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The Power of the Name of Jesus | Pr Matthew Chang
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You're listening to a message to go from acts church. We hope this message
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will light up your day. We're gonna go into scripture. Told me to
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look chapter three, uh, and then we're gonna read from verse one to
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verse ten, and then I'm gonna skip over to Luke chapter four. Okay,
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So before I go into that scripture, just to give you a bit
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of context. You know, context is very important. Turn your neighbor and
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say context is very important, very very important in your own communication, and
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make sure that you give proper contexts. Don't simply you know, sometimes I
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don't like people they talk to me as Adalia. They simply switch channel one,
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and it's like, what are you talking about right now? You know,
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you know people talk I never like are you talking about this? And
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we're still on the same channel. But then someone their switch channel. Really
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likes all about context. Okay, don't simplease switch channels. Okay, okay.
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So the context is that this is Luke chapter three, and so Jesus
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has reason from the dead. He has shown himself manifested himself physically to his
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disciples and to a lot of witnesses as round. But when Jesus rose from
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the dead, he did ministry with the people, and then and eventually he
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ascended right in front of the eyes of the disciples, and he told them
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specifically, do not go anywhere, do not go and preach right now,
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don't go to the cities, don't go to the temples, okay, don't
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go and do healing or anything, but just wait, okay, in Jerusalem.
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And hey, wait in Jerusalem until the coming of the Holy Spirit.
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Okay. And that was such an important thing because sometimes after you see a
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person raise from the dead, as if he's a normal thing, you want
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to go out and do things in Aha. You know, I've seen the
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Christ. You know, you want to go out. But Jesus gave them
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a commandment, very strict commandment, to not tell anyone but remain in Jerusalem
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until the coming of the Holy Spirit. It was an important test for the
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disciples, okay. And so they did praise the Lord, and Peter in
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this important junction rose up, you know, rose up. And firstly,
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you know, I rose up in leadership among the disciples. Firstly by telling
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them that, hey, Judus has passed away, but then we need to
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appoint another to take over his office. Uh. And they did so by
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casting of lots and by praying as well. Okay, And so it's you
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know, Peter started to come into his own and then the Pentecosts happened.
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Okay, when they feel and then the Holy Spirit came and they sent upon
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it. They started speaking in tongues okay, uh. And you know when
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when they spoken tongue, they were that they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Pentecost.
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And you know, six thousand people got safe. And then what do
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they want to say? Yep, safe? And then Peter gave a sermon.
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You know, because of his sermon he preached, and like I said,
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you can see Peter going not rising up in ranks. Before this,
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you can see Peter shrinking away, shrinking away. But then it was a
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very people to point for Peter to rise up as leader, the very clear
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leader among the apostles. Now, so we have a community of Christian believers
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who believe. And then you said, you hear that that the church has
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begun. But now, uh, there is the next pace? What do
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they do beyond that? And we see here from Luke chapter three, this
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is a very important thing, okay, because they're during the appentecause people the
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people who believe we can say, like you know, it were those people
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who were gathered around them. But how would they be publicly viewed by the
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priests, the officials, by the people in the temple was revealed in this
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chapter okay, chapter three. Okay, there's where I'm going to begin.
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And he says, here, now Peter and John k two persons to the
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apost. They went up to the temple at the hour of prayer, okay,
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the ninth hour. Now a certain lame man lame from his mother's who
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was carried Okay, I'm reading the nk ESV version, whom they laid daily
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at the gate of the temple, which is called beiltiful, to ask alms
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from those who entered the temple, who, seeing Peter and John about to
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go into the temple, ask for arms. Okay, So we stopped there
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for a while. We know that there is a guy okay, a few
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things. We know he is lame, but he was laying for birth.
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Okay, he was born lame. Okay, And what did they do with
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him? They placed him at the temple. I know I'm time, but
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I'm not going to go through into detail how the temple looks like. But
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Basically, there are two major temples, okay, the temple that was built
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during the time of Solomon and at the time, and the temple the second
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temple, which was built during the time of King Herod. The King Herod's
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temp was way much bigger, probably three times much much bigger, okay.
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And there are layers, you know, there are you know, there's a
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Solomon porch, there is the court of women's called the Gentiles, and then
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you go inner and then the inner centraly as well. So it is very
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common for the people in Israel to go in it out, and especially during
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prayer as well. So they placed him at this gate called the gate called
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beautiful. Okay. It's a gate called beautiful because it's a large, heavy
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gate with beautiful ornaments. But he could not go in. He was only
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placed outside. Okay. Why because there is a belief that you know,
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among the Jewish culture that sin is hereditary, Okay. It means it's passed
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down. It's either you sin, or your mother or your father or someone
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in your family's sin, and that because of that infirmity was born and passed
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down to the generation in it as well. And so they do not allow
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people who were blind who were lameing to enter beyond a certain gate, and
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they were just outside the gate. That was beautiful. Okay, that's why
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they measured all these details as well. He was placed right outside there.
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Okay, he can see God, he can now watch people go in,
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but he will always be outside in a way. It's like us, isn't
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it as believers, isn't it? We are born in sin can stand outside
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there. Okay, we watch people go in and out. But that's all
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we can do from lame from birth. Okay. But one day this guy
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he met Apostle Peter and James, and he asked for the normal thing.
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He asked for alms? Can you fit me? Can you give me some
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money so that I can take care of myself? And this is the important
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part. And Peter said to them said to him, silver and gold I
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do not have, But what I do have I give to you. Okay,
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I want you guys to remember this phrase because I think that this is
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something that you gotta. This is a verse that you ought to remember and
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memorize in your life for evangelism purposes. Okay, can we say this again?
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Okay, silver and gold I do not have, but what I do
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have, I give to you. Okay. This is a very important manner
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and posture about how we go about preaching and sharing the gospel as well.
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Okay, we follow, we follow the old recipe that okay, you don't
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create new recipes, so I stick to the old recipe. Okay. This
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case, what Peter says to him is that I don't have. I don't
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have what you ask, what you want, but what I do have okay,
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that you can't see. Okay, I give to you. Now what
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is it that I give to you? Okay? And this reply is very
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powerful. Okay. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareeth. Okay.
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This is the first time the apostle Jesus in the New Testament has declared to
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heal anyone under any name. For the very first time he said, what
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in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Okay, rise up and walk
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Okay. And this is nowhere else but in the Temple Menza. It's at
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the most important public place, most reverend place in all of Israel. Okay,
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declare everyone you walk in and walk out. Is that you go to
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DBKL, or you go to Istana and Nagara, or you go to Parliament
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there and suddenly you know, people are walking in and out all their photos.
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They are not people taking you Tube or Instagram. And suddenly you see
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guy, see a guy doing a miracle work and say, under one name,
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in the name of Jesus Christ of Natura, a name people people have
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not heard for a long time, a name that was previously scorn or curse
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it because Jesus died on the tree. If you die on the tree,
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you are personal. Did you know that? How many if you like to
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die on the tree, If you're a parent, if you are, you
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are you wouldn't want to see your son, your daughter, you know,
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your friend, your parents. Anyone to die is one thing, but to
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die on the tree is to be cursed. You know. Okay, but
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this name has to be associated with a name that was cursed. But under
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this name I heal you water. Strange but yet powerful declaration by Peter as
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well, and say that in verse seven. And he took him by the
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right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received
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strength. So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple
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with them, walking, leaping and praising God. See what's the contrast.
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He was always standing. Imagine like, for example, the temple door was
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here, and he was standing in the sitting in front of the gates of
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beautiful right there. He was lame and Peter was helping him. Then when
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who was healed? How did he enter into the gate? Lame? Sad?
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Late, oh, complaining, leaping, running, jumping and praising God.
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That is the world that God is about to do for everyone who believes
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in the name of Jesus. Yeah, mean right, Hue, who was
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saying who was entering into it? And he was working? Well, he
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says that he was working with the apostles, the person who should him walking
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into the gates beautiful for the first time, you know, forty years,
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he says, this man was forty years a man. Okay really later in
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x chapter four, there you will it will be revealed. Then this man
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was forty years old, forty years sitting there. I'm gonna say forty years.
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That became plus minus forty years. Finally finally healed and walking in,
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jumping and leaping and praising God. And he says there verse nine, and
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all the people saw him walking and praising God. Then they knew that it
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was he who sat bagging arms at the beautiful gate of the temple, and
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they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. Amen.
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You know in Psalm one hundred, verse four, it says that no,
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don't return to it. He says, not only that those saved by
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Christ enter into his courts with praise and thanks going because of what God has
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done. Amazing, isn't it, hey? Amazing now? But this is
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the first reaction we see. But it is only part one. Okay,
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turn with me to look chapter four, and I will share with you how
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the name of Jesus is being elevated and exalted, not just among the common
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people, but among all authorities, and then we will know Heaven rules.
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Okay. Now, in chapter four, verse one, it says here now,
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as in the temple, to the people, these are the disciples,
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the priests, the captain of the temple, and the seduces came upon them,
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Okay, being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus
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the resurrection from the dead. Okay, let's pause there for a while.
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Why were they so afraid that they preached in Jesus' name? In the name
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of Jesus, the resurrection from the dead, because they must understand. The
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Israelites. They have a few groups of teachers. The first the oldest one
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with the Seduces. Okay, I hope I'm pronouncing in Rightduces. There were
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a group of teachers and priests who are sort of like more privileged group of
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people, okay, wealthy and powerful, but they believe not all the scriptures.
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They only believe the Torah. Okay, any books further than the Torah,
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they don't believe in it. They don't accept it. And because of
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what of the books that they're limited, they don't believe in the resurrection,
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really strictly believe. They don't believe in the resurrection or okay, so there
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is where they stand. But the Pharisees they actually do. Okay, So
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you have two groups. But because they were powerful, because they believe in
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the elite group reach and wealthy day, they maintained there for a while.
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But now it is a problem to them, okay, because a man has
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been healed, and there are rumors and whispers about Jesus had reason from the
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dead. And not only there are rumors, people from that group are actually
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preaching and teaching in the temple as well. And so they were, they
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are teaching their their belief system is being threatened. Okay. Now in verse
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three it says that and they lay hands on them, okay, meaning the
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priests and the and the captain. They laid hands on them, on the
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on the apostles, and put them in custody until the next day, for
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it was already evening. How however, many of those who heard the word
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believed, and the number of the men came to be about how many five
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thousand, just one healing five thousand people. Amazing, isn't it. Now,
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that's store they come to the main action, okay. And in verse
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five the title says it addressing the Sanhedrin. The Sanhedrin is made up of
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so called the elders. Let me see, might not see how many of
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them are there? The thing, there's about seventy one members of the Sanhedrin,
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seventy elders and one high priest. Okay, So there, and these
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are the same group of people that Jesus appeared as well. Okay, these
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are very very powerful. But basically they together with together at that time,
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with the under the authority of the Roman government, they ruled over Israel over
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all the religious affairs, and how they were to conduct themselves as well.
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So he says that, and it came to pass on that day the rulers
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and the elders, as well as an As, the high priests and care
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first John and Alexander and as many as well of the family of the high
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priests were gathered together at Jerusalem. Now, Annas and care first were some
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very familiar, because these two they are basically family, ANDAs and care First.
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I can't remember who was foolready, but if I'm not mistaken, one
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of them is the father in law. The other was the son in law,
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Okay, but they were. One of them was the high priests,
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and then the atherm was so like a shadow high priestland okay. And their
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position as a high priest was not voted on. Their position as a high
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priest was given or bought from the Roman people. Okay. So you give
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a tribute to the Roman government and they will plant you as a high priest.
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And then from there the high priest, through a system of sacrifice and
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animals, they will collect the offerings and then they pay back to Romans.
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And then a lord that the key for themselves as well. So the temple
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system was very corrupt. Ah, that's why Jesus hated it so much.
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She was chasing people out as well. Okay. So these people so called
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uh what they call it religious pious people? Okay, the one the thing
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girl of people who are sentenced and murdered. Jesus is now having trial over
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Jesus. Why is going to happen? Then? Hey, people think,
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hey, these people, uh, you know, Jesus didn't fare so well
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to them with this group, with the Sanhedrin. What about the apostle the
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only perform on miracle nor Jesus performed so mini miracles, and how they're going
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to stand up against them? Okay? So and then he says here in
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verse seven, and when they had set them in the midst okay, they
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asked one of the most important questions in the whole of New Testament, one
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the most the most the most important questions. Okay, and they set themselves
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up. Okay. And that is why we sing the song, because they
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asked this question, by what power or by what name have you done this?
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Okay? This is the most important question, one of the most people
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to the moment in the Book of Acts or the New Testament, because people
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are asking by what power or by what name have you done this? And
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it will still ring the same question in this world. And when you go
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to the marketplace, go to your school, okay, go to your family,
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your friends, socialize, Okay, when they see things, they will
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be always asking the same question, by what power or by what name have
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you done this? Think about it. They didn't ask her, how did
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you do it? You know, they didn't even deny that the miracle even
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actually happened. You know, you get me right, Science and wonders will
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go before them, and science and wanders still continue to happen in this day.
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You get me right, when the still happened and people are asking how
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okay, and people will be asking the same question. How. Then,
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Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, rulers of the
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people and elders of Israel, if we this day okay, this is very
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smart. Know this is court room drama. Okay, court room drama.
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Peter heard that, he said, he didn't even they didn't. Peter was
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like, well, you didn't even question me what did I do or not?
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Or how this man was healed or whether it was real. You're not
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even asking me whether they are witnesses at all, but you fully acknowledge that
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this man who was laying was helled. You want to ask me straight of
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it, I'm gonna give it to you. Okay. If this day we
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are judge for a good day done to a helpless man, by what means
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he has been made? Well? If you ask me, what is the
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source? Okay? Let it be known to you all and to the old
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people of Israel. And this is a public decoration more than just a declaration
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or a public statement, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
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okay, in front of all the court, Jesus Christ of Nazaus. But
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then he didn't stop there. But who is Jesus Christ of Nazaus to you
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and to me? The postle Peter didn't didn't shrink bat No, it's just
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not just the name. You know, He's saying, this name has an
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implication to you. When I mentioned this name, you are implicated. Whoa
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he says. Suddenly know, you go and watch a corner and suddenly people
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are They say, are you involved in this? Why are you being you
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know, in this murder or this robbery? Certainly someone called up your name,
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you know, or this fellow say, what does it mean mean?
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You are being implicated? Okay, being implicated? Okay, but this is
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what Peter is saying. Not only I'm going to tell you the source.
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I'm going to tell you that all of you, that the whole entire people
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of Israel, okay, and all the Lizzers, including all the Sundary,
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all of you are implicated into this name. Okay, Jesus Christ, whom
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you got raised from the dead by him. This man stands before you.
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Now, this is amazing. You know why is this so amazing? M
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Because Jesus died. And not only Jesus die. How did he die?
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He died, he was crucified. Okay, mother's crucified. But what does
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his crucifixion tell the public. So he was punished. He didn't only die,
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he was punished. The exact word is punished. This man who was
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he was made a lie by someone you punished. To be more exact,
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Ah, It's like, hey, if you go to school, Hey,
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how you once you don't this this this this kid got saved from a concident.
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How do he go say? Oh, this guy, this kid got
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safe but another student whom you punish, you know, you got me right,
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So who's who is? Who is made Celia the principle the teacher made
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Celila, you punish the guy who said that kid, you got mean right.
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This is what they're saying, you know, So they are making the
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Peter say that you're guilty. So the moment that they realize that Jesus has
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been punished and that it makes them and Jesus is still able to heal a
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guy from the grave, that's a huge thing. Makes sense or not.
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It's a very very powerful statement. And no, okay, it's a very
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power How many of you will suddenly go and like, know, hey sign
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a bank cloner under someone who has been committed a criminal before. Hey,
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I would like to buy a property. Okay, the bank said, okay,
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you don't much money. I need a bank character. Who would you
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like to guarantee guarantee your your financial status? Or I would like this guy
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who is a criminal, who is a bankrupt would you do that? The
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name has not power, not authority, but Jesus when he's dying, he
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was punished from the great he was still able to heal a man. You
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know, you know what I'm saying here. Sometimes when we sing the name
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of Jesus, we repraate the name of just We don't understand the gravity.
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You know what we are pulling out from you know, in terms of law,
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you know what we are really drawing out, what we are really associating
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with it on the name of Jesus. You know, for us we are
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blessed because we believe, we repent. But for those who don't, they
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are guilty. So the name of Jesus will cut through the hearts of men
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like a sword, you get me like it will divide people who will be
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blessed by the name of Jesus, who will praise the name of Jesus.
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But there will be one girl. People who were seethed in their teeth,
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who are natural, They who were slammed and will still reject. Do you
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know what I'm saying here? But nothing can overthrow that. You want to
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murder, you want to punish him. He's still working. He is still
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working miracles. People turn your neighbors say, God is still working miracles even
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from the grave. He top of the grave, ready not longer in the
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grave. There's a huge implication. So when you use the name and say
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when you today. Later on, we're gonna do a practice later on when
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you go to the office. It's someone you know what you want to pray
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for cancer? You what do you? What name do you in the name
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of Jesus when you pray for your family member? Okay, pray for provision.
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Prayer on them, say by faith in the name of Jesus, in
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the name of Jesus, the hallow name of Jesus. Now let's move on
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here. In verse fourteen, oh no, sir, Norri, Let's go
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to verse eleven. Okay, this is the stone. After Peters saying that
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you know telling that you punish Jesus, you crucified him, and you murdered
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him. Okay, this is the same name. And in verse eleven he
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says, this is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has
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become the chief corner stone. No is here, No is there salvation in
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any other For there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which
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we man be safe. This man standing outside your temper for forty years,
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nothing has been done. You punish another guy, this guy, even in
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the great can save this, can heal this guy? And walking in Now,
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where is your power. Where is your so authority? Now in verse
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thirteen, we see how they react, how the send red. He says,
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now, when they saw the bonus of Peter and John and perceived that
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they were uneducated and untrained men. Okay, how many of you are untrained?
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Uneducated? Time for self awareness and humility, h He says, they
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were uneducated, uneducated and untrained men. You know he's this guy is in
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the court. You know he's able to not not just present himself, he
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is able to present a quarter a case that implicated the whole entire judicial system.
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You know, this guy is really quite power there. But of course
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it's under the power of the whole spirit, isn't it Okay? And he
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says, there they marveled, and they realized that they had been with Jesus.
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They had been Jesus. One of the marks, uh on, the
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marks that people recognize when you speak boldly, when you perform and science and
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wonders. You know, oh, you go by faith and you preach and
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you make a witness. People can tell whether you've been with Jesus or not.
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Okay, whether the say we've been with Jesus. Not so much about
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teaching, whether the presence of God lives in you and man. In verse
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fourteen, it says it. And seeing the man who had been healed standing
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with them living testimony, okay, they could say nothing against it, because
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there is a living testimony. But when they had commanded them to go outside,
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out of the council, they conferred among themselves, saying, what shall
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we do to this man? For indeed they're a notable miracle has been done
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through them. That is evident to all who do well in Jerusalem, and
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we cannot deny it. It's not just my conviction there it will be works.
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And that's what I'm saying now most of my in my time, I've
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seen people. Of course, you can preach messages, you can go into
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apologetics, but people in their head, it's only that you know all they
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can. They will receive understanding, but people will not will not be convinced
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until what the reality of God hits them. What I'm saying now, conversion
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happens not because of knowledge. Conversion comes from the reality of God. Okay,
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If the word of God does not translate into a reality pointless, you
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get me right. The word of God has to translate into the reality of
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God. If not, it's just sermon, sermon, messages, messages.
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You're telling me to do this, or I hate it. I hate it.
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Sometimes it doesn't even take the word. Sometimes it takes an encounter.
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You get into an accident, you realize that, wow, there life flashing
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before your eyes and you see God, you know, like no, no,
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like summarizing your life, and you're going to die, and you realize
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that you need God. That there is no other name that can be said
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by which you can be said, but unless through the name of Jesus,
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and that's where the reality of God hits you and you start to believe,
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Amen, the reality of God. Then it says here in verse seventeen.
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But so that it spreads no further among the people they want, that it
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no longer to spread any further. Let us severely threaten them that from now
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on they speak to no man in this name. So what does the enemy
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want to do? What do they want to do? Of all things they
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want to they want you to do. What Christians can come and have church,
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Christians can do worship, Christians can do your Bible study. But if
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you go out, don't don't speak the name of Jesus. Isn't it consistent,
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it's true or not. You can do all you want, have your
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own thing, have you only a party. But when you go out,
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don't speak the name of Jesus. Hey, no, I say one say
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here you know. And it's still the same threat nowadays we get, isn't
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it Whether it's direct or indirect, itither is implied or not directly implied.
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You get mean right, it's still the same thing. You can do whatever
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you want Christians, but don't speak the name of Jesus. But how will
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people know? And then I'm going to show you the last part here when
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they ask from this, from this the first group of Christians, how did
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they responded? And it will paint and also pave, you know, draw
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out the template by which we ought to follow as believers as well. You
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give me a so that it's not about what we feel is politically correct.
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Yes I am. I'm not a confrontational person or have a personality as well.
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But my preference takes second place, you know, Bible takes first.
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God calls you to witness. You witness not by your share wisdom or understanding,
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simple just under the name of Jesus. Okay, now he says here
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in verse eighteen. Uh, not in verse eighteen, oh, okay,
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verse eighteen. So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all,
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not teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and
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said to them, whether it is right in the sight of God to listen
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to you more than to God, you judge, For we cannot but speak
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the things which we have seen and heard. You only speak of the things
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you have seen and heard. People, no more than that, okay,
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your only tales of the things of the scener nor more than that, not
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your own righteousness, but only the righteousness of God. Okay. So,
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when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way
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of punishing them because of the people. Well, since they all glorified God
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for what had been done for the man was over forty years old, on
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whom this miracle of healing had been performed. Now you see go towards throw,
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drawing towards towards the end. Here now we see the reaction of the
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disciples, okay, being brought in front of the sand. He'd being the
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same group that sentenced Jesus to die. They now come out victorious. The
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only thing they could give to them, is one a threat? Okay,
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a threat? And in verse twenty three and says there and being let go,
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they went to their own, to their own companions, and reported all
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that the chief priests and elders had said to them. So when they heard
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that means that all the believers heard that, they raised their voice to God
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with one accord, and said, Lord, you are God who made heaven
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and earth and the sea and all that is in them, who, by
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the mouth of your seven David has said, why did the nations rage and
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the people prought vain things? The kings of the earth took their stand,
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and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, against his Christ okay verse
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twenty seven, for truly against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed both
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herod and conscious pilot. With the gentiles and the people Israel were gathered to
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do together, to do whatever your hand and your purpose determined before to be
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done. Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to your
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servants, meaning all of us here, that with all boldness, with what
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all boldness, they may speak your word? Who is who is this addressed
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to? Just to the apostles, You think only just apostles. So we
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all don't speak in boldness. If a miracle happened, I don't speaking overness,
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and people ask you it's just a it's just a flucca. Huh.
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If a me member here by cancer because you pray for them, you say,
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oh, it's just a flucca. Every miracle that's been performed, pierce
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and understander, every miracle and every grace that God extend that requires an account
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for us, you know, requires an account for us. All of us
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are given to required to account to one. You know. Okay, Where
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am I saying? Okay? You speak your word by stretching out your hand
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to heal, and that signs and wonders may be thrown done through the name
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of your holy servant Jesus. Now my question is this, what do we
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learn from today? We learned the powerful name of Jesus. Isn't it the
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name of Jesus, the man that was punished guiltless? The name they even
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uh, you know, that went to the grave And people say that,
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oh, we didn't see him rise from the dead before. It only appear
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to certain people. I wouldn't believe it. But yet this is the same
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name that you don't believe that it's able to heal this man. How did
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you explain it? They cannot. They cannot. So the works bear witness
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to the power of the name of Jesus. You know what I'm saying.
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The works bear power to the name of Jesus. That's what we call the
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Kingdom of Jesus Christ is the upside down kingdom. You know, have you
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heard before? What's the upside down kingdom? I mentioned this a few times
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before. Most of the kings are kingdoms are let go the Roman Kingdom,
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Mongolian Kingdom, any British kingdom. Okay, Normally there's a head, isn't
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it, main top ruler. When the kings they fall and they die or
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tragically, nations typically crumble. They may be succeeded by different ones, but
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generally this they crumble because the leader is the one and then they disappear.
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But for Christianity and for Jesus Christ, he died, you know, thirty
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three years over so quick. You know, three years ministry didn't even go
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all the way to become King of Israel, all the way so called King
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of Israel crucified. But yet now he has more army and soldiers than any
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other nations. Yeah, I mean right, it's the opposite way now,
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people. The kings live to sustain their soldiers to build the empire. But
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Jesus builds his empire, makes disciples of all nations from every corner of the
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earth, touching every nation. After he dies, total opposite of how the
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world establishes. The kingdom and his kingdom will know no end, will know
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no bound. And when he comes again, he will not come as the
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as a servant to serve. He will come as a conqueror, the conquering
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king, with an iron rod in his hand. Conquering King. Amen,
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And he says here. And when they have prayed, the place where they
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assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled the moment they say that,
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Lord, you're seen this. They have no authority. Please, of
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all things that we ask for, give your servant boldness. If there's a
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miracle that we all were always singing for America, Lord, do this,
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do that when it comes? What should we respond? It's not standing here
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this testimony you, No, it is what he's like. Lord, give
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your servant, give action, to give our teens, our youth, our
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working adults, our parents. Give them boldness, okay, give them boldness,
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Give everyone here boldness, that we may speak your name and your word,
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and that when you stretch out to heal may be done through the name
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of Jesus. That is God's will for you and I Amen. There is
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God's will for you, and I not touch to sing about it, so
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that you and I will have boldness just like Peter d Amen. We hope
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believing that this week is going to be a good week. I hit for
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you. God bless