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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.46,0:00:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Call of Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.47,0:00:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to lesson 18\N"The Book of the Apostles".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.82,0:00:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love talking about the Book of the Apostles,\Nthe Book of Acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.24,0:00:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we see in the New Testament.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.14,0:00:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we have the Bible,\Nthe Old Testament, the New Testament.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.66,0:00:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the New Testament \Nwe start with the four gospels:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.82,0:00:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.\NAmazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.42,0:00:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those four gospels we read about Jesus,\Nhow He walked around here on earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.59,0:00:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All four gospels end up with Jesus dying \Nand how He rose up again.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.32,0:00:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, after the four gospels\Nwe have the Book of Acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.96,0:00:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Book of the Apostles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.61,0:00:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a very special book
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.61,0:00:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Book of the Apostles\Nis the only historical book
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.47,0:00:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have from the early church,\Nhere in the Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.34,0:01:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we read about how they\Nwere living the life of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.42,0:01:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they obeyed the call of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.74,0:01:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are now living after the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.34,0:01:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are now living in an amazing time\Nthat was prophesied about,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.54,0:01:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many, many, many years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.06,0:01:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Jesus was hanging on the cross,\NHe said: "It is finished!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.22,0:01:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is finished?\NWhat was finished?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.38,0:01:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or what has begun?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.45,0:01:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The old thing was finished\Nand something new has begun.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.76,0:01:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We, when you understand it,\Nwe are living in an amazing time today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.80,0:01:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a time that was prophesied about\Nmany hundreds years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.59,0:01:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, Ezekiel and Jeremiah,\N400 years BC prophesied about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.01,0:01:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the time we today are living in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.21,0:02:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ezekiel prophesied this \Nin Ezekiel 11:19-20:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.55,0:02:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will give them an undivided heart\Nand put a spirit in them;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.84,0:02:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will remove from them their heart\Nof stone and give them a heart of flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.02,0:02:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they will follow My decrees \Nand be careful to keep My laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.21,0:02:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will be My people,\Nand I will be their God."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.45,0:02:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to these words.\NThese words Ezekiel prophesied
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.70,0:02:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,400 years BC is something we today\Nare living in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.10,0:02:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the time Jesus was walking on earth,\Nin Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.94,0:02:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they did not experience it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.46,0:02:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because they were still\Nbefore the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.49,0:02:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Jesus walked on earth\NHe could not give them the new spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.62,0:02:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ezekiel prophesied about.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.00,0:02:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after He ascended to Heaven,\NHe sent His Holy Spirit down here,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.94,0:02:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are living in this exciting time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.99,0:03:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We, in Christ, can be forgiven,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.66,0:03:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we, in Christ, can get a relationship \Nwith God where we can know Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.76,0:03:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Old Testament it was only\Nfor a few.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.32,0:03:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was only for the prophets \Nand a few selected people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.12,0:03:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, in the time we are living in,\NGod will pour out His Spirit on all flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.96,0:03:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last time we looked at religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.31,0:03:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Religion tries to change a person and \Nmake a person looks nice outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.57,0:03:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Jesus is giving a new heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.82,0:03:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is putting a new spirit in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.26,0:03:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is doing what we have just\Nread about.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.01,0:03:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one thing I really love about\Nthe Book of Acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.87,0:03:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Book of Acts we see this\Nbeing fulfilled.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.06,0:03:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see in the Book of Acts\Nhow the early church, after the cross,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.77,0:03:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was preaching the gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.82,0:04:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also see how they responded\Nto the gospel they have heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.67,0:04:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also see how they got born again.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.45,0:04:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Book of Acts gives a lot of examples,\Npictures of how the early church
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.76,0:04:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was obeying Christ, \Nhow the believers were obeying Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.67,0:04:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they actually went out in that harvest\Nthat was ready,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.76,0:04:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they found that person of peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.77,0:04:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, Acts 10, \Nwith Peter and Cornelius,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.22,0:04:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Acts 16, with Paul and Lydia.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.66,0:04:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are clear, clear examples\Nin the Book of Acts
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.21,0:04:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they continued the work of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.91,0:04:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Book of Acts is like a mirror where \Nwe see how the early church was living,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.99,0:04:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they obeyed Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.46,0:04:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is like a diary.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.69,0:04:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a time in my life\Nwhere I looked at my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.69,0:05:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was a Christian,\NI loved Jesus, and I was radical,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.81,0:05:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went to church, \Nand I did a lot of good things there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.99,0:05:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I started to see \Nthe Book of Acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.21,0:05:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my life did not, at all,\Nlooked like the Book of Acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.04,0:05:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dressed up every Sunday,\NI went to church,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.55,0:05:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was even doing a few preaching\Nin the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.00,0:05:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was helping in the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.04,0:05:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was not led by the Holy Spirit\Nlike we read here,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.22,0:05:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not lead people to Christ,\Nlike we read here,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.71,0:05:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not baptize people in water and\NHoly Spirit, like we read here,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.68,0:05:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not cast out demons and heal the sick,\Nlike we read here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.49,0:05:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I had religion in one hand\Nand I had the life in the other hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.89,0:05:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was a mistake somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.17,0:05:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe the mistake is not found\Nin the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.52,0:05:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mistake is found in our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.71,0:05:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I needed to change something.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.19,0:05:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed to change something,\Nand I did it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.80,0:05:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I changed something in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.66,0:06:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, my life looks so much more\Nlike what we read here, in the Book of Acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.71,0:06:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things I needed to change\Nwas obedience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.79,0:06:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need obedience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.77,0:06:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faith is obedience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.84,0:06:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have faith\Nif you don't have obedience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.84,0:06:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Try to imagine if I'm standing\Nin the middle of a road here
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.31,0:06:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is a truck coming \Nfrom a side, and I don't see the truck.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.42,0:06:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truck is coming in full speed\Ntowards me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.41,0:06:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are standing there,\Non the side road,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.79,0:06:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see the truck and you shout:\NTorben! Move! Move! A truck is coming!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.21,0:06:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I look at you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.82,0:06:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.06,0:06:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe you are real.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.57,0:06:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe you exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.02,0:06:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe in your words.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.54,0:06:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And stand still.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.56,0:06:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it doesn't make sense. \NWhy?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.26,0:06:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if I believe in you,\Nin your words,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.84,0:06:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will move.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.34,0:07:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will not be able to believe\Nwhat you are saying and stand still.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.51,0:07:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, only if I want to die.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.58,0:07:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if I want to survive,\Nand I believe in you -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.46,0:07:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to move.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.71,0:07:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because to have faith in you\Nis not to have faith that you are real,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.35,0:07:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you walk on earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.77,0:07:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. I have to have faith in your words.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.68,0:07:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, to believe in Christ is not only\Nto believe that He one time lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.81,0:07:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is to believe Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.04,0:07:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believe His words.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.02,0:07:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we believe His words\Nwe move.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.95,0:07:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We obey His words.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.58,0:07:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the only way we can, actually,\Nshow that we believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.21,0:07:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faith without obedience is dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.99,0:07:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's so clear. I want to read\Nthe following from the book of James.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.73,0:07:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you read these words here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.59,0:07:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's so important to understand that\Nwhen we talk about works,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.10,0:08:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not talking about works of the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.26,0:08:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not about trying to earn\Nour salvation, because we cannot.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.68,0:08:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not about trying to obey the law
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.20,0:08:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we obey so good that we are saved. \NNo.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.52,0:08:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not talking about works by the law,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.53,0:08:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's talking about obedience /\Nworks by faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.29,0:08:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what we need.\NJames 2:14-26:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.75,0:08:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What good is it, my brothers and sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.74,0:08:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if someone claims to have faith\Nbut not have deeds
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.50,0:08:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(or works, or obedience)?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.49,0:08:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can such faith save them?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.94,0:08:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suppose a brother or sister is \Nwithout clothes and daily food.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.22,0:08:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If one of you say to them,\N'Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,'
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.95,0:08:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but does nothing about the physical needs, \Nwhat good is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.12,0:09:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the same way, faith by itself, \Nif it is not accomplished by action
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.99,0:09:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(or obedience), is dead. \NBut someone will say,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.52,0:09:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'You have faith, and I have deeds.'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.67,0:09:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me then your faith without deeds,\Nand I will show you my faith by my deeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.89,0:09:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You believe that there is one God. \NGood!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.30,0:09:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the demons believe that -\Nand shudder.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.11,0:09:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You foolish person, do you want evidence\Nthat faith without deeds is useless?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.14,0:09:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was not our father Abraham considered\Nrighteous for what he did
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.86,0:09:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he offered his son Isaac\Non the altar?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.91,0:09:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see that his faith and his actions \Nwere working together,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.37,0:09:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his faith was made complete\Nby what he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.24,0:09:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the scripture was fulfilled that says,\N'Abraham believed God,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.22,0:09:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was credited him to righteousness,'\Nand he was called God's friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.44,0:10:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see that a person is considered righteous \Nby what he does and not by faith alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.04,0:10:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the same way, was not even Rahab \Nthe prostitute considered righteous
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.50,0:10:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what she did \Nwhen she gave lodging to the spies
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.54,0:10:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sent them off in a different direction?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.32,0:10:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the body without the spirit is dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.29,0:10:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so faith without (obedience, works)\Ndeeds is dead."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.27,0:10:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were not my words.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.67,0:10:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.74,0:10:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faith without obedience (works)\Nis dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.16,0:10:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faith alone is dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.44,0:10:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not talking about \Nfaith + works by the law,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.32,0:10:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we are talking about real faith\Nthat leads to obedience.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.02,0:10:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you believe in Jesus,\Nand Jesus says: "A truck is coming! Move!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.27,0:11:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- then you move.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.11,0:11:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Unless you want to die,\Nthen you move.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.59,0:11:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now Jesus doesn't just say:\N"A truck is coming!"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.98,0:11:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said many other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.11,0:11:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we read here\Nwe need to obey.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.19,0:11:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we start to obey\Nthe call of Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.67,0:11:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start to step out\Non His words,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.07,0:11:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our life is going to look like\Nthe Book of Acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.56,0:11:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because Jesus is the same\Nyesterday, today and forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.37,0:11:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you don't obey Jesus' words,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.63,0:11:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't have true, biblical faith\Nin Christ, and therefore don't obey,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.23,0:11:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course your life will look like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.69,0:11:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the Book of Acts \Nwill be like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.77,0:11:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, take some time and really\Ngo through the Book of Acts
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.81,0:11:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see their life, how they obeyed\Nthe call of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.21,0:11:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See how they were preaching\Nrepentance, baptism in water
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.88,0:11:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and baptism with the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.79,0:11:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as we said last time,\Nyou don't see a sinner's prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.74,0:12:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of the things we do today\Nin the churches
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.34,0:12:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't see in the Book of Acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.23,0:12:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of those things we do today\Nin the churches
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.88,0:12:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't see in the Book of Acts,\Nand sadly,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.54,0:12:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many things that were done\Nin the Book of Acts
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.22,0:12:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many don't see in the churches.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.79,0:12:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, there is a reason\NGod gave us the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.24,0:12:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's not our religion\Nthat is the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.09,0:12:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.27,0:12:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I encourage you,\Nkeep it simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.36,0:12:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have religion in one hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.79,0:12:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have the Book of Acts\Nin the other hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.25,0:12:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is correct?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.32,0:12:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't build on your own experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.80,0:12:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Experience can change over night.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.70,0:12:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to obey this.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.70,0:12:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until now we have been talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.16,0:12:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the harvest is great
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.65,0:12:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how the workers are few
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.14,0:12:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we need to be sent out
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.63,0:12:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as sheep among wolves.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.12,0:12:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's persecution out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.99,0:13:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we see in the Book of Acts?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.80,0:13:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see that the harvest is great.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.76,0:13:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also see that there is a few workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.72,0:13:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We even see how God used persecution\None time to get the sheep out among wolves.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.61,0:13:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we see that when they are out there,\Namong the wolves,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.26,0:13:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they experience persecution.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.96,0:13:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They paid a price, and it was not easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.87,0:13:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul experience stoning and \Nmany other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.67,0:13:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was thrown into jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.95,0:13:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he could also testify \Nthat Christ was with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.34,0:13:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he went out there\NChrist was with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.76,0:13:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we see?\NWhat have we been looking at?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.36,0:13:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have been looking at how\Nyou find the person of peace,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.47,0:13:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how, when you find that\Nperson, as Jesus said,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.89,0:13:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you go to their house and you sit,\Nand eat and drink what they serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.97,0:13:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you there heal the sick\Nand preach the gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.43,0:13:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And stay there.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.38,0:13:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what we see \Nin the Book of Acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.24,0:13:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Book of Acts is a confirmation\Nof the call Jesus gave us in Luke 10.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.17,0:14:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't see fine, nice churches\Nand programs in the Book of Acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.77,0:14:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like we do often today.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.21,0:14:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see raw and real life,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.72,0:14:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spirit of Christ \Nworking in His body.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.58,0:14:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what we need to do.\NThis is what we need to obey.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.14,0:14:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next time we are going to continue\Nand look at the gospel,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.18,0:14:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want to start here \Nwith the Book of Acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.85,0:14:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Book of Acts is where\Nwe really see how they were preaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.17,0:14:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Book of Acts is where we really see\Nhow they responded to the preaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.37,0:14:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Book of Acts is where we really see\Nthe biblical life,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.40,0:14:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like how they got born again\Nand all of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.39,0:14:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, next time, I'm going to use\Nmore time
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.61,0:14:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we are going to look at the gospel\Nof the Kingdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.73,0:15:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I will give you the big picture,\Nfrom the beginning to the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.36,0:15:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what people need to do \Nto be born again.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.62,0:15:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what you are going to see,\Nwhen we show the big picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.29,0:15:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what people need to be born again
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.79,0:15:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe goes against \Nwhat you have been told,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.61,0:15:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe goes against \Nyour church tradition.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.94,0:15:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadly, I think it does,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.21,0:15:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we have come so far away\Nfrom the Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.77,0:15:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it will not go against \Nwhat we read in the Book of Acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.12,0:15:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I took the time\Nin this video
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.69,0:15:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really focus on the Book of Acts\Nand what that life was all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.27,0:15:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And start, until the next time,\Njust read through the Book of Acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.52,0:15:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then see if that fits \Nwith your life today.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.99,0:15:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It should be like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.91,0:15:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God bless you,\Nand see you next time
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.39,0:15:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we are going to continue\Nlooking at the gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.85,0:15:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bye-bye!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.31,0:15:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Call of Jesus