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The Common Sense Bible Study crew talk about covenants, chiasms, and Paul's pride in Yeshua and in his ministering of the Gospel to the nations. We talk about miracles in Paul's and our own lives, and the historical context of his mission to Rome.
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00:00:01I've mentioned this a couple of times, but I've been working on a teaching on covenants and what covenants have
00:00:09to do with us.
00:00:10What do we need to understand about covenants in order to understand things in Scripture?
00:00:14Because there are passages that really revolve around the concept of covenants, and most Christians don't really have any idea
00:00:23what a covenant is.
00:00:24They just think it's a contract.
00:00:26This is the agreement you have with your neighbors about how long you're going to let your grass grow, but
00:00:32that's not a covenant.
00:00:34And so this series is going to talk about what the elements of a covenant are, what's the difference between
00:00:41a covenant and a contract.
00:00:43And it's also going to talk about how the concept of covenants relates to some of the more controversial ideas
00:00:50that people argue about, especially in Torah circles.
00:00:53And that's circumcision, the Levitical priesthood, and sacrifices.
00:01:01So all of those things don't have a major impact on how we live from day to day, but still
00:01:08people love to argue about them.
00:01:10And they do have an impact on how we understand Scriptures and how those things could relate to us in
00:01:17the future, and in some respects, how they relate to us now.
00:01:20I think that's going to be a really valuable thing, and I've got part of it recorded, and I'm just
00:01:25waiting until I've recorded the whole thing before I put it up online.
00:01:30Where we're starting tonight is on the second half of the chiasm of Romans in the pride in the work
00:01:36that God has done through Paul.
00:01:38And this is the counterpoint to chapter 1, verses 16 to 17, where he talks about how he is unashamed
00:01:44of the work that God has done.
00:01:46So let me go ahead and read that, and then we'll come back and talk about that in a little
00:01:49bit.
00:01:50In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God, for I will not venture
00:01:55to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience, by word and
00:02:01deed, by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem
00:02:06and all the way around to Illyricum, I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ.
00:02:12And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I
00:02:17build on someone else's foundation, but as it is written, those who have never been told of him will see,
00:02:22and those who have never heard will understand.
00:02:25This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you.
00:02:29But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and since I have longed for
00:02:33many years to come to you, I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to
00:02:37be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.
00:02:42All right, we'll pause there, and if we get to that point, we'll read further.
00:02:46If you think of each one of these points in a chiasm as an element, there's element A, which is
00:02:54A and A' on either side of the chiasm, and then B and B'.
00:02:58So we've talked about this concept before, so I don't need to go into that in depth.
00:03:03But chapter 15, verses 17 to 19, are the counter-element to chapter 1, verses 16 to 17.
00:03:11So we just read verses 17 to 19.
00:03:14Now let me go back to Romans 1.
00:03:18This is the first side of the chiasm.
00:03:21For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who
00:03:25believes, for the Jew first and also to the Greek.
00:03:28For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, but the righteous
00:03:33shall live by faith.
00:03:35And that is the opposite side of,
00:03:38In Christ Jesus, then I have reason to be proud of my work for God, for I will not venture
00:03:43to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience by word and
00:03:47deed.
00:03:49Contains all the same elements, bringing the gospel to the Gentiles, obedience, the righteous shall live by faith, his pride
00:03:58in what God is doing through him.
00:04:00And the parallels are just, once you see the chiasm and all the parallels in Romans, I can't not see
00:04:08it anymore.
00:04:10So in this passage here, verses 17 to 19, proud.
00:04:15It seems like the Bible is always talking against pride.
00:04:20So on what basis does Paul say that he is proud of the work that he's doing for God?
00:04:26This is one of those lost in translation moments.
00:04:30We have the word pride in English, but there are several Greek words that are translated as pride or can
00:04:37be.
00:04:37And we do the same thing in English.
00:04:39We have pride and arrogance, boastful.
00:04:43Greek has very similar ideas.
00:04:45So the actual word used here for pride or for proud is a cohesus or caucasus.
00:04:54And it doesn't usually refer to the pride, to pride in the sense of believing that you're better than somebody
00:05:01else or that you have beat somebody else.
00:05:04But it's more about a sense of being happy in a joyful confidence.
00:05:12This is really great, what God is doing.
00:05:15This is glorious.
00:05:17Not, I am proud of what I did because I did it better than you.
00:05:22But look how great this is with this thing that is happening.
00:05:27And if Paul was wanting to say that he was being proud in the sense of arrogance, then he probably
00:05:35would have used the word alazonia, which is used in James 4.16.
00:05:41Actually, both of these words are used there.
00:05:44He says, but as it is, you boast in your arrogance, all such boasting is evil.
00:05:50The word boasting here is the same one that Paul is using for prideful.
00:05:54And in the King James, I think it does translate it as boasting.
00:05:57But arrogance is the word that would be translated that we would think of as pride in this context.
00:06:05So the boasting is like saying, look how great this is.
00:06:10Pride is saying, look how great I am.
00:06:14And they're very similar in the coctesis idea.
00:06:20It can be either good or bad, depending on context.
00:06:22Just like in this verse here with James saying, when you're boasting in how great you are, that's when it
00:06:29becomes a problem.
00:06:29That's a bad kind of pride.
00:06:31If you are boasting in what God is doing, even if he's doing it through you, this joyful confidence that
00:06:37Paul is expressing, that's a good thing.
00:06:41We should have that kind of pride in what God is doing.
00:06:45Okay, does that make sense?
00:06:46Am I getting that point across?
00:06:48Go ahead, Timothy.
00:06:51This version reads, therefore, in the anointed Yeshua, I have found reason for glorying in things pertaining to the Almighty,
00:06:58because I will not presume to speak of anything except what the anointed is getting accomplished through me, etc.
00:07:04Yeah, and that word coctesis can refer to, not glorious in the noun, but like that translation is using it,
00:07:14more like the verb idea, glorying in something, reveling in it.
00:07:19Yeah, I don't know that there's a whole lot else to talk about in that verse.
00:07:22If somebody has something to want to talk about, we can.
00:07:24What about having deep pleasure or satisfaction because of his achievement in doing the things for God?
00:07:40Yeah, I think that's accurate.
00:07:42And it's a satisfaction might understate it a bit.
00:07:47It's a much more powerful emotional state than that.
00:07:50But yeah, that is essentially the same thing, I think.
00:07:52And that's why I said deep pleasure.
00:07:55Yeah.
00:07:56Yeah, I think that gets it.
00:07:59Or joy.
00:08:00The joy of the Lord is our strength.
00:08:05So there was a deep joy within him because of what he has achieved for the Master, for Adonai or
00:08:16Master or Lord.
00:08:18That feeling is there because whenever you do things for God and results, you have that inward joy within you.
00:08:29Yes.
00:08:30Thank you, Father, that I'm able to do this for you.
00:08:35It's not what we do for ourselves.
00:08:37Whatever we do is not for ourselves.
00:08:39It's for God.
00:08:40That's how we're supposed to live as believers.
00:08:45A lot of people like to stereotype themselves.
00:08:49Have the pleasure, but the pleasure that they have is to let others know, look, I can do this and
00:08:58I can do it better than you.
00:09:00All right.
00:09:02Paul didn't think that way.
00:09:04He had his pleasure because he knew within himself that he was pleasing God for what he was doing.
00:09:12Yeah, and there are a couple of places in this chapter where it sounds like Paul is bragging on himself
00:09:18when really, as he points out in the next verse, that he's bragging about what Christ has done through him.
00:09:25And he is, yeah, he is taking deep pleasure in the fact that God is using him to accomplish his
00:09:32goals.
00:09:34Yes.
00:09:35And he even points out here that he's not going to speak about anything except what Christ has accomplished through
00:09:40him.
00:09:42He's not talking about anything that he has done, because if he talked about what he has done, he'd have
00:09:49to go back and start at the beginning where he was persecuting the saints and not creating more saints.
00:09:56So that is a great thing.
00:09:58Paul certainly had some grounds to brag in his learning, his intelligence, his dedication to his mission, but he doesn't
00:10:07brag about any of that.
00:10:08He brags about what God has done through him.
00:10:11Something else I want to point out in verse 18, that part of what Christ has accomplished through Paul is
00:10:18to bring the Gentiles to obedience.
00:10:21But obedience to what?
00:10:23Now, earlier, Paul had talked about obedience to the gospel, but how do you have obedience to good news?
00:10:31One of the things that we talked about back in, I think it was in the very first chapter of
00:10:35Romans, is that Paul appealed to some of the prophets for, like, where the, to define the gospel, essentially.
00:10:45He didn't say, go to Isaiah or Jeremiah to define the gospel, but he did allude to the prophets, and
00:10:52then he talked about obedience to the gospel.
00:10:56And if you go back to those prophets, the way that they define the gospel isn't just that God is
00:11:02going to come and remove the sins of his people, which that is part of it, but also that he's
00:11:08going to establish his kingdom and destroy the wicked, subject the world to his rule, and restore Israel to its
00:11:18rightful place in the world.
00:11:19All of that is part of the gospel.
00:11:21So the obedience that Christ is bringing to the Gentiles through Paul is obedience to his commandments, to the laws
00:11:30of his kingdom.
00:11:32The essence of the gospel is, repent, for the kingdom has come.
00:11:37The kingdom of God is here.
00:11:39That's the good news.
00:11:40And the kingdom of God being here means that also the Messiah has come, that we can be healed, that
00:11:47our sins can be removed.
00:11:49That eternal life is now our destiny.
00:11:52Those are all implications of the gospel.
00:11:55But the gospel itself is the arrival of the kingdom.
00:11:59So bringing the Gentiles to obedience necessarily means bringing them to obedience to the laws of the kingdom.
00:12:06Where do we find the laws of the kingdom?
00:12:09Back in those first five books of the Bible, especially in books two through five.
00:12:17The first book doesn't have commandments so much as it has, as it teaches principles through example and the reasons
00:12:24for why we do what we do and for whom.
00:12:28What do you think Paul means by that last phrase in verse 18?
00:12:31He's not going to speak about anything except what Christ has accomplished through him to bring the Gentiles to obedience
00:12:38by word and deed.
00:12:40What word and deed is he talking about?
00:12:42And how does that bring the Gentiles to obedience?
00:12:46I believe it is by the word of God that he shared on adulterated word.
00:12:57And by him not only speaking the word, he was called to suffer for Yeshua's sake because of the way
00:13:08he persecuted the believers.
00:13:11And by bringing the word, it's like he was sent to the Gentiles.
00:13:22And by taking the focus from him and putting it on God, because a lot of preachers, they minister the
00:13:35word, but the focus is on him.
00:13:38Paul was different.
00:13:40His focus was on God and by the Holy Spirit operating in him, he was able to exemplify Yeshua, right?
00:13:55And teaching those that every assembly that he was involved in, he was able to teach them not about himself.
00:14:08And his accomplishment, he was able to teach them about Yeshua and his accomplishment, because whatever he did was for
00:14:20us to bring us into light, take us out from darkness and bring us into light.
00:14:26And that is what Paul's focus was on, bringing people to Yeshua as the Holy Spirit worked in him to
00:14:38accomplish that task.
00:14:41Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's good.
00:14:42The words that Paul used were the scriptures and teaching on the scriptures, especially the prophets.
00:14:48And he had learned about the teachings of Yeshua from the other, from the disciples and from people like Luke.
00:14:57And so he was also teaching them those words, but it wasn't just the words, it was the deeds.
00:15:05He didn't just teach the Gentiles what the scriptures said and what Yeshua taught.
00:15:10He then lived it out in front of them, as he said, I can't remember which letter it's in, but
00:15:16he says, you follow me as I follow Christ.
00:15:21And so when he went to the Gentiles, even though he said things like, you know, to the Greeks, I
00:15:26became as a Greek, to the whoever I became as a whatever, that's not saying that he changed his behavior
00:15:33to be contrary to God's law or contrary to Christ's example.
00:15:37But he changed his approach to, to meet them where they were, to speak in their own language and in
00:15:44ways that they can understand.
00:15:46And he humbled himself to fellowship with people where they were.
00:15:52Just like Yeshua, he didn't go and become a prostitute.
00:15:55He didn't become a Pharisee or a tax collector, but he spoke to them in the words that they could
00:16:01understand.
00:16:01And he went and he fellowshiped with them, even though he knew that was going to.
00:16:07Bring condemnation on him from the more respectable people in the religious world of the day.
00:16:14And Paul did the same thing.
00:16:16He went and despite Jewish tradition that said he wasn't supposed to go into that to a house of a
00:16:22Gentile and eat with them.
00:16:24That's exactly what he did.
00:16:27He visited with Gentiles.
00:16:29He, he lived with them.
00:16:31He ate with them.
00:16:33He stayed with them for years and taught them.
00:16:37And he was following the example of Christ when he did that.
00:16:40And then he's saying that now all of you people, you go and do the same thing.
00:16:46He said that in first Corinthians chapter 11, verse one.
00:16:53And what I also like is the second verse where he says, now I praise you, brethren, that you remember
00:17:03me in all things and keep the ordinances as I deliver them to you.
00:17:10And he went on to verse three and he said, but I would have, you know, that the head of
00:17:17every man is Christ and the head of every woman is the man and the head of Christ.
00:17:25And he says, yeah, you do good to keep that in mind.
00:17:29He is at the top.
00:17:30Yes.
00:17:32God is above.
00:17:34And then you're sure.
00:17:35And then the man and then the woman.
00:17:38Right.
00:17:40It's we call chain of command.
00:17:42You call that in the military, right?
00:17:44Chain of command.
00:17:45So I look at that as a spiritual chain of command or biblical chain of command.
00:17:53Right.
00:17:55Paul shared the gospel that was given to him.
00:17:59And we all supposed to do the same thing and stop making ourself look so glaring or.
00:18:11Words seem to be failing me tonight.
00:18:13I guess I'm tired also.
00:18:16But, but Paul was a good example after Yeshua in the New Testament because he taught from the Torah and
00:18:32a lot of Christians don't understand that because the New Testament, as they call them, didn't come when Paul was
00:18:43teaching.
00:18:43Or when Peter, anyone, those disciples were preaching, even Yeshua, they all taught from the Old Testament, if you want
00:18:55to say that, or the Tanakh.
00:18:57Right.
00:19:00I just wish if a lot of teachers will stop showcasing themselves.
00:19:10A lot of students will learn a lot more if teachers stop showcasing themselves and just teach the word as
00:19:20it is written and lead by examples.
00:19:26Because we are children.
00:19:28Because we are children.
00:19:28We are children of the Most High.
00:19:31And a child follows the examples of the parents as they act it out.
00:19:39A parent may tell a child, don't do this or don't do that.
00:19:43But they're doing the same thing.
00:19:46Children act out as the parent does.
00:19:52Indeed, I think that's what Paul is talking about here, by word and deed, at the end of chapter 18.
00:20:01He's starting in there, by word and deed, by power and signs and wonders, and by the power of the
00:20:07Spirit of God.
00:20:08I think those are all referencing back to what he will speak about, what Christ has accomplished, by word and
00:20:16deed, and so on.
00:20:18But anyway, yes, Paul was doing what he wanted his students to do.
00:20:26Yeah.
00:20:27Just for clarity, are you saying that you believe that when Paul talks about by word and deed, by the
00:20:34power of signs and wonders, that he's specifically referring to Yeshua's words and deeds and signs and wonders?
00:20:41I didn't have that in mind, but that's a good thought.
00:20:45Oh, okay.
00:20:46I must have misunderstood that then.
00:20:49What I meant was that he was talking about what Christ had accomplished through Paul, by word and deed, probably
00:20:59Paul's words and deeds, and by the power of signs and wonders, which were not Paul's, but he was an
00:21:06agent for them.
00:21:07Yeah, things that God did through him, and yeah, even with the words and the deeds, the words that God
00:21:13gave him to speak.
00:21:15Yeah, good.
00:21:16So, on to the signs and wonders.
00:21:19This is another one of those things that can be controversial at times.
00:21:23We know that there were miracles that followed Paul.
00:21:27People were healed.
00:21:29At least one person was raised from the dead.
00:21:32Or were there two?
00:21:33I can't remember.
00:21:33I know there was the guy who fell out of the window.
00:21:37It's possible even that Paul himself was raised from the dead.
00:21:40On one of those occasions where he was stoned and thrown out of the city, people thought he was dead.
00:21:46But then he gets up and carries on with his mission.
00:21:51Maybe he was just knocked unconscious and he recovered.
00:21:55Maybe he died and God raised him.
00:21:57I don't really know, but clearly there were signs and wonders following Paul around.
00:22:03And these were not done by Paul's power.
00:22:07They were done by the power of God working through him.
00:22:11But clearly we still have a mission to bring the gospel to all people in the world.
00:22:18And even here in America and Canada and wherever we're living, almost everybody has heard of Jesus.
00:22:27Everybody knows about the Bible.
00:22:28Most people don't really know as much as they think they know, but they've all heard of it.
00:22:34So the idea of bringing the gospel to these people is a little, it's a lot different than what Paul
00:22:41was experiencing.
00:22:41Because Paul was deliberately going to people who had never heard of it.
00:22:46But is there a place for signs and wonders in a world where everybody's heard about all the signs and
00:22:52wonders already?
00:22:54Paul says that one of the reasons that God gave these signs and wonders through him was to bring the
00:22:59Gentiles to obedience.
00:23:01Obviously, we also know from Scripture that's not the only reason that God sends miracles.
00:23:08Part of the miracles of the gospel itself is the healing of the people.
00:23:13And that's not to bring Gentiles to obedience.
00:23:16That's to heal the people because people need to be healed.
00:23:19Yeshua didn't go around healing people in order to create faith.
00:23:23He healed people who already had faith.
00:23:26And in fact, in places where people didn't want to believe and didn't have faith, he did fewer miracles there
00:23:32because of their lack of faith.
00:23:35So bringing people to faith and obedience is not the only reason that God sends signs and wonders.
00:23:43So for myself, I haven't seen a lot of signs and wonders in my life.
00:23:47I have seen some healings that were not spectacular.
00:23:53People healed from aches and pains and things like that.
00:23:57And I've heard stories of people being healed dramatically.
00:24:00And my mom has been sick for a while, but God has given her at least a healing, which seems
00:24:09pretty miraculous because I don't want to go into too many details there.
00:24:14But she was told that her life was going to be miserable, but she's actually feeling pretty good.
00:24:21And that in itself is a miracle.
00:24:23But it's not the kind of miracle where you see somebody's arm regrow.
00:24:27And that's the kind of thing we read about in scriptures.
00:24:31So I believe that God heals today.
00:24:34I don't see any reason that we shouldn't see miracles, but we don't.
00:24:39At least I don't see them all the time.
00:24:41I know other people say that they do.
00:24:43And I have two thoughts about that.
00:24:47First, even in the first century, most people, the vast majority of people never saw miracles, at least not of
00:24:55the super dramatic nature.
00:24:57So to say that miracles can't be happening today because I don't see them all the time.
00:25:03That's just a flaw in logic because most people throughout history didn't see miracles every day.
00:25:09If you followed Yeshua around, you would see miracles every day.
00:25:13But he's not walking around in my town.
00:25:15He's with us.
00:25:17But he's not physically walking around preaching the gospel and healing the sick.
00:25:21That's up to us to do.
00:25:24And I'm not really sure how that's supposed to work out, what that's supposed to look like.
00:25:29So I am curious what you all think about that and how that's supposed to look today and whether we
00:25:35should expect to see miracles.
00:25:36And if we do, what kind of miracles and for what purpose?
00:25:42So does anybody want to share on that?
00:25:44No, but I have an interesting testimony on my devotion.
00:25:48Okay, go ahead.
00:25:49I try to put out a devotion every day on different social media and some groups I'm in on text
00:25:56thread.
00:25:57One of the social medias I put out is a next door app.
00:26:02You guys know it?
00:26:03Yeah.
00:26:05I put a couple out there and then I put one out there and I got a lot of pushback
00:26:10from people who say, this is a secular app.
00:26:14Don't push your religion on me.
00:26:16And then one lady goes, if you came up my steps, I'd throw a cat litter.
00:26:22That's a new one.
00:26:23And I said, wow, that's a really tolerant position and differing viewpoints.
00:26:28But so I changed how I present the devotions.
00:26:32So in the picture that I go put with it, I don't put a verse in there anymore.
00:26:37And then in the next door app, I put just like a secular thought.
00:26:42Have a nice day.
00:26:43Be careful driving.
00:26:44And then a picture of something.
00:26:45I was in a car accident a couple of days ago and then some other stuff.
00:26:49And but then if you if you go to the more button and you have to click more and then
00:26:56the My Father's Milk House devotion pops up and you can read it.
00:27:00And it has the verse, some verses that go with the top of the day.
00:27:04So then someone pushed back again on that and said something.
00:27:09And I so I just responded.
00:27:11I said, thanks for sharing your opinion.
00:27:13But you literally had to push a button to get beyond the secular greeting and secular picture of life in
00:27:21the Northland.
00:27:22And and then somebody else commented like.
00:27:26No, keep posting whatever.
00:27:28It was a nice thing.
00:27:30So we got our little country store going and.
00:27:33And so we have 32 families that come here for milk and some get a half gallon, some get three
00:27:41gallons.
00:27:43One of the ladies pops in the other day and my wife was in there and sometimes my wife's.
00:27:47Do you have to be so public about that?
00:27:50And I said, I am putting the most mild, milky posts out there that even try to get people to
00:27:59connect the Torah to knock with our.
00:28:05New Testament readings and.
00:28:07But so she's all right.
00:28:10This woman comes in and she's getting her milk and she goes, I just want to thank you.
00:28:17And I said, oh, all right.
00:28:20It's just your posts that you put in the neighborhood app.
00:28:23I read them every time that they're up and I thoroughly enjoy them.
00:28:27Last night I was having all kinds of anxiety and I couldn't sleep.
00:28:31It was like midnight.
00:28:32And I so I'm just decided to scroll the neighborhood app and there your devotion was.
00:28:36And I read it and then I felt just like some kind of peace.
00:28:41I don't know what it was.
00:28:42And I fell right asleep.
00:28:43And she said and she goes on.
00:28:45She's like just gushing.
00:28:46And my wife is standing there holding the broom she was sweeping and she's gobsmacked.
00:28:51She's literally her jaw is like slack and she's just going, what?
00:28:55And then she said, please don't stop posting, even if you're getting pushed back.
00:29:00And then she's just God bless you and your families and God bless you guys doing this amazing milk thing.
00:29:05My point being the spirit can reach out and do all kinds of work if we're just willing to have
00:29:16that mustard seed of faith and be willing to just plant seeds here and there and not obviously be pushy.
00:29:23But just try to, like you said earlier, meet people where they are, make adjustments where needed, make the presentation
00:29:29soft.
00:29:30And the spirit of God seems can just do amazing things.
00:29:35And I she left and Rachel just said, I can't I have never heard anything like that before in my
00:29:40life.
00:29:40She said, I guess you are reaching people.
00:29:42And I said, praise God, I'll just keep trying to whatever plant seeds.
00:29:47So anyways, that's my little that was really great, encouraging.
00:29:52Yeah, that is really good.
00:29:53Miracle to me.
00:29:54Miracle to me, as opposed to having cat litter thrown in.
00:29:57That is awesome.
00:29:58And it's much better than cat litter.
00:30:00Praise God for that.
00:30:02Right on.
00:30:04Yes, I was actually sharing my story when I was in Florida.
00:30:10And when I went into the home for 13 days, I never saw a doctor.
00:30:19And it was one of the most miserable 13 days I've spent.
00:30:24I lay on my bed and I couldn't get off.
00:30:30And I was a total mess.
00:30:34I couldn't walk or anything.
00:30:37And I saw a wheelchair right between my bed and the other patient's bed.
00:30:46And I thought it was her wheelchair.
00:30:49So when one of the CNAs came into the room, I asked, I said, whose wheelchair is that?
00:30:56They said, it belongs to the home.
00:31:00I said, can I use it?
00:31:03So she was like looking at me.
00:31:06How are you going to get up to use a wheelchair?
00:31:08Because I was determined because of the situation that I was in.
00:31:13Right.
00:31:14I was helpless.
00:31:16And I told myself, I got to start helping myself because I wasn't getting the necessary help I should have
00:31:23been getting.
00:31:25So she pushed the wheelchair by my bed.
00:31:29And I prayed and I asked for strength.
00:31:32And I was able to get up from my bed, use that wheelchair to get to the bathroom.
00:31:39Now, my problem was how to get on the commode.
00:31:44So I still used to need some help for that.
00:31:47And one CNA put me in the bathroom and she left me there for half an hour.
00:31:53And she never came back.
00:31:55And I kept pressing the buzzer, pressing the buzzer, and no one came to help me.
00:32:02I persevered until I was able to get on that wheelchair.
00:32:08I almost fell because the wheelchair, it was not a good wheelchair.
00:32:14The brakes wasn't holding.
00:32:15But I held on to the bar and I was able to get back into the wheelchair.
00:32:21And I made a complaint.
00:32:23I said, you know what?
00:32:25The CNA took me into that bathroom.
00:32:27And she never came back.
00:32:29I spent half an hour on that commode, trying to get out of the bathroom.
00:32:35But with persistency, I was able to do that.
00:32:39On the 15th day, I think, the doctor came into my room.
00:32:48I would say, there's two of us, we were in the same room.
00:32:52But he didn't come to me.
00:32:53And I didn't know that he was my doctor because I never saw a doctor whilst I was in there.
00:33:01I think it's one CNA came across by my bed.
00:33:04And something I asked her.
00:33:06And she said, look, your doctor is right across there.
00:33:09I said, my doctor?
00:33:10I have never seen a doctor since I'm here.
00:33:13She said, but he's down on your chart as your doctor.
00:33:16And a smile came on my face.
00:33:20And I told the doctor, I said, I'm going to intercept a little bit.
00:33:25When you finish with that patient, can I see you?
00:33:28He said, sure.
00:33:29And then he came over to my bed and I told him, I said, since I've been here, I've never
00:33:36seen you.
00:33:37I didn't know you were my doctor.
00:33:39I said, but I want to get out of Florida to go back to Texas because there is where I
00:33:48was living before all these predicaments occurred in my life.
00:33:53I said, I booked my flight to go, right?
00:33:57But the social worker told me, I cannot leave until the doctor released me.
00:34:03I said, which doctor?
00:34:04I've never seen a doctor since I'm here.
00:34:07I said, doctor, I would like to be released from this hospital because I've already booked my flight and I
00:34:15booked it first class and I have to get out of here to go back to Texas.
00:34:21I was told you have to release me.
00:34:23If you don't release me, then I would not be able to get into the home and try to get
00:34:30into in Texas.
00:34:31He said, I'll release you.
00:34:33Now, I'm supposed to fly out on day 16.
00:34:37I saw the doctor on day 15.
00:34:41And he released me.
00:34:43And the very night I called a friend that I made.
00:34:48She's a nurse.
00:34:49And I said, would you take me to the airport?
00:34:52She said, sure, I will take you to the airport.
00:34:54And I looked at that as a great miracle because if that doctor did not release me, I could not
00:35:02have gotten into the home in Texas to be able to get an apartment back in Texas.
00:35:10So I was able to fly out that next day.
00:35:14Now, in the home here, same thing.
00:35:18They wanted to keep me.
00:35:20One, the manager turned and told me, she said, I'll have to sign over my social security to them.
00:35:28And they'll give me $75 a month.
00:35:32She lied because it was $60 a month.
00:35:35And she told me $75.
00:35:37I said, let me tell you something.
00:35:40My life is not finished.
00:35:43This is not my final resting place.
00:35:46They're not taking me from here to the cemetery.
00:35:49I am going to get out of here.
00:35:51I didn't know how, I didn't know when, but I knew within myself that God was working on my behalf.
00:35:59And I told her, no, she said, I know you believe in God, but I said, God ain't had no
00:36:06but.
00:36:07I didn't even wait for her to finish what she was saying.
00:36:10God does not have any but.
00:36:13I turned and I told her.
00:36:16And she walked out of the room.
00:36:18This time she brought the papers.
00:36:19I'd already signed all the papers for me to, for them to take over my social security and everything.
00:36:27But deep in my heart, I knew that was not going to happen.
00:36:32And I remember writing to Scott because I knew Scott before.
00:36:40And I told Scott, I proceeded and I told him, this is my situation.
00:36:45And I'm in this home and I need to get out.
00:36:50I want you to pray for me.
00:36:51I did not know that Scott would have gone a little further.
00:36:56And next thing I know,
00:37:01there's a phone call from me.
00:37:02And Chris turned up.
00:37:04Next thing I know,
00:37:06Marky turned up as my advocate.
00:37:08And things just started to roll.
00:37:11One of the nurses,
00:37:12she came and sat on my bed and she said,
00:37:15we are going to get your place out of here.
00:37:18You and I will work together.
00:37:20And that's how I ended up in this apartment here where I am in right now.
00:37:27She worked for me.
00:37:29She was my day advocate.
00:37:31And I had another nurse was my night advocate, right?
00:37:36They used to get in contact with the doctors and everything for me.
00:37:39So I saw a lot of miracles.
00:37:44Although my father allowed both of my legs to go,
00:37:49he granted me a lot of favor.
00:37:53Hallelujah.
00:37:54He told me that I was not alone.
00:37:58He allowed me both of my legs to go,
00:38:02but he did not leave me.
00:38:06He was walking with me all along.
00:38:12I haven't even begun to tell you my story,
00:38:16but I have seen miracles in my life.
00:38:20I wanted my leg to be saved,
00:38:24but he allowed that to be taken away.
00:38:28Yet he is very active in my life.
00:38:32So I know what it is to experience miracles.
00:38:36I know what it is.
00:38:39Sometimes when I'm dealing with people,
00:38:43and I try to reach them,
00:38:45and they seem so far.
00:38:47I say, Father,
00:38:49I can't reach them,
00:38:51but you're omniscient.
00:38:53You know them.
00:38:55And I'm leaving you to handle the situation,
00:38:58because I don't know what to do.
00:39:02And anytime I'm in that position,
00:39:04and I turn it over to him,
00:39:07he does come right in,
00:39:09and he will swoop me up.
00:39:11He will comfort me,
00:39:13and I will see results.
00:39:16Yes.
00:39:17Yeah.
00:39:17As long as you're still breathing,
00:39:20God still has a purpose for you.
00:39:22Yes.
00:39:23And it's,
00:39:24someone once told me that
00:39:26for people who don't believe in miracles,
00:39:30nothing is a miracle.
00:39:31But for people who believe
00:39:33that God still works miracles,
00:39:35they see miracles everywhere.
00:39:36Yes.
00:39:37Because they're looking for it.
00:39:39And I think
00:39:41the story you're telling
00:39:42is a perfect illustration of that.
00:39:45Somebody could come up with reasons.
00:39:47It was just a coincidence
00:39:49that the doctor showed up that day,
00:39:51and God wasn't really working in that.
00:39:54It was just coincidence.
00:39:55But when God's involved,
00:39:57there's no such thing as coincidence anymore.
00:39:59Yes.
00:40:00And he made sure
00:40:02that the right people were there
00:40:03at the right time.
00:40:04And like you said,
00:40:06things didn't work out exactly the way
00:40:07that you wanted them to,
00:40:09but they worked out in a different way.
00:40:12And through those miracles,
00:40:15whatever,
00:40:16you may not even see the impact
00:40:17that those things have
00:40:19on the people around you.
00:40:20That somebody else was at that home
00:40:22or at that hospital
00:40:24at that same time,
00:40:25and you may not have even been aware
00:40:27of that person,
00:40:27but they saw what was happening
00:40:30and their faith was strengthened
00:40:31or their attention was drawn to God
00:40:34or something was happening around you.
00:40:37that these miracles are doing more
00:40:39than just helping you along the way,
00:40:41and that's a really big deal.
00:40:43It is an important thing
00:40:45that God helps his people,
00:40:47but he's also using those things
00:40:49in ways that we don't always see.
00:40:51Something else is going on around us,
00:40:54and it's just not up to us
00:40:56to know everything.
00:40:59I know one particular nurse,
00:41:01a night nurse,
00:41:03up to the other day she called me.
00:41:05Every time she calls me,
00:41:07she always asks for us to pray together.
00:41:11Because when I was in the home,
00:41:13she used to come at night
00:41:15because she worked night shifts.
00:41:18And she would come by my bed,
00:41:23hold my hand,
00:41:25and we would start to pray together.
00:41:28So even now,
00:41:30when she called me,
00:41:31she would say,
00:41:32sister, let's pray.
00:41:36And her daughter,
00:41:39she is a recovering drug addict,
00:41:42and she just made a baby.
00:41:45And my friend,
00:41:48she said,
00:41:49I am so happy.
00:41:50I am so elated.
00:41:52She said,
00:41:53because I am part of this grandchild's life now,
00:41:58and I probably will get that child to rail.
00:42:02But they're going to pump out all that drug
00:42:05from that child's body,
00:42:08because the mother was on drugs.
00:42:10Still is.
00:42:12She would tell me,
00:42:14the mother is depressed
00:42:15because she was sexually abused
00:42:18and all sorts of things.
00:42:19So like that,
00:42:20she turned to drugs.
00:42:21So she asked me,
00:42:22she said,
00:42:22I want you to pray for my daughter,
00:42:26and I want you to pray for my granddaughter.
00:42:29And we had such a long conversation.
00:42:33She said,
00:42:34our sisters telling her
00:42:36why is she taking on this responsibility
00:42:39to adopt this child?
00:42:41She said,
00:42:42that's my grandchild.
00:42:43I messed up with mine.
00:42:46That's the daughter.
00:42:47She said,
00:42:48but I'm not going to mess up
00:42:49with my granddaughter.
00:42:50I am going to take her
00:42:52and rear her.
00:42:53So she said,
00:42:54sister,
00:42:55I just want you to keep praying for me
00:42:58that everything worked out
00:43:00because she said she's going to retire
00:43:01next year,
00:43:03March,
00:43:04so that she can be at home
00:43:06to take care of her granddaughter.
00:43:09So that started from in the home.
00:43:12So as you said,
00:43:14it made impact probably
00:43:17on other people's lives
00:43:18that I don't even know,
00:43:19but I know this particular nurse,
00:43:21it made an impact on her life.
00:43:25Yep.
00:43:27Yeah,
00:43:27and that's the one,
00:43:28that's the one that you know about.
00:43:30Yeah,
00:43:31that's what I know about.
00:43:32All right.
00:43:33Let's move on in this verse.
00:43:35We're on verse 19.
00:43:37And thank you for that,
00:43:38June.
00:43:39You're welcome.
00:43:42All right.
00:43:42So Paul is saying that
00:43:44he's going to go to Jerusalem
00:43:47from Jerusalem
00:43:48and all the way around Illyricum.
00:43:50He has fulfilled the ministry
00:43:51of the gospel of Christ.
00:43:53We know that
00:43:54if you follow Paul's journey
00:43:56in the book of Acts,
00:43:57he went to Jerusalem
00:43:59at least three times
00:44:00during his missions.
00:44:03The first time he went there
00:44:05to learn from the disciples.
00:44:06Then later he comes back
00:44:08for the Jerusalem council
00:44:09at Acts 15.
00:44:11And then he comes back again later
00:44:13after he's made
00:44:14another missionary trip
00:44:15and that's when he's arrested.
00:44:17So the one he's writing about now
00:44:19is the one at Acts 15.
00:44:21He left Jerusalem
00:44:22and went on another missionary trip
00:44:25and went around Illyricum.
00:44:28Illyricum is the region
00:44:29that we call the Balkans today.
00:44:32Serbia, Croatia,
00:44:34up in that area.
00:44:36And we don't have a lot of information
00:44:38about the places he went
00:44:40and congregations
00:44:42that he established there.
00:44:43But he did spend some time
00:44:45and he preached the gospel there
00:44:47because nobody else
00:44:48had done it yet.
00:44:49One kind of anomaly
00:44:51in this verse is
00:44:52the King James Version says,
00:44:54I have fully preached
00:44:56the gospel of Christ.
00:44:58And the English Standard Version says,
00:45:01I have fulfilled the ministry
00:45:02of the gospel of Christ.
00:45:04But there's no word in the Greek
00:45:06for ministry or preached
00:45:07in this verse.
00:45:09He actually says,
00:45:10I have fulfilled
00:45:11the gospel of Christ.
00:45:13And there may be something
00:45:14about the Greek grammar
00:45:15that adds some context there
00:45:16that I don't understand
00:45:18because I don't really read Greek.
00:45:20But he has fully preached
00:45:22the gospel of Christ,
00:45:24fulfilled the ministry
00:45:25of the gospel of Christ.
00:45:26I don't think any of those are wrong.
00:45:28They're trying to explain
00:45:29what it means
00:45:30to fulfill the gospel of Christ.
00:45:32And by fulfilling the gospel,
00:45:35it doesn't mean that Paul
00:45:35is acting it out
00:45:36and he's the one
00:45:38establishing the kingdom.
00:45:40But it does mean
00:45:41that part of the gospel
00:45:42is taking the good news,
00:45:44the gospel,
00:45:45out to the nations.
00:45:47And he believes
00:45:48that he has fulfilled his calling
00:45:50to bring the gospel
00:45:51to these regions.
00:45:53He has preached the gospel
00:45:56to as many people
00:45:57as he can practically reach
00:45:58without moving there
00:46:00and spending his entire ministry there.
00:46:02So he's taught the gospel enough
00:46:05that he has established
00:46:06multiple congregations
00:46:07in the area
00:46:08who can then take over
00:46:10and spread the gospel from there.
00:46:12And this is what Paul
00:46:14sees his ministry as.
00:46:15He's not there to become
00:46:16the pastor or the bishop
00:46:18or anything like that.
00:46:20His ministry,
00:46:21his mission,
00:46:23is to go places
00:46:23that have not heard
00:46:24the gospel of Yeshua yet
00:46:27and start it
00:46:28and then teach people
00:46:30and train people up
00:46:31who can carry on
00:46:32the ministry from there.
00:46:33But his job
00:46:34is to get us started
00:46:35and then move on
00:46:36to the next place.
00:46:37And he's slowly
00:46:38working his way west
00:46:39across the empire.
00:46:41He starts
00:46:41in his home region
00:46:43in
00:46:45Southeast Turkey,
00:46:46what we call Turkey today
00:46:47or used to be called,
00:46:49wasn't even really
00:46:50called Asia Minor.
00:46:51That big peninsula
00:46:52that at least
00:46:53in the history textbook
00:46:54is labeled Asia Minor.
00:46:56Then he traveled
00:46:57through Galatia
00:46:59and the other
00:47:00Roman provinces
00:47:01on that peninsula
00:47:03and then over
00:47:04to the Greek peninsula
00:47:05and made several trips
00:47:07through there
00:47:08in different areas
00:47:09and then went up
00:47:10to Illyricum
00:47:10like he's explaining here.
00:47:13Came back down
00:47:14through Greece again,
00:47:15back to Jerusalem,
00:47:16and then he's planning
00:47:17on coming back.
00:47:18It's not really
00:47:19important for understanding
00:47:20the passage
00:47:21to know exactly
00:47:22where that is.
00:47:23Just...
00:47:24It is historically
00:47:26interesting.
00:47:27All right,
00:47:27the next few verses
00:47:28starting in verse 20,
00:47:29we're on to the next element
00:47:30in the chiasm.
00:47:32Desiring to visit
00:47:33and receive a gift
00:47:34but prevented.
00:47:35And this is a counter element
00:47:37to verses 10 through 15
00:47:38where he desires...
00:47:39He said he desires
00:47:40to visit Romans
00:47:42or the people at Rome
00:47:44impart a gift
00:47:45but he's overworked.
00:47:47He has too much work to do
00:47:48and he hasn't been able
00:47:49to make it.
00:47:50So essentially
00:47:50he's saying the same thing.
00:47:52He wants to visit.
00:47:53There's an exchange
00:47:54of a gift
00:47:54but he hasn't been able
00:47:55to make it yet.
00:47:57In the first part,
00:47:58he wants to give
00:47:59the Romans a gift.
00:48:00And the specific gift
00:48:02he wants to give them
00:48:03is solid biblical teaching.
00:48:06He wants to establish them
00:48:09in a better way,
00:48:10set them on a better course
00:48:11than what they've been on.
00:48:13And in the second half
00:48:15in chapter 15,
00:48:17the gift is something
00:48:18he wants to receive
00:48:19from them.
00:48:20He wants them
00:48:21to help him
00:48:22go and visit Spain.
00:48:24So he's going to need
00:48:25money to do that.
00:48:26It's not just money
00:48:27for the passage
00:48:30but he's going to need
00:48:31money for food.
00:48:32He may have to
00:48:34make stops along the way.
00:48:36So it's not cheap
00:48:37to travel in the first century.
00:48:39It's a major undertaking.
00:48:42So let's take a look
00:48:44at those verses 20 and 21.
00:48:48Excuse me.
00:48:50And thus I make it
00:48:51my ambition to preach
00:48:52the gospel,
00:48:52not where Christ
00:48:53has already been named,
00:48:54lest I build on
00:48:55someone else's foundation.
00:48:56But as it is written,
00:48:57those who have never
00:48:58been told of him will see
00:48:59and those who have
00:49:00never heard will understand.
00:49:02This is another one
00:49:04of those places
00:49:04where it sounds like
00:49:05Paul is bragging.
00:49:07But it's not bragging
00:49:08in the way that we think of it.
00:49:10It's not like he's
00:49:11in a competition
00:49:11to get there before
00:49:12anybody else
00:49:13to make a name for himself.
00:49:15This quote in verse 21
00:49:16is from Isaiah 52, 15.
00:49:22Bring that over on the screen.
00:49:25Thus he will sprinkle
00:49:26many nations.
00:49:27Kings will shut their mouths
00:49:28on account of him
00:49:29for what had not been told them
00:49:31they will see
00:49:32and what they had not heard
00:49:33they will understand.
00:49:35And this is a messianic prophecy.
00:49:37It probably applies
00:49:39in two different layers.
00:49:40It applies to Israel
00:49:41being exiled
00:49:44and scattered
00:49:45among the nations
00:49:45where they are
00:49:47they are both persecuted
00:49:48by the nations
00:49:49and in some ways
00:49:50they are blessing the nations.
00:49:52But then they will be
00:49:53they will repent
00:49:55and be restored.
00:49:56But in a much
00:49:57more important level
00:49:59this is talking
00:50:00about Yeshua.
00:50:02That Yeshua
00:50:03will be high
00:50:04and lifted up
00:50:05and greatly exalted
00:50:06as it says
00:50:06in verse 13.
00:50:08And his appearance
00:50:09was marred
00:50:10more than any man
00:50:11which was literally
00:50:13true of Yeshua
00:50:14and his form
00:50:15more than the sons of men.
00:50:16He was beaten
00:50:18beyond recognition
00:50:19crucified
00:50:19killed in a terrible way.
00:50:22Thus he will sprinkle
00:50:23many nations
00:50:24and this is
00:50:25on the one hand
00:50:26it's talking about
00:50:27the Israelites
00:50:29scattered among the nations
00:50:30but it's also
00:50:31an allusion
00:50:32to the idea
00:50:32of sacrifice
00:50:33and sanctification.
00:50:35By the sprinkling
00:50:36of his blood
00:50:37the sins
00:50:38of the nations
00:50:39are removed
00:50:40at least those
00:50:41among the nations
00:50:42who repent
00:50:42and call on his name.
00:50:45And kings
00:50:45will shut their mouths
00:50:46on account of him
00:50:48for what had not
00:50:49been told
00:50:49they will see
00:50:50and what they had not
00:50:51heard they will understand.
00:50:53And Paul sees this
00:50:54as
00:50:55the story
00:50:56of Yeshua's
00:50:57incarnation
00:50:58his death
00:50:59and his resurrection
00:50:59has to be taken
00:51:01to the nations
00:51:02and specifically
00:51:03to kings
00:51:04to the rulers
00:51:05of the nations.
00:51:06And Paul frequently
00:51:07makes a point
00:51:08of going to
00:51:09government officials
00:51:10to local governors
00:51:12or mayors
00:51:13or people of importance
00:51:14and he wants
00:51:15to go see the emperor
00:51:17and next time
00:51:19he goes to Jerusalem
00:51:19he's going to
00:51:20make that happen.
00:51:22So this is what
00:51:23he believes
00:51:23he has been commissioned
00:51:24to do
00:51:25to fulfill
00:51:26this prophecy.
00:51:27And he says
00:51:29it is my ambition
00:51:30to preach the gospel
00:51:31where Christ
00:51:32has not already
00:51:33been named
00:51:33because he doesn't
00:51:35want to build
00:51:35on someone else's
00:51:36foundation
00:51:37that's not him
00:51:38saying I want
00:51:39to get there first
00:51:40that's him saying
00:51:41I want to be used
00:51:42by God
00:51:43to fulfill
00:51:43this prophecy.
00:51:45And
00:51:46yeah I think
00:51:47that's a great thing.
00:51:48Yeah so ambition
00:51:50I think
00:51:52the use of that
00:51:53word ambition
00:51:53here gives it
00:51:54the wrong impression.
00:51:56it's not the same
00:51:57word as
00:51:57was used for
00:51:58being proud
00:51:59or pride
00:52:01but it's a similar
00:52:02idea that this
00:52:02is a great honor.
00:52:04His earnest desire
00:52:05is to preach
00:52:06the gospel.
00:52:06It doesn't mean
00:52:07that he's ambitious
00:52:08in the sense
00:52:09of wanting to
00:52:10get ahead
00:52:10of other people
00:52:11but his ambition
00:52:13in the sense
00:52:13that this is
00:52:14his great
00:52:15earnest desire
00:52:15to accomplish
00:52:16this.
00:52:17Yeah does that
00:52:18make sense?
00:52:19Anybody have
00:52:20anything they want
00:52:21to add to that
00:52:21or any questions?
00:52:25I was listening
00:52:27to you speaking
00:52:28about Paul
00:52:30and you said
00:52:31it's possible
00:52:33that he
00:52:35had died
00:52:36and I was
00:52:38looking for that
00:52:39in 2nd
00:52:40Corinthians
00:52:41chapter 12
00:52:43when he said
00:52:45I knew
00:52:45a man
00:52:46in Christ
00:52:47above 14
00:52:49years ago
00:52:50whether
00:52:52in the body
00:52:53I cannot tell
00:52:54or whether
00:52:55out of the body
00:52:57I cannot tell
00:52:58God knoweth
00:53:00such
00:53:01and one
00:53:02caught up
00:53:03to the third heaven
00:53:04was he speaking
00:53:05there about himself
00:53:07when they
00:53:08I think
00:53:10they threw him
00:53:11off
00:53:11or something
00:53:12like that?
00:53:14Yeah a lot of people
00:53:14think that he is
00:53:15talking about himself
00:53:17it was
00:53:18apparently common
00:53:19when somebody
00:53:20wanted to talk
00:53:21about something
00:53:21that happened
00:53:22to them
00:53:22but they didn't
00:53:23want to seem
00:53:23like they were
00:53:24bragging
00:53:24they would put
00:53:25it in the third
00:53:26person
00:53:26so John
00:53:27talks about
00:53:28the disciple
00:53:29whom Yeshua
00:53:29loved
00:53:30but he doesn't
00:53:31name himself
00:53:31so we just
00:53:33assume
00:53:33we believe
00:53:34that he's
00:53:34talking about
00:53:35himself
00:53:36and so
00:53:36when Paul
00:53:37talks about
00:53:37this person
00:53:38that he knows
00:53:38that was
00:53:39caught up
00:53:39to the third
00:53:40heaven
00:53:40some people
00:53:41believe he was
00:53:41talking about
00:53:42himself
00:53:43do you
00:53:44believe that?
00:53:46I believe
00:53:46that it's
00:53:47possible
00:53:47I don't
00:53:48really know
00:53:49I think
00:53:50Acts 14
00:53:51I think
00:53:51is where
00:53:52I was
00:53:52thinking
00:53:53I'm looking
00:53:54that up
00:53:54now
00:53:55yeah but
00:53:56Jews came
00:53:57from Antioch
00:53:57and Iconium
00:53:58and having
00:53:59won over
00:53:59the crowds
00:54:00they stoned
00:54:00Paul and
00:54:01dragged him
00:54:01out of the
00:54:01city
00:54:02supposing him
00:54:02to be
00:54:03dead
00:54:03but while
00:54:04the disciples
00:54:05stood around
00:54:05he got up
00:54:06and entered
00:54:06the city
00:54:07and the next
00:54:07day he went
00:54:08away with
00:54:08Barnabas
00:54:09and Derbe
00:54:10so it
00:54:11was it
00:54:11wasn't totally
00:54:12unheard of
00:54:13for people
00:54:13to think
00:54:15that someone
00:54:16was dead
00:54:16when they
00:54:16weren't
00:54:18it's not
00:54:18like they
00:54:18had the
00:54:19tools that
00:54:19we had
00:54:19today to
00:54:21measure
00:54:21brain waves
00:54:22and heart
00:54:23heartbeats
00:54:23and all
00:54:24that kind
00:54:24of stuff
00:54:25but
00:54:27if you're
00:54:28if somebody
00:54:28is stoned
00:54:29you're throwing
00:54:30big rocks
00:54:31at them
00:54:34it's
00:54:34most people
00:54:35die a pretty
00:54:36brutal death
00:54:37if they're
00:54:37stoned to
00:54:38death
00:54:39and
00:54:40the evidence
00:54:41of death
00:54:41is pretty
00:54:42clear
00:54:43so if
00:54:44they stoned
00:54:44him
00:54:44and thought
00:54:45he was
00:54:46dead
00:54:46it's very
00:54:47likely he
00:54:48had some
00:54:48pretty good
00:54:49head wounds
00:54:51so they
00:54:52dragged him
00:54:52out of the
00:54:52city and
00:54:53probably tossed
00:54:54him in a
00:54:54garbage pile
00:54:56but he
00:54:56just gets
00:54:57up and
00:54:57walks back
00:54:57into the
00:54:58city
00:54:59does that
00:55:00mean that
00:55:00he was
00:55:00resurrected
00:55:02some people
00:55:02believe so
00:55:03maybe
00:55:03since he
00:55:04was alone
00:55:05nobody
00:55:05knows
00:55:06no way
00:55:07to know
00:55:07for sure
00:55:08it's an
00:55:09interesting
00:55:09idea though
00:55:11any other
00:55:11thoughts about
00:55:12Paul believing
00:55:13that he is
00:55:14fulfilling this
00:55:14prophecy of
00:55:15Isaiah 52
00:55:16and trying
00:55:17to be the
00:55:18first to
00:55:18visit places
00:55:19to bring
00:55:19the gospel
00:55:21okay
00:55:21let's move
00:55:22on then
00:55:23verse 22
00:55:24this is the
00:55:26reason why I
00:55:26have so often
00:55:27been hindered
00:55:28from coming
00:55:28to you
00:55:29looking at
00:55:30some commentaries
00:55:32a lot of
00:55:33people seem
00:55:33to believe
00:55:34that he's
00:55:34talking about
00:55:36like Satan
00:55:36has hindered
00:55:37him from
00:55:37coming
00:55:38like constantly
00:55:39interfering
00:55:39but in
00:55:40context
00:55:41it's because
00:55:41he was
00:55:43interfered
00:55:43by his
00:55:44mission
00:55:44he had a
00:55:45mission to
00:55:46take the
00:55:46gospel to
00:55:47places that
00:55:47had never
00:55:48heard it
00:55:48before
00:55:49and he's
00:55:49trying to
00:55:50be systematic
00:55:50he's not
00:55:51just going
00:55:52to any
00:55:53place in
00:55:53the kingdom
00:55:54he's starting
00:55:55in the east
00:55:55and moving
00:55:56his way
00:55:56westward
00:55:57so Rome
00:55:58is just
00:55:59further west
00:56:00in Greece
00:56:01he started
00:56:02in Asia
00:56:03Minor
00:56:03then moved
00:56:04to Greece
00:56:06and Illyricum
00:56:07and next
00:56:08he's going
00:56:08to be moving
00:56:09to Rome
00:56:10so it's
00:56:12just that
00:56:12he's had
00:56:12a lot
00:56:12to do
00:56:13it is
00:56:14certainly
00:56:14possible
00:56:15that Satan
00:56:15was also
00:56:16interfering
00:56:16as obviously
00:56:17he was
00:56:18in cases
00:56:18like where
00:56:19he was
00:56:20stoned
00:56:20and left
00:56:21for dead
00:56:22Satan
00:56:23was definitely
00:56:23trying to
00:56:24stop his
00:56:24mission
00:56:25but I
00:56:25don't think
00:56:26that's what
00:56:26Paul is
00:56:26referring to
00:56:27here
00:56:27there's
00:56:28actually
00:56:28a passage
00:56:30I think
00:56:30it's in
00:56:31one of
00:56:31the Thessalonians
00:56:33I don't
00:56:34have the
00:56:34verse
00:56:34the specific
00:56:35verse
00:56:35written down
00:56:37but he
00:56:37tells them
00:56:38that he
00:56:38wanted to
00:56:39come and
00:56:39visit them
00:56:39that Satan
00:56:40was hindering
00:56:40him
00:56:41and so
00:56:43that is
00:56:44something that
00:56:44happens
00:56:45obviously
00:56:47verse 23
00:56:48now since I
00:56:49no longer
00:56:49have any
00:56:49room for
00:56:50work in
00:56:50these regions
00:56:51since I
00:56:51have longed
00:56:52for many
00:56:52years to
00:56:52come to
00:56:53you
00:56:53and he's
00:56:54saying that
00:56:54he has
00:56:55visited all
00:56:56the places
00:56:56that he
00:56:57intended to
00:56:57visit
00:56:58to the
00:56:59east of
00:56:59Rome
00:57:00and now
00:57:01it's time
00:57:02to go
00:57:02on to
00:57:02the west
00:57:03but what
00:57:04I think
00:57:04is most
00:57:05interesting
00:57:05is in
00:57:06verse 24
00:57:08I hope
00:57:08to see you
00:57:09in passing
00:57:09as I go
00:57:10to Spain
00:57:11and to
00:57:12be helped
00:57:12on my
00:57:12journey
00:57:12there by
00:57:13you
00:57:14the reason
00:57:14for this
00:57:15is already
00:57:16apparent
00:57:17the reason
00:57:18that he
00:57:18doesn't plan
00:57:19to go
00:57:19to Rome
00:57:20Rome is
00:57:21not on
00:57:21his agenda
00:57:22he's going
00:57:23to Spain
00:57:24but you
00:57:24can't get
00:57:25to Spain
00:57:25from the
00:57:26eastern
00:57:26empire
00:57:27without going
00:57:27to Rome
00:57:29but
00:57:30his mission
00:57:31is not
00:57:32to go
00:57:32to Rome
00:57:32he's just
00:57:33there's this
00:57:33congregation
00:57:34there and
00:57:34they need
00:57:34some help
00:57:35so he's
00:57:35going to
00:57:35stop and
00:57:36spend some
00:57:36time with
00:57:37them
00:57:37but his
00:57:38real ministry
00:57:38his real
00:57:39mission is
00:57:39to go
00:57:39to Spain
00:57:40and that's
00:57:41because there's
00:57:41already a
00:57:42congregation
00:57:43at Rome
00:57:44so he
00:57:44can't
00:57:45fulfill
00:57:45his primary
00:57:46calling by
00:57:47going to
00:57:47Rome
00:57:48so it's
00:57:49really just
00:57:49a stop
00:57:50on the
00:57:50way to
00:57:51places
00:57:51further west
00:57:53what I
00:57:53don't
00:57:54understand
00:57:54is why
00:57:55he doesn't
00:57:55go to
00:57:55Gaul
00:57:56if he's
00:57:57starting in
00:57:57the east
00:57:58and making
00:57:58his way
00:57:58westward
00:58:00instead of
00:58:01going to
00:58:01Spain
00:58:02I would
00:58:03think he
00:58:03would be
00:58:03going to
00:58:05oh I can't
00:58:06remember what
00:58:06the region
00:58:06is north
00:58:07of Italy
00:58:07between
00:58:08Switzerland
00:58:09and Rome
00:58:11or to
00:58:13southeastern
00:58:14France
00:58:14why isn't
00:58:15he going
00:58:15to those
00:58:16places
00:58:16I don't
00:58:17know
00:58:18I don't
00:58:19really have
00:58:19any good
00:58:19ideas
00:58:20it's
00:58:21possible
00:58:21that
00:58:22somebody
00:58:22else
00:58:22has
00:58:22already
00:58:23visited
00:58:23there
00:58:23with
00:58:23the
00:58:24gospel
00:58:24somebody
00:58:25has
00:58:25gone
00:58:25to
00:58:25Rome
00:58:25so maybe
00:58:26they've
00:58:27gone
00:58:27to
00:58:27these
00:58:27other
00:58:27places
00:58:27too
00:58:28and
00:58:29there
00:58:29actually
00:58:30is
00:58:30a
00:58:30tradition
00:58:30that
00:58:32Lazarus
00:58:33and
00:58:33Mary
00:58:34and
00:58:34Martha
00:58:34went
00:58:35to
00:58:35Gaul
00:58:35which
00:58:36is
00:58:36what
00:58:36we
00:58:36call
00:58:37France
00:58:38and
00:58:38that
00:58:38they
00:58:38were
00:58:39missionaries
00:58:39there
00:58:39for a
00:58:40while
00:58:40there's
00:58:41also
00:58:41a
00:58:41tradition
00:58:42that
00:58:42Joseph
00:58:42might
00:58:43have
00:58:43been
00:58:43there
00:58:44and
00:58:46Joseph
00:58:46of
00:58:47Arimathea
00:58:48was a
00:58:48wealthy
00:58:48man
00:58:48who
00:58:50was
00:58:51probably
00:58:51a
00:58:52merchant
00:58:53of some
00:58:53kind
00:58:54and so
00:58:55it would
00:58:55make sense
00:58:55for him
00:58:56to be
00:58:56traveling
00:58:56around
00:58:57the
00:58:57Mediterranean
00:58:57and
00:58:58there's
00:58:58even
00:58:58traditions
00:58:58that he
00:58:59went
00:58:59as far
00:58:59as
00:58:59Britain
00:59:01there's
00:59:01no
00:59:01real
00:59:02proof
00:59:02of
00:59:02that
00:59:02there's
00:59:03no
00:59:03documentary
00:59:04evidence
00:59:04except
00:59:04for
00:59:05traditions
00:59:05that
00:59:05were
00:59:06only
00:59:06written
00:59:06down
00:59:07centuries
00:59:07later
00:59:08so
00:59:09there's
00:59:09no
00:59:09good
00:59:09evidence
00:59:10that
00:59:10there
00:59:11were
00:59:11any
00:59:11missionaries
00:59:11in
00:59:12Gaul
00:59:12at
00:59:13this
00:59:13time
00:59:14the
00:59:15first
00:59:15real
00:59:15congregation
00:59:16that
00:59:17is
00:59:17recorded
00:59:18in
00:59:18history
00:59:18in
00:59:18Gaul
00:59:19is
00:59:20almost
00:59:20a
00:59:20hundred
00:59:20years
00:59:21later
00:59:22so
00:59:22it's
00:59:23still
00:59:23a
00:59:23mystery
00:59:23why
00:59:24Paul
00:59:24decided
00:59:24to
00:59:25skip
00:59:25Gaul
00:59:25and
00:59:25go
00:59:25on
00:59:25to
00:59:26Spain
00:59:26instead
00:59:27and
00:59:27your
00:59:28guess
00:59:28is
00:59:28as
00:59:28good
00:59:28as
00:59:29mine
00:59:29as
00:59:29to
00:59:30why
00:59:31he
00:59:31would
00:59:31have
00:59:31done
00:59:31that
00:59:32does
00:59:33anybody
00:59:33have
00:59:33any
00:59:33theories
00:59:35okay
00:59:36see
00:59:37oh
00:59:37in
00:59:38this
00:59:38I
00:59:39hope
00:59:39to
00:59:39see
00:59:39you
00:59:39in
00:59:40passing
00:59:40as
00:59:40I
00:59:40go
00:59:40to
00:59:40Spain
00:59:41I
00:59:43if
00:59:43you
00:59:43want
00:59:44to
00:59:44go
00:59:44from
00:59:44the
00:59:44eastern
00:59:44Mediterranean
00:59:45to
00:59:46Spain
00:59:46you
00:59:47had
00:59:47to
00:59:47go
00:59:47through
00:59:47Rome
00:59:49technically
00:59:49they
00:59:50were
00:59:50going
00:59:50to
00:59:51a
00:59:51place
00:59:51called
00:59:53Ostia
00:59:54Antica
00:59:54which
00:59:55is
00:59:55a
00:59:55port
00:59:55near
00:59:56Rome
00:59:56Rome
00:59:57was
00:59:57actually
00:59:57inland
00:59:57it
00:59:58wasn't
00:59:58on
00:59:58the
00:59:58coast
01:00:00Ostia
01:00:00Antica
01:00:01was
01:00:01about
01:00:0211
01:00:02miles
01:00:02from
01:00:03Rome
01:00:03on
01:00:03the
01:00:03coast
01:00:05and
01:00:05I've
01:00:05got
01:00:05a
01:00:06map
01:00:06here
01:00:06that
01:00:07I
01:00:07want
01:00:07to
01:00:07show
01:00:07you
01:00:08hopefully
01:00:09you
01:00:09can
01:00:09see
01:00:09this
01:00:09this
01:00:10shows
01:00:13in
01:00:13the
01:00:13first
01:00:14century
01:00:15if
01:00:15you
01:00:15look
01:00:16at
01:00:16these
01:00:16trade
01:00:16routes
01:00:16that
01:00:17go
01:00:17through
01:00:17the
01:00:17Mediterranean
01:00:18if
01:00:19you
01:00:19want
01:00:19to
01:00:19go
01:00:19from
01:00:20Asia
01:00:20Minor
01:00:20or
01:00:21Tarsus
01:00:22where
01:00:22Paul
01:00:22lived
01:00:23can
01:00:24you
01:00:24see
01:00:24my
01:00:24cursor
01:00:24on
01:00:25the
01:00:25screen
01:00:26if
01:00:26you
01:00:27can
01:00:27see
01:00:27my
01:00:28cursor
01:00:29I
01:00:30can
01:00:30do
01:00:30a
01:00:30highlighter
01:00:31I
01:00:32forgot
01:00:32that's
01:00:33where
01:00:33that's
01:00:33Paul's
01:00:34hometown
01:00:35and
01:00:35that's
01:00:35where
01:00:36he
01:00:36started
01:00:36his
01:00:36ministry
01:00:37way
01:00:38over
01:00:38here
01:00:38in
01:00:38the
01:00:38east
01:00:38and
01:00:39he
01:00:39spent
01:00:40most
01:00:43through
01:00:43here
01:00:43and
01:00:44down
01:00:44through
01:00:44Greece
01:00:45went
01:00:46up
01:00:46north
01:00:47the
01:00:47other
01:00:47way
01:00:49and
01:00:49this
01:00:49is
01:00:49Illyricum
01:00:50up
01:00:50here
01:00:52and
01:00:53from
01:00:54here
01:00:54he's
01:00:54going
01:00:54to
01:00:54go
01:00:54back
01:00:55down
01:00:55through
01:00:56Macedonia
01:00:57and
01:00:57Achaia
01:00:58down
01:00:58here
01:00:59and
01:01:00then
01:01:00back
01:01:00to
01:01:00Jerusalem
01:01:01but
01:01:02he's
01:01:02going
01:01:02to
01:01:02make
01:01:02some
01:01:02stops
01:01:02along
01:01:03the
01:01:03way
01:01:03because
01:01:03every
01:01:04trading
01:01:05vessel
01:01:05makes
01:01:05stops
01:01:06along
01:01:06the
01:01:06way
01:01:06so
01:01:06he
01:01:07might
01:01:07as
01:01:07well
01:01:07take
01:01:07advantage
01:01:07of
01:01:08it
01:01:09but
01:01:09then
01:01:09he's
01:01:10going
01:01:10to
01:01:13Jerusalem
01:01:14to
01:01:14Spain
01:01:15is
01:01:16to
01:01:16go
01:01:16through
01:01:17underneath
01:01:18the
01:01:18boot
01:01:18of
01:01:19Italy
01:01:19and
01:01:20up
01:01:20to
01:01:21Ostia
01:01:22and
01:01:23Rome
01:01:23is
01:01:23right
01:01:24here
01:01:25so
01:01:25every
01:01:26trading
01:01:26vessel
01:01:27is
01:01:28going
01:01:28to
01:01:28make
01:01:28multiple
01:01:29stops
01:01:29these
01:01:30are
01:01:30long
01:01:30routes
01:01:31and
01:01:31these
01:01:31vessels
01:01:31were
01:01:31not
01:01:32fast
01:01:33not
01:01:33like
01:01:33we
01:01:33think
01:01:34of
01:01:34today
01:01:34where
01:01:34you
01:01:34could
01:01:36go
01:01:36across
01:01:37the
01:01:37entire
01:01:37Mediterranean
01:01:38in
01:01:38a
01:01:38matter
01:01:38of
01:01:39a
01:01:39day
01:01:39or
01:01:39two
01:01:40in
01:01:40a
01:01:40matter
01:01:41of
01:01:41an
01:01:41hour
01:01:41or two
01:01:42if
01:01:42you're
01:01:42on
01:01:43this
01:01:43would
01:01:43take
01:01:44weeks
01:01:44sometimes
01:01:44months
01:01:46and
01:01:46so
01:01:47they
01:01:47would
01:01:47make
01:01:47multiple
01:01:47stops
01:01:48along
01:01:48the
01:01:48way
01:01:48trading
01:01:49whatever
01:01:49goods
01:01:50that
01:01:50they
01:01:50had
01:01:50brought
01:01:51with
01:01:51them
01:01:51picking
01:01:52up
01:01:52more
01:01:52goods
01:01:52at
01:01:53each
01:01:53port
01:01:53so
01:01:54that
01:01:54they
01:01:54could
01:01:55pay
01:01:55for
01:01:55their
01:01:55way
01:01:55across
01:01:56the
01:01:56Mediterranean
01:01:58so
01:01:59all
01:02:00of
01:02:00these
01:02:00trade
01:02:01routes
01:02:01stopped
01:02:02at
01:02:02Ostia
01:02:02near
01:02:03Rome
01:02:04and
01:02:05this
01:02:05was
01:02:05one
01:02:05of
01:02:05the
01:02:06biggest
01:02:06trading
01:02:07ports
01:02:07in
01:02:08the
01:02:08Mediterranean
01:02:08and
01:02:09so
01:02:10these
01:02:10ships
01:02:10would
01:02:10stop
01:02:11here
01:02:11they
01:02:12would
01:02:12buy
01:02:12provisions
01:02:14stock
01:02:14up
01:02:15with
01:02:15everything
01:02:15they
01:02:15needed
01:02:15spend
01:02:16some
01:02:16time
01:02:16in
01:02:16the
01:02:16markets
01:02:17buying
01:02:17and
01:02:17selling
01:02:19and
01:02:19Paul
01:02:19was
01:02:19going
01:02:20to
01:02:20take
01:02:20advantage
01:02:20of
01:02:20that
01:02:21since
01:02:21his
01:02:22ship
01:02:22had
01:02:22to
01:02:22stop
01:02:22there
01:02:23anyways
01:02:23and
01:02:23was
01:02:23going
01:02:23to
01:02:23be
01:02:24there
01:02:24for
01:02:24a
01:02:24while
01:02:24he
01:02:25he
01:02:25going
01:02:25to
01:02:25stop
01:02:26and
01:02:26spend
01:02:26some
01:02:26time
01:02:27with
01:02:27the
01:02:27Romans
01:02:28and
01:02:28maybe
01:02:29he
01:02:29would
01:02:29be
01:02:30there
01:02:30for
01:02:30weeks
01:02:31maybe
01:02:31he
01:02:31would
01:02:31be
01:02:32there
01:02:32for
01:02:32months
01:02:32and
01:02:32then
01:02:32take
01:02:33another
01:02:33ship
01:02:33later
01:02:34and
01:02:35then
01:02:35the
01:02:35next
01:02:35ship
01:02:36would
01:02:36come
01:02:37across
01:02:37here
01:02:37to
01:02:37Spain
01:02:39and
01:02:39we
01:02:39have
01:02:39no
01:02:39idea
01:02:40where
01:02:40he
01:02:40intended
01:02:40to
01:02:40go
01:02:41and
01:02:42as
01:02:42far
01:02:42as
01:02:42we
01:02:42know
01:02:42he
01:02:42never
01:02:43actually
01:02:43made
01:02:43it
01:02:43to
01:02:43Spain
01:02:44there
01:02:45are
01:02:45some
01:02:45traditions
01:02:45that
01:02:46say
01:02:54what
01:02:55happened
01:02:56but
01:02:56there's
01:02:57no
01:02:57solid
01:02:57evidence
01:02:58that
01:02:58he
01:02:58ever
01:02:58made
01:02:58it
01:02:58to
01:02:59Spain
01:02:59or
01:02:59Britain
01:02:59or
01:03:00anywhere
01:03:00further
01:03:00west
01:03:00than
01:03:01Rome
01:03:02so
01:03:02we
01:03:03don't
01:03:03really
01:03:03know
01:03:03what
01:03:03happened
01:03:04but
01:03:04it
01:03:05does
01:03:05make
01:03:05sense
01:03:05for
01:03:05him
01:03:05to
01:03:06say
01:03:06that
01:03:06I'm
01:03:07headed
01:03:07for
01:03:07Spain
01:03:07and
01:03:08I'm
01:03:08going
01:03:08to
01:03:08stop
01:03:08in
01:03:08Rome
01:03:09because
01:03:09pretty
01:03:10much
01:03:10everybody
01:03:11headed
01:03:11from
01:03:12Turkey
01:03:13or
01:03:14Judea
01:03:14to
01:03:14Spain
01:03:15was
01:03:15going
01:03:15to
01:03:15stop
01:03:16in
01:03:16Rome
01:03:17whether
01:03:18they
01:03:18wanted
01:03:18to
01:03:18or
01:03:18not
01:03:19oh
01:03:21how
01:03:21do
01:03:21I
01:03:21get
01:03:21rid
01:03:21of
01:03:21that
01:03:23okay
01:03:24what
01:03:25time
01:03:25is
01:03:25it
01:03:27that
01:03:27sounds
01:03:28like
01:03:28about
01:03:28a
01:03:28good
01:03:28time
01:03:28to
01:03:28quit
01:03:29I'll
01:03:30figure
01:03:30out
01:03:30how
01:03:30do
01:03:30erase
01:03:31my
01:03:31doodles
01:03:31later
01:03:34all right
01:03:35so
01:03:35we are
01:03:35at
01:03:35verse
01:03:3624
01:03:37and
01:03:38this
01:03:38part
01:03:38of
01:03:39the
01:03:39book
01:03:39there
01:03:40are
01:03:40some
01:03:40interesting
01:03:41historical
01:03:41things
01:03:42to
01:03:42talk
01:03:42about
01:03:43for
01:03:44the
01:03:45next
01:03:45few
01:03:45verses
01:03:45maybe
01:03:46until
01:03:46the
01:03:47end
01:03:47of
01:03:47this
01:03:47chapter
01:03:48it's
01:03:49mostly
01:03:49historical
01:03:50stuff
01:03:51and
01:03:51there
01:03:52are
01:03:52obviously
01:03:53spiritual
01:03:53truths
01:03:54that you
01:03:55can get
01:03:55out of
01:03:55pretty much
01:03:56anything
01:03:56in history
01:03:57and I
01:03:57strongly
01:03:58recommend
01:03:59that
01:03:59even if
01:04:00you hate
01:04:00history
01:04:00find a
01:04:01way to
01:04:01love it
01:04:02because
01:04:03there's
01:04:03so much
01:04:04about
01:04:04the world
01:04:04that you
01:04:04can
01:04:05learn
01:04:05that you
01:04:06can
01:04:06understand
01:04:06by
01:04:07understanding
01:04:08history
01:04:08and so
01:04:09much
01:04:09that you're
01:04:10never
01:04:10going to
01:04:10understand
01:04:11if you
01:04:11don't
01:04:12understand
01:04:12history
01:04:14so
01:04:15if the
01:04:16best you
01:04:16can do
01:04:16is watch
01:04:17the history
01:04:17channel
01:04:18it's
01:04:18probably
01:04:19better
01:04:19than
01:04:19nothing
01:04:20barely
01:04:21but
01:04:21a little
01:04:22bit
01:04:22better
01:04:22but
01:04:23I
01:04:24really
01:04:24recommend
01:04:25especially
01:04:26biographies
01:04:27but
01:04:27in ancient
01:04:28history
01:04:28biographies
01:04:29are not
01:04:30really
01:04:30very
01:04:30reliable
01:04:31so
01:04:31any
01:04:32kind
01:04:32of
01:04:32good
01:04:32history
01:04:33you can
01:04:33find
01:04:33check out
01:04:34the channel
01:04:35Dr. Petrovich
01:04:36that we had
01:04:36on last
01:04:37week
01:04:37go check
01:04:38out his
01:04:39videos
01:04:39on YouTube
01:04:39he's got
01:04:40tons of
01:04:40really great
01:04:41historical
01:04:41information
01:04:43and the
01:04:44channels
01:04:44that host
01:04:44him
01:04:45look at
01:04:46the stuff
01:04:46that they're
01:04:46doing
01:04:47too
01:04:48his
01:04:49Genesis
01:04:49history
01:04:50has some
01:04:51really great
01:04:51content
01:04:52there are a lot
01:04:52of other
01:04:52biblical history
01:04:53channels on
01:04:54YouTube or
01:04:55Rumble
01:04:55places
01:04:56you can get
01:04:57some really
01:04:58interesting stuff
01:04:58and a good
01:05:00understanding of
01:05:01the world that
01:05:01Paul was living
01:05:02in and I think
01:05:03that really helps
01:05:04to understand
01:05:04what he's
01:05:06dealing with
01:05:06in some
01:05:07of the things
01:05:08that you know
01:05:09especially the
01:05:10stories and
01:05:10acts
01:05:10he really puts
01:05:11those things
01:05:12into context
01:05:13a lot of
01:05:13that you
01:05:13I think
01:05:14it's
01:05:14a lot of
01:05:14it's
01:05:14it's
01:05:14a lot of
01:05:14things
01:05:18you
01:05:18have to
01:05:18You
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