WEBVTT - Ché Ahn - Oct 19 - 9:00 am

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there's an old story told about a fourth

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<v Speaker 1>century Asiatic monk who lived up in the mountains, loved

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<v Speaker 1>the just peaceful atmosphere and environment, loved to be alone

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<v Speaker 1>with God, lived most of his life there. Telemachus is

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<v Speaker 1>his name. And when he's older in life, he senses

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<v Speaker 1>that God is calling him to leave his place in

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<v Speaker 1>the mountains and go down into the city, but he

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't know why. So he doesn't go, but he keeps

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<v Speaker 1>hearing the voice of the Lord. I want you to

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<v Speaker 1>go down into the city and I'll show you what

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<v Speaker 1>you must do. As he reaches the city center, there

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<v Speaker 1>is a large crowd moving into the gladiatorial arena. And

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<v Speaker 1>because he's lived in the mountains most of his life,

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<v Speaker 1>he's never seen the gladiators. And he sees the gladiatorial arena,

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<v Speaker 1>and he sees the blood, the guts, and the gore.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so offensive to him. He hasn't been desensitized by

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<v Speaker 1>this at all. So in his chair in the Colosseum,

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<v Speaker 1>he stands up and he says, in the name of

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ, stop this thing. And everybody kind of looks

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<v Speaker 1>at him and laughs at him. And he says again,

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<v Speaker 1>in the name of Jesus Christ, forbear. And he gets

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<v Speaker 1>out of his place and he runs down onto the

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<v Speaker 1>dirt of the gladiatorial arena. And he says again, in

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<v Speaker 1>the name of Jesus Christ, stop this horrific thing. And

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<v Speaker 1>the crowd starts to chant, run him through, run him through.

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<v Speaker 1>And the soldier takes his spear and runs it through

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<v Speaker 1>the air. And he goes down onto 1D and just

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<v Speaker 1>before he dies... One last time, he says, in the

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<v Speaker 1>name of Jesus Christ, stop this horrible thing. There were

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<v Speaker 1>many other things brought to bear, but after Telemachus, there

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<v Speaker 1>was never another fight of the gladiators in the gladiatorial arena.

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<v Speaker 1>That God had prepared him in the mountains to use

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<v Speaker 1>him down in the city, and his sole purpose was

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<v Speaker 1>to stop the murder of the gladiators. What is it

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<v Speaker 1>in your life that That is off limits to God.

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<v Speaker 1>That if he asked you to give it up, you

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<v Speaker 1>would not do it. Whatever it is, that is your

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<v Speaker 1>real savior. That's your real God.