:30:52,610 --> 00:30:52,800
And

566
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:53,520
Anna Kettle: people's moustache and hair.

567
00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:58,780
You can't say we don't cover a breadth
of issues here on Crowd Church.

568
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,510
Matt Edmundson: We cover all the topics,
all the bases, ladies and gentlemen.

569
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,049
It's what gets covered on the
church, yeah, it's brilliant.

570
00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:06,500
So, Pete's talk, I've got lots of notes.

571
00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:08,820
There's a couple of things that
I want to jump straight into.

572
00:31:08,860 --> 00:31:09,990
Let's go into the deep end.

573
00:31:10,020 --> 00:31:11,580
I'm just going to get my glasses
here to see what I wrote.

574
00:31:12,620 --> 00:31:14,280
Because I'm an old man
and I need them now.

575
00:31:14,930 --> 00:31:19,375
I'm But there's a few terms that I
just want to uncover a little bit

576
00:31:19,405 --> 00:31:24,395
that Pete used in case, um, in case
people don't know what they mean.

577
00:31:24,795 --> 00:31:28,965
So Pete used this phrase, um, that
certainty comes from being hidden

578
00:31:28,965 --> 00:31:31,085
in Christ and His righteousness.

579
00:31:31,475 --> 00:31:35,154
Uh, oh no, hidden in Christ and the
righteousness He can clothe you in.

580
00:31:36,305 --> 00:31:37,835
It's quite a poetic phrase, isn't it?

581
00:31:38,265 --> 00:31:38,405
Yes.

582
00:31:38,415 --> 00:31:42,845
The hidden in Christ and the
righteousness he can clothe you in.

583
00:31:43,365 --> 00:31:45,245
Let's, let's jump into that.

584
00:31:45,615 --> 00:31:49,215
What does Pete mean when he says
being clothed in righteousness?

585
00:31:50,845 --> 00:31:51,155
That's a good

586
00:31:51,155 --> 00:31:51,595
Anna Kettle: question.

587
00:31:51,595 --> 00:31:55,595
Matt Edmundson: I mean, we're
trying to predict what Pete meant.

588
00:31:55,595 --> 00:31:56,505
Anyone got any thoughts

589
00:31:56,505 --> 00:31:57,125
Anna Kettle: on the chat bot?

590
00:32:00,345 --> 00:32:01,714
Matt Edmundson: Put your
answers in the chat, please.

591
00:32:01,715 --> 00:32:03,805
What did Pete mean when he said
being clothed in righteousness?

592
00:32:04,035 --> 00:32:05,415
In fact, what does righteousness mean?

593
00:32:05,495 --> 00:32:09,115
Let's start with that because
it's a term, uh, that we use a

594
00:32:09,124 --> 00:32:10,635
lot, especially in church circles.

595
00:32:10,825 --> 00:32:14,755
Um, and something that came up in
this, uh, passage, righteousness and

596
00:32:14,755 --> 00:32:18,184
self control, um, Pete talks about
being clothed in righteousness.

597
00:32:18,184 --> 00:32:19,615
He compared it to the judgment of God.

598
00:32:19,615 --> 00:32:19,635
So.

599
00:32:20,460 --> 00:32:22,600
What does righteousness mean?

600
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:23,410
Have a think about that.

601
00:32:23,430 --> 00:32:25,140
Again, write your answers in the comments.

602
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:26,420
What does it mean?

603
00:32:27,460 --> 00:32:27,999
Is that a question for me?

604
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,200
Over to our resident
theologian, Anna Kettle.

605
00:32:30,460 --> 00:32:34,000
Anna Kettle: So I think righteousness, I
mean, I don't know if this is technically

606
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:39,740
a dictionary definition, but um, to me
righteousness means like the kind of,

607
00:32:40,655 --> 00:32:47,395
Perfectness of God, um, against our
imperfect human nature, which is, you

608
00:32:47,395 --> 00:32:51,865
know, as Pete touched on, you know, we,
we try our best, but we're still, we

609
00:32:51,865 --> 00:32:53,904
get it wrong sometimes in the Bible.

610
00:32:54,445 --> 00:32:55,455
It calls that a sin.

611
00:32:55,455 --> 00:32:56,474
And it just means.

612
00:32:56,565 --> 00:33:03,455
So, for me, God's righteousness
or God's, it's like God's

613
00:33:03,455 --> 00:33:05,515
rightness, God's perfection.

614
00:33:06,115 --> 00:33:07,404
Or like that, rightness.

615
00:33:07,524 --> 00:33:08,434
Imperfect.

616
00:33:08,754 --> 00:33:09,294
Matt Edmundson: That's good.

617
00:33:09,754 --> 00:33:11,065
I do like that, God's rightness.

618
00:33:11,565 --> 00:33:12,394
It's a very good answer.

619
00:33:12,445 --> 00:33:12,934
Yeah, yeah.

620
00:33:12,934 --> 00:33:16,505
And it's important to understand this
because it's a very key concept, I think,

621
00:33:16,695 --> 00:33:24,030
of Christianity that, let's say I'm,
Unrighteous here and God's righteous here.

622
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:28,470
And I, I try and do things to, to go
from being unrighteous to righteous.

623
00:33:28,590 --> 00:33:28,680
Mm-hmm.

624
00:33:28,710 --> 00:33:29,100
Right.

625
00:33:29,550 --> 00:33:34,650
Um, and the Bible calls, this
works, so we try and do the right

626
00:33:34,650 --> 00:33:38,610
thing at the right time to try and
appease God in some way to try and

627
00:33:38,610 --> 00:33:40,170
create some level of righteousness.

628
00:33:40,170 --> 00:33:40,860
The trouble is.

629
00:33:41,260 --> 00:33:45,280
I'm never, I might go from here
to here, but I'm still miles away.

630
00:33:45,310 --> 00:33:46,110
Yeah, right.

631
00:33:46,510 --> 00:33:50,800
So the, the core message of the Christian
faith is, it doesn't matter what you

632
00:33:50,810 --> 00:33:53,990
have done or haven't done in your past
life where righteousness is concerned.

633
00:33:54,459 --> 00:33:59,649
Um, and this was again, something that,
uh, Porter, the just and the unjust, I

634
00:33:59,660 --> 00:34:01,110
think was a phrase he used in the past.

635
00:34:01,110 --> 00:34:01,810
It doesn't really matter.

636
00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:07,170
What matters is no one can in their
own effort attain the righteousness

637
00:34:07,230 --> 00:34:11,160
that is solely God's because we're
just not that cool, unfortunately.

638
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,060
But the flip side of that story is

639
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:21,015
Anna Kettle: that we don't need
to God offers to us for free.

640
00:34:21,175 --> 00:34:22,740
I guess it's like we, it's like we

641
00:34:22,740 --> 00:34:23,310
Matt Edmundson: practice that

642
00:34:25,140 --> 00:34:25,950
, 
Anna Kettle: but it's true, isn't it?

643
00:34:25,965 --> 00:34:26,296
Yeah, it is.

644
00:34:26,296 --> 00:34:26,880
Like we, we don't.

645
00:34:27,470 --> 00:34:28,730
It is unattainable.

646
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,330
It's unearnable.

647
00:34:30,330 --> 00:34:35,220
You can't work your way into God's
favour, but like what an incredible

648
00:34:35,330 --> 00:34:37,310
truth that we don't have to either.

649
00:34:37,620 --> 00:34:43,630
Like so many, so much of religion is, um,
based on works and good works and trying

650
00:34:43,639 --> 00:34:46,720
hard to win God round or get God's favour.

651
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:50,460
And the whole point of the
Christian gospel, the Christian

652
00:34:50,470 --> 00:34:52,730
message at its core is.

653
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,320
That there's nothing you can do
to earn God's favour, but he gives

654
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:57,970
it to you for free, if you ask

655
00:34:57,970 --> 00:34:58,270
Matt Edmundson: for it.

656
00:34:58,640 --> 00:34:58,950
Yeah.

657
00:34:59,650 --> 00:34:59,920
Yeah.

658
00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:01,269
And it's a beautiful thing.

659
00:35:01,430 --> 00:35:02,520
It's an amazing thing.

660
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:02,940
Yeah.

661
00:35:02,970 --> 00:35:04,619
And so that's the sort of the core.

662
00:35:04,660 --> 00:35:05,839
So that's what righteousness is.

663
00:35:05,839 --> 00:35:07,530
God's rightness, God's holy standard.

664
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,969
Another way I've heard
righteousness talked about is

665
00:35:11,970 --> 00:35:14,170
right standing with God, right?

666
00:35:14,180 --> 00:35:18,310
So if I am a righteous person,
I have the ability to go into.

667
00:35:18,765 --> 00:35:23,655
Uh, scripture talks about this actually
in quite a vivid term about boldly

668
00:35:23,675 --> 00:35:28,475
entering the throne of grace, like
just going before God's throne boldly

669
00:35:28,795 --> 00:35:33,415
and confidently and with your head
high, where you can do that if you're

670
00:35:33,415 --> 00:35:37,354
righteous and this is where, um, that
confidence, that assurance that Pete

671
00:35:37,355 --> 00:35:38,715
was talking about comes from, right?

672
00:35:39,885 --> 00:35:42,755
If you're not righteous, it's kind
of hard to stand in front of a

673
00:35:42,755 --> 00:35:45,485
holy God and be fully confident.

674
00:35:46,035 --> 00:35:51,375
Now I'm making all kinds of assumptions
here, obviously, but, um, I think

675
00:35:51,375 --> 00:35:52,535
that's what Pete was talking about.

676
00:35:52,825 --> 00:35:56,105
So if that's righteousness, right,
standing with God, God's rightness,

677
00:35:56,105 --> 00:35:59,895
God's holy standard, the ability
to stand before God without blame.

678
00:36:01,455 --> 00:36:04,044
Um, and we can't do it,
but Christ does it for us.

679
00:36:04,044 --> 00:36:05,915
We can talk more about this
in a few weeks, actually.

680
00:36:06,025 --> 00:36:11,865
Um, but what does, what do you
think he means when he says

681
00:36:11,865 --> 00:36:13,375
clothe yourself in righteousness?

682
00:36:13,375 --> 00:36:13,435
Thank you.

683
00:36:15,570 --> 00:36:18,780
Because it's an interesting phrase that
the Bible uses on several occasions,

684
00:36:18,780 --> 00:36:20,485
especially in the Old Testament, to clothe

685
00:36:20,605 --> 00:36:20,685
Anna Kettle: yourself.

686
00:36:20,685 --> 00:36:20,805
Yes.

687
00:36:20,850 --> 00:36:23,880
Clothe yourself is like almost something
like you choose to put on, isn't it?

688
00:36:23,940 --> 00:36:24,240
Mm-Hmm.

689
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:27,990
Like, it's like, you know, you
could interchange that with cove

690
00:36:27,990 --> 00:36:29,370
yourself with the right business.

691
00:36:29,370 --> 00:36:29,430
Yeah.

692
00:36:29,435 --> 00:36:31,950
But it seems like it's a choice to put on.

693
00:36:31,950 --> 00:36:33,391
Yeah, wear it.

694
00:36:33,396 --> 00:36:33,485
Yeah.

695
00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:34,620
You don't have to.

696
00:36:34,980 --> 00:36:37,530
Um, it's quite an
interesting point, isn't it?

697
00:36:37,530 --> 00:36:38,285
Yeah, it is actually.

698
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,940
You choose to, you
choose to wear it or not.

699
00:36:42,210 --> 00:36:42,480
Yeah.

700
00:36:43,270 --> 00:36:44,930
Matt Edmundson: Yeah, no,
it's an interesting one.

701
00:36:44,980 --> 00:36:46,150
It is an interesting one.

702
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:51,050
Do you choose to wear God's, it's a
fascinating phrase, clothe yourself,

703
00:36:51,059 --> 00:36:53,760
like, I like that because you say
it's a choice and it is a choice.

704
00:36:54,210 --> 00:36:56,420
And it's a choice that
we get to make, isn't it?

705
00:36:56,420 --> 00:37:00,220
To actually go Yeah, no, I'm,
I need his righteousness.

706
00:37:01,015 --> 00:37:01,785
Well, you meet a lot of

707
00:37:01,785 --> 00:37:02,755
Anna Kettle: Christians, don't you?

708
00:37:03,045 --> 00:37:06,735
And people who, you know, have no
faith as well, but certainly you

709
00:37:06,735 --> 00:37:10,235
can meet a lot of Christians that
are a bit kind of, oh, woe is me.

710
00:37:10,235 --> 00:37:14,855
I need to be very humble and, you know,
and humility is a good thing, isn't it?

711
00:37:14,924 --> 00:37:19,155
Nobody, you know, It's not a good
thing to be full of yourself.

712
00:37:19,445 --> 00:37:22,885
But but this isn't about being full
of yourself and confident in that way.

713
00:37:22,885 --> 00:37:26,275
Like it's not about I think Pete
mentioned that in his talk that

714
00:37:26,275 --> 00:37:27,645
it's not about self confidence.

715
00:37:27,674 --> 00:37:29,015
It's about confidence in God.

716
00:37:29,015 --> 00:37:29,714
Yeah, exactly.

717
00:37:29,714 --> 00:37:32,944
So it's like an inner confidence
that comes from knowing who

718
00:37:32,944 --> 00:37:34,864
you are, and how God sees you.

719
00:37:35,034 --> 00:37:35,374
Yeah.

720
00:37:35,524 --> 00:37:39,615
Um, but yeah, I think people
can misinterpret that and think

721
00:37:40,545 --> 00:37:44,784
either either come across very
egotistical and full of themselves.

722
00:37:44,785 --> 00:37:45,105
Yeah.

723
00:37:46,895 --> 00:37:49,575
You can meet religious people who
are like, Oh, you know, I must

724
00:37:49,575 --> 00:37:51,085
become less and be very humble.

725
00:37:51,085 --> 00:37:51,865
I must be a worm.

726
00:37:51,905 --> 00:37:52,225
Yeah.

727
00:37:52,225 --> 00:37:53,085
I think that was a phrase.

728
00:37:53,645 --> 00:37:54,075
Yeah.

729
00:37:54,075 --> 00:37:54,805
It's kind of neither of

730
00:37:54,985 --> 00:37:55,415
Matt Edmundson: those things.

731
00:37:55,485 --> 00:37:55,825
Yeah.

732
00:37:55,825 --> 00:37:56,735
It's yeah.

733
00:37:56,735 --> 00:37:57,244
Yeah.

734
00:37:57,245 --> 00:37:59,964
The scripture says to not think
of yourself more highly than you

735
00:37:59,964 --> 00:38:04,424
ought, uh, which doesn't, it's
just an interesting phrase when

736
00:38:04,425 --> 00:38:05,795
you analyze what, what it said.

737
00:38:05,795 --> 00:38:07,015
I mean, that's the new conclusion.

738
00:38:07,015 --> 00:38:08,475
How much ought you to think of yourself?

739
00:38:08,515 --> 00:38:08,725
Yeah.

740
00:38:08,725 --> 00:38:09,335
How much?

741
00:38:09,345 --> 00:38:09,745
Yeah.

742
00:38:09,885 --> 00:38:10,745
Highly than you ought.

743
00:38:10,905 --> 00:38:12,915
So you ought to think
something of yourself.

744
00:38:12,915 --> 00:38:13,205
Yeah.

745
00:38:13,810 --> 00:38:18,430
But not more highly than you should think
of yourself like I am aware that as a

746
00:38:18,430 --> 00:38:23,630
person God loves me enough to die for me.

747
00:38:25,090 --> 00:38:28,430
But I mean, I would often joke
I should I don't know if I

748
00:38:28,430 --> 00:38:29,770
should say this on live or not.

749
00:38:30,139 --> 00:38:32,729
But I would often joke with Dave
Connolly, who's also done quite

750
00:38:32,729 --> 00:38:33,760
a lot of the talks at Crowd.

751
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,730
He was one of the founding
pastors of our church.

752
00:38:36,330 --> 00:38:41,320
And he was He's just such a legend of a
man, I love the bones of Dave Connolly,

753
00:38:41,370 --> 00:38:45,730
but Dave and I would often banter, and it,
can I just preface everything I'm about to

754
00:38:45,730 --> 00:38:49,939
say, it was banter, it was never serious,
it was just Dave and I just joking

755
00:38:49,939 --> 00:38:54,029
around, but I would often say things to
Dave, like he'd say, how you getting on?

756
00:38:54,029 --> 00:38:57,240
I'd go, well, I've got to be doing
alright, because I'm God's favourite,

757
00:38:57,530 --> 00:39:01,610
you know, and Dave would say to me,
no, no, I'm God's favourite, and I'd

758
00:39:01,670 --> 00:39:02,980
go, no, no, no, I'm God's favourite.

759
00:39:03,130 --> 00:39:09,285
It got to the point in our debate, and I'm
going back like 10 years ago, I actually

760
00:39:09,285 --> 00:39:10,885
bought the domain name godsfavourite.

761
00:39:11,085 --> 00:39:16,560
com So when you went to that, I
don't own it anymore, by the way, so

762
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,910
don't go to it now, but at the time
I own the domain, I bought the domain

763
00:39:19,910 --> 00:39:25,339
name and all I did was I just put a
photograph of me on the website, right?

764
00:39:25,629 --> 00:39:27,379
That's, there was no text.

765
00:39:27,589 --> 00:39:29,090
It just was just a picture of me.

766
00:39:29,590 --> 00:39:32,320
And so one day I said to Dave,
I said, you need to Google it.

767
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,000
Let's Google who is God's favorite.

768
00:39:34,410 --> 00:39:37,780
And this website came up and he
just clicked on it and it was just a

769
00:39:37,780 --> 00:39:43,050
picture of me and he, ah, it's funny.

770
00:39:43,060 --> 00:39:46,410
Now that is called thinking of yourself
more highly than you ought, especially

771
00:39:46,410 --> 00:39:47,690
if you was taking it seriously.

772
00:39:47,690 --> 00:39:49,467
That is a great example.

773
00:39:49,467 --> 00:39:53,733
I can't believe I've just admitted
to that, but there you go.

774
00:39:53,733 --> 00:39:54,088
Yeah.

775
00:39:54,088 --> 00:39:58,709
Does God forgive all sins is one
of the questions in the comments.

776
00:40:00,870 --> 00:40:01,530
Uh,

777
00:40:01,590 --> 00:40:02,940
Anna Kettle: well, the Bible says he does.

778
00:40:02,940 --> 00:40:03,360
Yeah.

779
00:40:03,365 --> 00:40:03,495
Yeah.

780
00:40:03,510 --> 00:40:04,980
If we confess them to him.

781
00:40:04,985 --> 00:40:05,040
Yeah.

782
00:40:05,130 --> 00:40:10,410
So I think there is that step that he
doesn't automatically forgive all sins.

783
00:40:10,410 --> 00:40:15,630
I think you have to ask for
forgiveness and ask him to, to, to

784
00:40:15,630 --> 00:40:17,730
clean, you know, to make you right.

785
00:40:17,790 --> 00:40:21,510
Um, but yeah, I think the Bible's
clear that there's no, no sin

786
00:40:21,510 --> 00:40:22,835
that's too big for him to, Mm-Hmm.

787
00:40:23,250 --> 00:40:24,840
to clear sin is sin.

788
00:40:26,130 --> 00:40:29,820
You might fall short that much or
that much, but it's all falling

789
00:40:29,820 --> 00:40:30,975
short of God's effectness.

790
00:40:31,005 --> 00:40:31,295
Yeah.

791
00:40:31,315 --> 00:40:34,680
So, yeah, I think I, I think so.

792
00:40:35,220 --> 00:40:36,270
Would it, would you agree?

793
00:40:36,990 --> 00:40:37,230
Yeah,

794
00:40:37,235 --> 00:40:40,380
Matt Edmundson: I would, I, I'd
maybe have a slightly different view

795
00:40:40,950 --> 00:40:45,660
in that I would say that God has
forgiven all sin once and for all

796
00:40:45,660 --> 00:40:47,250
with the work of Christ on the cross.

797
00:40:47,670 --> 00:40:49,350
So all sin has been forgiven.

798
00:40:49,355 --> 00:40:49,535
Mm-hmm.

799
00:40:50,565 --> 00:40:54,365
But we have to receive that forgiveness,
if that makes sense, which is where

800
00:40:54,365 --> 00:40:55,555
it comes into that confession.

801
00:40:55,565 --> 00:41:00,065
So if I confess my sins, he is faithful
and just to forgive us of that sin.

802
00:41:00,555 --> 00:41:04,415
Um, that's a case of me going, well,
actually I need to bring that before God.

803
00:41:04,415 --> 00:41:06,414
And it's a bit like you've got.

804
00:41:07,015 --> 00:41:10,535
You know, Ben, young Ben, um, who
apparently was watching earlier,

805
00:41:11,035 --> 00:41:12,035
which we were laughing about.

806
00:41:12,035 --> 00:41:13,145
There's no way Ben was watching.

807
00:41:13,285 --> 00:41:15,975
Anna Kettle: He might have
watched for like a minute just

808
00:41:15,975 --> 00:41:17,215
to see what mummy was doing.

809
00:41:19,125 --> 00:41:21,775
Matt Edmundson: My kids have all grown
up, but you kind of, you know, you,

810
00:41:21,965 --> 00:41:27,275
you want your kids, uh, to admit when
they do something wrong and there's

811
00:41:27,275 --> 00:41:30,285
this whole, uh, I need to fully.

812
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:32,720
I need to be responsible.

813
00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:35,870
I need to fully own it, which
I think is a very hard message.

814
00:41:35,900 --> 00:41:41,069
Bizarrely in a world that likes to
blame everybody else for where they are.

815
00:41:41,070 --> 00:41:42,340
Which is a bit slightly controversial.

816
00:41:42,340 --> 00:41:49,490
I appreciate but the level of victimhood
in the current culture is just astounding

817
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:54,920
and our ability to blame other people for
our for what's going on in life is quite.

818
00:41:55,890 --> 00:42:00,210
It's quite easy to do at the moment, um,
and I struggle with that because scripture

819
00:42:00,210 --> 00:42:01,650
is all about taking responsibility.

820
00:42:01,670 --> 00:42:05,469
Now that's not to, there are genuine
victims out there and it is, and

821
00:42:05,469 --> 00:42:06,900
I'm not belittling that in any way.

822
00:42:07,450 --> 00:42:10,170
And I think actually by everybody
claiming to be a victim, they,

823
00:42:10,849 --> 00:42:15,160
they actually belittle actual
victims, if that makes sense.

824
00:42:15,710 --> 00:42:20,625
Um, but I think you, You have to own it.

825
00:42:20,775 --> 00:42:21,785
You have to accept it.

826
00:42:21,785 --> 00:42:23,985
And you have to go, yeah,
that's my bad and stand before

827
00:42:24,005 --> 00:42:25,175
God and go, that was my bad.

828
00:42:25,455 --> 00:42:28,065
And I think when you do, you can
be confident that he's not going to

829
00:42:28,255 --> 00:42:31,295
smite you, which is such a good word.

830
00:42:31,394 --> 00:42:31,834
Smite.

831
00:42:33,694 --> 00:42:36,995
He's not going to smite you,
but he will forgive you.

832
00:42:37,115 --> 00:42:38,745
So yeah, hopefully that's
answered your question.

833
00:42:39,435 --> 00:42:42,485
Apparently, both me and Dave
are wrong because Nicola's God's

834
00:42:42,485 --> 00:42:43,994
Anna Kettle: favourite.

835
00:42:43,995 --> 00:42:47,554
This could just go on and on, couldn't it?

836
00:42:47,554 --> 00:42:48,614
Matt Edmundson: Yeah, I love that.

837
00:42:48,755 --> 00:42:49,764
I do love that.

838
00:42:50,245 --> 00:42:52,725
Uh, so yeah, hopefully that
answers your question about sins.

839
00:42:52,725 --> 00:42:56,125
I don't think there's anything that is
beyond forgiveness except for one thing.

840
00:42:57,885 --> 00:43:01,155
There is one particular sin Scripture
talks about which cannot be forgiven.

841
00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:07,220
Ooh, the unforgivable sin, but
now just drop that bombshell.

842
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:09,599
None of you watching this live
stream have to worry about it.

843
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:11,440
I'm genuinely convinced about that.

844
00:43:11,820 --> 00:43:12,100
Yeah.

845
00:43:12,780 --> 00:43:18,070
The qualifications that you require
to commit that sin are so strong and

846
00:43:18,070 --> 00:43:22,680
so onerous that I'm pretty sure that
we would fall short of many of them.

847
00:43:23,510 --> 00:43:26,270
But yeah, on the whole,
God forgives all our sins.

848
00:43:27,175 --> 00:43:30,125
Isn't Christia, that's a great
question from Keith and Peter.

849
00:43:30,435 --> 00:43:34,764
I love the, I love how you've, uh,
Keith and Peter, how, how your name

850
00:43:34,765 --> 00:43:39,874
on Facebook is just Keith and a
capital N Peter, Keith and Peter.

851
00:43:39,994 --> 00:43:40,545
Steventon Green, yeah.

852
00:43:40,545 --> 00:43:42,934
Yeah, Steventon Green
is such a great surname.

853
00:43:43,115 --> 00:43:45,425
Yeah, yeah, strong, strong.

854
00:43:45,755 --> 00:43:50,365
I was with some teenagers,
uh, New Year's Eve.

855
00:43:50,375 --> 00:43:52,245
So we had a bunch of people
around the house New Year's Eve

856
00:43:52,245 --> 00:43:53,685
and we had the Marshall twins.

857
00:43:54,690 --> 00:43:59,400
Great, she's been on Crowd, she has
twin daughters and Isabella, who is

858
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:03,350
just lovely, 17 years old, I made
some kind of comment, I can't remember

859
00:44:03,350 --> 00:44:07,095
what it was that I said, but she just
looked at me and she went, valid.

860
00:44:08,675 --> 00:44:09,235
It's valid.

861
00:44:09,615 --> 00:44:13,345
I was like, that is so I'm, I'm
owning that word valid, right?

862
00:44:13,825 --> 00:44:16,175
And so is Christianity
centered around forgiveness?

863
00:44:16,765 --> 00:44:17,235
Valid?

864
00:44:17,555 --> 00:44:18,745
Anna Kettle: Yeah, absolutely.

865
00:44:19,614 --> 00:44:20,675
Absolutely is.

866
00:44:20,675 --> 00:44:22,984
I feel like I'm down with the
news for all of us, isn't it?

867
00:44:23,064 --> 00:44:25,615
Because I feel like we all need
a bit of forgiveness sometimes.

868
00:44:26,125 --> 00:44:28,155
Matt Edmundson: So yeah, yeah, absolutely.

869
00:44:28,355 --> 00:44:29,995
Forgiveness is one of those
things, though, isn't it?

870
00:44:29,995 --> 00:44:32,075
It's again, you've got to ask for it.

871
00:44:33,070 --> 00:44:37,010
I think the onus, it's interesting
as Christians, because there's

872
00:44:37,010 --> 00:44:38,090
two things about forgiveness.

873
00:44:38,090 --> 00:44:40,060
One, we have to ask for it for ourselves.

874
00:44:40,690 --> 00:44:43,960
But two, we have to extend it to others,
even if they've not asked for it.

875
00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:44,600
Anna Kettle: Yeah.

876
00:44:46,039 --> 00:44:47,039
Yeah, which is hard.

877
00:44:47,090 --> 00:44:50,549
But also, I think it's important to
remember that forgiveness is not the

878
00:44:50,550 --> 00:44:54,410
same as being soft or forgetting.

879
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:57,980
Yeah, you know, like, I think there's
some instances where you can forgive

880
00:44:57,980 --> 00:45:02,235
something, but you still might want
to keep Clear boundaries with somebody

881
00:45:02,755 --> 00:45:05,595
repeatedly or, you know, there's
lots of scenarios, aren't there,

882
00:45:05,595 --> 00:45:07,315
where forgiveness doesn't just mean.

883
00:45:08,510 --> 00:45:08,740
Forgetfulness.

884
00:45:08,780 --> 00:45:12,000
It's letting, yeah, it's letting go
of something and it's impact on you.

885
00:45:12,260 --> 00:45:15,609
Yeah, but it's not necessarily
letting it happen over and over.

886
00:45:15,610 --> 00:45:15,870
Yeah.

887
00:45:16,330 --> 00:45:16,890
Matt Edmundson: Keep, you know.

888
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:17,879
Yeah, no, it is.

889
00:45:17,900 --> 00:45:18,680
Unforgiveness.

890
00:45:18,720 --> 00:45:20,589
I've, there's a great, I don't
remember who said the quote.

891
00:45:20,590 --> 00:45:24,590
Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and
expecting it to hurt the other person.

892
00:45:25,250 --> 00:45:28,880
Uh, which is complicated, but,
um, yeah, there's quite a few

893
00:45:29,210 --> 00:45:32,969
actually, uh, quite a few talks on
crowd already about forgiveness.

894
00:45:32,969 --> 00:45:35,520
We had one by Sharon, in fact,
two, I think Sharon's in two.

895
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:40,139
We've had some by Jenny Taylor, really
quite powerful stuff, uh, on forgiveness.

896
00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:43,059
And, um, yeah, I think that they're
great things to get your head around, but

897
00:45:43,060 --> 00:45:47,710
yes, in the short answer, Christianity
is centered around forgiveness.

898
00:45:48,090 --> 00:45:49,590
Um, but again, forgiveness.

899
00:45:50,435 --> 00:45:55,575
We have to confess our sins and he is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins.

900
00:45:55,605 --> 00:45:55,895
Yeah.

901
00:45:55,925 --> 00:45:57,005
So God is faithful.

902
00:45:57,525 --> 00:46:00,214
It's interesting that phrase that
he talks about in 1 John where

903
00:46:00,215 --> 00:46:01,895
he says, I think it's 1 isn't it?

904
00:46:01,905 --> 00:46:06,575
If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins, isn't it?

905
00:46:06,615 --> 00:46:11,025
And there's this element of justice in
there, which is interesting because if

906
00:46:11,025 --> 00:46:15,325
I'm honest with you, if I just leave it
to my emotions, there are some people.

907
00:46:17,805 --> 00:46:21,155
That if I get to heaven and find that
there, I don't know how I'd feel about it.

908
00:46:21,155 --> 00:46:22,305
Do you know what I mean?

909
00:46:23,325 --> 00:46:26,715
Like, for example, slightly
controversial, but let's say you

910
00:46:26,715 --> 00:46:28,125
get to heaven and Hitler's there.

911
00:46:29,045 --> 00:46:29,395
Yeah.

912
00:46:30,104 --> 00:46:34,695
It's like, is God, the scripture
says, God is faithful and

913
00:46:34,705 --> 00:46:36,014
just, who forgives our sins.

914
00:46:36,014 --> 00:46:38,085
And you kind of like, well,
that's really fascinating.

915
00:46:39,235 --> 00:46:39,285
Yeah.

916
00:46:40,515 --> 00:46:41,705
Really fascinating one.

917
00:46:42,085 --> 00:46:44,965
Maybe slightly too deep theologically
to get into right now, but it's

918
00:46:44,965 --> 00:46:45,235
Anna Kettle: um.

919
00:46:45,365 --> 00:46:46,365
And also, we don't know.

920
00:46:47,020 --> 00:46:49,500
If Hitler asks for God's
forgiveness, do we?

921
00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:50,600
No, no,

922
00:46:50,630 --> 00:46:51,380
Matt Edmundson: we'll find out.

923
00:46:51,820 --> 00:46:52,140
Yeah.

924
00:46:54,240 --> 00:46:55,390
We'll find out one day.

925
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:56,349
One for another day.

926
00:46:56,380 --> 00:46:58,600
When I'm sliding down
those streets in my socks.

927
00:46:59,410 --> 00:47:01,329
That's all I want to do when I
get to heaven is slide down those

928
00:47:01,330 --> 00:47:02,199
streets of gold in my socks.

929
00:47:02,420 --> 00:47:03,040
Just pointing that out.

930
00:47:03,860 --> 00:47:05,800
Um, I should do that.

931
00:47:05,810 --> 00:47:06,470
Why?

932
00:47:07,235 --> 00:47:08,255
What are you going to
do when you get there?

933
00:47:08,455 --> 00:47:09,235
I don't know,

934
00:47:09,525 --> 00:47:10,658
Anna Kettle: not slide down the street

935
00:47:10,658 --> 00:47:11,323
Matt Edmundson: in my socks.

936
00:47:11,323 --> 00:47:15,093
You're going to see me do it and you're
going to go, that looks like good fun.

937
00:47:15,093 --> 00:47:15,315
Why

938
00:47:15,315 --> 00:47:18,197
Anna Kettle: would you do that in
heaven if you don't see that on earth?

939
00:47:18,197 --> 00:47:19,749
Won't the streets be kind of similar?

940
00:47:19,749 --> 00:47:20,193
Maybe not.

941
00:47:20,193 --> 00:47:22,444
Matt Edmundson: Well, the Bible talks
about them being made of gold, doesn't it?

942
00:47:22,464 --> 00:47:25,064
And I just want to slide down
those streets of gold in my socks.

943
00:47:25,620 --> 00:47:26,130
I don't know

944
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:26,779
Anna Kettle: why, just do.

945
00:47:26,780 --> 00:47:28,520
I don't know, it's probably
not the first thing I'd do.

946
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:33,690
I haven't thought about this, this could
be a whole other crowd talk, couldn't it?

947
00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:35,080
What is everyone going to do

948
00:47:35,299 --> 00:47:36,100
Matt Edmundson: when they get to heaven?

949
00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:37,349
Yeah, write it in the comments.

950
00:47:37,350 --> 00:47:38,059
What's the first thing do in heaven?

951
00:47:38,950 --> 00:47:41,939
If you get to heaven, you kind of, you
know, you get to heaven, you're there.

952
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:43,329
What's the first thing you're going to do?

953
00:47:43,610 --> 00:47:44,959
Obviously say hi to God.

954
00:47:45,189 --> 00:47:45,479
Yeah.

955
00:47:45,579 --> 00:47:46,649
I've got a few questions for him.

956
00:47:46,649 --> 00:47:46,909
High five Jesus.

957
00:47:49,390 --> 00:47:51,010
I've got a few, it's like, God, I'm in.

958
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:54,470
Right, before we go any further,
I've got these questions that need

959
00:47:54,470 --> 00:47:54,650
Anna Kettle: answered.

960
00:47:54,650 --> 00:47:55,467
I've got the best.

961
00:47:55,467 --> 00:47:57,480
These are all the things
I don't understand, God.

962
00:47:58,030 --> 00:47:58,480
Matt Edmundson: Yeah.

963
00:47:58,960 --> 00:47:59,729
Yeah, absolutely.

964
00:48:00,979 --> 00:48:02,160
It's going to be fascinating, heaven.

965
00:48:02,500 --> 00:48:03,320
I can't wait to get there.

966
00:48:04,450 --> 00:48:05,430
Still, enjoy living though.

967
00:48:05,859 --> 00:48:06,779
Yeah, yeah.

968
00:48:07,060 --> 00:48:07,169
Anna Kettle: Don't go too

969
00:48:07,380 --> 00:48:07,670
Matt Edmundson: soon.

970
00:48:07,790 --> 00:48:08,770
No, no, not at all.

971
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:13,260
So, uh, what were we talking
about before we sort of got

972
00:48:13,270 --> 00:48:14,320
sidetracked a little bit there?

973
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:14,960
Um.

974
00:48:16,015 --> 00:48:16,725
Pete's Talk.

975
00:48:16,785 --> 00:48:17,715
Pete's Talk, that's right.

976
00:48:17,745 --> 00:48:18,904
And so Pete's Talk.

977
00:48:18,904 --> 00:48:19,735
And Pete's Moustache.

978
00:48:20,115 --> 00:48:21,035
Pete's Moustache.

979
00:48:23,875 --> 00:48:25,865
Uh, Nicola wants a
pillow fight with Peter.

980
00:48:27,815 --> 00:48:31,235
Are we talking Nicola about the Apollo,
uh, the Apollo, the Apostle Peter,

981
00:48:31,235 --> 00:48:34,734
I don't know who the Apollo Peter
is, uh, the Apostle Peter, that's

982
00:48:34,735 --> 00:48:37,454
actually, that's quite a good idea, I
want a pillow fight with, or are you

983
00:48:37,454 --> 00:48:40,774
talking like Pete Farrington and his
moustache, the talk, because we could

984
00:48:40,775 --> 00:48:42,155
probably arrange that ahead of time.

985
00:48:42,490 --> 00:48:43,660
I reckon she's talking about heaven.

986
00:48:43,740 --> 00:48:43,940
I don't know.

987
00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:45,390
Maybe, who knows.

988
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:49,230
Um, so, uh, yeah, what did,
what else did Pete talk about?

989
00:48:49,230 --> 00:48:50,430
He talked about righteousness.

990
00:48:50,779 --> 00:48:55,859
Um, and then he talked about,
um, certainty and where

991
00:48:55,859 --> 00:48:57,180
does insecurity come from?

992
00:48:57,540 --> 00:48:58,869
Anna Kettle: Yeah, that
was interesting, wasn't it?

993
00:48:59,329 --> 00:49:00,644
The whole idea that.

994
00:49:01,595 --> 00:49:05,965
Really, you can have a certain amount
of confidence, like, because you've

995
00:49:05,965 --> 00:49:09,375
done something, like we feel fairly
confident sitting in front of this

996
00:49:09,375 --> 00:49:12,965
camera, but it's because we've done
it lots of times before, and that's

997
00:49:12,975 --> 00:49:15,685
not, that's different, isn't it?

998
00:49:15,715 --> 00:49:19,855
A skill based confidence is finite,
whereas there's a confidence that comes

999
00:49:19,855 --> 00:49:25,775
from God that's like supernatural, that
like goes beyond what you can actually do

1000
00:49:28,315 --> 00:49:28,875
Matt Edmundson: Yeah, super

1001
00:49:28,875 --> 00:49:29,405
Anna Kettle: powerful.

1002
00:49:29,555 --> 00:49:31,695
Yeah, yeah, I found that
really interesting point.

1003
00:49:31,955 --> 00:49:33,125
Matt Edmundson: Yeah, I love that.

1004
00:49:33,125 --> 00:49:36,314
There's a skill based confidence, but
then there's a God based confidence.

1005
00:49:37,035 --> 00:49:39,095
And it's that, again,
that assurance, isn't it?

1006
00:49:39,105 --> 00:49:43,445
That, uh, that it, the words the Bible
uses like assurance and confidence.

1007
00:49:44,835 --> 00:49:48,935
The ability to be right with God,
to know that you are forgiven.

1008
00:49:50,955 --> 00:49:51,355
Yeah.

1009
00:49:51,565 --> 00:49:53,575
I think there's a confidence
that comes with that.

1010
00:49:54,220 --> 00:49:54,750
Hope.

1011
00:49:54,910 --> 00:49:57,810
I think another word for confidence
is hope in a lot of ways, isn't it?

1012
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:04,489
So speaking as a church warden in the
Diocese of Europe in Spain, brilliant

1013
00:50:04,489 --> 00:50:07,779
service and talk, love the banter.

1014
00:50:07,780 --> 00:50:07,820
Very

1015
00:50:07,820 --> 00:50:08,000
Anna Kettle: cool.

1016
00:50:08,189 --> 00:50:10,420
I love the fact that you're
watching from Spain as well.

1017
00:50:10,499 --> 00:50:10,879
Yeah.

1018
00:50:10,890 --> 00:50:11,019
Do

1019
00:50:11,019 --> 00:50:11,780
Matt Edmundson: you speak Spanish?

1020
00:50:12,870 --> 00:50:13,900
Mmm.

1021
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:15,540
Could you do a greeting in Spanish?

1022
00:50:15,650 --> 00:50:15,690
Not

1023
00:50:15,740 --> 00:50:16,430
Anna Kettle: very much.

1024
00:50:16,430 --> 00:50:20,012
I do actually have Spanish relatives.

1025
00:50:20,012 --> 00:50:20,800
Do you?

1026
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:21,750
Oh yeah, with Andy.

1027
00:50:21,750 --> 00:50:24,910
Yeah, my husband's sister
is married to Spanish.

1028
00:50:25,410 --> 00:50:30,280
Guys, so yeah, we have Spanish
cousins in our family, but no, I'm

1029
00:50:30,380 --> 00:50:34,030
the person who's like a bit ignorant,
doesn't really speak any Spanish, so

1030
00:50:34,660 --> 00:50:35,210
Matt Edmundson: yeah.

1031
00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:40,610
If it was French I'd be okay, but Spanish,
I need my wife here to do the Spanish,

1032
00:50:41,030 --> 00:50:43,069
but it's great that you're here, great
that you're joining us from Spain,

1033
00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:44,539
that's what I love about the internet.

1034
00:50:45,110 --> 00:50:48,460
Yeah, I do love that about the internet,
people from all over the world watch it.

1035
00:50:48,470 --> 00:50:51,980
So, uh, well there's no Pontins nowadays.

1036
00:50:51,990 --> 00:50:54,719
So Haven is one of the only
options, I guess, Nicola.

1037
00:50:55,220 --> 00:50:55,700
Oh, when I get to,

1038
00:50:55,700 --> 00:51:00,379
Anna Kettle: sorry,

1039
00:51:00,379 --> 00:51:01,500
Matt Edmundson: I've just
seen that in the comments.

1040
00:51:01,500 --> 00:51:08,030
If you're, if you're not watching
on YouTube, uh, so Nicola put in

1041
00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:10,300
the comments, when we're talking
about the pillar fight with Peter,

1042
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:11,680
she put, when I get to Haven.

1043
00:51:12,355 --> 00:51:16,225
And so as a reply, well, there's
no Pontins nowadays, so Haven

1044
00:51:16,225 --> 00:51:20,305
is one of the only options, I
guess, which is a funny response.

1045
00:51:20,344 --> 00:51:22,955
So, uh, I've loved connecting tonight.

1046
00:51:22,955 --> 00:51:26,555
Where does our journey
through Acts take us next?

1047
00:51:26,855 --> 00:51:28,135
How do we connect again?

1048
00:51:28,395 --> 00:51:32,115
Is there any stuff you do
in the week as a church?

1049
00:51:33,085 --> 00:51:34,951
Dude, has someone prompted
you to ask these questions?

1050
00:51:34,951 --> 00:51:35,090
Yeah,

1051
00:51:35,090 --> 00:51:38,304
Anna Kettle: I was going to say, that's
almost like a planted question, isn't it?

1052
00:51:38,305 --> 00:51:40,225
Like, we didn't pay this guy to say that.

1053
00:51:40,225 --> 00:51:41,855
That's awesome.

1054
00:51:41,855 --> 00:51:42,305
We don't

1055
00:51:42,305 --> 00:51:43,257
Matt Edmundson: have a budget.

1056
00:51:43,257 --> 00:51:44,165
Yeah, that's brilliant.

1057
00:51:44,184 --> 00:51:44,874
I love that.

1058
00:51:44,885 --> 00:51:47,834
In fact, uh, that's, let's just
go through those questions.

1059
00:51:47,835 --> 00:51:50,055
So where do I, where does
our Journey of Acts take us?

1060
00:51:50,304 --> 00:51:51,865
Well, next week, you
and I are hosting again.

1061
00:51:52,095 --> 00:51:52,385
Yeah.

1062
00:51:52,870 --> 00:51:55,950
You know, like, like buses,
you've been away, now you're back.

1063
00:51:56,370 --> 00:51:57,460
Anna Kettle: Now I'm paying my penance.

1064
00:51:57,460 --> 00:51:58,140
Can't, can't

1065
00:51:58,140 --> 00:51:58,620
Matt Edmundson: get rid of you now.

1066
00:51:58,620 --> 00:52:00,730
Now I'm paying my penance.

1067
00:52:00,730 --> 00:52:03,130
Yeah, absolutely.

1068
00:52:03,620 --> 00:52:05,630
Uh, so Anna and I will be back next week.

1069
00:52:05,729 --> 00:52:08,180
Uh, oh, I could tell you who's
doing the talk next week.

1070
00:52:08,350 --> 00:52:10,629
Uh, why don't you chat away
while I figure that out.

1071
00:52:10,630 --> 00:52:12,024
Anna Kettle: There you go.

1072
00:52:12,024 --> 00:52:13,360
Are you practicing your Spanish now?

1073
00:52:13,370 --> 00:52:13,620
Yeah.

1074
00:52:13,620 --> 00:52:14,890
Matt Edmundson: Somebody's
speaking Spanish.

1075
00:52:15,330 --> 00:52:16,560
Oh, on the, on the comment.

1076
00:52:16,850 --> 00:52:20,115
It's not just you just
going, hola, como estas?

1077
00:52:20,115 --> 00:52:20,369
Yeah.

1078
00:52:21,540 --> 00:52:28,350
So, next week we have, uh, oh,
wrong one, it's, yeah, like I say,

1079
00:52:28,350 --> 00:52:30,780
you and I hosting, we have Dan
Orange, that's right, Dan Orange.

1080
00:52:31,060 --> 00:52:31,489
Ah, it's

1081
00:52:31,489 --> 00:52:34,020
Anna Kettle: Dan's first talk next
week, yeah, she'll be super cool,

1082
00:52:34,580 --> 00:52:34,820
Matt Edmundson: yeah.

1083
00:52:34,830 --> 00:52:38,309
So Dan is one of the regular hosts
on Crowd, and when I came to the

1084
00:52:38,309 --> 00:52:40,200
building, because where the studio is.

1085
00:52:41,025 --> 00:52:44,725
I couldn't get into it because Dan was
already here, his van was outside and

1086
00:52:44,725 --> 00:52:46,485
he'd locked the door from the inside.

1087
00:52:46,545 --> 00:52:48,032
He'd locked you out of your own building.

1088
00:52:48,032 --> 00:52:50,385
He'd locked me out of my
own building, little tyke.

1089
00:52:50,845 --> 00:52:54,385
And so, he was recording the talk,
because he's a little bit behind,

1090
00:52:54,385 --> 00:52:57,105
bless him, but he did record
the talk today for next week.

1091
00:52:57,915 --> 00:52:59,265
So he's carrying on with Acts.

1092
00:52:59,265 --> 00:53:02,785
He's one of the hosts normally, but we've
let him loose and he's going to do a talk,

1093
00:53:02,785 --> 00:53:04,835
so we're going to sit in judgment of Dan.

1094
00:53:04,845 --> 00:53:06,385
I mean, we were talking
about judgment earlier on.

1095
00:53:06,385 --> 00:53:07,925
We're going to sit and judge Dan's talk

1096
00:53:07,925 --> 00:53:08,175
Anna Kettle: now, aren't we?

1097
00:53:08,235 --> 00:53:09,674
Oh, I'm sure it'll be great, Dan.

1098
00:53:12,325 --> 00:53:12,955
Matt Edmundson: We'll find out.

1099
00:53:12,985 --> 00:53:13,884
Dun, dun, dun.

1100
00:53:13,884 --> 00:53:16,815
Join us next week as we judge Dan's talk.

1101
00:53:17,385 --> 00:53:19,315
Um, so yeah, that's where
it takes us next week.

1102
00:53:19,325 --> 00:53:23,775
We've got about five more
weeks left in the book of Acts.

1103
00:53:24,700 --> 00:53:26,710
So, we are coming to the end, finally.

1104
00:53:27,140 --> 00:53:29,490
Uh, I mean, we talked about how
we've been doing this for years.

1105
00:53:29,730 --> 00:53:31,170
It's been over a year, I think, now.

1106
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:31,880
I think it's been,

1107
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:33,719
Anna Kettle: yeah, it feels like a long

1108
00:53:33,720 --> 00:53:34,150
Matt Edmundson: time.

1109
00:53:34,390 --> 00:53:37,670
We've been, no one anticipated it being
this long when we started out in Acts.

1110
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:39,989
Anna Kettle: No, there's just,
it's quite a long book, isn't

1111
00:53:39,989 --> 00:53:40,139
Matt Edmundson: it?

1112
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:42,449
There's a lot in there, so, um.

1113
00:53:42,450 --> 00:53:43,110
Lots of talks in Acts.

1114
00:53:43,110 --> 00:53:44,110
Yeah, lots of talks in Acts.

1115
00:53:44,110 --> 00:53:47,340
So, we've got about five more
weeks left in the book of Acts.

1116
00:53:47,350 --> 00:53:50,370
Then we are starting a
brand new series called

1117
00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:52,880
Anna Kettle: I can't remember.

1118
00:53:55,090 --> 00:53:56,220
I can't remember what it's called.

1119
00:53:56,220 --> 00:54:00,340
He told me just before,
but we're so slick tonight.

1120
00:54:00,410 --> 00:54:03,899
Like Matt's like Googling on
his phone what he's speaking

1121
00:54:03,899 --> 00:54:05,383
next week and I can't remember.

1122
00:54:05,383 --> 00:54:06,729
Matt Edmundson: Yeah, you can't remember.

1123
00:54:06,729 --> 00:54:10,409
So we are starting a brand new
series called Becoming Whole.

1124
00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:11,120
Uh,

1125
00:54:12,270 --> 00:54:13,570
Anna Kettle: Becoming Whole.

1126
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:17,245
That was what I was meant to say.

1127
00:54:17,245 --> 00:54:21,630
Matt Edmundson: Oh, you can tell
she's been away for a little while.

1128
00:54:21,790 --> 00:54:22,580
Just key information.

1129
00:54:22,920 --> 00:54:23,569
Yeah, let's

1130
00:54:23,569 --> 00:54:25,699
Anna Kettle: not pretend
it was slick before we went

1131
00:54:25,699 --> 00:54:26,169
Matt Edmundson: away.

1132
00:54:26,170 --> 00:54:28,029
To the height of
professionalism is what we are.

1133
00:54:28,689 --> 00:54:30,150
So yes, Becoming Whole.

1134
00:54:30,170 --> 00:54:34,290
We are starting that whole conversation
about, uh, what it means to be whole, to

1135
00:54:34,300 --> 00:54:35,980
be fulfilled and all that sort of stuff.

1136
00:54:36,510 --> 00:54:39,379
Um, and we are looking at five.

1137
00:54:39,930 --> 00:54:44,800
Key areas of wholeness that scripture
talks about, um, I will do the talk.

1138
00:54:45,975 --> 00:54:52,015
On the 18th of Feb, I'm doing that talk,
introducing the series, um, so yeah, we've

1139
00:54:52,015 --> 00:54:53,385
got a whole bunch of stuff planned there.

1140
00:54:53,385 --> 00:54:56,185
I don't know how, it's probably going
to be a series, which lasts 10 months

1141
00:54:56,215 --> 00:54:59,554
because we never do anything that lasts
us a few weeks, let's just be real.

1142
00:55:00,775 --> 00:55:04,675
But if it lasts 8 be about half
the length of our Axe series.

1143
00:55:04,675 --> 00:55:05,095
Anna Kettle: Yeah.

1144
00:55:05,535 --> 00:55:08,945
And it's going to cover lots of
ground, isn't it, like spiritual

1145
00:55:08,945 --> 00:55:11,701
wholeness, physical wholeness, mental,

1146
00:55:11,701 --> 00:55:13,339
Matt Edmundson: emotional, yeah.

1147
00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:15,650
We're going to get into
that, relationships, money,

1148
00:55:16,110 --> 00:55:17,416
Anna Kettle: yeah, it's going to cover

1149
00:55:17,416 --> 00:55:19,500
Matt Edmundson: a lot of stuff, yeah,
we're going to get into a whole bunch

1150
00:55:19,500 --> 00:55:21,630
of stuff, yeah, it's going to be good,
uh, from the point of home, so it's

1151
00:55:21,790 --> 00:55:23,689
going to be great, I'm really looking
forward to it actually, really, really

1152
00:55:23,689 --> 00:55:27,610
looking forward to it, so do join us for
that, do make sure you're subscribed,

1153
00:55:27,610 --> 00:55:30,249
whether you're watching YouTube, on
Facebook, you can subscribe, you can

1154
00:55:30,250 --> 00:55:31,783
like, but the best thing to do, Bye.

1155
00:55:31,783 --> 00:55:31,964
Bye.

1156
00:55:32,555 --> 00:55:34,135
Uh, I'm looking for the button.

1157
00:55:34,165 --> 00:55:34,555
There it is.

1158
00:55:34,855 --> 00:55:38,914
The best thing to do is to
head to the website, crowd.

1159
00:55:38,915 --> 00:55:40,155
church, www.

1160
00:55:40,195 --> 00:55:40,405
crowd.

1161
00:55:40,595 --> 00:55:40,875
church.

1162
00:55:40,875 --> 00:55:44,724
Just put your name and email in on the
form, uh, to subscribe to the newsletter.

1163
00:55:44,724 --> 00:55:47,165
And every week we just send
out a little note saying, this

1164
00:55:47,165 --> 00:55:48,134
is what we're talking about.

1165
00:55:48,195 --> 00:55:49,564
These are the notes from last week.

1166
00:55:49,965 --> 00:55:51,965
And we just email you
once a week with that.

1167
00:55:52,485 --> 00:55:54,295
Um, so that's how you can connect again.

1168
00:55:54,305 --> 00:55:56,055
Best way to do is to
sign up on the website.

1169
00:55:56,145 --> 00:56:01,314
Uh, and is there any stuff
you do in the week as church?

1170
00:56:01,315 --> 00:56:01,379
Yeah.

1171
00:56:01,700 --> 00:56:02,540
Yes, there is.

1172
00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:04,973
Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.

1173
00:56:04,973 --> 00:56:07,350
Uh, we should probably tell them what
it is and just go, yes, that's it.

1174
00:56:07,580 --> 00:56:07,700
Yes.

1175
00:56:07,700 --> 00:56:09,480
I'll just end it right there.

1176
00:56:09,480 --> 00:56:09,722
Matt,

1177
00:56:09,722 --> 00:56:11,360
Anna Kettle: you usually
don't say, you go ahead.

1178
00:56:11,950 --> 00:56:15,510
Matt Edmundson: Yeah, so, uh, normally
what happens is we have Zoom groups.

1179
00:56:15,620 --> 00:56:19,009
Uh, so, if you want to join one
of the Zoom groups, catch up with

1180
00:56:19,009 --> 00:56:21,900
folks, um, then come join us on Zoom.

1181
00:56:22,450 --> 00:56:24,570
You are more than welcome to do that.

1182
00:56:24,680 --> 00:56:28,240
Uh, we tend to meet on
Wednesdays, uh, midweek.

1183
00:56:28,260 --> 00:56:30,509
So, around 8pm here in the UK.

1184
00:56:30,995 --> 00:56:34,035
Uh, but depending on where you are in the
world, it may be that we can do different

1185
00:56:34,035 --> 00:56:37,365
times if that's helpful, but we do like
to catch up on Zoom, we just talk about

1186
00:56:37,365 --> 00:56:40,895
the talk, a bit like what we've done
tonight really, um, pray for each other,

1187
00:56:40,895 --> 00:56:44,215
answer any questions, pretty chill, but
it's always nice to be in community, so

1188
00:56:44,225 --> 00:56:46,115
do come join us for that if you'd like to.

1189
00:56:46,405 --> 00:56:50,064
If you want to know more about those,
just reach us through the website, www.

1190
00:56:50,115 --> 00:56:50,375
crowd.

1191
00:56:50,495 --> 00:56:52,695
church, or you can message
us on social media.

1192
00:56:53,165 --> 00:56:56,345
And we will happily send uh, the
information, the Zoom links and

1193
00:56:56,345 --> 00:56:57,605
all that sort of stuff to you.

1194
00:56:57,845 --> 00:56:59,285
Uh, so yeah, feel free to join.

1195
00:56:59,285 --> 00:57:01,565
So hopefully that's
answered that question.

1196
00:57:02,255 --> 00:57:03,005
Uh, so yeah.

1197
00:57:03,005 --> 00:57:04,385
Is there anything else from you?

1198
00:57:05,075 --> 00:57:05,795
I don't think so.

1199
00:57:06,425 --> 00:57:06,635
No.

1200
00:57:06,995 --> 00:57:07,295
No.

1201
00:57:07,565 --> 00:57:08,615
I'm looking forward to next week.

1202
00:57:08,615 --> 00:57:09,605
This week's been awesome.

1203
00:57:09,605 --> 00:57:10,445
I'm really enjoyed that.

1204
00:57:10,505 --> 00:57:11,405
Yeah, it's been fun to be back.

1205
00:57:11,735 --> 00:57:12,065
It's fun.

1206
00:57:12,065 --> 00:57:13,415
It's fun to have you back.

1207
00:57:14,465 --> 00:57:15,545
the new you, the new do.

1208
00:57:15,545 --> 00:57:16,265
It's great.

1209
00:57:18,745 --> 00:57:19,845
Listen, that's it for me.

1210
00:57:19,845 --> 00:57:20,635
That's it from Anna.

1211
00:57:20,635 --> 00:57:22,315
Thank you so much for joining us, folks.

1212
00:57:22,375 --> 00:57:24,315
Have a fantastic week
wherever you are in the world.

1213
00:57:25,335 --> 00:57:27,174
Bamsam, I'll try this again next week.

1214
00:57:27,175 --> 00:57:28,115
Yeah, come join me and Anna.

1215
00:57:28,175 --> 00:57:28,565
Why not?

1216
00:57:28,684 --> 00:57:29,145
Be with us.

1217
00:57:29,554 --> 00:57:31,945
Andy, have an awesome week.

1218
00:57:32,205 --> 00:57:32,855
Keith and Peter.

1219
00:57:33,275 --> 00:57:34,385
Hola, como estas?

1220
00:57:34,414 --> 00:57:35,325
Oh, that's where you got it from.

1221
00:57:35,335 --> 00:57:35,845
Yeah.

1222
00:57:36,215 --> 00:57:39,344
Sorry, I've not been reading the
comments as much as I probably should do.

1223
00:57:39,345 --> 00:57:41,895
But yeah, have a fantastic week
wherever you are in the world.

1224
00:57:41,895 --> 00:57:43,604
It's been great to be with you.

1225
00:57:43,604 --> 00:57:44,455
Thank you for joining us.

1226
00:57:44,455 --> 00:57:45,474
Do come join us next week.

1227
00:57:46,660 --> 00:57:48,190
I think I just need to.

1228
00:57:49,640 --> 00:57:50,190
Oh, there we go.

1229
00:57:50,190 --> 00:57:50,980
That's the button I need.

1230
00:57:52,450 --> 00:57:53,100
Slick again.

1231
00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:53,980
Slick again.

1232
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:54,960
All right.

1233
00:57:54,970 --> 00:57:55,570
Bless you guys.

1234
00:57:55,640 --> 00:57:56,260
Have a great week.

1235
00:57:56,479 --> 00:57:56,900
Have a great week.

1236
00:57:57,099 --> 00:57:57,320
Bye for now.

1237
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:03,220
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1238
00:58:03,570 --> 00:58:08,480
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1239
00:58:08,480 --> 00:58:14,490
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1240
00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:18,470
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1241
00:58:18,710 --> 00:58:25,875
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1242
00:58:25,875 --> 00:58:31,064
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1243
00:58:31,064 --> 00:58:35,755
the message that Jesus really does
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1244
00:58:35,825 --> 00:58:37,205
and purposeful life.

1245
00:58:37,565 --> 00:58:43,735
So if you haven't done so already,
be sure to check out our website www.

1246
00:58:43,805 --> 00:58:44,165
crowd.

1247
00:58:44,475 --> 00:58:49,084
church where you can learn more
about us as a church, more about

1248
00:58:49,095 --> 00:58:54,084
the Christian faith and also how to
connect into our church community.

1249
00:58:54,805 --> 00:59:00,135
It has been Awesome to connect
with you and you are awesome.

1250
00:59:00,275 --> 00:59:05,325
It's just a burden you have to bear
and hopefully we'll see you next time.

1251
00:59:05,505 --> 00:59:06,265
That's it from us.

1252
00:59:06,395 --> 00:59:07,115
God bless you.

1253
00:59:07,755 --> 00:59:08,225
Bye for now.