WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.000 practical ways. Hey, everybody, Welcome to the Bible guys. 4 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:14.039 Man, it's good to be here. Grace. 5 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:16.879 We are very glad to be in the heritage room. 6 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:19.800 This is an actual room that what does it use for? 7 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:21.280 For crying babies sometimes? 8 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:24.160 Yeah, dear serves meetings. It's like the only grown up 9 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:28.359 space in the building. Yeah, isn't it? Isn't it in 10 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:29.399 our church building? 11 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:31.199 Yeah. So for those of you who are watching a video, 12 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:34.240 you'll notice it immediately. For those who are listening, you're like, 13 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:36.880 what are you talking about? But basically, we have construction 14 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:37.640 going onto the back. 15 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:40.240 So we we're building a big peace center. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, 16 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:41.399 serve the community. Yep. 17 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:45.159 So we had to remove and relocate. So anyway, welcome 18 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:46.560 to the Bible guys. We are in the middle of 19 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:50.200 a series talking about God's promises. Yes, and it's in 20 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:54.079 different contexts. Even though that every promise each week is 21 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.520 sort of the same promise, it's in different contexts. So 22 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:02.359 this week's theme of God's promises is God's power and strength. 23 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:04.439 That's going to be great right, I'm looking forward to 24 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:06.840 this one me too, as opposed to that one. All 25 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:08.400 those other ones we were just mailing it in. But 26 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:10.599 this is gonna be a good one. 27 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:13.920 So we have a segment that desires. Actually this is 28 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:19.439 a sort of a different question. This week's focus is 29 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:22.879 on power and strength. So here's today's segment question. You've 30 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:27.760 just been recruited to the quote faith based Avengers who 31 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:30.799 unquote what is your code name and power? 32 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:33.959 So that's a neat one. Do you have an answer? 33 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:36.760 And you love the Avengers of course? Right, this is 34 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:39.599 it was almost it was almost a religious experience for 35 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:41.120 you as all of the. 36 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:42.920 Adventures ten years ten years. 37 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:44.400 Yeah, it was a decade. 38 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:47.920 From Iron Man all the way to Infinity Wards and Endgame. 39 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:52.239 So your son was just like a tween, yeah, first 40 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:52.760 started right. 41 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:53.000 Yeah. 42 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:54.920 Did you guys go to all the Avenger movies on it. 43 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:58.200 On opening night midnight showings, the whole thing. 44 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:00.000 Okay, So it's a big deal for you. 45 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:02.319 I mean, I grew up reading comics, that's the main. 46 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:04.359 Thing that's true. That's true. You had you had like 47 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:06.519 good comics. You had all of. 48 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:08.159 All the good ones. Yeah, all the good ones, okay 49 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:10.280 for sure, And some bad ones. Yeah, so I mean 50 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:14.240 not like dirty bad, but like like I collected she Hulk. 51 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:18.439 Oh wow, yeah, so you had like those were not yeah, 52 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:19.599 obscure comics. 53 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:22.319 And I never liked Doctor Strange, although I love the movies. 54 00:02:22.479 --> 00:02:24.479 So I struggled with this one when I saw it, 55 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:26.919 and so I just copied and pasted in a chattee pete? 56 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:28.680 Is that what you did? I did? You did? 57 00:02:28.759 --> 00:02:30.960 I did? I copied and pasted in chattubete. And I've 58 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:32.520 got some phenomenal asw Yeah. 59 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:34.840 Yeah, I've got one that I think is really cool. Okay, 60 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:36.199 go ahead, Grace Blade. 61 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:41.479 Grace Blade. Yeah. So he uses a blade and before 62 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:43.280 he slices somebody, he says, oh, you. 63 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:46.039 Wield the Spirit, the sword of the Spirit, with precision, 64 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:51.960 and every strike divides truth from deception and releases freedom. Okay, 65 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:53.639 that that's my that's my cure. 66 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:54.840 But what does that actually mean? 67 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:56.199 I don't know. I don't know. 68 00:02:56.560 --> 00:03:00.240 Okay, all right, So I I actually gave it a 69 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:04.000 ton of instructions based on did you in depth experiencing 70 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:07.960 comic knowledge? And basically here's I asked her to give 71 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:12.159 me ten superheroes enlist their powers. The first one is lumen, 72 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:16.960 and he radiates. He has radiant light that defeats darkness. Yes, 73 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:20.759 way good, one wayfarer. He guides the loss back with purpose. 74 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:26.719 The Iron Saint forges holy weapons from faith. The Absolver 75 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:33.560 transforms pain and guilt into healing. Solara radiates hope and 76 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:39.520 empowers others. Veritas wields truth as a weapon against lies. 77 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:40.680 Ether walks. 78 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:42.960 That's what veritas means. It's Latin for truth. 79 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:48.080 Oh yeah, yeah, Ether walks between realms to deliver wisdom 80 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:49.479 spiritual realms. 81 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:50.000 Yeah. 82 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:54.719 Ember Light burns with purifying fire of conviction. Centrics anchors 83 00:03:54.759 --> 00:04:00.759 chaos and restores calm. And Scriptor speaks words that reshape reality. 84 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.000 Which is I'm script Or, Which is really cool? Now, 85 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:09.919 I like, I liked Absolver. Absolver where he absolves people 86 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:13.879 people's pain and guilt and heals them and he takes 87 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:15.919 it on himself. Okay, so I said, and. 88 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:17.319 You know what, that would have helped out a lot 89 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:19.600 in the real Avengers, Oh for sure, because I mean 90 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:22.399 a bunch of those guys got beat up pretty bad. 91 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:23.000 For sure. 92 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:23.319 Yeah. 93 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:27.639 So I asked it to give me a cinematic opening sequence. 94 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:31.639 So you're going way beyond and above. This is why 95 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:34.600 Daz likes having you on the show is because you're 96 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:36.279 you're here to do more, not my bible knowledge. 97 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:44.839 Well, you did not answer that the way that I 98 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:47.839 would have hoped that you'd answer that. Okay, So here 99 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:51.199 it is. This takes place in a rain soaked city night. 100 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:55.319 A storm bruise over the skyline, Neon lights flicker off puddles, 101 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:59.680 and thunder rolls like a warning. The city sleeps restlessly, broken, bleeding, 102 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:03.040 haunt by its own sins. The camera pans down a 103 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:06.480 dark alley, graffiti, shattered glass, and the echo of distant sirens. 104 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:09.360 A man kneels beside someone trembling on the ground, A 105 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:13.600 young woman shaking, tears streaming down her face. Let it go, 106 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:19.279 Absolver says, it's not yours to carry anymore. He reached out, 107 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:24.040 gloves in the hand, trembling slightly, and his palm touches 108 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:27.759 her shoulder. A pulse of light ripples outward, not blinding 109 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:31.439 but pure. The air around them hums. A color drains 110 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:35.800 from the woman's pain, A shadowy mist lifting off her chest, 111 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:39.519 drawn into the man's hand. Her breathing steadies, her eyes 112 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:42.680 open wide. The weight she carried is gone, but his 113 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:45.920 eyes once calm, flicker with anguish as he absorbs it. 114 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:49.680 For a moment, his shoulders sag with under invisible heaviness, 115 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:54.519 and he whispers, almost to himself. Pain redeemed is pain repurposed, 116 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:59.800 And then it says, Then it says, cut to absolvers 117 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:04.079 were world and a cathedral burned half to ruin. He 118 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:06.839 stands before a wall of candles, one flame for every 119 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:09.000 soul that he's helped oh in a war zone. He 120 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:11.600 kneels besides a dying soldier, absolving fear so that the 121 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:13.839 man could die in peace, and a prison cell with 122 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:17.639 clasps hands a hardened criminal. The man's eyes flooding with 123 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:21.000 regret as the shadows fade. Each time the light consumes darkness, 124 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:23.600 and each time it leaves another scar on him. They 125 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:27.000 call me savior, but every soul I free leaves another 126 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:29.399 chain on me. I don't fight for glory, I fight 127 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:32.800 for release. He removes his hood. His faith is weathered 128 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:35.399 and calm, but marked by faint and glowing lines under 129 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:38.199 his skin, traces for every burden he's taken. He looks 130 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:42.639 it's almost done. He looks up at broken stained glass window, 131 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:47.079 half cross, half shattered. Mercy doesn't come without a cost. 132 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:51.000 A faint sound interrupts him, A child's scream echoes from outside. 133 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:54.079 He stands. He pulls his hood back on. The Shadows 134 00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:57.240 crawl around his boots as if drawn to him, but 135 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:01.480 the light within pushes them back. Looks like my shift's 136 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:07.040 not over. He steps into the rein again, light, Paul saying, 137 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:11.279 under the clouds storm clouds, a weary redeemer walking back 138 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:13.079 into battle. That's it. 139 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:17.079 So that was pretty epic. It was super That was amazing. 140 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.040 So that's who you're going to be. You're going to 141 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:22.240 be absolver. Okay, yeah, so I did. I just did 142 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:25.319 the same thing, but not for grace Blade. Why for 143 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:28.879 the conqueror? Okay, is a better one. Okay, And it 144 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:32.480 says so it's based on Romans eight thirty seven, right, 145 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:34.720 the conquerors. We are more than conquerors. Born in a 146 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:37.800 moment of spiritual battle. The conqueror is not forged by ease, 147 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:41.360 but by resistance. Every attack of the enemy only makes 148 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:45.759 him stronger. He doesn't fight for victory, he fights from it. 149 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:50.279 Fear recognizes him, demons know his name. Strongholds collapse the 150 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:53.360 moment his footsteps hit the ground, and then it says. 151 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:58.319 Where the conqueror stands, the atmosphere changes. Anxiety becomes peace, 152 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:01.759 Defeat turns to destiny. Miracles break out not because of 153 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:04.839 emotional height, but because the authority of Christ is tangibly present. 154 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:08.800 That's why darkness cannot negotiate with him. It must flee. 155 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:12.959 So his victory aura is this. Every person within fifty 156 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.800 yards instantly feels courage surge in their spirit. That's that's it. 157 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:21.240 And then impossible odds only increases power. The more hopeless 158 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:23.959 the situation, the stronger he becomes. And then he has 159 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:28.319 the power of the faith. Quake, wow, faith. When he 160 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:30.759 declares God's word, it reverberates like an earthquake in the 161 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:33.639 spiritual around, breaking chains that have held people for generations. 162 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:35.879 So there you go. It seems pretty cool. 163 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:37.600 And I got to tell you it sounds like the 164 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:39.039 conqueror has a lot of power. 165 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:42.120 I don't hope for victory. I carry it nice. 166 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:45.759 Nice. Sounds like he has a lot of power. 167 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:48.440 Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, and be able to balance off 168 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:49.159 the scarlet witch. 169 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:53.000 You know who else has power? We shall receive power. 170 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:56.240 We will receive power. You, You will receive who and 171 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:58.879 you when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. Yes, oh 172 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:01.879 that sounds familiar. Hey, why don't we read from Max 173 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:03.000 one today? Do you want to? 174 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:06.080 I do, okay, And I think that we should start 175 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:08.440 with verse one, me too, and go all the way 176 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:09.399 through verse eleven. 177 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:12.679 That's exactly my plan. Nice, that's it's amazing. We're on 178 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:15.639 the same page and it's only Monday. Can you imagine 179 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:16.879 how good this week is gonna get? 180 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:17.320 Yes? 181 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:22.240 I can, okay, So here we go. In Acts, chapter one, 182 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:27.399 verse one, he says, this is Luke writing. And Luke 183 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:29.279 was not a disciple of Jesus, but he did write 184 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:33.399 a gospel. You know what. He named it Luke. That's 185 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:37.799 what he super created. And then this is like Luke two, right, 186 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:41.200 this is like this is like this is a sequel 187 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:42.360 even though the book. 188 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:45.279 Even though the title is Acts of the Apostles. 189 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:48.000 That's correct. And he's writing to a buddy of his name, Theophilis. 190 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:50.720 So that's the book of Luke was written to Theophilis. 191 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:54.399 And he was saying, hey, I interviewed eyewitnesses about this stuff. 192 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:58.679 And then he's continuing and he says, in my first book, 193 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:01.600 I told you Theophilis about everything. Jesus began to do 194 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:03.480 and teach him till the day he was taken up 195 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:06.559 to heaven. After giving his chosen apostles further instructions through 196 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:09.279 the Holy Spirit. During the forty days after he suffered 197 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:11.519 and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, 198 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:13.960 and he proved to them in many ways that he 199 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:16.480 was actually alive. And he talked to them about the 200 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:19.080 Kingdom of God. And once he was eating with them, 201 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:21.960 he commanded them, do not leave Jerusalem until the Father 202 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:24.600 sends you the gift. He promised, as I told you before, 203 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.600 John baptized with water, but in just a few days 204 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:30.240 you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. And so 205 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:32.720 when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, Lord, 206 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:34.600 has the time come for you to free Israel and 207 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:38.240 restore our kingdom? And he replied, the Father alone has 208 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:40.600 the authority to set those dates and times, and they 209 00:10:40.639 --> 00:10:43.200 are not for you to know. But you will receive 210 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:45.720 power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you 211 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:49.120 will be my witnesses telling people about me everywhere in Jerusalem, 212 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:52.200 throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. 213 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:54.440 After saying this, he was taken up in a cloud. 214 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:56.879 While they were watching, they could no longer see him. 215 00:10:57.320 --> 00:10:59.480 As they strained to see him rising into heaven, two 216 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:02.879 white roads men suddenly stood among them, men of Galilee. 217 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:05.279 They said, why are you standing here staring up into heaven. 218 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:09.440 Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, but someday 219 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:12.080 he will return from heaven in the same way you 220 00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:12.639 saw him. 221 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:12.759 Go. 222 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:14.519 Well, there you go. 223 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:19.080 There it is, and the ascension, as you know explained. 224 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:22.159 I could visually see it. I could, I can see it, 225 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:24.759 and I think it was an epic moment. Oh yeah, 226 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:27.960 because God, uh you know, think about it when when 227 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:31.320 when when Jesus was baptized, it said, the spirit of 228 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:33.799 God came down, descending like a dove, and there was 229 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:36.519 a voice from heaven. It was super epic, right, So 230 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:40.159 why wouldn't Jesus's ascension back into heaven be just as epic. 231 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:44.320 It doesn't describe it, and it's uh, you know, full glory, 232 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:45.759 But I bet you would have been a sight to see. 233 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:48.399 Oh, it'd have been exciting. Uh. There is one in 234 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:51.399 the Wizard of Oz. What do you mean as he's 235 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:53.639 as he's on his balloon going away and he's waving 236 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:56.399 and she's clicking her eels. That's that's a pretty exciting 237 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:59.200 moment in the movie. Well are you even saying, I 238 00:11:59.200 --> 00:12:01.120 don't know, I'm trying to I was. I'm trying to 239 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:02.120 be more like you, Chris. 240 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:07.000 Okay, well, thank you, yes, okay, all right, I'm by it. 241 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:11.360 He's the hero of the whole story. He actually of 242 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:12.360 the Emerald City. 243 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:17.320 The wizard literally was a fraud, and he showed no remorse. 244 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:19.919 And when when the balloon left without Dorothy, he just 245 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:21.559 all of a sudden just looked at the people and said. 246 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:23.000 Bye, everybody, goodbye. 247 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:26.799 He didn't say, oh no, please, somebody grab a rope. No, no, 248 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:28.519 this was a terrible. 249 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:31.480 Comparison, okay, except he was just ascending and it's a 250 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:32.000 moving moment. 251 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:33.320 Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. 252 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:34.919 And then they're all standing around, what do we do? 253 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:37.679 You know what I hated the worst about that, Right 254 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:40.120 in front of the Lion and the tin Man, she says, 255 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:41.720 I'm going to miss you most scarecrow. Did you know 256 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:43.480 what she said? She did? She did, right in front 257 00:12:43.480 --> 00:12:45.840 of those guys, I'm gonna miss you most of all. 258 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:49.159 Yeah, Well, should have loved him. He was He was 259 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:53.279 the first of the companions that she ran into. Well, sure, 260 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:57.639 but it's true. Still. Okay, So it starts it means nothing, 261 00:12:57.919 --> 00:12:58.679 it starts it. 262 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:02.759 Doesn't means nothing. It starts off by saying Theophilus. Right, 263 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:06.440 So do we know anything more about Theophilis other than 264 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:07.679 that he was writing to his friend. 265 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:09.360 Yeah, he's mentioned twice in the Bible. 266 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:10.559 Okay, that's it. 267 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:11.919 That's about the extent of it for me. 268 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:16.440 Yeah. And he said that he basically interviewed people. Jesus 269 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:20.519 was actually alive. Right, that's pretty cool. Right, So, how 270 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:23.080 many people did Jesus appear to? Four hundred? 271 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:26.039 Over five hundred is what it says. 272 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:27.840 Over five hundred, yeah, okay, yeah. 273 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:32.200 And was it Matthew maybe Matthew or Luke? It says 274 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.600 he spoke he appeared over five hundred of his followers. 275 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:39.000 Yeah, which is pretty amazing. And then and then Jesus 276 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:43.480 says to them that you're going to receive You will 277 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:47.000 receive power because they have not yet received power. They 278 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:49.639 have not yet received the Holy Spirit, right, which they 279 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:50.559 received at Pentecost. 280 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:53.759 Right, that's correct, and so and so. 281 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:56.480 He says, you receive power when the Holy Spirit comes 282 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:58.759 upon you. Do you know what the Greek word that 283 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:01.320 word power is do you know the Greek. 284 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:02.840 Word of that word power, dynamo. 285 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:06.480 It's dounamus, which is where we get dynamite. Yeah, yeah, 286 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:09.759 which is, yeah, similar to dynamo. But you know, I 287 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.000 love that because it's talking about God's power and it's 288 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:18.399 like a dynamite type moment, right, explosive power. When we 289 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:21.639 think of power, you know, we might not necessarily think 290 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:25.440 that it's power that's capable of moving mountains, but dynamite, 291 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:29.159 you know, can move mountains right, right, So it's explosive 292 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:30.480 power of the Holy Spirit within us. 293 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:32.720 And and he says, it's such a cool way to 294 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:35.480 talk about, Oh, the power of the Holy Spirit is 295 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:36.720 we don't think of it that way. 296 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:40.519 No, we do not. And then also it says to 297 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:46.919 be witnesses to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the uttermost parts 298 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:50.039 of the earth. So when you were preaching this, how 299 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:52.080 many times have you preached X one eight over the 300 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:54.799 thirty something years? Dozens? 301 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:56.320 Yeah? I bet you fifty times. 302 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:58.799 Yeah, I bet you too, Yeah, and so and so 303 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:03.000 I've always talked about it as Jerusalem is local, right, 304 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:06.360 then Judea is like sort of like Macomb County, right, 305 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:10.440 So we'd say Sterling Heights, Macomb County, and then Samaria 306 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:13.399 was even further it was the next county above, right, 307 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:15.559 so it'd be like equivalent to you could probably just 308 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:19.240 say like Michigan, right, even though it's technically a northern county, 309 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:22.360 but or region actually, but we would say something like 310 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:26.600 Sterling Heights, MacComb County, Michigan. And then it says then 311 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.480 to the ends of the Earth, which then of course 312 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.120 carries on, you know, to the United States and then 313 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:35.159 even outside of its borders, right, right, So to bring 314 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.879 the gospel from your hometown, which means start where you're at, right, 315 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:42.120 and then and then as you go or as you 316 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:45.399 are going, then you just continue to preach the gospel 317 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:47.080 until everybody's heard. 318 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:52.759 Yeah. The Jerusalem is where you live, yep. Judea is 319 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:56.840 I think really quite honestly, it's people like you. It's 320 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.120 the other people who live near you. 321 00:15:58.679 --> 00:15:58.919 Yeah. 322 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:02.799 Samaria is people who are different from you. 323 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:07.200 Oh yeah, because he would have said Samaria on purpose. 324 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.519 Yeah, because they didn't like Samaritans. It was there was 325 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:14.120 a racial issue, a social issue, there was a faith issue. 326 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:17.440 There's so many things involved with that. They were culturally 327 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:23.240 very different and so that's what he's saying, is to 328 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:25.720 those people who are culturally different from you, and then 329 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:27.600 to the ends of the world. He's just everywhere else, 330 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:28.840 go everywhere, tell everybody. 331 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:32.159 Yeah, So not only does it start inward and progressively 332 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:36.320 goes further and further, but also it includes different categories 333 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:36.720 of people. 334 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:39.639 Correct. And then the other element here that I think 335 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:44.080 is really important, I'm in the wrong I'm in the 336 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:46.279 wrong book here because I had something else I was 337 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:49.639 going to point out. The other thing is that it's 338 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:56.480 not a progressive thing. It's a continuous thing. He says. 339 00:16:56.600 --> 00:17:00.639 You'll be my witnesses telling about telling me, people about 340 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:04.200 me everywhere in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria and to 341 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:06.720 the ends of the earth. And the NIV it says, 342 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:10.000 in Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria and to the ends 343 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:12.759 of the earth, which is significant because a lot of 344 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:15.720 us think, then, right, if I can reach my neighborhood, 345 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:19.680 then I'll go to the areas around me, and then 346 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:21.559 I'll go to people that are different from me, and 347 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:23.759 then I'll go to the world. And that's not what 348 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:27.599 he says. It's all simultaneous, right, both and now for 349 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:30.440 the disciples, they weren't everywhere already for you and me, 350 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:32.559 the gospels everywhere in the world. We just need to 351 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:35.680 get to the people who haven't yet heard but for them. 352 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:38.720 So there was a progression. It needed to keep expanding, expanding, expanding. 353 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:42.680 But he's not saying this than this, than this. He's saying, 354 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:45.119 you need to have plans for all of it right now, 355 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:49.200 right begin building your plans, which means then we need coalitions, 356 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:54.000 we need collaboration, We need to We can't take this 357 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:56.680 whole work, especially once it gets to everywhere right the 358 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:59.599 ends of the earth. It means we need great partners 359 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.240 It's why we we partner with transform One. That's why 360 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:06.200 we partner with the Timothy Initiative is it's not possible 361 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:09.079 for you and me to go everywhere and reach everybody, 362 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:12.519 but if we build enough partnerships, we can get the 363 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.400 Gospel everywhere. 364 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:15.720 It's funny that you said the Timothy Initiative, because I'm 365 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:20.599 thinking this literally is the Timothy. It's the reason why 366 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:24.400 it exists. Yes, it's the reason why the Timothy Initiative exists. 367 00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:29.880 So other other different you know organizations, nonprofits and Christian 368 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:33.559 you know based organizations have mission. You know, they have 369 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:36.920 mission built into them to reach people. But the Timothy 370 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:41.519 Initiative is very specific about this Great Commission or this 371 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:44.440 isn't the Great Commission, this is the this is I guess. 372 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:46.799 It's it's Luke's version of the Great Commission. 373 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:47.799 Luke's Luke's version of it. 374 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:50.319 Yeah, because he he doesn't have one at the end 375 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:51.039 of the Book of Luke. 376 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:54.640 Okay, yeah, so uh because yeah, I know the other 377 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:56.400 one is the Matthew one, right, right. 378 00:18:56.559 --> 00:19:01.279 But Mark Mark has one, and then uh John kind 379 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:03.880 of has one. But yeah, this is Luke's version of it. 380 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:06.640 So the Timothy Initiative talk about that for a minute. 381 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:11.839 It actually exists specifically targeting the people who have not 382 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:14.839 yet heard, the people groups, the languages of people who 383 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:18.079 have not yet heard the Gospel. So it's trying to 384 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:21.599 finish the Great Commission so that every people group will 385 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:22.000 have heard. 386 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:25.599 That's right. So there's around the Throne of Heaven in 387 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:29.720 Revelation it says that at the end there will be 388 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:32.880 people from every language and every tribe and every tongue 389 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:38.799 right every nation. And so this idea of every tongue 390 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:43.880 is really talking about ethnic groups language groups, and there's 391 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:46.519 a few thousand language groups that still have never had 392 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:50.400 the gospel, but we're taking those off the list pretty quickly, 393 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:55.440 not just us, but many many ministry organizations and missions 394 00:19:55.519 --> 00:20:00.000 organizations targeting the people. Often times they're called unengaged unreached 395 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:02.839 people groups. So there's unreached people groups that means less 396 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:05.960 than two percent of their population as Christian. Obviously we 397 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:08.279 target them as well as many as possible. But then 398 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:10.279 there are people that have never had the gospel, whole 399 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:13.559 people groups, entire language groups that don't have any Christians 400 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:16.319 among them, and so we would consider them if there's 401 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:18.839