1 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:19,880 Let's read verse 18 on. On the following day, Paul went 2 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,200 with us to James. Let's go back. 3 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,280 We'll start up this 15, then we get the better run up. 4 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,320 After those days we packed and went up to Jerusalem. 5 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,920 Also some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us. 6 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:32,400 Remember, Paul is on his way back. 7 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,440 He's had his third missionary journey brought with him a 8 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:39,840 certain nation of Cyprus, an early disciple with whom we were 9 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:41,160 to lodge. And when we had come to 10 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:43,960 Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 11 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,280 That's the church in Jerusalem. On the following day, Paul went 12 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,000 in with us to James. That's James. 13 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,720 Remember the half or the the the son of Mary and Joseph. 14 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:56,520 And all the elders. Were present. 15 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,040 Whom he had. Greeted them, he told in detail 16 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,360 those things which God had done among the Gentiles through his 17 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,080 ministry. When they heard it, the church 18 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,760 there glorified the Lord and they said to him, you see, 19 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,120 brother, how many myriads of Jews there are who have believed 20 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:18,040 and they are all zealous for the law, but they've been informed. 21 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,480 There's a, there's a, but you know, it's like, so it's great 22 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,000 to see you. Wonderful. 23 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:23,960 And then you. Get this, but you go, oh, here 24 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:26,320 we go. And all that your blood. 25 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:30,640 Pressure drops, you know, because you know, oh, it's 26 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,240 coming. But they have been informed 27 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,560 about you that you. Teach all the Jews who are among 28 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:40,040 the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to 29 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,160 circumcise the children, or to walk according to the customs. 30 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,000 What then? What shall we do? 31 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,600 The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that 32 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:51,040 you've come. They'll know that you're here. 33 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,000 Therefore, do what we. Tell you here's. 34 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,480 This is what we come up with. We have 4 men who have taken a 35 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:58,880 vow. It's the Nazarite vow. 36 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:01,880 Take them and be purified with them. 37 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:03,600 You, you, you go through the Nazarite. 38 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,320 Vow as well. That's the cutting of the hair. 39 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,639 Pay their expenses, Paul, we want. 40 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,400 You to sponsor them. You. 41 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,800 Finance them during this period that they take the vow you look 42 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,120 after whatever. They need and the. 43 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,200 Sacrifices that they'll need. To make at the end of the vow. 44 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,880 So that they may shave their heads, and that all may know 45 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,720 that those things of which they were informed concerning you are 46 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,920 nothing but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the 47 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:36,080 law concerning the Gentiles who believe we've written and 48 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,760 decided that they should observe no such synthy, except they 49 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,440 should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from 50 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:47,160 blood eating things that haven't been bled properly, and from 51 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,440 things strangled, and from sexual immorality. 52 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,440 Then Paul took the men on the next day, having been purified 53 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,640 with him, and he entered the temple to announce. 54 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,320 The expiration. Or the completion of the days of 55 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,840 purification, the end of the Nazarite vow, at which time and 56 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,640 offering should be made for each one of them. 57 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,800 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from 58 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,040 Asia, from Turkey, a new crew arrive. 59 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,840 They've lobbed in Jerusalem. This is that posse. 60 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,440 Remember, wherever Paul goes. He's got people after him. 61 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,040 And they arrive. Seeing Paul in the temple 62 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,280 stirred up the whole. Crowd and laid. 63 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,880 Hands on him, they grab him. Crying out, men of Israel. 64 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:29,000 Help. This man who? 65 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,520 Teaches all men everywhere against the people, the law. 66 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,960 And this place, and furthermore, he's brought Greeks into the 67 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,920 temple, has defiled. This holy place. 68 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,080 For they had. Previously seen Trophemus the 69 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,840 Ephesian with him in the city. Whom? 70 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,800 Notice they suppose that Paul brought into. 71 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,280 The temple he hadn't. And all. 72 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,040 The city was disturbed. And the people ran together. 73 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,600 Jerusalem's not that big, so it just turns on. 74 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,040 They grab Paul, they drag him out of the. 75 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,760 Temple immediately the doors were shut on him now as they 76 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:05,480 were noticed they're not just having. 77 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,720 An argument. Notice as. 78 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,920 They were seeking. To kill him. 79 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:15,280 They're going to beat him to. Death beat him to death. 80 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:22,280 Mob violence. News came to the commander of. 81 00:04:22,280 --> 00:04:26,640 The Garrison that all Jerusalem was an uproar at the Temple 82 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,800 Mount. Just too opposite was the 83 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,520 Garrison of the Roman soldiers. And he immediately took soldiers 84 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,800 and the centurions and ran. Down to them. 85 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,520 When they saw the commander and the Roman soldiers, they stopped 86 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,840 beating Paul. So they were into him. 87 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:48,800 He was dying. Gonna die and the commander came 88 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,560 near, took Paul, commanded him to be bound, that Paul's 89 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,760 arrested. He's wrapped in chains. 90 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,080 Remember, he'd just gone to finish the Nazarite vow. 91 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:01,520 He. Asked who he was and what he had 92 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,280 done, and some of the multitude cried 1. 93 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:05,200 Thing and some another. So it's just rebels. 94 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,160 He did this, now he did this and he's done this as well. 95 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,240 So when he could not ascertain the truth because of the tumult, 96 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:17,480 he commanded him that's Paul be taken to the barracks adjacent 97 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:19,360 to the temple when he reached the stairs. 98 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,520 He had to be carried. So the soldiers had to grab 99 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,240 Paul. Paul wasn't the big guy 100 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,680 according to history. Grab me, they carry. 101 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,640 He's like a mash mosh pit and he's got him over, he said. 102 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,880 And they're carrying Paul upstairs because the crab would 103 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,240 try grab him and punch him and spit on him. 104 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:35,840 And do all these sorts of things. 105 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,720 Such was the violence of the mob for the multitude of the people. 106 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,160 Followed after crying out away with him. 107 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:44,880 That doesn't mean oh take him away. 108 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:46,520 Take him away. That means kill him. 109 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,240 That his poor was about to be LED into the barracks, he said 110 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,040 to the commander, May I speak to you? 111 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:59,400 He replied, You can speak Greek, are you not? 112 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,120 Notice this. Aren't you the Egyptian who some 113 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,200 time ago stirred up a? Rebellion and LED the 4000 114 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,240 assassins out in the wilderness it's like. 115 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:14,320 What? Paul said. 116 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:21,000 I'm a Jew from Tarsus Cilicia, a citizen, a Roman. 117 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,120 No mean. City and I implore you permit. 118 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,280 Me to speak to the people. So when he had given him 119 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:29,000 permission, Paul stood on the stairs, motioned with his hand 120 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,040 to the people. When there was a great silence, 121 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,080 he spoke to them. In the Hebrew language. 122 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,320 And we stopped. There Wednesday, we continue. 123 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,080 The title of this morning's message is disentangled. 124 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,800 Disentangled in the dictionary means to release. 125 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:50,640 From entanglement or confusion. So the Apostle Paul's arrival in 126 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,320 Jerusalem, it started. Well. 127 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,280 He met with the elders. Of the church, including James. 128 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,680 Paul then gave a detailed account of his three missionary 129 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,720 travels and the results. The church had been planted, 130 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,440 souls had been saved, had been wonderful. 131 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,240 All throughout Asia, Greece, Macedonia. 132 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,520 And they were growing, and now these churches were planting 133 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,520 other churches. Themselves and sending. 134 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,880 Out missionaries among the Gentile nations. 135 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,400 And when? Paul told this in verse 19. 136 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,080 They. Greeted him and when they. 137 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,200 Heard all that Paul had done. They heard it, it says they. 138 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,320 Glorify the Lord, they went. Oh man, praise the Lord, that's. 139 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:34,920 Awesome, Paul, but. There were rumours, there's 140 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:35,600 rumours. Paul. 141 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,760 Some aren't happy with you. Where's this come from? 142 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,960 You see, brother, how many myriads of Jews there are have 143 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,800 believed, and they're all zealous, but they have been. 144 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,680 Informed about that you teach all the Jews. 145 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:56,760 Who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they 146 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,240 ought not to circumcise their children, nor to walk according 147 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,120 to the customs? What? 148 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:03,880 Then what shall we do? Let's. 149 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:08,720 Do something about this. Let's calm the schism now, Paul. 150 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:13,040 Hadn't done any of those things. Paul had told them about 151 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,880 salvation through Jesus Christ. Paul had reference now that. 152 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,600 All those things now that you're saved in Christ, all the rituals 153 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,240 and laws that. They had to do aren't necessary 154 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,280 for salvation. Now Paul still lived the Jewish 155 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,600 life. He was carrying out the Nazarite 156 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:34,080 vow. Peter and John, remember, 157 00:08:34,159 --> 00:08:36,679 continued to pray. Just as all the Jews had done. 158 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,120 It was. Very Hebrew, but it it's about 159 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,440 salvation. Paul was saying it's 160 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,080 circumcision has nothing to do with salvation and they had 161 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:49,320 twisted all this rumours. Circulated. 162 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:51,400 Then you're teaching to forsake Moses. 163 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:55,040 No, he wasn't also to forsake. The Law of Moses? 164 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:59,880 No, Paul. Still adhered to the law and the 165 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:02,240 temple, but nothing to do with salvation. 166 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:06,960 Not to circumcise the children. Paul was just. 167 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,680 Saying circumcision doesn't save you. 168 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,320 So they came up with what should we do? 169 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:20,280 Let's do something. So the solution to appease the 170 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,960 problem of the rumours and our rumours. 171 00:09:23,560 --> 00:09:28,760 No truth to them, The elders asked Paul to sponsor 4 men who 172 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:30,560 would undergo the Nazarite. Vow. 173 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,960 Everyone will see then, that you support the law of. 174 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:34,720 Moses. Oh, look. 175 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,080 Oh, he's part of the Nazarite. Now, oh, all this other stuff 176 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:42,840 must be nonsense. And we won't add anything more 177 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,400 to the Gentiles. They just stay the same. 178 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:49,400 Don't worship idols. Don't eat anything that's been. 179 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:56,440 Strangled and no fornication. And so Paul did that. 180 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:00,400 He goes to the temple and the offering is about to be made for 181 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,280 each of them as they've finished the. 182 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:07,160 Period. But Paul's actions would not 183 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:12,080 dampen the underlying. Schism of the Legalist. 184 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,200 Jews, the ones who had arrived from Turkey. 185 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:21,840 They hated Paul. And they had seen Paul in the 186 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:26,200 temple, and they accused him of taking a fellow. 187 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,360 Called Trophemus. From Ephesus because they'd seen 188 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,920 Paul and. Trophemus in the marketplace in. 189 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,080 Town and they just said. Well, obviously he's taken this 190 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:36,800 guy into into the temple as well. 191 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:38,120 He. Hadn't done that at all. 192 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,040 He'd only. Taken the the four men. 193 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,600 That are part of the Nazarite vow he was there to complete. 194 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,880 The sacrifices. So again lies. 195 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,160 And it was this posse of Jews that had come from. 196 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,640 Turkey that brought this assumption, having seen Paul 197 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:59,800 with Trophymus in the city. And it blew up. 198 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,840 Things got loud and they. Do in the Middle East, there's 199 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,000 nothing. Quiet in the Middle East heavens 200 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,080 going to be pretty. Rowdy, I think, if you're. 201 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:11,640 Kind of like the. Silent, quiet type. 202 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,000 Yeah, then. You're going to have to. 203 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,360 Change it a little. Everything in Israel. 204 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:23,000 Is. Loud, loud and so. 205 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:28,280 The commotion, it just blew up and he got. 206 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:32,160 Worse and then the. Whole of Jerusalem heard there's 207 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,720 a riot going on at the temple, all run there. 208 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,120 There's this guy and he's been doing this and they're all and 209 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,080 they're trying to kill this guy. Paul. 210 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,520 Paul has been. Grabbed like a rag doll. 211 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:46,600 Punched. Kicked. 212 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,640 Scratched and they're trying to. Beat him to death. 213 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,600 They locked the doors on the temple as though are seeking to. 214 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,040 Kill him, the commander. Of the Garrison of Jerusalem. 215 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:03,240 Heard Claudius. Lyceus. 216 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,440 We get his name. It's given to us in Acts 2326. 217 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:13,480 He hears what's going on, runs down from the Garrison with his 218 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,280 troops, waves into the mob. Violence. 219 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,720 And they grab Paul. And they chain him up. 220 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:28,720 He's the innocent guy cuffing. Imagine on the ground cuff 221 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,560 chains, chains around his feet, around his hands. 222 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:33,960 This guy's just gone to the. Temple. 223 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:38,080 What's this? Man done and. 224 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,400 The multitude, some cried out one thing and some another. 225 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,440 Verse 34 So they couldn't ascertain the truth because of 226 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,960 the tumult. And so he commanded, Let's take 227 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,640 him to the barracks, as they'll take him to the barracks that 228 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:53,720 people want to. Kill him. 229 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:58,920 Kelly the Roman. Soldiers, as I said, had to 230 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,560 literally hoist Paul, and he wasn't a big guy. 231 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:05,800 I think he's about 5253 above the raging. 232 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:10,320 Angry, angry mob who's still. Striking out at Paul and get him 233 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,440 to the stairs leading to the Garrison. 234 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:17,480 And Paul, in the midst of this frenzied physical tumult, speaks 235 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:21,200 to the commander. In Greek, Greek was the 236 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,320 language. Of the intellects and. 237 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,160 He grabbed the commanders. And he said you speak. 238 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,400 Greek. Wow, this is not some dumb guy, 239 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:36,200 this is a learned man and the Roman. 240 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:37,920 Guy. Says to him, the commander, 241 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:42,840 you're the Egyptian guy stirred up a rebellion. 242 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,280 You lead 4000. Assassins in the wilderness. 243 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:53,640 Talk about like you're Rambo. Paul's just this little guy and 244 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,880 he's gone to the temple and now he's accused of being the chief 245 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,240 assassin of 4000 assassins, and he's an Egyptian. 246 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,920 Talk about it. How far wrong can you be? 247 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,840 Paul says. This is a massive 248 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,920 misunderstanding. You know, no one likes to be 249 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:18,800 misunderstood. Church bulletins often, and I 250 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,680 know I make a lot of mistakes. Church bulletins are classic 251 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,760 places of things. Written being misunderstood. 252 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:28,280 Let me. Read you actually. 253 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:33,280 Some church bulletin notifications don't. 254 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,240 Let worry kill you. Let the church help. 255 00:14:42,250 --> 00:14:44,170 Remember in prayer the many who are. 256 00:14:44,170 --> 00:14:46,370 Sick of our church and community. 257 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:52,440 For those of you who have children and don't. 258 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,160 Know it. We have a nursery downstairs. 259 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,200 Weight Watchers. Will meet at 7:00 PM at the 260 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,960 First Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double 261 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:14,040 doors at the side entrance. Thursday night potluck supper, 262 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:22,560 prayer and medication to follow. 8 new choir robes are currently. 263 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:26,480 Needed due to the addition of several new members and to the 264 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,800 deterioration of some older ones. 265 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,520 The. Senior Choir invites any member 266 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:44,080 of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir at the 267 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,960 evening service. Tonight the sermon topic will be 268 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,920 What as Hell? Come early and listen to our 269 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:57,760 choir. Practise there's there's a lot 270 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:10,210 more being misunderstood May. Cause us to be annoyed. 271 00:16:10,810 --> 00:16:16,050 That's not what I said, that's not who I am, and it seems 272 00:16:16,050 --> 00:16:17,370 unfair. Doesn't it when you're 273 00:16:17,370 --> 00:16:20,920 misunderstood? It often leaves you with a 274 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:22,240 feeling of. Helplessness. 275 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:29,760 What's going on here? Even at times, hopelessness. 276 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,080 Well, they've said I've done this and I. 277 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,520 Haven't done anything like that at all. 278 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:36,720 Being misunderstood can build resentment. 279 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:43,640 If allowed, we can grow. Bitter as well for Paul and 280 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,360 Jerusalem. He was misunderstood that he was 281 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:47,760 teaching against the Law of Moses. 282 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:51,760 No, he wasn't. He just said the law can't save 283 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,280 you. The law has a. 284 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:59,640 Purpose for. Paul and Jerusalem, they said he 285 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,240 was defiling the temple, no. He wasn't. 286 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:02,920 He hadn't taken any gentile in there. 287 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,079 For Paul and Jerusalem, even the Romans misunderstood who Paul 288 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:12,839 was. Said you're that Egyptian 289 00:17:12,839 --> 00:17:17,400 assassin ahead of 4000 other. Assassins, I mean, that is. 290 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:23,280 Radically wild Paul had nothing. To do with any of. 291 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:27,119 This. He just gone to Jerusalem. 292 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:28,920 Remember, this is the end of the third missionary. 293 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,880 Journey, he's going to say. Hey guys, this is what's been 294 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:33,360 happening. I'm on my way. 295 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,240 To Jerusalem I. Want to be in? 296 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:39,280 Jerusalem. Now what do? 297 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,680 You and I, as believers today do. 298 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,680 How should? We deal. 299 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,920 With being misunderstood as Christians, I'm going to give 300 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:56,240 you 3 points. Today 1 being misunderstood is 301 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,760 going to happen being. Misunderstood is going to 302 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:01,800 happen. It's going to happen in your 303 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,480 marriage. It's going to happen in a. 304 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,400 Parent child relationship. It's going to happen in 305 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:10,040 everything. If you desire to have. 306 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:14,440 Any kind of meaningful relationship with Christ or 307 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:19,520 connection with people meaningful know this you. 308 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,280 Will at some time be. Misunderstood. 309 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,280 A parent says to the child. I don't want you doing this. 310 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:25,960 Oh, you don't want me to do it? You never want me to have fun. 311 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:27,560 No, I just don't. Want you to kill yourself? 312 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:34,120 Isn't it husband? And wife says something, the guy 313 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:38,320 who all these years been married to his wife, and he gives her 314 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:39,480 the. Crust at the end. 315 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:44,880 You always give me the crust. I don't want the crust. 316 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:49,200 Never wanted but you just. Hand me the crust all the time. 317 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:50,920 He says no, no, actually the crust is. 318 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,640 I think it's the best bit of the bread and I've always given it 319 00:18:53,640 --> 00:19:00,520 to you. First oh, however. 320 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,760 If you meander through life just going with the flow, 321 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:10,560 surrendering to the majority and populist opinion if you. 322 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,320 Avoid. Saying anything or doing 323 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:17,480 anything of substance. Having an opinion, Speaking of 324 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:22,160 your faith. You'll never have to deal with 325 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,160 being misunderstood because you just agree. 326 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:26,240 What do you think? Oh yeah, that's all right. 327 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:27,200 Oh, yeah. OK. 328 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:29,560 Dad, can we? Yeah, that's all right. 329 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:31,240 Mom, can we? Yeah, just go ahead. 330 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:33,200 All the other parents. Oh OK then. 331 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:40,800 But if you look to follow Christ to be obedient to His Word. 332 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,760 To be different to the. Mob the majority crowd you. 333 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,440 Will be misunderstood. You being at church today. 334 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,960 People in your family will. Misunderstand you being here 335 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:52,840 today, What do you have to go to church for? 336 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,960 What's that for? You going tonight? 337 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,600 What's that mean? What's all this stuff? 338 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:03,040 Let me give you some examples of people who have misunderstood. 339 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:09,000 Noah He. And his entire family spent. 340 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,560 Years. Labouring and preaching Bible. 341 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:20,440 Tells us at least 120 building an ark, a giant boat the. 342 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,000 World in which they. Live to do this. 343 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,320 Was worse than. Our world today. 344 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:30,400 It was totally depraved, God said of the world at the time 345 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:35,480 that Noah did this. Genesis 65 and the Lord saw that 346 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,280 the wickedness of man. Was great on the. 347 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:39,600 Earth. All the earth. 348 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:45,040 And that every intent. Of the thoughts of his heart. 349 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:51,440 Was only evil continually, that's how bad it was. 350 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:54,880 But no. Other Bible tells us. 351 00:20:55,920 --> 00:21:00,200 Was a just man Genesis. Says that Bible says he was a 352 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:05,800 man who walked with God, and the Bible tells us four times in 353 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,440 Genesis. Speaking of Noah, that Noah. 354 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,600 Did all that God? Commanded him. 355 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,600 What a great life. That's why he's one of my 356 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:14,040 heroes. I. 357 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,560 Can't wait to meet Noah. So glad that. 358 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,960 One of our. Grandkids is called Noah. 359 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:20,840 There's another kid here. Called Noah. 360 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,400 There's a couple of other Noahs. I like that. 361 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,200 It's a great night. I can't wait to meet Noah. 362 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,120 Noah. Was a preacher of righteousness. 363 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,560 To a. World that was ungodly. 364 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,280 But everyone else? Literally everyone else around. 365 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:44,680 Him paid no heed. To Noah's preaching, his warning 366 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:48,920 of the judgement to come, as Jesus tells us looking. 367 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,640 Back to Noah. Speaking of the time of the 368 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,640 second. Coming in Matthew 20. 4 But as 369 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,040 the days of Noah were, and Jesus. 370 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,800 Gives us. Insight on what was happening. 371 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:03,160 As people, as as Noah was building the ark with his 372 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,840 family, he tells us, so also will be the coming of the Son of 373 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,840 Man. For as in the days. 374 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,760 Before the flood, Jesus tells us what was going on. 375 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:19,120 They were eating and drinking, marrying, giving and marriage. 376 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,520 Until the. Day that Noah entered the. 377 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:27,120 Ark and did not know until the flood came and took them. 378 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,640 All away. You know, when I drive to 379 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,200 church, I always see people walking. 380 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,280 And people going to the coffee shop and thinking, I'm thinking 381 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,920 that's exactly the same day things will be happening when 382 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:44,000 the rapture occurs. People were just. 383 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:49,160 Down the beach, Golf Club, having their coffee and millions 384 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:55,080 of people will disappear. How often? 385 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,560 Noah would have been asked. Hey, why are you building this 386 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:06,720 boat at the middle of nowhere? There's no sails, nowhere for. 387 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,800 Oars. He would have been continually 388 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:15,360 mocked with his entire family. His three sons. 389 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:22,720 Curly Larian MO for each. Time he would have warned of the 390 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,160 coming flood and they said you're just an. 391 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:28,880 Idiot. It's crazy. 392 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,640 And they just went about their business. 393 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,000 See, that's the worst thing. You can do with God. 394 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,080 Is just ignore him. That's a disgrace. 395 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,800 To me, that's blasphemous to ignore that Jesus. 396 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,760 Christ died on the cross. Let's go about my business. 397 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,680 I mean, really. Son of God dies, suffers and 398 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,000 dies, and he just. Who cares? 399 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:55,920 Anyway, let's have a coffee. Noah was misunderstood by 400 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,440 everybody else in the world except. 401 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:04,200 His family, because he was. Actually trying to save them. 402 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,120 That's why he preached 120 years. 403 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:08,840 He could have said, you know what, I'm done with you. 404 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,240 Go ahead and just. Don't answer them, boys. 405 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,800 Just keep. Them Hammond soaring, putting 406 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,080 things. Not not saying a. 407 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,520 Word No. It says he was a preacher of 408 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:24,200 righteousness. He was warning them of the flood 409 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,880 to come. The Ark can take people. 410 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,680 They misunderstood him. And there's Moses. 411 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,000 Well, he. Expected the enslaved, beaten 412 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,480 Hebrews. And Egypt to know. 413 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,440 God and send him to lead them out of their. 414 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,960 Slavery, didn't he? This was God's purpose for His 415 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,560 life. And so in Exodus chapter 2 verse 416 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:53,520 14, Moses goes in there. And what did the? 417 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,200 Hebrews say to him. Who made you a Prince? 418 00:24:58,280 --> 00:24:59,920 Who made you a judge? Over us. 419 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,640 What did Moses do? Moses fled from the face of 420 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:05,680 Pharaoh. Dwelt on the land of many and 421 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:06,360 he. Took off. 422 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,600 Then there's Joseph. He was. 423 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:17,560 Absolutely hated by his half. Brothers, he was misunderstood. 424 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:19,400 By his parents, Jacob and Rachel. 425 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,120 Remember, he has a dream. And his brothers and all the 426 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,680 their, their, their she's. Bowing down and then later on he 427 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,600 has another dream and dad says you're kidding me. 428 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:29,800 You're. Like, oh, we're going to bow 429 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,480 down to you. Is that what you're? 430 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:36,320 Saying how misunderstood these were. 431 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,560 Dreams that God gave Joseph. Joseph didn't say. 432 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,240 Hey, this is what I think should happen. 433 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,280 He was just telling them the dreams that God gave him. 434 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,520 Yet even though Joseph lived. An exemplary. 435 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:55,560 Life before the Lord. One of absolute integrity and. 436 00:25:55,560 --> 00:26:02,280 Purity. Yet Potiphar, his boss, sided. 437 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,680 With his. Wife Potiphar's wife. 438 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:09,440 When she accused Joseph of rape. Joseph took off, remember. 439 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,520 Joseph, though innocent. Ends up in prison. 440 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:23,000 Did anyone not misunderstand this exceptional godly man 441 00:26:24,120 --> 00:26:27,080 called Joseph? No one knew. 442 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,640 Just what he was. He was a man of God. 443 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,320 Then there's. The Old Testament prophets. 444 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:37,280 The Bible tells us all. When they came, Jeremiah, 445 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,880 Isaiah, they were ignored, they were criticised. 446 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,600 They were. Hated even. 447 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,000 Killed as enemies of Israel. Jesus tells a parable about 448 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:50,360 that, doesn't he? They each were misunderstood as 449 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:54,520 they were only sent. By God, by God's love for the 450 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,480 people of Israel to. Try and turn the people. 451 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,360 'S hearts back to repent. Come back to God. 452 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:03,880 But people misunderstood everything the Prophet said. 453 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:05,680 They just said every. Time they say something. 454 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,760 Something. 'S bad, negative, they just kill 455 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,200 them. Then it's John the. 456 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,440 Baptist and misunderstood was he? 457 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,160 Hailed as a. Prophet by the masses. 458 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,400 And treated. As a madman by the religious 459 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,480 leaders, he's just crazy. These guys, the way he dresses, 460 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,600 what he eats, he. Lives in the wilderness, man. 461 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,120 Who is he? Yet he was the godly. 462 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:33,080 One, he was the. One chosen by God to. 463 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,760 Prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah. 464 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,960 According to Jesus, He is the greatest of all the prophets of 465 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:49,600 of Israel. You see misunderstanding, I want 466 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,120 to tell you. This you need to note this. 467 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,360 Misunderstanding is going to happen. 468 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,520 You are going to be misunderstood. 469 00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:58,880 Oh. Great. 470 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:01,240 And what happened today at church? 471 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,400 I just, there was a misunderstanding, I think. 472 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,560 Second point. You'll see where I'm going the 473 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:14,080 reasons for being misunderstood. Are unpredictable. 474 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:22,320 Unpredictable for Paul. I mean, it was lies he. 475 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,040 Hadn't done any of this. It was slander. 476 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:31,360 Those from Turkey, this lied. Straight out lied they were. 477 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:34,840 Innuendos he he took this guy into the into the temple. 478 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:40,360 Falsehoods, outright hatred. Kill him. 479 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,320 That's not like let's have a discussion. 480 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,400 Now, are you doing these things? Let's just kill him. 481 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,600 The reasons why? You and I are misunderstood. 482 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:55,160 Why Paul was misunderstood? All lie here this you're. 483 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:58,040 Not going to like this. It's the truth beyond our 484 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:02,760 control. I'm going to say that again the 485 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:06,240 reason why we are misunderstood all. 486 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:10,720 Lie beyond our control. Did you get that? 487 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:16,360 Note that. The causes are too numerous. 488 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,720 I mean Paul being accused of an assassin. 489 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:23,040 That's just laughable. You're an Egyptian assassin. 490 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,800 And too diverse to count. In addition, when 491 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:36,200 misunderstandings occur, as they did to Paul and the others, 492 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:38,160 there is. Little we can do. 493 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:39,760 Oh, this is man. This. 494 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,520 Is well, that's great learning. There's little that we can. 495 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:48,240 Do to resolve them we. Just let us down the. 496 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:56,400 Rabbit hole no end. Paul will try in addition. 497 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:01,680 The majority of them, however. Of misunderstandings. 498 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,200 The truth of the matter? Could be fixed. 499 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:09,720 In a matter of minutes, couldn't I with a simple? 500 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:14,200 Face to face, but this can happen. 501 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:15,600 Only. Of course. 502 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:20,520 If the other party. Wants this or is even. 503 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:25,720 Willing to listen or Keith? Why tell us this? 504 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,840 I'm just confused, what can we do? 505 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:38,720 Then we can only. Be responsible to communicate 506 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,640 clearly. This is what I've said. 507 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,760 This is what I've done. Paul would say that God is my 508 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,440 witness. Doesn't matter what you say. 509 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,680 But listen, and this is. The part you need to know the. 510 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,880 Response of others how they. Respond. 511 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:02,720 It's not up to you. Note that doesn't matter what 512 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,840 they do say, carry on their response. 513 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:10,320 Is not up to you. You need to write that down. 514 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,440 The response of others is not up to you. 515 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:18,200 Once we each. Recognise our helplessness in. 516 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:24,160 These situations that in. Itself is a massive step. 517 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,840 To being disentangled. What do you mean? 518 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,880 With so many things and emotions. 519 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:36,480 That at present control us and weigh us down because we've been 520 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:43,720 misunderstood in. The book of Hebrews, chapter 12, 521 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:47,080 verse one, The writer of Hebrews, who I believe is Paul 522 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:52,400 doesn't matter, said this. Therefore we also and he writes 523 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,600 Hebrews Chapter 11 is the whole of faith. 524 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,920 All those who live by faith die for their faith. 525 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:02,360 Therefore, we also since. We are surrounded by so. 526 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,360 Great. A cloud of witnesses and 527 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,520 notices. Hebrews 12 says let. 528 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:13,640 Us, this is what we can do. Let us lay aside. 529 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,360 Every weight. And then there's a 530 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,720 differentiation. And the sin. 531 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,840 So it's not sin. But things that weigh us down, 532 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,560 the weight and the. Sin. 533 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,400 Now what do they do? They easily ensnare. 534 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,760 Us we get. Trapped, tangled up with and. 535 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:38,400 Let us run this. Is what we are to do with 536 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,480 endurance the race that is set before us? 537 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:45,000 How? Take our eyes off the 538 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:49,640 misunderstanding looking under. Jesus, the author and. 539 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:54,040 Finisher of our faith, Who for the joy that was set before? 540 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:59,000 Him endured the cross. The greatest travesty in 541 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:03,480 history. Despising the shame and has. 542 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:07,280 Sat down at the right hand of the throne of God, then it says 543 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:11,640 in verse. 3-4 Consider him. Think about what he's done. 544 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:20,120 Who endured such hostility? Which he need not deserve from. 545 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:25,560 Sinners against. Himself it was personal lest. 546 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:33,080 You become weary how? And discouraged where? 547 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:39,800 In your soul, it's the danger. So because you've been. 548 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,280 Being misunderstood and you want. 549 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,640 Or what they shouldn't say there or how come they've said then 550 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,680 I'll get that, I'll sort that out. 551 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:47,680 I need to speak to them. I. 552 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:51,920 Get got to get this sorted out. And what happens is you get 553 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:56,520 entangled and ensnared and it becomes danger to your soul 554 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,960 instead of you running the race and looking at to the Lord. 555 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:06,360 And this is where many people in church today, they've come in 556 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,920 and they've come in and they're entangled, she said. 557 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:20,040 He said dad said mum said the boss said it's danger for 558 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:23,920 consider him who endured. Such hostility from sinners. 559 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,960 Against himself, Jesus was innocent. 560 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:31,760 By the way, wasn't. He lest beware. 561 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,040 The warning You become weary, and that's where. 562 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,960 A lot of people were just tired of. 563 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,360 I know what they but I just just wears me out. 564 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,400 But they got away. With this that they said this. 565 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:47,280 I need to have my peace with them. 566 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,360 Sort them out. And you become discouraged 567 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:55,400 where? In your soul the deepest. 568 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,240 Part of you, it's called in a turmoil. 569 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,480 That's why so many people. Are in a in a turmoil. 570 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:02,640 Because they're angry against them. 571 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,120 I've done. Funerals. 572 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,480 I remember 2 specifically. Whereas I was. 573 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,960 Walking in the final part. To the service. 574 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,560 The Sons of. Two of the deceased. 575 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,640 Men different funerals, son each did two different funerals. 576 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:22,680 Said I hated my father. If anyone says anything good 577 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:27,000 about him today, they're lying. Whisper that in my ears. 578 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,520 I'm just about to start the service. 579 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,120 Then I'm thinking as the. Eulogies are going on. 580 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:43,080 Where's the sun? In a turmoil, just raging 581 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,240 hatred. The dad's dead. 582 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:47,760 Dad can't. They can't fix anything. 583 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,480 You can't go. Hey Dad, I want to. 584 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:50,480 Talk to you. He's dead. 585 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,840 You can't respond yet this person who is alive is still 586 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:56,920 entangled with a dead. Person. 587 00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:06,640 Note that you see our. Choices, and these are matters 588 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,880 of choice. Let us lay aside. 589 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:14,000 You got a choice so often you know people. 590 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,120 Don't like it? But So what? 591 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:19,560 You got to grow. Up, you know. 592 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:23,200 We're, we're too mature, immature, the writer of Hebrews 593 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,000 earlier said. I'd like to tell you more stuff. 594 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:26,960 Give me some meat and veggies and stuff but. 595 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:28,960 You know, I just got to keep telling you about. 596 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:33,040 Baby stuff all the time because you just won't grow up, Paul 597 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:34,520 said to the. Church in Corinth, you're just 598 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:37,840 carnal, just arguing about stuff. 599 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:39,960 Oh, where of Apollos? Where of Paul? 600 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:43,480 Oh, I'll where of Peter? What's this stuff got to do 601 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:44,120 with? Anything. 602 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,480 You see, our choices are not always between right and wrong. 603 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,840 But can be the difference? Between a. 604 00:36:54,840 --> 00:37:03,920 Hindrance and a help. This recognition of not solving 605 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,360 most misunderstandings, not chasing. 606 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:12,600 Them down relentlessly. Then gives. 607 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:16,120 You what? Permission to step away? 608 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:21,080 OK, don't do anything more about that. 609 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:28,520 Step away. To leave the matter where God's 610 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:32,200 hands. That's where they should be, not 611 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,240 your hands. You can't fix anything. 612 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:36,080 I can't even fix a hole. In the wall. 613 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,680 Hannah will tell you how good a wonderful. 614 00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,960 I should have been a surgeon, I know because I'm not a handyman 615 00:37:49,370 --> 00:37:52,450 in an eastern land. A woman repeated a bit of 616 00:37:52,450 --> 00:37:54,130 gospel. About a neighbour. 617 00:37:55,970 --> 00:37:58,410 And within a short time, the whole town. 618 00:37:58,810 --> 00:38:04,290 Knew the. Story The slandered person was 619 00:38:04,290 --> 00:38:10,090 deeply hurt by what the woman had said, and most unhappy. 620 00:38:11,210 --> 00:38:14,250 But then the lady. Responsible for spreading the 621 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:17,240 rumour. Learned that it was completely 622 00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:22,120 untrue. So she went to a wise old sage 623 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,920 to find out how she could repair the damage she'd caused. 624 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:30,880 I said this I'm snacks not true after listening to her problem, 625 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,360 he said. Go. 626 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:39,000 To the marketplace, Buy a chicken, have it killed, then on 627 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:43,200 your way home, pluck its feathers out one by one and drop 628 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:47,920 them along the path. The surprise by this unusual 629 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:52,160 advice? The woman did as she was told. 630 00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:57,360 Chicken gave sacrifice for that the next. 631 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,080 Day she saw the sage. Again and. 632 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:01,960 Said she had completed his tasks. 633 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,560 I've done what you said, the sage then told the woman. 634 00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:08,480 Now go over your path. Track, backtrack, collect all 635 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:09,640 those. Feathers and bring them back to 636 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:13,480 me. So the lady. 637 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,200 Followed her path back, but to a. 638 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,520 Dismay. The wind had blown. 639 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:22,280 All the feathers away. After searching all day long, 640 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,320 she returned with only two or three. 641 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:28,120 In a hand. This is all I have. 642 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:31,320 And the sage said. You see, said the old wise man, 643 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:36,640 It is easy to drop them, but impossible to bring them. 644 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,320 All back. Likewise. 645 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,800 It does not take much. To spread a false rumour. 646 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,720 But you can. Never completely undo the wrong. 647 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:51,000 So we've looked at being misunderstood. 648 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,440 It's going to happen. We've looked at the reasons. 649 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:58,360 Why there? Are many and unpredictable and. 650 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,880 Thirdly, so how are? We to react. 651 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:08,360 To being misunderstood again. It's a matter of. 652 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:16,280 Choice too many people seek. Prayer when the answer is. 653 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:20,440 Will do the right thing. Oh yeah, but. 654 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:22,320 I I don't want to do I know what the. 655 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:23,760 Bible says but. No, no. 656 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:28,080 Just do the right thing. So it's a matter of. 657 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:32,080 Choice one. Some work themselves, and people 658 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:34,280 usually do it in three ways. Some work. 659 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:37,440 Themselves into a frenzy. Trying to get the other. 660 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,800 Person or party? To hear and then. 661 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:43,040 Acknowledge the truth if you've ever worked in government and I. 662 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,760 Have I've worked in the health department, the education 663 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:47,840 department and the Police Department. 664 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:52,560 And man, these days, when someone or. 665 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,200 He said this, she said this, and they have this. 666 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:56,880 Hole. And now we're going to. 667 00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:58,680 Have this, we're going to have another meeting about that. 668 00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:00,760 They're offended, they're off or they're on stress leave. 669 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,080 You know this. Person's off and. 670 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,000 They're on stress. Well, I'm going on stress leave. 671 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:05,400 Because they're on stress leave. No, I didn't. 672 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,680 Say that they said this. And it goes on and on and and 673 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:10,360 and and all the wise. Ones get. 674 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,240 Together and and and just. Stir. 675 00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:21,100 The mess. Some shout. 676 00:41:21,100 --> 00:41:21,940 Some. Plead. 677 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:24,960 Repeat themselves endlessly and chronically. 678 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:28,160 Live in an. Anguished desperation to be. 679 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,280 Cleared and heard I'm not coming back to work until she. 680 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:36,080 Says he says, well, they change. Well, he's gone. 681 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:39,440 Or I'm out of here. You got to move me. 682 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:44,480 Shift me. And it becomes the centre. 683 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:45,600 Of their lives. I've. 684 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:49,800 Seen that in people. Their whole focus, they're so 685 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:55,360 bitter. Whilst others turn inward, 686 00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:03,560 retreat to a sulkish existence, determined to play the life of a 687 00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:09,280 martyr. Whilst internally the endless 688 00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:12,760 flowing. Acid of bitterness just pumps 689 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:17,120 and pumps through their heart. And they burn within. 690 00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:23,280 Both these ways are wrong responses. 691 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:27,400 So what's the biblical? Response one. 692 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,520 To extend an invitation to discuss the matter and to 693 00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:34,600 continue serving the Lord, Bible tells us that in Matthew 18. 694 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:37,600 Your brother on here. Let's try it. 695 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:39,280 And get another one. They want it well. 696 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:46,200 OK. Secondly, to finally acknowledge 697 00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:48,240 this, we cannot. Live or. 698 00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:52,120 Change another person's life and how they live. 699 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:55,680 I want I want you to hear this to. 700 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:59,680 Finally. Acknowledge we cannot live or. 701 00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:04,160 Change another person's life. How they live. 702 00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:05,880 You can't. You can't. 703 00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,360 Do that and many of you are trying. 704 00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:11,960 It doesn't work. You can't. 705 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:16,720 Change me, I can't change you. So we accept. 706 00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:19,520 And here's the good thing to do We. 707 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:22,000 Accept the helplessness. Well, that's. 708 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:25,840 That's it and. Then what do we do? 709 00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:34,000 We pray for God's grace and His strength to go on. 710 00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:42,600 Lord, let me move on. And to allow and here's what. 711 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:49,520 You've got to do God to handle this personal difficulty. 712 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:50,960 And if it. Raises its head. 713 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:53,160 Give it to him again. Raises its head. 714 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:59,720 Give it to him again. But spend or waste, no more 715 00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:02,680 energy trying to solve it. You got that? 716 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:09,160 Stop trying to solve it. Can't Romans chapter 12 verse 717 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:14,080 18? Paul says if it is possible, so 718 00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:17,960 in some cases. It's not possible as far as it 719 00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:21,800 depends on you. Live at peace with everyone. 720 00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:25,320 Some people you just can't. They're a prickly pair. 721 00:44:31,140 --> 00:44:36,660 You see, behind all this, Ephesians 612, we wrestle not 722 00:44:36,660 --> 00:44:39,620 against. Flesh and blood behind. 723 00:44:39,620 --> 00:44:41,060 All this we're in a spiritual world. 724 00:44:41,220 --> 00:44:45,360 We're spiritual beings. We're children of God behind. 725 00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:48,840 All this. Satan seeks to detour. 726 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:55,120 Our lives, our passion, our. Energy, our joy and he seeks. 727 00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:58,280 To bring emotional distraction to. 728 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:02,440 Us so as to affect. Our walk. 729 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:05,840 With God. They come to church. 730 00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,560 They're just angry. Just I can't. 731 00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:11,280 I can't. Can't do Mother's Day. 732 00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:12,520 I can't do Father's Day. I. 733 00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:16,600 Can't do certain things because. Memories that I have connections 734 00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:20,840 and I'm not judging in the regard to that, but The thing is 735 00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:25,680 you're building the. Trap yourself for yourself. 736 00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:27,600 You're. Wrapping the chains around 737 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:29,280 yourself. And Satan's gone. 738 00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:31,960 Good job. I've got you chained. 739 00:45:32,240 --> 00:45:36,040 You just keep. Holding onto the chains because 740 00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:43,400 you won't give permission. To move on and you are otherwise 741 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:48,600 forever distracted. In your life trying to. 742 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:52,120 Rectify being misunderstood Paul Cos. 743 00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:54,640 No, no, I want a council now. Bring, get, let's have a 744 00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:55,720 council. Bring this. 745 00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:58,040 Bring, bring, bring the elders again. 746 00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:01,120 Let's let's have this out. I'm I'm having my say. 747 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:02,680 You've heard people say that, and that's how. 748 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:06,760 Churches get split. I want my say in the matter. 749 00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:13,000 Now it's what God says. My opinion and your opinion 750 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:18,160 don't count what you think. What I think don't count. 751 00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:22,160 It's what the Bible says. That's what counts if. 752 00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:24,120 God tells me to do. Such and such. 753 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:29,520 Then I need to do that Noah if he just. 754 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:33,680 Reacted like most people do. He would never have completed 755 00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,000 the ark. I'm not building this ark. 756 00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:41,160 This is too hard, you know. It's just I'm not doing it. 757 00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:46,440 Everyone reckons I'm mad. Moses, he would have just. 758 00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:48,800 Stayed in the desert burning Bush. 759 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:50,280 I don't care. If there's a burning Bush. 760 00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:52,040 I'm not going back down to those people. 761 00:46:52,720 --> 00:46:54,040 I'm not going down to those people. 762 00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,320 They told me to get out of here. Who made you Prince who? 763 00:46:56,320 --> 00:47:00,760 Made you water over us. Joseph, he would have just 764 00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:01,720 lived. If he got. 765 00:47:01,720 --> 00:47:04,160 Out of gaol as a. Bitter ex con. 766 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:10,440 Brothers, family, mum, dad, gaol. 767 00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:14,800 Prison. Didn't deserve any of that. 768 00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:17,360 Why should I? Why should I change? 769 00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:21,040 Not going to get me. Anywhere bitter ex con for. 770 00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:24,720 The rest of his life. John. 771 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:27,200 Who's this? Who's this guy? 772 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:29,840 I mean, I'm preaching, preaching here and people are coming to 773 00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:32,840 see me. Oh, I'm a holy man. 774 00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:40,440 But instead, for Noah, it was to finish. 775 00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:42,560 The Ark Why the? Flood was coming. 776 00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:46,640 I've got family. I've got. 777 00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:52,720 Kids, I've got wife. For Moses it. 778 00:47:52,720 --> 00:47:55,560 Was the joy to head. Into the direction of. 779 00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,160 Of the promised land with. God in front of him. 780 00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:02,960 Hey, this is awesome. This is why I'm here. 781 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:09,720 For Joseph, resting in gaol. The door will open soon. 782 00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:12,000 And I I know God will use me. He was going. 783 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:13,480 To end up Prime Minister of Egypt. 784 00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:18,480 Why God has given me dreams? About this he gave me. 785 00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:25,960 Dreams about this. And for John, John the. 786 00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:29,440 Baptist, he would preach repentance. 787 00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:34,440 Knowing Messiah has come, I don't need to baptise you. 788 00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:38,120 You should. Baptise me he must. 789 00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:41,680 Increase and I must decrease. That's the same. 790 00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:46,680 For all of us. So the question is we. 791 00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:51,520 Close it today. God the Holy Spirit wants to 792 00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:56,080 meddle into your. Lives today, will you? 793 00:48:56,680 --> 00:49:00,680 Today allow God to have now your. 794 00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:07,360 Full attention. Or are you going to carry on 795 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:11,160 fighting? I was misunderstood. 796 00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:16,360 My dad, my mum, my brother, my sister, my boss, my coach. 797 00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:19,960 This. You can carry on just fighting 798 00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:26,400 and you'll be entangled forever. Will you give up trying to set 799 00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:32,000 things right and leave it with God? 800 00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:38,840 Will you leave it? With God will you? 801 00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:45,440 Finally, cast off those. Cares those and they are. 802 00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:48,920 Hurtful misunderstandings. You think Paul was enjoying 803 00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:52,480 being beaten to death? You think Paul was enjoying 804 00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:55,360 being accused of lying about the word of God? 805 00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:58,840 You think, Paul? Just thought oh this is OK and 806 00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:00,680 now I'm. Accused of an assassin. 807 00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:03,520 They could kill me. You think Paul went, oh, this is 808 00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:08,400 just great. No, on Wednesday, Paul gets up 809 00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:11,960 and what does he talk about? He talks about his relationship 810 00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:15,480 with Christ, because none of that stuff matters. 811 00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:18,280 He doesn't go back over any of the. 812 00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:21,960 Stuff. I'm not an Egyptian assassin. 813 00:50:22,240 --> 00:50:24,280 I never said this about circumcision. 814 00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:26,120 I never did any of that. No, he says. 815 00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:27,200 Let me tell you what happened to me. 816 00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:29,200 I was on. The road to Damascus and Jesus. 817 00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:37,920 Christ met changed my life. We finally cast off those cares, 818 00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:41,840 those hurtful misunderstandings, and put them before His throne 819 00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:45,960 and cast them at His feet. You can do it today. 820 00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:50,600 It's your choice. You can be disentangled today. 821 00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:55,240 You can be free. And instead you can take. 822 00:50:55,240 --> 00:50:59,600 Up your cross. And deny. 823 00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:07,440 Yourself deny your rights, disentanglement, 824 00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:14,240 misunderstanding and follow. Him you can deny yourself. 825 00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:19,840 Give God your wounds. Give God your revenge. 826 00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:24,480 Give God your stubborn pride. You can stop all this. 827 00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:29,880 Now, so that now. You can walk with freedom and 828 00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:34,360 the surrender of Paul, who in Romans Chapter 9 would write of 829 00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:36,160 the people. Who wanted to kill him and beat 830 00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:38,160 him up? I speak. 831 00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:40,840 The truth in Christ. I'm not lying. 832 00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:44,400 Paul says my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit. 833 00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:47,120 I have great sorrow not over what they. 834 00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:49,840 Said these people, they're idiots. 835 00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:54,640 And unseaching anguish in my heart. 836 00:51:55,720 --> 00:51:57,440 Because the way they treated me. No hear. 837 00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:03,360 What he says, For I could wish that I myself were cursed and 838 00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:06,480 cut off from Christ for the sake of my people. 839 00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:16,400 Wow, those of my own race, the people of Israel who 840 00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:20,680 misunderstood me. Let's pray. 841 00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:31,680 Father, today we pray that we leave at your. 842 00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:40,320 Feet today and walk out of this. Building chains, blocks, wounds. 843 00:52:42,520 --> 00:52:48,280 Situations that have controlled. Us angered us. 844 00:52:51,240 --> 00:52:53,160 We're not doing dealing with them anymore. 845 00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:57,040 We want to be free. We want to be free to live. 846 00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:03,440 A life and serve you that our minds make no peace. 847 00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:09,520 And that we can just. Share the love of the Gospel 848 00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:13,000 with others. Just like Paul. 849 00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:18,200 This we pray you do. Miraculously in our hearts. 850 00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:21,480 Today we ask this in Jesus. Name. 851 00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:30,200 Amen. Just to know you, you must be 852 00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:36,080 his friend, my friend.