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warm Christian greetings this the Second Sunday of the

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Easter season Christ is risen Christ is risen

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indeed, Alleluia

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My name is Ann Perrin and I am

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one of the mission facilitation Consultants part of

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the mission enablement team that uniting mission

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and education and I'm standing here on Wiradgeri

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ground.

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In the city of Orange in the Central Tablelands

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of New South Wales.

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How wonderful it is this Easter season and every Easter season

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that we engage with the book of Acts.

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Acts the continuation of the plan of God through the

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gifting of the Holy Spirit.

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This week we will look at part of Peter's speech

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in the second chapter of Acts.

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But where are we up to at this point?

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Jesus has commanded the disciples to

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stay in Jerusalem, and they have seen his Ascension.

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Then the the spirit is

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Sent that that Pentecost event that Maelstrom

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of fire and wind.

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That time of uncertainty ambiguity maybe

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even fear of inspiration of

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provocation.

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This event has caused Peter to want

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to step up and speak.

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While not wanting to preempt our Pentecost celebration

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the action of the spirit creates a

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New Horizon of understanding.

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And an important life-changing shift has occurred

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through not just God's actions

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at Easter.

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And the resurrection but in the pouring out of the spirit

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in this very new way.

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the confusion of the event provides Peter with

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the impetus to speak

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with the disciples.  He steps up.

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And we know that whenever the book of Acts

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has the apostles step up and address the

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crowd something important is about to be

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said.

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something that demands the readers - us -to

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open our hearts and minds to a

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new way of being

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We see Peter the Evangelist and it

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is through Peter's zeal that he wants to share his message

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of salvation of liberation.

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We will see and hear a whole new

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way of being.

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listen

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We know Peter well.

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He followed he was a follower of Jesus. But he

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was also the one that named the Messiah in Luke

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chapter 9 verse 20 and he has experienced Jesus

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life crucifixion death resurrection

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and Ascension.

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so as PeterTakes the stance of an orator offering

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a monologue, we know that

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this indicates something truthful is about

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to be said

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What's coming is important!

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Luke is saying to Theophilus the readers of his day and

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to us as the interpretive community

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that gathers around scripture now.

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again, listen

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In the second chapter of Acts Peter has

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a lot of work to do. He is wanting to persuade his audience that

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Jesus is the Messiah and Jesus is Alive

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to the listeners of this new way through the

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Holy Spirit.

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In our reading today Peter has stepped up in a

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way to define his authority to speak but now

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to build on that Authority he quotes the Hebrew

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scriptures and in our reading today.

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Particularly three Psalms to further support

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his argument that Jesus is the messiah.

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But to begin our verses today, he makes a declarative statement.

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Perhaps a first statement of who

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Jesus is.

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Peter at the opening of this passage reasons christologically

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for the first time. He uses

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his knowledge of Jesus.

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And makes his argument.

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first

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Peter names jesus' Humanity as the one who lives among

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them.

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Second is that Jesus was known to some

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of them.

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And that they can attest that they saw his signs and

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wonders.

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Third these signs and wonders were the

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power of God working through Jesus of

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Nazareth.

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Who people knew.

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Jesus must be of God and So Divine.

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his fourth point

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is that there was a reference to the plan of God first begun

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in the Gospel of Luke.

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We recognize that Luke places the first comment of

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this important theological theme in

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his first important speech of Peter

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in Acts.

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fifth

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it was those outside the law who crucified

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Jesus.

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And sixth well, there's been a contrast between

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human and divine action. Jesus is now

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the means of salvation of liberation.

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and seventh

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this is the climax.

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But God raised him up and freed him from Death because

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it is impossible for him to

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be held in its power.

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This is the dawning of a new age. This

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is the release of love into the world.

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So as the people are gifted with the Holy Spirit

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lives are transformed. Peter now

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goes on to use the Hebrew scriptures to

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support his argument that Jesus is the Messiah

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the one resurrected for Israel's salvation

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and liberation.

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He gathers verses from three psalms- psalm 18

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Verses 4 to 6 psalm 16 verses

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verse 11.

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Starting with Psalm 15 the people

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of his day knew that traditionally. This is a

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royal psalm.

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A royal Psalm of Thanksgiving in the

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context of Acts 2:24. It reminds

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people of God's Deliverance of a

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king from dire threat.

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Peter then quotes Psalm 16 verses 8 to 11

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Jesus' life death and Resurrection are testimony

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to the truth of this psalm.

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Using this Psalm Peter explicitly connects the king

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Prophet David to Jesus.

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Peter Begins by naming David not just

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as a king but important prophet and a

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principal character in Israel's future who has

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keen insight into that future.

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David because of his keen awareness his prophetic voice.

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And the granting of his kingship by God means that Israel

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must give proper respect to David's voice.

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Yet irony is used.

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All patriarchs and all prophets remain

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dead a memorialized in their tombs.

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David did go to Hades and his body underwent

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corruption or decomposition.

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Therefore these words must be a prophecy about the

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promised son of David.

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This is now fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth.

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The binding of the resurrected Jesus to David

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further secures Peters argument

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The Jesus you knew crucified dead

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and buried is now alive and the

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bearer of divine image.

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That Jesus is present for the people in real

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time for the rest of time is Peter's

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intention.

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Peter now comes to the climax of his argument and

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speaks confidently using psalm

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Peter wants the people to know that while David remains

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dead and buried Jesus is resurrected.

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Is exalted to the right hand of God?

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Is alive and has sent the

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holy spirit that they might see and hear.

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Israel can be confident that its story

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turns from dead buried and Rising

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on the last day.

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to everlasting life

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Joy is invoked.

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By the realization that now God through

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the spirit of Christ is always before them

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accessible available and an unshakable

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Foundation.

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This is now for all who believe.

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For the readers of the Psalms up to this point in Salvation history

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and experience of God's presence is

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enough reward.

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This however is now the dawning of

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a new age the gift of the spirit - the spirit

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now present for anyone who believes. This

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transformation. This new

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beginning is for people's lives and has

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been attested to by through profit prophecy the

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Resurrection The Pentecost event,

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and now the pouring out of God's spirit

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as a gift for all.

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so much happened in Peter's arguments in

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10 11 verses

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It's no wonder we read and we read

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scripture.

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Peter articulates a clear argument for Jesus the

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Holy Spirit and God for our lives.

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A fitting reminder this Easter season

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to take with us in all that we do.

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We remember that route that sorry. We

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remember that Luke wrote for Theophilus.

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the readers of his day

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did he expect that we would still be reading this book

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of Acts in 2023?

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But we are now the interpretive Community for scripture.

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So we read to honour God and we

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read to engage with the Holy Spirit in our attempts at

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understanding.

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As a mission facilitation consultant and believing that

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the church is for the world. I am wondering how you

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might be inspired prompted even provoked by

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the newness of God's action at Pentecost and

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Peter's arguments for your

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lives today.

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What action might you take this week to be

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part of the building of the kingdom of God in your local

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community?

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How might your actions continue the Apostolic tradition?

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As we continue our celebration of the Easter season,

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I encourage you to read reread the

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book of Acts not as a history of the early church, but

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as a living story the continuation of

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the plan of God through the work of the Holy Spirit giving

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power and courage inspiration and

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confidence to the early apostles.

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So that we can recognize power inspiration

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courage of the

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spirit working in our lives.

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Alleluia

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I'm in.