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This is Living Waters of Grace, 
the teaching ministry of Clark 

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Wofford, senior pastor of 
Calvary Chapel of Westmoreland, 

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County of Greensburg, PA. 
Now here's Pastor Clark as he 

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continues teaching through God's
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Who am I not to forgive other 
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It goes hand in hand. 
We're to be reconciled to God, 

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but to be reconciled to one 
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And for the life of me, I don't 
understand how we as human 

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beings, probably because we're 
just still sinners and we were 

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screwed up at times and fallen 
or whatever, messed up in our 

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heads that someone does 
something to you that hurts you 

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or wounds you or upsets you or 
betrays you. 

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And then you want to cop an 
attitude. 

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You want to get bitter and you 
want to get angry. 

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And I'm not going to forgive 
them because they don't forgive 

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me. 
When someone causes you pain, 

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whether it's physical or 
emotional, it's pretty common to

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feel that urge to retaliate. 
Having to forgive someone isn't 

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quite as simple as it seems, but
have you ever thought about how 

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your Creator chose to forgive 
you by allowing His only Son to 

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suffer on your behalf? 
Today, Pastor Clark invites you 

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to open your heart to the power 
of forgiveness. 

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God decided to reach out and 
mend things with you because of 

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his deep love for you. 
Can you do the same with others 

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now? 
Here's Pastor Clark in the book 

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of Acts Chapter 13 with today's 
edition of Living Waters of 

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Grace. 
The focus of these things that 

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we're looking at here are 
emphasizing what God's done, the

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focus on what God does. 11 times
that God chose the fathers, He 

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made the people great. 
He led them out of Egypt. 

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He put up with them in the 
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He destined 7 nations in the 
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Canaan. 
He gave them land as an 

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inheritance. 
God gave them judges, he gave 

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them Saul, he raised up David. 
God brought Israel a savior 

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Jesus as he promised, and a 
prophet John who said he wasn't 

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worthy. 
This remarkable. 

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And so we continue in verse 26, 
men and brethren, this is Paul 

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again preaching sons of the 
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They were proud that they were 
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And you remember what Paul said,
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stones to give praise to God. 
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sense or entitlement of being a 
child of Abraham. 

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It didn't automatically 
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you believed so. 
There was really no distinction 

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between a Jewish person and a 
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He came first to his own. 
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him not, but his picture in his 
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savior for the whole world and 
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sons of the family of Abraham 
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God, this is the Gentiles to 
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The word of this salvation has 
been sent for those who dwell in

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Jerusalem, and their rulers, 
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nor even the voices of the 
prophets which are read every 

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Sabbath, have fulfilled them in 
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And through and though they 
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they asked Pilate that he should
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Now when they had fulfilled all 
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they took him down from the tree
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But God raised him from the 
dead, and he was seen by many as

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he was seen for many days by 
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Galilee to Jerusalem, who are 
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So the ignorance of the nation 
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law and the prophets every 
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Why was it that they couldn't 
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That's the mystery. 
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That's the mystery. 
You can be here today hearing 

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the Word and maybe half hearing 
it, or your mind's wandering, or

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maybe you're here and I don't 
have a clue what this guy's 

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talking about. 
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And there are people like that 
every Sunday in churches all 

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around the world that can be in 
a building and hearing the 

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truth, but they're really not 
hearing it unless God gives us 

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ears to hear and eyes to see, 
right? 

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That's the mystery. 
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work of the Holy Spirit. 
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of the issues that Israel had 
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world king and all this majesty 
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He came as a humble servant. 
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Philippians 2, He made himself 
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He didn't have horns and 
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greatness and His deity and that
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flesh, the one that they were to
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He came humble and just did His 
ministry, and many did follow 

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and believe and become saved, 
but the majority of people 

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didn't. 
And to this day the Bible says 

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that the road that leads the 
life is narrow and few there 

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aren't find it. 
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destruction is broad and many 
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And so they were so compelled 
against His message that they 

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felt it was their responsibility
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And so they asked Pilate in 
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to death. 
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things, this religious tradition
that these people were so 

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enamored by and so into, they, 
they thought they were 

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righteous. 
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they were right, righteous. 
I mean, there's churches today, 

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guys, and some of you have come 
from them guys and gals that 

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you, you know, you look back, 
you say, I never heard anything 

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like this. 
I heard try to be good, do 

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better, you know, every week and
a guilt trip, you know, and I'd 

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come and I know like I'm failing
and this just isn't working. 

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And that's what stopped me from 
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I just this is just impossible. 
This does not make sense. 

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Who can live this way because I 
was compelled to live away 

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opposite of what the Bible 
teaches because of my sin. 

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It tells us a little bit about 
our condition as Paul's 

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preaching this gospel. 
Keep in mind that the book of 

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Romans wasn't written yet, but 
it would be written based upon 

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these texts in this context of 
what he's preaching about in the

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book of the Acts in Romans 
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Many of you familiar with this, 
but I want to read it for those 

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of you who may not be familiar 
with it, It tells us in verse 

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21. 
But now the righteousness of God

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apart from the law is revealed, 
being witnessed by the law and 

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the prophets, even the 
righteousness of God through 

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faith in Jesus Christ to all and
all who will believe. 

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So that's taken basically right 
from what he's preaching in Acts

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right now, that no one, 
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justified by following the 10 
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It's not that we disrespect the 
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they're valid. 
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breaking the law and we all know
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But every one of us have broken 
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Every one of us. 
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them as people who were 
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be perfect, that they cannot be 
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And he said it's through faith 
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justified to all and all who 
believe, for there is no 

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difference for all of sin and 
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God. 
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including yourself, have fallen 
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We have not met his perfect 
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So the whole world is guilty 
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And then he says we're the good 
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We're being justified freely by 
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redemption. 
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So there's no payment. 
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have to do. 
There's nothing we could do good

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enough to to save ourselves. 
This is completely a gift of God

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for each of us who would receive
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Now we get it because we've 
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Maybe you're here today and 
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So the good news is you can 
receive this gift of being saved

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by his grace from your sin. 
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guilt or regret or feeling 
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But God accepts you as you are, 
a Sinner, which we all are, but 

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a Sinner who needs either to be 
saved by grace or judged one day

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because they refused to come to 
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And so it says that God set 
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sacrifice by his blood through 
faith to demonstrate His 

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righteousness. 
Because of his forbearance, God 

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has passed over the sins that 
were previously committed to 

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demonstrate at the present time 
as righteousness that He might 

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be just and a justifier, the one
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So the law is God's righteous 
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100% adherence and obedience, 
which is impossible for any of 

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us to do, to be accepted by God 
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righteousness. 
And so Paul's message was a new 

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message to all these people. 
They had never heard this in the

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synagogue ever. 
And maybe some of you have never

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heard this either. 
I don't know, but today this is 

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not being proclaimed in most 
places that call themselves 

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churches. 
Someone told me a little earlier

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today, it's better to be in a 
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you feel good. 
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person said, well, can we have 
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Yeah, we can. 
If we hear the word and we do it

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and we listen and we follow on, 
we believe, you know, God bless 

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us, doesn't he? 
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accepts us in because of Jesus. 
He changes our lives and we also

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see others this way. 
If God has been so good to me to

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reconcile me to himself and 
forgive me all my sins, who am I

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not to forgive other people of 
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It goes hand in hand. 
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but to be reconciled to one 
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And for the life of me, I don't 
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beings, probably because we're 
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screwed up at times and fallen 
or whatever, messed up in our 

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heads that someone does 
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You want to get bitter and you 
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me. 
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invalidate not from our 
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from our relation point of view,
the power of the gospel that can

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make us in love with one another
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what. 
Forgiving 70 * 7 getting over 

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stuff that bothers us and not 
letting it like mess with our, 

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our calm, the peace of God. 
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of living, this love, this way 
of living, people will know 

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you're my disciples, right? 
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know we belong to the Lord isn't
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But how do we love each other? 
That's the most important thing,

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isn't it? 
How do we love each other? 

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How do we forgive each other? 
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truth, I think in Ephesians 432 
it says be kind, tender hearted,

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forgiving one another, even as 
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forgiven you. 
So when I think about all that 

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the Lord has done to forgive me,
who am I to not forgive other 

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people? 
This word justified means to 

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have our sins forgiven in such a
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That's God's honor and His 
Holiness and integrity are 

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presented and preserved by it. 
God doesn't ignore our sins. 

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He didn't say, oh, I forgive 
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about it. 
But he does in a way when he 

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puts our sin on Jesus Christ, he
says, Clark, don't worry about 

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what you've done in the sins 
you've committed, because I've 

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forgiven you through the 
perfection of the one who lived 

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the law 100%, who shed his blood
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And my wrath and my anger that 
really should be poured out upon

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you was placed on my son Jesus 
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Isn't that awesome? 
He accepts us and forgives us 

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because of what Jesus has done 
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God's justice is an attribute. 
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He says without holiness, no man
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It's not your holiness that 
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It tells us in Ephesians that 
we're accepted in the beloved 

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holy and without blame. 
You and I are accepted in the 

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person of Jesus Christ being 
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We'll never be accepted in 
ourselves as being holy and 

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without blame. 
It's in him. 

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It's completely in Him. 
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the guilt and sins of our lives 
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Sin must be judged. 
Sin must be atoned for. 

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The satisfaction of God's 
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there's no compromise for sin 
that had to be paid for and God 

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only could do it through Christ.
God forgave you and me through 

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the sacrificial death of Jesus 
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That's why Jesus said, and we're
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people because we believe this 
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Jesus said I am the way, I am 
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I am the life. 
No man comes to the Father but 

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through me. 
The only way you can be forgiven

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and be acceptable to your 
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done for you. 
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everybody says, well why can't 
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There can't be anybody else but 
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forgive you because He's God 
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He's gone in the flesh, He's 
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sacrifice. 
Buddha, Krishna, all these other

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people, they might have been 
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atone for your sin because 
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And so in Acts 412, if you skip 
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Acts 412, this clarifies it. 
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which was rejected by you 
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He's talking about Israel and 
the nation of Israel, which has 

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become the chief cornerstone, 
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They rejected him trying to 
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and whatever without the core 
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And then it says, nor is there 
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For there is no other name under
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we must be saved. 
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There is no other name. 
That's why we're called to 

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proclaim Christ. 
That's where we're what we're 

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called to teach the Word of God,
the whole council, the word of 

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God, not part of it, but every 
verse of it so that people can 

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hear. 
And the picture of justification

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is full acceptance. 
God fully accepts you as you are

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because you're in Christ. 
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choice. 
We can accept the death of the 

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Lord Jesus on our behalf and his
life that he gives to us, and we

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can be free from all the things 
that we've done and messed up 

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with, which are ton. 
I know mine have been a ton from

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I, I can be freed. 
You can be freed from all these 

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things. 
God's love is poured out upon us

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and begins to heal our scars, 
our hurt, our anguish, our 

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broken lies, and we begin to be 
more whole And the basis of 

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being justified by faith. 
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I'm justified yesterday, I'm 
justified today, and I'm 

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justified tomorrow, as you are 
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Because we still sin. 
We still make mistakes, we still

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act in ways or say things that 
we shouldn't think, things we 

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shouldn't think. 
And this atoning blood that 

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keeps us pure and justified and 
forgiving and cleanse is present

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tense. 
If we confess our sins, He is 

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faithful and just to forgive us 
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Anybody still have 
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Yeah, we all do, right? 
Aren't you glad that the blood 

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and never loses its power and 
and and the mistakes aren't to 

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condemn us. 
We we know where we go to get 

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free from this stuff so that 
we're not disturbed in our heart

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and our minds by stuff that we 
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It's happened. 
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what our Savior's done for us. 
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been fulfilled, in verse 29, it 
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They took him down from the 
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God raised him from the dead. 
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He was seen for many days by 
those who came up with Him from 

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Galilee to Jerusalem, who are 
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And we declare to you glad 
tidings that promise which is 

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made to the Father's. 
God has fulfilled this for us, 

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their children, in that He has 
raised up Jesus, as it is 

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written in the second Psalm. 
You are my Son today I've 

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begotten you this again, the 
prophecies that have been 

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fulfilled by Jesus and that he 
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No more to return to corruption.
He spoke and I will give you the

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sure mercies of David. 
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another Psalm, you will not 
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corruption. 
Jesus when he was put in the 

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tomb body didn't decompose, 
wasn't corrupt. 

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You put me or you in the in the 
grave and go by a week later and

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dig it up. 
Guess what the worms, the ants, 

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everything's all over. 
It's I don't want to gross you 

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out, but it's like starting to 
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eventually it's just nothing but
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OK, Christ didn't have to go 
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And because He didn't have to go
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don't stay in that grave, in 
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We are absent in the body, and 
we're present with the Lord for 

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all eternity. 
For David, after he served his 

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own generation, by the will of 
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Great leader, loved God, God 
used him, but he died like we 

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all do. 
He was buried with his father's.

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His body saw corruption, but he 
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corruption. 
Therefore let it be known to 

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you, brethren, that through this
man is preached to you the 

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forgiveness of sins. 
And by him everyone who believes

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is justified from all things 
from which you could not be 

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justified by the Law of Moses. 
Beware therefore, lest what has 

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been spoken and the prophets 
come upon you, behold, you 

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despisers marvel and perish. 
For I work a work in your days, 

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a work which you will by no 
means believe, though one word 

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He declare it to you. 
So this beauty here of the 

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message that we're hearing today
was so powerful when it was 

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first preached in the synagogue.
Over 2000 years ago. 

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It's the same message that is 
powerful today, that can change 

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and save lives. 
Amen. 

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It can completely give people a 
brand new start, a fresh start 

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with God. 
I preached this message before I

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went away on vacation and I felt
I needed to preach it again 

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because I find that in my own 
life at times I forget the 

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basics. 
The basics. 

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Jesus loves me. 
This I know, for the Bible tells

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me so. 
For God so loved this world that

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he gave his only begotten Son, 
that whosoever believeth in him 

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should not perish, but have 
everlasting life. 

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For God did not send his Son 
into the world to condemn the 

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world, that that the world 
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The more I meditate on these 
things personally, my wife and 

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I, as we talk about this stuff 
and pray about it and endeavor 

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to live it out, I'm made more 
and more aware of how powerful 

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and how special this message is 
that God has granted to us to 

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experience on a daily basis. 
No condemnation, no guilt, no 

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matter what people will try to 
throw on you at times, you don't

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have to receive that because God
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He? 
When people say hurtful things 

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or do mean things to you, or 
slander you, or call you all 

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kind of whatever, May God give 
us grace to remind ourselves 

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that God never says that about 
us. 

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He never thinks that way about 
us. 

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Each of us are the apple of His 
eye. 

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He loves us with and everlasting
love. 

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He's redeemed us. 
He paid for us with His precious

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blood, and He says to you and me
that we were worth saving. 

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He gave it all for us because He
saw something in us that none of

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us can see in ourselves. 
He sees value, He sees His 

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likeness, He sees His creation, 
and He gave it all that He might

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redeem this creation and bring 
broken people away from 

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desolation, bring people that 
hearts are broken back to 

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healing, bring people who have 
been destroyed by a life of sin 

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to a new life of having victory 
and power over sin, becoming new

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creations in Christ, new 
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We no longer have to live under 
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sin. 
That's the gospel, isn't it? 

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That's what we need to 
continually be reminded of every

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time we gather that this is who 
our God is and how great he is, 

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and leave with our shoulders 
lifted, our heads looking up and

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having hope and joy for tomorrow
in a world that seems to be 

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decaying and falling apart. 
The good news is you aren't 

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decaying and falling apart, are 
you? 

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Are you getting older? 
Yeah, that looks like a decay, 

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right? 
But you know the best is yet to 

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come for us, right? 
The best is yet to come for us. 

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So be encouraged. 
Thanks for joining us on today's

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edition of Living Waters of 
Grace, a ministry of Calvary 

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Chapel, Westmoreland. 
Today, Pastor Clark is teaching 

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about the Book of Acts, And as 
we learn more about Acts, it 

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becomes clear that the early 
church didn't miss a single 

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opportunity to share the Gospel.
In nearly every chapter, you see

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apostles like Peter and Paul 
stepping into conversations, 

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crowds, and crises with 
boldness, ready to proclaim the 

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name of Jesus. 
Their example challenges us to 

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consider how we might step into 
gospel moments in our own lives.

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What doors might God open this 
week for you to speak truth, 

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offer hope, or live out your 
faith in a way that points 

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others to him? 
The story of Acts reminds us we 

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are part of the same mission. 
Today, let's live with eyes open

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and hearts ready to respond. 
We hope you are challenged by 

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