Acts kind of talking about rightly dividing and make sure we get this right because different folks are getting saved in different ways in the book of Acts and we don't want to emulate that. We don't want to copy that. Lord has something better for us. and I appreciate that. Last week we got down to Stephen getting stoned and the kingdom being taken away from him and he took that off the table. He goes into Samaria, Philip went into Samaria and preached to the half-breeds there, part Jew and part Gentile. The Jews looked down on them because they were mixed. And God saved them and dealt with them. And let's look at verse 12 in Acts chapter eight. Talking about those folks there. But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, not the kingdom of heaven, that's gone. And the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. So these people believed in verse 12 and they were baptized in verse 12. Then Simon himself, this guy who was a sorcerer, believed also. And you never know who God's going to save. You never know who God's going to deal with. And when he was baptized, he continued with Philip and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. Now, when the apostles, which were at Jerusalem, heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John, who when they were come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost. For as yet he was fallen upon none of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Uh-oh. Well, if you're getting your doctrine from Acts chapter two, what happened? Mm. These people believed and they were baptized. Jacks too, you didn't even have to believe, they just said get baptized. And so, oh, there's a contradiction in the Bible, how to get saved right there, you know. What we gonna do with this? Verse 16, for as yet, he was fallen upon none of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then laid they their hands on them and they received the Holy Ghost. Well, good grief, now what? We got a third thing to do now, what's going on? And we're not going to dwell on this, but the thing is, is he is different, dealing differently with different people in different ways. And when we get into the next couple of verses, he's going to set a trend that I believe is going to continue. So we're transitioning from the Jews to the Gentiles, the half-breeds, they've received it and they've been seeing the revival. And so now God's ready to go to the Gentiles. So let's go to verse 26. Acts 8 verse 26. And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip saying, arise and go toward the South and to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went and behold a man of Ethiopia and eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasures and had come to Jerusalem for the worship. So apparently he was religious. He just wasn't saved. Was returning and sitting in his chariot, read Isaiah the prophet. Hmm. If we have to believe the originals, did this guy have the original? I mean, did we think that the Ethiopian eunuch had the book of Isaiah riding around in a chariot in the desert? You know, bumping around with that thing? I don't think so. Let's reread verse 27. And he arose and went and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure and had come to Jerusalem for the worship. I wonder if that book of Isaiah was part of her treasure. Because why would an Ethiopian know about a Jewish book? And for that matter, Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, I mean, why would she know? But in my mind's eye, it doesn't say it there, but in my mind's eye, that was part of the treasure was what he was reading. And so here's this Ethiopian and he's got this book. And I don't think it was the originals stick your finger there. Let's go to Luke 4 17. We'll read it We're gonna come right back Luke chapter 4 and verse 17 I'm proof to you that somebody didn't have the original I Verse 17, and there was delivered unto him, speaking of Jesus, who's in the temple there, there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written. And he goes on to read that. So one of these, either Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians and her eunuch, bumped into Jesus and he gave him the copy of Isaiah. Or this guy's reading a copy. He don't have the originals. But he's fixing to get saved by reading a non-original book. We'll touch on that again in just a second. And so the place that he read is in Isaiah 53 in verse seven, which we're fixing to learn here. So let's look at verse 29. Then the spirit said unto Philip, go near and join thyself under this chariot. And Philip ran thither to him and heard him read the prophet Isaiah and said, understandest thou what thou readest? And he's not unless he's got either a man or the Holy Spirit there to guide him. Verse 31, and he said, how can I accept some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. The place of the scriptures, which he read was this. He was led as a sheep to the slaughter and as a lamb done before his shears. So opened he not his mouth. In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. And who shall declare his generation? We should, for his life is taken from the earth. And the eunuch answered Philip and said, I pray thee of whom speaketh the prophet this of himself or of some other man. And so he really doesn't understand what he's reading. He's reading it and you know, but it's not clicking. Is Isaiah talking about himself? Is he talking about somebody else? What's going on? And so if you read those, I don't think we're gonna take time to do it this morning. But if you go and read Isaiah 53 and those verses that are there, and then you read what Acts says in chapter eight right here, you'll notice that they're not verbatim. They're not the same. They're saying the same thing, but the words, they are not, you know, it's not like you copied and pasted it. And the reason is, is you translate Hebrew, which Isaiah was written into, into our language differently than you translate the Aramaic or the, what you call it? The Greek, thank you. My mind left me, it's Greek to me. The Greek into English, and so it's different. And so, I don't wanna sound blasphemous or anything like that, but when Jesus read it in Luke chapter four, He was not reading the original, he was reading a translation of the original. And so when Jesus spoke those words, which are now written in Luke chapter four, those words were spoken by Jesus and written down in the Greek from the Hebrew. And so when you say that you gotta have the originals, I mean, one, we don't have them, they're not there, they're gone. I mean, they've just deteriorated, they've been lost. which brings up a whole nother thing. God is able to preserve his word. And if he wanted those originals here, they would be here. But he don't want us worshiping those old originals. He wants us to read and believe the word of God that he's given us. And so he said he took them away and got them out of the way because they were in the way. We'd be tripped up by them. We'd be trying to split hairs over what the Hebrew said or a jot or a tittle. but he gave us his word, he inspired it, he breathed life into this book. And so the Hebrew and Greek is even different from each other as they're translated into the English. And so verse 35, so he's asking for help. Verse 35, then Philip opened his mouth and began at the same scripture and preached unto him, Jesus. Because Isaiah was not looking forward to the cross. He was looking forward to something. He didn't know what it was, and he didn't know who Jesus was. He could see something, but it's like looking through a glass darkly. He couldn't figure the thing out. But now Philip, from being revealed to him, he sees Jesus and he can preach that Isaiah 53 is Jesus, just like we can see that. And so he says he preached unto him Jesus. And as they went on their way, so they're riding along, doing their thing, getting Jesus preached to him. Then Philip opened his mouth and began with the same scriptures and preached unto him Jesus, verse 36. And as they went on their way, they came into a certain water. And the eunuch said, see, here's water. What does hinder me to be baptized? And so apparently he's heard a little bit about what's going on from Acts chapter two up until now. and realizes that maybe I need to get baptized. Not understanding, he says, hey, what's here to hinder me from getting baptized? And verse 37, and this is missing from your modern Bibles. And Philip said, if thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. And if there's ever been a better profession of faith, I don't know. That's right across the plate, waist high, about 15 miles an hour. You can hit that, buddy. And Philip said, if thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And this guy says, well, I'll tell you what, I believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. And as they would say on Family Feud, good answer. Notice what's not there, not works. Not baptism. He didn't say, if thou believest and then you get in that water right yonder, you're set. He said, you got to believe. He didn't say nothing about the body of water. I don't know if it was a puddle or if it was a pond or if it was an ocean. I don't know what was there in that desert, but there was water there. And he says, the eunuch says, what does hinder me? And it wasn't works that was hindering him. And it wasn't baptism that was hindering him. And Philip didn't say nothing about laying on all hands. Which just happened the day before or two days before. He said, you gotta believe. And so when you're dealing with a lost sinner, the only thing that's gonna hinder them is belief. And that's it. And that is the, People always say, you know, and I've always heard, because I was raised, my mother was Church of Christ and her side of the family, and so I was raised around that stuff. I've heard this stuff about baptism and all that stuff all my life, and I've always heard that the unpardonable sin is suicide and calling somebody a fool. If you call somebody a fool or you call, you know, I'm like, wait a minute, the unpardonable sin is suicide or calling somebody a fool? They mean singular, right? Oh, anyway. But if you call somebody fool, you're in danger of hellfire, which are taken completely out of context. And if you commit suicide, then it's too bad. But no, that's not it. And some of y'all may know this and some of you may not. There's only one sin that will send you to hell. And that's rejecting Jesus Christ. You can lie, you can steal, you can cheat. Has any of y'all ever done any of those things? Show of hands, anybody here ever lie, stole, cheat, you know, robbed, you know, whatever, fornicated? I mean, just go down the whole list of them. Are y'all going to hell? All y'all that raised your hand, are you going to hell? No. The only sin that will send you to hell is rejecting Jesus Christ as your savior. And that's it. Now, any of those others will make you guilty before God and make you be in need of Jesus Christ as your savior, but that, some people just can't grasp that. But this eunuch, he said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. And verse 38, and he commanded the cherry to stand still. He said, whoa, stop right there. We have, we have come to where we were going. I don't know where you was headed this morning. I don't know where your chariot was, where your destination was, but this is where we're going. You just got saved. We need to stop right here. He commanded the chair to stand still. And they went down into the water, both Phillip and the unit, and he baptized him. And you may disagree with this, but that unit was already baptized before he got wet. He was baptized in the Holy Spirit. That water was his second baptism. And so here's this guy, this eunuch, and he got baptized. And when they were come up out of the water, the spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more. And he went on his way rejoicing. And, but Philip was found at Azotus, Azotos, I don't know how you say that, Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities. He came to Caesarea. And I bet he was preaching about that eunuch. said, boy, I seen this old black boy yesterday, and boy, he got right. Y'all, he said Jesus Christ was the son of God, a slave. This guy who, I mean, he don't even have his own freedom, now he's free. Even though he's in bonds, he's free. You know, that's an oxymoron. And so, you know, so now God is saving Gentiles. Full-on Gentiles, not half-breeds, not Jews, but y'all, we're in. This is where we get in. And so we come to Acts chapter nine. What's the number nine in scripture? Fruit bearing. Has there ever been a more fruitful soul winner than Paul the Apostle? Think of how many generations, you know, not just children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, think how many souls has come to know the Lord because of Paul's epistles, because of what Paul penned down. And so it stands to reason in Acts chapter nine, the number of fruit, we're introduced to Saul getting saved. And it just so happens to be the first nine verses of chapter nine are about his conversion. And so just coincidence, I'm sure, you know, it just happens that way. So let's read them this first nine verses in chapter nine. And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest and desired of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, don't matter to him, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus, that's in Syria, and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven. And he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, who art thou Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus. I am Jesus. Can you imagine? I mean. I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, arise and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. And so I want to back up just for a second there in verse five and six. and uh we're talking about a while ago about uh leaving verses out in Acts chapter 8 and verse uh 37 they left that or 36 they left that whole verse out about confessing uh Jesus Christ is the Savior and being the the the hinge point of finding salvation because if you take that out then you can get saved without having to believe you just I guess just ride around and look for a body of water and jump in. If you, if you get wet, then you're saved. I don't know. Um, so verse back in chapter nine, verse five, um, well, let's look at verse four for just a second. We talked about this a couple of weeks ago. Um, and he says, uh, it's hard for them to kick against the pricks. And I think it's the pricks of his heart of what he'd been doing to these Christians and watching them die and how they died. Men like Stephen who stood there and prayed for their enemy as they were being killed. And Paul's thinking, man, there's something different about that guy. There's something different about the way that guy's behaving, about his situation. And I don't know, it just, it's pricking my heart. It's getting to me, you know? And so Jesus sends this convicted power over him and dealing with him. And apparently we don't know it until we read this, but Saul, he's getting ramped up to go to Damascus. He's got letters to kill like James Bond. I mean, he's got authority to go up there and do damage and be untouchable if he does. And apparently the whole time this is going on, he's got this conviction going on in his heart. And we don't know about it and they don't know about it until we get to this point and Jesus knows about it. Jesus knows your heart. He knows what's going on inside of you. And he said, it's hard to kick against that, ain't it, Paul or Saul? He says, something's going on inside of you and nobody know it, but I know you. It's hard for you to kick against that and it's hard for you to resist the conviction that's coming over you. And he said, who art thou, Lord? And he says, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And so I'm sure that's something that Saul has never told anybody. Not even his wife, right? Saul was never married. He didn't tell his wife. He didn't tell nobody. And so when this guy stands in front of him and says, I know what's in your heart, He understands, this ain't just some guy bluffing me. This ain't somebody just blowing smoke or pulling wool over my eyes. And he says in verse six, and he trembling and astonished and said, Lord, what would thou have me to do? There's something more about that second confession of him calling him Lord, because he knows who he is. You know, they'll say, oh, that's just something that they would say to their brethren. He knows that he was a Jew and he's just treating him with respect. No, I think Saul had a real good idea of who he was talking to. Because the man says, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. And now Saul says, Lord, what would you have me to do? As if what he was gonna do this morning when he got up out of bed with his letters in his hand and, you know, ropes and helpers and all the stuff that he had, he was surrounded by men, as we find out in the context. He says, what do you want me to do? Kind of like mission failed on the other thing. We're, okay, we're gonna nix that, Lord. I understand you've got something for me to do now. The other Bibles. remove half of verse five and half of verse six. They removed 24 words. The part they leave out is, it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what would thou have me to do? Why would you take this out? Saul's confessed him as Lord. He surrendered to do his will. He's showing that God knows his heart and God has the ability to call him and to change his will. Why would you leave that out? It does not make sense to me. So we're not gonna read it. Verses 10 through 19, Saul goes to Damascus and gets his eyes opened because he was struck blind right here. Well, I'm sorry, we didn't finish reading through verse nine. Verse six, and he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what would thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, arise and go into the city and it shall be told thee what thou must do. And the man which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. And Saul arose from the earth and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. And he was there three days without sight. Neither did he eat nor drink. And so verses 10 through 19, Saul goes on to Damascus. He's led there. He gets his eyes open. Verses 20 through 31, Saul starts preaching Christ as the son of God. Y'all, he got it. Some people, when they get saved, they get it. Man, Saul got it. And he starts preaching Jesus Christ saved. Sorry, Jesus Christ crucified as the son of God. And y'all can read about that this afternoon in your own time. Acts chapter 10 is basically, revision of parts of it as a repetition as what's going on there. But look at Acts chapter 10 verse 1, there's this guy named Cornelius. A certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band. There's three clues there, Caesarea, centurion, and Italian. This guy's a Roman and he's a type of a Roman Catholic. And he has a vision to go into, or he has a vision about Peter and that Peter should be called and come unto him. Verses nine through 18, Peter has a vision that he should go to this man. And so God setting up a divine meet and greet between these two. And verse 19 and 20, well, let's back up. So Peter has this, this vision, let's look at verse nine. And on the morrow, as they went on their journey, these men come into journey towards Peter from the centurion, drew nine to the city. Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the six hour, that'd be around lunchtime. And he became very hungry and would have eaten, but while they made ready, he fell into a trance. Y'all ever felt that hungry? You know, you're waiting on lunch and I mean, He's kind of not off while you're waiting on the sandwich, you know, it says he fell into a trance That's what happens to us on Sunday afternoons right before lunch, right? Brother Johnny's just talking away and we just No, I'm kidding. And So he's in his trance in verse 11 and saw heaven opened and a certain vessel descending unto him as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners and let down to the earth wherein were all manner of four four-footed beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things that must have been some more sheep and fowls of the air and there came a voice to him rise Peter kill and eat but Peter said not so Lord Peter always had a way of just doing what he was told didn't he not so Lord for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean And the voice spake unto him again the second time, what God hath cleansed that call not thou common. This was done thrice, three times, you know, cause with Peter, you have to repeat yourself. This was done three times and the vessel was received up again into heaven. Now, while Peter doubted in himself what this vision, which he had seen should mean, Behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house and stood before the gate and called and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there. So, you know, two things are going on. These guys are on the way and they're arriving as Peter's getting to the end of this vision. And again, this big old sheet, you know, is lower down and he saw all this and God says, We come to find out what that means here in just a minute, but basically God says, what used to be unclean to you or what used to be off limits and what used to be vile in my sight, like the Gentiles, not anymore. He said, I've cleansed them. Isn't that what he said? He said, would I have cleansed? Where does he say that? Verse 15, and the voice spake unto him again the second time, what God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. God, we were washed in the blood. And God says, don't, so don't you call them people common no more. And now Peter doesn't understand this yet. He's still thinking it's about the Old Testament, what Brother Randy read about in Sunday school this morning. You can't eat this, you can't eat that, can't go here, can't touch that, you know, can't do these things. And because Peter was a Jew, they dealt with parables, you know, this is like this. And so he can, Peter can relate to, you can't do these things with what Brother Randy read about, you know, a few minutes ago. And so in a few minutes, it's gonna click. Oh, he's talking about people. He's not talking about animals. He's not talking about eating shrimp and stuff like that. Let's get down to verse 19. And again, God has a divine plan. He has a will that's going on. And so Peter goes down there and, and, uh, and, and does all this stuff. Uh, he's preaching to Cornelius and to his folks there. Uh, verse 31. Um, again, this, this idea that God has changed to the Gentiles. Look at verse 31 and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard. And so God is listening to us. And, uh, and Cornelius was trying to find the truth. And I think if you're trying to find that truth, God will send it to you. Um, he says that prayer is heard and that alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. And so, um, what I want to get down to is verse 34. Then Peter opened his mouth and said of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. That little light bulb finally went off and he's like, ah, mm, woo, the Lord gave me a message. But in every nation, he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, he is Lord of all. That word I say you know, that word I say you know, which was published throughout all Judea and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached. How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil, for God was with him. and he was God. Verse 39, and we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, who they slew and hanged on a tree. Him, God raised up the third day and showed him openly, not to all the people, but unto the witnesses chosen before of God. Remember he said he gave him a list back there in Matthew and the gospels. He said to Jerusalem, to Judea, to the uttermost parts of the earth. And so God revealed those things in that order to the Jews, to the Samaritans, and now to the Gentiles. And so not to all the people, verse 41, but until witnesses chosen before of God. Believe it or not, God has a plan. Even to us who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead and he commanded us to preach unto the people and to testify that That it is he which was ordained of God to be the judge of the quickened to the dead To him gave all the prophets witness You know Christ is the only one who fulfilled all those prophecies and I mean, you look through the Old Testament and you see Jesus Christ all through there, all those prophecies. He is the one. They're giving witness to Jesus Christ. They didn't even know who Jesus Christ was, but they gave witness to him. That through his name, whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. If you're baptized and if you keep it, and if we lay hands on you and if you speak in tongues and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. No, it says, whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. While Peter yet spake these words to a Roman, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of circumcision, which believed, were astonished. And so remember, Peter's got a couple of guys with him, you know, his little entourage, you know, and these guys are watching what's happening and they're saying, this guy's obviously a Roman, he's a soldier. And they see the Holy Ghost fall on them, and they're astonished. They're like, wait a minute, we've never seen this before. God is dealing with these people? Because y'all, up until Acts chapter eight, or the end of Acts chapter seven, it was about the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And these Gentile dogs didn't get nothing. They didn't get their crumbs. I mean, the Jew would rather take his foot and ground them crumbs into the carpet than to let a Gentile dog eat them. And they're astonished. They're looking at this thing and they're trying to figure out what in the world is going on. And Peter knows because of his trance that he had previously. While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on them, which heard the word. which heard the word, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Y'all, they were saved. These guys were saved at that moment. And the Holy Ghost fell on them. And they of the circumcision, which believe were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. And so the way that they knew the Holy Ghost had fallen was because these Romans speak in tongues. And the reason they speak in tongues was so that the Jews could understand, so that they could see it because they would doubt. If those guys had, you know, while they were listening to Peter and said, hey man, I just got saved. I just got the Holy Spirit. And then Jews would be like, you wish. You wish you could be like us. I mean, we're God's chosen people, you know. We're the Israelites. But no, God gave them the ability to speak in other languages. so that they could be a witness for the Jews that were present there. Verse 46, for they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then answered Peter, can any man forbid water that they should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? So here's these guys, they've been saved and they've got the Holy Ghost and they're not even wet yet. all right now come on x chapter 2 you're not it's not really holding water anymore if you will and um and peter he's making sure that these guys are getting it he says hey can any y'all forbid water that these can't get baptized because they you it's obvious they've already got the holy ghost they are like unto us now we're we're brethren if you will And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Uh, then prayed they him to Terry certain days. And again, just like, uh, just like the eunuch. I think this was their second baptism. I think they were already baptized with the Holy ghost up there in verse 44. So I told y'all wrong while ago, Acts chapter 11 is a review of Acts chapter 10. I said that in 10 about nine, but I had it backwards. So Acts chapter 11, as you read it, it is like a recap or a retelling of some of the events that happened in Acts chapter 10. And it's definitely worth the read. But they received the Holy Ghost. But look in Acts chapter 11 at verse 15, and we'll stop right here. Maybe, I don't know. Peter speaking, and as I began to speak, again, this is a recap of what happened in Acts chapter 10. So as he's beginning to speak, where we started to read there in verse 34, when Peter opened his mouth, as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them as on us at the beginning. Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. And they were in Acts chapter 10, verse 44 and 45. For as much then God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I that I could withstand God? Peter said, I might not have really liked it so much, but I mean, you gonna argue with God? You know, Lord, what you doing? When they heard these things, they held their peace. and glorified God, saying, then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life." And I think we'll stop right there for today. One, we're out of time, but it is a good stopping point, but I guess. Y'all know, I'm kind of a smart aleck, y'all are getting the drift of that, I think. Verse 18, you could, in Drew's eyes, you could read that two different ways. When they heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying, then hath God also as it is written. But now the way that Drew reads it sometimes, and the way that my little mind works, is they glorified, is when they heard these things, they held their peace, Right? I mean, you shut up and glorify God. I think sometimes if we would just shut up, we could glorify God. If we would just hush, you know, we don't have to show somebody how much, how much we know. Well, let me show you this. Let me show you this. You know, and you end up muddy in the water and get it all stirred up and it's a big old muddy mess. I think that sometimes if we just shut up that God can get to glory and somebody could get saved. But that's just me, I don't know. And I tell you, this book, it's amazing. And so we'll do a little bit more next week in Acts, and then we're going to move on. But we're going to, like I said, we'll try to finish that up in the book of Acts about rightly dividing. And I'm hoping that the pattern is evident to you that what happened in Acts chapter 2, That's not a good pattern to base your salvation or your church doctrine on, because just in the 11 chapters that we've read, or nine chapters that we've read since Acts chapter two, it's been done three or four different ways. And so most of the accounts in Acts don't line up. Some of them there's water, sometimes there's tongues, sometimes there's laying on of hands, sometimes there's this, sometimes there's that. And a couple elements are present in multiple ones, but you know, in all of them, even belief is not in all of them. In Acts chapter two, they didn't say anything about believing. They just said get baptized. And it was for a nation, it was not for individuals. They said, what shall we do? I mean, we don't have a mass altar call and everybody in the church gets saved because we're all autonomous. We all have our own ideas and our own free will. And so anyway, that's what I'm trying to get through in all this stuff is that there is changes and that is a dangerous place to take your church doctrine from. So we'll stop right there.