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[3487.16 --> 3488.96] how do I apply my life
[3488.96 --> 3490.62] to this story?
[3490.62 --> 3493.10] Right?
[3493.18 --> 3494.80] Right says that it's not so much
[3494.80 --> 3496.08] about application
[3496.08 --> 3498.46] as it is about implication.
[3500.04 --> 3500.20] Right?
[3500.24 --> 3503.00] How am I implicated in this narrative
[3503.00 --> 3504.40] which is God's story?
[3504.92 --> 3506.80] Where does my life fit
[3506.80 --> 3508.80] in my little piece of time
[3508.80 --> 3510.18] on this ball of rock
[3510.18 --> 3511.20] hurtling through space?
[3511.40 --> 3513.62] Where does my life fit
[3513.62 --> 3514.82] in that story?
[3514.82 --> 3517.38] And one of the implications
[3517.38 --> 3518.86] of this story
[3518.86 --> 3520.82] is that we join
[3520.82 --> 3522.38] in God's mission
[3522.38 --> 3523.86] to witness to Him.
[3524.50 --> 3524.74] Right?
[3524.80 --> 3526.22] We join in God's mission
[3526.22 --> 3528.60] to witness to His own glory.
[3528.60 --> 3530.26] We join in God's mission
[3530.26 --> 3531.46] to have all creation
[3531.46 --> 3532.32] joined together
[3532.32 --> 3533.68] in worship of Him.
[3533.92 --> 3535.64] We join as witnesses
[3535.64 --> 3537.00] to say,
[3537.26 --> 3538.92] Jesus is God.
[3538.92 --> 3543.06] In joining God's mission then,
[3543.42 --> 3544.86] we all of a sudden
[3544.86 --> 3547.00] find in our lives
[3547.00 --> 3548.84] meaning and significance
[3548.84 --> 3549.84] and purpose
[3549.84 --> 3551.88] because we found ourselves
[3551.88 --> 3553.64] rooted in the story
[3553.64 --> 3554.66] of God's mission
[3554.66 --> 3556.36] throughout all of time
[3556.36 --> 3557.22] and space.
[3557.34 --> 3558.56] We find ourselves part
[3558.56 --> 3560.48] of this bigger story,
[3560.62 --> 3561.70] bigger than we could ever
[3561.70 --> 3562.68] have imagined,
[3562.90 --> 3564.70] one that has been being written
[3564.70 --> 3566.02] since before even
[3566.02 --> 3567.06] the very creation
[3567.06 --> 3568.10] of the world.
[3568.10 --> 3569.98] That's the implication
[3569.98 --> 3572.08] of joining God
[3572.08 --> 3573.40] as a witness
[3573.40 --> 3575.22] that you have
[3575.22 --> 3576.16] a global,
[3576.76 --> 3578.42] eternal purpose.
[3579.78 --> 3581.28] And that's for you.
[3583.88 --> 3585.08] That's part of why
[3585.08 --> 3585.88] we root ourselves
[3585.88 --> 3587.76] in this story.
[3591.06 --> 3592.82] The story continues.
[3593.20 --> 3593.84] Right in the story,
[3593.96 --> 3594.86] Paul is transferred
[3594.86 --> 3596.22] to Caesarea
[3596.22 --> 3598.10] for trial under Felix.
[3598.84 --> 3601.02] Felix is a Roman governor.
[3601.84 --> 3602.84] And we know a fair bit
[3602.84 --> 3603.58] about Felix
[3603.58 --> 3604.64] from other sources.
[3605.28 --> 3605.92] For instance,
[3606.04 --> 3606.90] we know that he
[3606.90 --> 3608.12] treated his subjects
[3608.12 --> 3609.06] with disdain.
[3609.54 --> 3610.32] We know that he was
[3610.32 --> 3611.04] often brutal
[3611.04 --> 3612.76] and violent with them.
[3613.06 --> 3614.10] So much so
[3614.10 --> 3615.28] that Rome actually
[3615.28 --> 3616.42] recalled him
[3616.42 --> 3617.92] back to Rome
[3617.92 --> 3618.74] from his post
[3618.74 --> 3619.74] in AD 59
[3619.74 --> 3622.06] because of constant complaints
[3622.06 --> 3623.18] that the people
[3623.18 --> 3623.72] under him,
[3623.78 --> 3624.32] his subjects,
[3624.44 --> 3625.12] the Jewish people,
[3625.12 --> 3625.44] made.
[3626.30 --> 3627.16] And that means
[3627.16 --> 3628.08] it must have been
[3628.08 --> 3628.80] pretty harsh.
[3629.30 --> 3629.88] It must have been
[3629.88 --> 3630.48] pretty bad
[3630.48 --> 3631.84] for even the Romans
[3631.84 --> 3632.28] to go,
[3632.48 --> 3633.54] that's a bridge
[3633.54 --> 3634.18] too far,
[3634.62 --> 3634.84] Felix.
[3636.48 --> 3637.66] We know also
[3637.66 --> 3638.56] that he was corrupt.
[3639.34 --> 3640.22] Luke even tells us
[3640.22 --> 3640.84] that the reason