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 Good morning, my name is Constance St. Clair and I'm part of the Christ Church Youth Group.

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 A reading from the book of Exodus, chapter 34, verses 1 to 14 and verse 29.

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 The Lord said to Moses,

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 Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones,

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 and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets which you broke.

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 Be ready in the morning and then come up on Mount Sinai.

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 Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain.

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 No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain.

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 Not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.

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 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones

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 and went up to Mount Sinai early in the morning as the Lord had commanded him.

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 And he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.

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 Then the Lord came down in a cloud and stood there with him,

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 proclaiming his name, the Lord.

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 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming,

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 The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God,

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 slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,

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 maintaining love to thousands,

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 and forgiving wickedness, rebellion, and sin.

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 Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished.

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 He punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents

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 to the third and fourth generation.

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 Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped.

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 Lord, he said, if I have found favor in your eyes,

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 then let the Lord go with us.

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 Although this is a stiff-necked people,

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 forgive our wickedness and our sin and take us as your inheritance.

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 Then the Lord said, I am making a covenant with you.

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 Before all your people, I will do wonders never before done

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 in any nation in all the world.

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 The people you live among will see how awesome

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 is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you.

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 Obey what I command you today.

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 I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites,

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 Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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 Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land

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 where you are going, or they will be a snare among you.

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 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones,

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 and cut down their Ashereth poles.

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 Do not worship any other god, for the Lord,

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 whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

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 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai

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 with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands,

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 he was not aware that his face was radiant

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 because he had spoken with the Lord.

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 The grass withers and the flowers fall,

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 but the word of our God stands for it.

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 Today we are continuing in this sermon series.

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 We're about 10 weeks into this sermon series on revival

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 and the simple prayer,

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 Lord, revive us.

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 And in Exodus 32 through 34,

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 we're learning to pray from Moses.

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 Just like Jesus and the apostles teach us how to pray

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 and what to pray in the New Testament,

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 so this first and greatest of all the prophets,

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 Moses, teaches us how to pray and what to pray.

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 And we notice that he prays in a way

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 that's different than many of us pray

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 because he prays with a persistent urgency.

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 Moses, as we've seen these past weeks,

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 he argues with God.

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 He makes a case.

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 He piles up evidence.

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 He claims the promises of God.

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 And when God answers one prayer,

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 he doesn't stop.

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 He's not satisfied.

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 He just keeps going,

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 asking God for more and more and more.

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 We remember Jacob, right?

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 This great character in the Bible

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 and how God changed the name of Jacob

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 to the name Israel.

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 And why did he do that?

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 Because Jacob was a man who prayed

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 and he grabbed hold of God

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 and he said, I will not let you go

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 unless you bless me.

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 And we're told that Jacob,

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 he struggled with God

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 and he wrestled with God

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 and that he overcame.

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 And isn't that what it means

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 to be the people of God,

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 to be the children of Jacob,

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 to be the new Israel

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 and to be the church?

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 It's not to say,

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 you know, God has already chosen me.

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 God already knows everything.

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 So I'm just going to sit back

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 and relax and let go

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 and let God know

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 to be the people of God

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 means to struggle with God in prayer,

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 to wrestle with God in prayer

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 and to say like Jacob,

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 I'm not going to let you go

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 unless you bless me.

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 And that's what Moses is doing.

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 He's arguing with God.

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 He's like a lawyer who goes to court

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 to wear out the judge with his case.

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 And so my question for us is,

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 have we begun 10 weeks

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 into the sermon series

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 to pray like this yet?

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 I hope that maybe we've started.

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 This kind of prayer

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 is what calls down

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 the reviving presence of God

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 and the reviving power of God.

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 But Moses doesn't just pray persistently,

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 he prays persuasively.

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 And again, this is different

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 than how many of us pray

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 because many of us chit-chat with God.

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 How many of us chit-chat with God?

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 We say, Lord, bless him and bless her

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 and give us a good day

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 and keep us safe, et cetera, et cetera.

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 And that's good.

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 If that's where you're starting out,

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 that's great.

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 But it's kind of boring.

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 You know, it might just bore God to tears

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 with these vague sort of,

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 you know, indefinite general prayers.

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 And that's why we're studying this prayer of Moses.

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 What does he pray for?

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 Well, we've seen so far

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 that he's praying for the revival

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 of the people of God.

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 He's saying, Lord,

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 have mercy on your compromised people.

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 Lord, cause your presence to return among us.

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 Lord, give us an assurance of your love.

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 Lord, cause us to be distinguished

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 by your holiness.

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 And we see Moses in prayer, as it were,

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 rising from one step to the next step

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 to the next step in prayer

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 until he finally gets to this highest step

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 where we looked last week.

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 He says, Lord, now show me your glory.

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 And this is really how Jesus prays.

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 When we look at Jesus' great prayer

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 in the Gospel of John chapter 17,

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 Jesus says, Father,

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 I want those you've given me

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 to see the glory that you've given me.

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 He says, now, Lord, show them your glory.

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 And that's what the people of God

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 are meant to pray.

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 That's how we pray for revival.

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 God, manifest your glory.

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 God, cause your glory to pass by us.

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 Show us your glory.

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 Are we praying this yet?

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 Like Moses, are we advancing step by step in prayer,

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 rising from this argument to that argument

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 to that argument before God

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 with an ever-increasing boldness?

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 Like Moses, do we have that longing

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 and that desire for more and more from God?

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 And can we say with the Apostle Paul,

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 I haven't already obtained this.

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 I haven't already arrived at my goal.

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 But what I'm doing is I'm straining forward

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 and I'm pressing on that I might gain the goal

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 and win the prize of Christ.

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 And friends, where is that straining

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 and where is that pressing among us for revival?

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 Like Moses, are we striving and seeking

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 and rising on the wings of faith

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 where we get to the point that Moses gets

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 where he says, God, I'm no longer seeking your gifts.

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 I'm seeking your glory.

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 Lord, I no longer am after your blessings.

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 I'm just after you.

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 This is what the psalmist says in Psalm 42.

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 As the deer pants for streams of water,

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 so my soul pants for you, my God.

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 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

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 When can I go and meet with God?

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 Psalm 63, it says, you, God, are my God.

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 Earnestly, I seek you.

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 I thirst for you.

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 My whole being longs for you

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 in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

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 This is how the people of God pray in the Bible.

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 And I just wanna begin by saying,

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 week 10 of the sermon series,

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 are we praying like this yet?

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 Because these are the kind of prayers

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 that call down God's glory and lead to revival.

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 Well, to get into this text today, Exodus 34,

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 this passage is one of the greatest passages

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 in all the Bible.

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 And it teaches us that God wants to show us

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 his glorious name and character and ability.

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 That God is wanting very deeply

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 to show us his glorious name and character and ability.

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 And I wanna start by how God wants to show us

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 his glorious name.

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 Perhaps you are here and you're exploring Christianity today

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 and you're wondering, you know,

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 who is God and what is God like?

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 Well, today is your day because this is the high point

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 and the center point of God's revelation of himself

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 in the Torah, the first five books of the Bible.

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 And he answers that question directly.

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 Who is God?

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 And if you're a Christian today,

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 I'd like to suggest that 99% of our troubles

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 as Christians are that we don't know God,

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 that we don't know his name,

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 we don't know his character, his attributes,

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 his person and his goodness,

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 which here in this text is like a diamond

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 shining in all of its facets.

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 If only we knew God as he is,

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 we would be like the Lord Jesus himself.

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 He lived in this world as we do.

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 He faced the same difficulties, the same trials,

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 the same temptations that we have,

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 although much, much worse.

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 And yet how different his life is from mine

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 or perhaps from yours as well.

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 That he knew God.

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 Jesus knew the name of God

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 and the character of God

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 and the ability of God.

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 And that is our greatest need.

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 And how does God meet our greatest need?

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 Well, he says here in this text,

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 I'm gonna give you a deeper insight,

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 a deeper understanding into myself,

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 into what I am.

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 Of all that you need to know,

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 this is the greatest of all possible knowledge.

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 And think about that for a minute.

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 Think about all the goodness of God

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 that he's already revealed to Moses

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 up to this point.

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 And now he says,

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 I'm gonna give you a deeper view.

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 I'm gonna display it before you

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 in a way that you've never experienced it before.

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 And that's what happens in revival.

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 God gives us a fresh

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 and a deeper experience of himself.

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 And what does he say in verse six?

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 He says,

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 well, it says,

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 and he passed in front of Moses

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 proclaiming,

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 the Lord, the Lord,

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 the compassionate and gracious God,

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 slow to anger,

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 abounding in love and faithfulness,

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 maintaining love to thousands

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 and forgiving wickedness,

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 rebellion and sin.

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 Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished.

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 He punishes the children

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 and their children for the sin of the parents

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 to the third and fourth generation.

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 Now notice that God is not mumbling here.

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 He's proclaiming.

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 That God is not suggesting.

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 He's not hinting.

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 He's not implying.

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 That God is declaring.

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 God is preaching, as it were.

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 And this is a plain, clear,

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 simple revelation of who God is.

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 It's not hard to know

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 what God has revealed about himself

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 and about salvation

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 and about doctrine and ethics

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 and the way that we should live.

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 It's not hard to understand it.

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 In fact, people understand it so well

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 that they just don't like it very much.

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 Because when God reveals himself,

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 what happens

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 is that he removes us

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 from the center

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 and puts us over here on the margin

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 and says that he's in the center.

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 When God reveals himself,

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 what we realize is that

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 we are not the creator.

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 We're just mere tiny little creatures

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 that are dependent upon him.

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 And when God reveals himself,

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 we understand that

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 it's not we

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 who get to decide

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 what's true and what's false,

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 what's right and what's wrong,

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 but that has in fact

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 been decided for us

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 by someone much greater than us.

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 And this revelation,

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 if we're honest,

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 it hurts our pride.

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 It hurts to be de-centered

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 and to be so humbled.

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 And this is what happens to Moses

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 in verse 8.

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 Moses bowed down to the ground

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 and he worshiped.

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 God's preaching of himself

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 is plain, it's clear, it's simple,

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 and when it's rightly received,

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 we fall down on the dirt

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 and we worship.

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 That's what happens in revival.

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 You guys with me?

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 Okay.

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 Well, what does God preach

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 about himself?

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 What does he say about himself?

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 We get these two names here,

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 Lord and God,

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 or Yahweh and Elohim,

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 and a name reveals

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 the essence of a person.

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 So what do these names mean?

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 Well, Elohim,

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 our word for God,

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 it means the all-powerful creator.

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 The God who said,

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 let there be light,

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 and there was light,

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 let us create human beings

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 in our own image,

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 that's who this God is.

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 There's no limit

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 to his eternal power,

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 his infinite power.

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 He is almighty.

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 He's God.

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 He's Elohim.

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 But what about this other name,

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 Lord, or Yahweh?

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 This is the name

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 on which we should focus

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 our attention

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 because it's the name

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 that God has always chosen

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 to reveal

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 what's most vital

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 about himself.

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 And notice he repeats it twice,

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 the Lord,

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 the Lord.

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 This name means I am.

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 I am the self-existent one.

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 When God comes to Moses

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 at the burning bush

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 in Exodus 3

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 and Moses says,

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 well, Lord,

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 who am I to tell them

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 sent me?

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 He says,

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 well, tell them

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 I am who I am.

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 That's who sent you.

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 And he is.

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 He always was.

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 He forever will be.

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 He has no beginning like me,

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 no end like you.

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 And this is the name

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 that the Lord

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 has always used

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 when he makes a covenant

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 with human partners.

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 And think about that

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 for a second.

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 This self-existent,

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 independent God

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 who has absolutely

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 no need for me

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 and no need for you,

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 he humbles himself

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 and he commits himself

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 to protect

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 and to redeem

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 and to save us.

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 So here's Elohim,

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 the almighty creator

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 and here's Yahweh,

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 the self-existent,

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 covenant-keeping redeemer

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 who says to Moses

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 at the burning bush,

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 I've seen the misery

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 of my people

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 and I'm coming down

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 to rescue them.

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 That is the gospel.

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 The Lord descending.

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 The redeemer coming down

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 to save.

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 And I wonder

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 as we're seeking revival,

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 is this what we're praying?

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 Lord, come down.

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 Lord, descend upon us.

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 Lord, show us

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 the glory of your name.

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 Show us the glory

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 of our omnipotent,

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 all-powerful creator God

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 for whom nothing is impossible.

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 Show us the glory

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 of our self-existent,

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 covenant-keeping redeemer

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 who parted the Red Sea

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 and who raised Christ

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 from the dead.

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 In revival,

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 these names of God

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 become a precious treasure

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 of his people

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 so that we're praying them,

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 we're singing them,

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 we're talking about them

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 with all the richness

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 and beauty

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 of their meaning.

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 This is what God

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 wants to show us.

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 He wants to show us

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 his glorious name.

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 But he doesn't just want

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 to show us

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 his glorious name,

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 he wants to show us

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 his glorious character

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 as well.

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 Look at verses 6 and 7

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 where God is preaching

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 to us this list

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 of his own attributes.

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 And what's the first

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 in that series

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 of attributes?

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 It's compassion.

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 It's mercy.

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 That's what's given

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 emphasis and priority.

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 And if the first

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 in the series

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 of attributes

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 is compassion,

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 what's the last

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 in that series?

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 It's that he will not

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 declare the guilty

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 innocent,

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 that he punishes

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 the guilty.

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 Now in Jewish thinking

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 you build up

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 to a climax,

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 you save the best

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 for last, right?

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 And so what's the crown jewel

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 of all these attributes?

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 It's that God

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 is a holy God.

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 God is a righteous God.

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 God is a just God.

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 And that means

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 that he does not

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 wink at wickedness.

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 He does not

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 respect rebellion.

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 He does not smile

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 at sin.

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 And it's important

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 for us to ask

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 the question,

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 is this holy God

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 of the Old Testament

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 different from the God

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 of love

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 in the New Testament?

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 Well, Jesus,

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 when he prays

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 in John 17,

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 what does he pray?

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 He prays,

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 Holy Father.

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 Holy Father.

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 And he teaches us

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 over and over

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 that God,

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 in fact,

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 does not clear

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 the guilty.

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 He does not declare

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 the guilty innocent,

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 but he punishes evil.

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 And why does he do that?

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 Because he's a righteous God

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 who has an eternal hatred

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 for sin.

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 Because his wrath

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 burns

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 against all that

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 would spiritually

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 and morally

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 degrade

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 and destroy

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 the creatures

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 that he's made.

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 In fact,

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 if he doesn't

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 feel those things,

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 if he doesn't do

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 those things,

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 then he's not

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 a good God.

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 He's not a just God.

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 He's definitely

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 not a loving God.

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 If we look at

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 the teachings of Jesus,

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 the most loving person

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 who ever walked

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 planet Earth,

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 we hear it right here

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 in Matthew 13.

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 He says,

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 Just as the weeds

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 are gathered

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 and burned with fire,

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 so will it be

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 at the end of the age

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 the Son of Man

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 will send his angels

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 and they will gather

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 out of his kingdom

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 all causes of sin

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 and all lawbreakers

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 and throw them

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 into the fiery furnace

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 and that place

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 there will be weeping

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 and gnashing

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 of teeth.

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 So this first attribute

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 of God,

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 his compassion,

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 it does not mean

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 that God neglects

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 the moral order,

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 that he forsakes

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 just judgment.

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 In fact,

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 we should not expect

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 to escape

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 the consequences

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 of our sins.

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 God's compassion

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 does not mean

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 that people can do

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 whatever they want,

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 that in fact

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 he punishes

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 the children

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 who perpetuate

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 the sins

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 of their parents.

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 He will not put up

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 with a generation

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 of people

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 in their impenitent

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 rebellion

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 that continues

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 what their parents

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 and their grandparents

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 were doing.

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 No,

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 they're going to get

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 what they deserve.

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 That's the high point

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 of the revelation

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 of God

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 in the first five books

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 of the Bible.

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 And you say,

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 that's terrible.

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 This is awful news.

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 I mean,

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 how can you love

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 this sort of God?

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 How could Moses

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 bow down

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 and worship

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 this kind of God?

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 Well,

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 listen to God's

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 whole sermon

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 about himself

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 because what does he say?

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 He says,

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 I'm the Lord,

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 the Lord,

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 compassionate

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 and gracious,

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 slow to anger,

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 abounding in loving kindness

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 and faithfulness,

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 forgiving wickedness,

00:20:50.659 --> 00:20:51.039
 rebellion,

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 and sin.

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 His compassion,

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 that first term,

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 is like a mother's

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 tender feelings

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 for her vulnerable

00:20:59.879 --> 00:21:01.259
 infant child.

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 He's deeply moved.

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 When Israel was

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 in bondage in Egypt,

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 it was the compassion

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 of the Lord

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 that compelled him

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.759
 to come down

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 to the rescue.

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 That's the first word

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 he uses to describe himself.

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 But what's the second key word?

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 The word is grace.

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 Grace is this beautiful gift

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 of favor

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 given with delight.

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 It's what Moses prays

00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:22.899
 when he says,

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.279
 Lord,

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 look upon these

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 golden calf

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 worshiping people

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 and don't give them

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 what they deserve.

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 Give them what they don't deserve.

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 Give them grace.

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 And that third key word,

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 he's slow to anger,

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 it means that he's patient

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 with human evil

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 and that he gives us

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 lots of time

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 to come to our senses

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 and to change.

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 That when he's with

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 his wandering people

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 in the wilderness

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 and they're grumbling

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 and they're complaining

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 and they have hard hearts

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.900
 and stiff necks,

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 we see that God

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 is long-suffering.

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 And he's slow to anger

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 with his people.

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 But what about

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 the fourth and the fifth

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 key words

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 of God's preaching

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 about himself?

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 That fourth word

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 is that he's loyal

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 in his love.

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 He's got a promise-keeping

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 commitment

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 where he displays

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 his generous,

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 steadfast loyalty

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 to the promises

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 he made

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 to weak

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 and helpless

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 covenant partners

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 like us.

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 And it's that kindness

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 of the Lord

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 that softens us

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 and leads us

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 to repentance.

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 And that fifth word,

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 his faithfulness,

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 that's his truth.

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 That's his stability,

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 his reliability,

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 his trustworthiness

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 that he can always

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 be counted on.

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 And when you take

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 these words,

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 his emet

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 and his chesed,

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 his love

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 and his faithfulness

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 and you combine

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 those terms together,

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 what you get

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 is the expression

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 of an absolute

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 and eternal

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 dependability

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 of the Lord

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 to dispense

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 his goodness

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 upon us.

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 How can he maintain

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 his love

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.619
 and his faithfulness

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 to wicked

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:06.039
 and rebellious sinners

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:07.079
 who are guilty

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 like me

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 and like you?

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 Well, what's the sixth word?

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 He's forgiving.

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 He's forgiving

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 for those who

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 humble themselves,

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.639
 for those who

00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:18.000
 repent and turn away

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 from themselves.

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.579
 For those who cling

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.720
 to all these attributes

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.680
 of his compassion

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.779
 and grace,

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 the Lord is forgiving.

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 And you see,

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:28.919
 in revival,

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:32.359
 we experience

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:34.279
 the glory

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.299
 of all of this

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.460
 character of God

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:39.299
 passing before our eyes.

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 That's what revival is.

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 Lord, come and show us

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:44.379
 the glory

00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:45.859
 of your character

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 in a fresh way.

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 And so I wonder,

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.579
 friends,

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:54.439
 have you been tempted

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 to say,

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.319
 you know,

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.259
 God is love

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 and he's nothing else?

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 many people,

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:03.920
 many churches,

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.640
 many Christians

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.700
 are tempted

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.400
 to say that.

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:06.640
 You know,

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.619
 in order to be relevant,

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.559
 we need to stop

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.319
 preaching the way

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.059
 that God preaches

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.799
 about himself.

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.799
 And to attract people,

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.900
 we need to tone down

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:14.460
 his holiness,

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.859
 we need to extract

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.960
 his justice

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.740
 and his wrath,

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.640
 and we need to let people

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.400
 know that God

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:22.099
 just declares

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:23.039
 everybody innocent.

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.799
 He just accepts

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:25.160
 everybody without demands,

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:26.539
 without expectations.

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:28.039
 He's not a troublesome God.

00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:28.480
 He just,

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.139
 you know,

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.019
 he doesn't punish

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.480
 the guilty.

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.379
 He just declares

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:33.379
 everybody great

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:36.099
 without any need

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.299
 for genuine repentance

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.799
 or costly forgiveness

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:40.379
 or real faith.

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.079
 But my friends,

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.339
 that's not true.

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:45.119
 That is to cut

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:46.039
 the very heart

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:46.940
 or attempt to cut

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.639
 the very heart

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:49.220
 out of the living God.

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:53.039
 A church in revival

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.000
 like Moses

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.279
 bows down

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.279
 before this God

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:58.259
 and worships

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.900
 the glory

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.920
 of his goodness

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:02.359
 in all of its paradox,

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.700
 right?

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.519
 His compassion

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.500
 and his holiness,

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.220
 his mercy

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:07.019
 and his justice.

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.380
 A church in revival

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:11.000
 is reveling

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.599
 in verse 7

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:14.619
 where it compares

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:16.119
 this massive number

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:17.519
 of maintaining love

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.400
 to thousands

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.460
 of people

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:21.539
 and yet he punishes

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.980
 three or four generations.

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:24.920
 we delight

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.640
 that God

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.539
 has put a limit

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:28.400
 on his just judgment

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.599
 and that his kindness

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.339
 actually seems

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:32.140
 to know no bounds.

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:33.880
 Thousands

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.799
 upon thousands

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.799
 upon thousands

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:37.799
 is the idea.

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.319
 You see,

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.559
 in a revived church,

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.720
 the glorious character

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.180
 of God

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.059
 is made manifest

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.940
 so that we are

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.980
 believing

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:47.160
 and we are praying

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.240
 and we are singing

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.539
 and we are experiencing

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.880
 and we are living

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.740
 not just a few

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.420
 of these attributes,

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:53.160
 not the ones

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.000
 we like the most,

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.579
 not the ones

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.039
 that make us

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:56.079
 the most comfortable

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:57.200
 and fuzzy inside

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.420
 but all of them

00:25:58.420 --> 00:26:00.359
 and we delight

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:01.539
 in the full truth

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.720
 of God's preaching

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.500
 about himself

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.039
 and we say,

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.480
 Lord,

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:06.160
 make us like you.

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:09.400
 Make us more like you.

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:11.220
 Help us to know you

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:13.640
 and make us like you.

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:16.920
 All right,

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.700
 I'm preaching now.

00:26:18.020 --> 00:26:18.500
 Here we go.

00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:21.800
 God wants to show us

00:26:21.800 --> 00:26:22.880
 his glorious name

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:24.000
 and he wants to show us

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.100
 his glorious character

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:27.080
 but he also wants to show us

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:28.420
 his glorious ability,

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.140
 right,

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.160
 his glorious ability

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.180
 and I'll end with this.

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.240
 You know,

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:35.300
 this text is so important

00:26:35.300 --> 00:26:37.380
 that it's referenced

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.060
 and repeated

00:26:38.060 --> 00:26:39.820
 over 20 times

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:40.460
 throughout the rest

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.160
 of the Old Testament

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:43.040
 and it becomes

00:26:43.040 --> 00:26:43.540
 kind of this

00:26:43.540 --> 00:26:45.240
 confessional statement,

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:46.080
 this short list

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.560
 of God's,

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:48.880
 Israel's basic commitments,

00:26:49.060 --> 00:26:50.340
 her basic convictions

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:51.380
 about her God

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:53.360
 and when people read it,

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.700
 you know,

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.540
 over the centuries

00:26:54.540 --> 00:26:55.040
 they've said,

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.200
 well,

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.800
 wait a minute,

00:26:56.040 --> 00:26:56.480
 wait a minute.

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:59.140
 This is impossible.

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.700
 There is a tension here.

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.900
 There's a conflict here.

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.640
 There's a contradiction here

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:06.100
 in the very heart of God.

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.540
 There's an either or

00:27:08.540 --> 00:27:10.000
 in his character

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:11.440
 and you can't have it all,

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.000
 right?

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:12.980
 God,

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.660
 either you're going

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.920
 to forgive everyone

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.700
 or you're going

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.900
 to punish everyone

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:19.119
 but you can't do both.

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.160
 So what's it going to be?

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.579
 Is it going to be

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.700
 the forgiveness of sinners

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:24.539
 or justice for sinners?

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.660
 Because the sense here

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:28.599
 is that God is too merciful

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:31.099
 to let sinners just perish

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:33.420
 but he's too just

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.700
 to just let sinners

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.519
 off the hook

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:38.299
 and if he's forgiving

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.299
 but not punishing

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.460
 then he's not just

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:42.599
 and if he's punishing

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.420
 but not forgiving

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.980
 he's not merciful.

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.339
 So how in the world

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:47.460
 can you people

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:49.079
 worship a God

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:50.639
 of such contradiction?

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:54.279
 And how is God able

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:56.000
 to reconcile in himself

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.279
 these apparent contradictions?

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:01.180
 Or remember that Moses says,

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:01.519
 Lord,

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.559
 show me your glory

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:05.819
 and God says,

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.059
 well,

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.779
 actually Moses,

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:07.960
 you can't handle that

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.259
 but let's make a deal.

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.240
 What I'm going to do

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:12.519
 is hide you in this rock,

00:28:13.179 --> 00:28:14.200
 I'm going to cover you

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.980
 with my hand

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:16.599
 and I'm going to give you

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:18.639
 a partial glimpse

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:22.099
 of a very small portion

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:24.960
 of my back parts.

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.740
 That's all you can handle.

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:29.779
 But you see,

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:32.900
 Moses gets the back part

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.640
 of God's glory

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.440
 but what do we get?

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:38.259
 We get the whole thing.

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.460
 We don't just get

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.640
 a partial glimpse,

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:43.079
 we get a full glimpse

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.519
 of not the back of God

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.420
 but the front of God,

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.980
 the face of God.

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.259
 This is what Paul says

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.339
 in 2 Corinthians 4,

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:50.640
 he says,

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.940
 God gave us the light

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:53.079
 of the knowledge

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:54.160
 of God's glory

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:56.519
 displayed in the face

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:58.160
 of Christ.

00:28:59.620 --> 00:28:59.920
 You see,

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.820
 in Jesus Christ,

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.940
 this creator God,

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.920
 this redeemer God

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.860
 came down

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.800
 and he took on flesh

00:29:04.800 --> 00:29:06.360
 to display his glory.

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.259
 And in Jesus,

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.340
 we see the fullness

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:10.060
 of the goodness

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:10.980
 and the glory of God

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:12.340
 passing before

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:14.019
 our very eyes.

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.600
 And my friends,

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:16.019
 there's no more

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:17.160
 wonderful discovery

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:20.019
 that a human being

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 can ever make

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:22.839
 than that this

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:24.379
 self-existent God

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 who is all-powerful

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.759
 in his majesty

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.960
 and his glory,

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 who is light

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 and in him

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 is no darkness at all.

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.799
 For this God

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 who is a consuming fire

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.220
 to love you

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 so much

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 that in his

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:39.939
 holy righteousness

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:41.960
 he has put your sins

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:43.379
 not upon you

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 but upon his beloved son.

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 And he's given

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.679
 to him to bear

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:50.559
 the anguish

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.299
 and the suffering

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:52.139
 of those sins.

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 He's put upon him

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 the shame

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:55.319
 and the punishment

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 for all of your sins

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.940
 that you and I

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 might be forgiven

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 and delivered

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 and that we might be called

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 the children of God.

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.419
 How do we see

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.079
 the glory

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.419
 of God

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:08.679
 in the cross of Christ?

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.619
 Well, there

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.980
 in that one place

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:13.299
 and in that one time

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.440
 we see God's

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 compassionate,

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:16.200
 forgiving glory

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 and we see

00:30:17.919 --> 00:30:18.679
 his holy,

00:30:19.159 --> 00:30:20.019
 punishing glory

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:21.059
 coming together

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:22.579
 to embrace each other.

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 It's in that place

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:26.160
 that God's mercy

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.879
 and his justice

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.519
 come together

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 and they kiss one another.

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.500
 Right there

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.920
 where Jesus is crying out,

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.740
 my God,

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.319
 my God,

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 why have you forsaken me?

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.940
 And right there

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:38.160
 where he's praying for us,

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.839
 Father,

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.420
 forgive them

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 for they do not know

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.839
 what they are doing.

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 And it's right there

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.160
 in that place

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:45.139
 that he yells

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.540
 at the top of his lungs.

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 It is finished

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 that he,

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.320
 the innocent one,

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.780
 was declared guilty

00:30:54.780 --> 00:30:56.560
 so that we,

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.420
 the guilty ones,

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.320
 might be declared

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:59.380
 innocent.

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.660
 In Jesus Christ,

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:02.380
 our sins are both

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:02.960
 punished

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:04.840
 and forgiven

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.980
 all at once.

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:09.120
 and it's his resurrection

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:10.360
 that tells us

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:12.079
 that that cross

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.559
 of his,

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:14.200
 it was not a defeat,

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:16.339
 it was in fact

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.660
 a victory.

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.660
 So thanks be to God.

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.779
 Thanks be to God

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:24.799
 that he has made a way

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:26.740
 to get rid

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.660
 of my guilt

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.640
 and my sin

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:30.319
 without getting rid

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.680
 of me.

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:32.620
 Thank God

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.400
 that he's made a way

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.840
 to get rid

00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:34.620
 of your guilt

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.420
 and your sin

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:36.320
 without getting rid

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:37.160
 of you.

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:39.640
 This is the greatest news

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:41.259
 in all the world.

00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:43.460
 It's what the Apostle Paul

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.779
 summarizes

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.880
 in Romans chapter 3

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.380
 when he says,

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.779
 God presented Christ

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:49.380
 as a sacrifice

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.160
 of atonement

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:51.000
 through the shedding

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.900
 of his blood

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:53.440
 and he did this

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.220
 to demonstrate

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.060
 his righteousness

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:55.920
 so as to be

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.940
 both just

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:59.160
 and the justifier

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.160
 of the one

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:01.019
 who has faith

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:02.080
 in Jesus.

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.720
 And how can you tell

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.259
 that a person

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.560
 knows this?

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.800
 How can you tell

00:32:08.800 --> 00:32:09.400
 that a person

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.720
 has experienced

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.300
 this God

00:32:11.300 --> 00:32:11.860
 who is both

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:13.500
 just and the justifier?

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.320
 How do you know

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:15.920
 that a person

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:17.259
 has come to experience

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.980
 the atoning

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.279
 of their sins

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.200
 through the shed

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:21.080
 blood of Christ?

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.500
 Well we get a hint

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.360
 in verse 29

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:24.779
 it says,

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.960
 when Moses came down

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.920
 from Mount Sinai

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.620
 with the two tablets

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.519
 of the covenant law

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.180
 in his hands

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:32.240
 he was not aware

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.859
 that his face

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:35.099
 was radiant

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:37.619
 because he had spoken

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.259
 with the Lord.

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:42.379
 You see a revived church

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:44.960
 and a revived Christian

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.539
 is someone

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.779
 who so experienced

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.420
 the presence

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.160
 and the power

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.180
 of God

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:52.039
 that they're radiant

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.779
 with the glory

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.579
 of his name.

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:55.279
 They're radiant

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.039
 with the glory

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.839
 of his character.

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.480
 They're radiant

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.579
 with the glory

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.860
 of his ability

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:00.960
 in Christ crucified

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:02.200
 to save us.

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.319
 And that radiance

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:05.120
 of God's glory

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:07.799
 just seems to ooze out

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:09.620
 of every pore

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:11.079
 of somebody

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.759
 who's really

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.559
 encountered

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:14.720
 this living Lord.

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.980
 And that person

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.440
 I think

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:19.860
 begins to pray

00:33:19.860 --> 00:33:20.480
 and to sing

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.339
 this way

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:21.860
 and I'll close

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.259
 with this.

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.700
 This is from

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.460
 Charles Wesley.

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:25.480
 They say

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.759
 oh for a thousand

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.279
 tongues

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.980
 to sing

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:29.779
 my great

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.940
 Redeemer's praise

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:32.980
 the glories

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:34.420
 of my God

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:35.259
 and King

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.420
 the triumphs

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.319
 of his grace

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:39.160
 my gracious

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:39.799
 master

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.539
 and my God

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.420
 assist me

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:42.480
 to proclaim

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.340
 to spread

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:44.420
 through all

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.240
 the earth

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.799
 abroad

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.539
 the honors

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.960
 of your name.

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.740
 He breaks

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.460
 the power

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.500
 of canceled sin

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.079
 and he sets

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.700
 the prisoner

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.220
 free

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.720
 his blood

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:56.000
 can make

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.900
 the foulest

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.359
 clean

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:59.180
 his blood

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.500
 availed

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:04.839
 for me

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:08.139
 for you

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:10.400
 for all

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.920
 of us

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:12.880
 that's what

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.280
 he wants

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.219
 to show us

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:16.759
 Lord

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:18.039
 come show

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.719
 us your glory

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:20.000
 in the name

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.480
 of the Father

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.139
 Son and Holy

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.559
 Spirit

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.639
 Amen