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 I don't know whether you've ever done one of these things where you draw a line on a page and then you mark the significant points in your life.

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! Most of us, I expect all of us would put down the year of our birth, wouldn't we? I guess that's pretty significant. If you're married, you'd probably put that down. If you graduated, you'd stick that on the page, you'd mark that, birth of your children and so on.

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 And one year that I would quickly mark down would be 1990. We moved house on that date and I was 14. We moved to a village about 5 miles away from where we were living and I swapped schools.

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 I'd made no secret to my parents in the run-up that I thought that moving house was a disastrous idea and didn't want to go.

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 However we did, and as you do as a 14-year-old boy, you make peace with it, don't you? And you think, well, it could have its benefits.

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 It could provide a fresh start. I hadn't worked particularly hard in school that year, which is normal, and I'd gone into some pretty bad friendships.

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 And so you imagine, don't you, a new start, a new year, and a new you. A blank canvas. A new me. A place where no one knows you, where you can kind of create for yourself a new image.

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 And you can behave as you want others to perceive you while we moved.

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 And I quickly discovered that the fresh start, the new me, well, it was all a bit of a pipe dream.

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 Even though my surroundings had changed, that didn't mean that I had changed.

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 And I remained the same young man I was at my old school.

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 With all the internal struggles or sins that I'd battled with there.

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 They didn't just disappear.

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 They'd just become the internal struggles and battles of a new place.

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 A change of address

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 had not produced in me

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 a change of heart.

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 It was by and large the same me

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 in a different location.

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 Well, that is really the message of Isaiah 48.

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 But at a much deeper level.

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 Isaiah chapter 48 serves as a summary

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 for chapters 40 to 47.

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 And Isaiah brings together

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 a number of the themes

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 that we've looked at in the last few weeks.

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 And he's wrapping up on this section

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 where God promises,

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 I will bring my people

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 out of exile.

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 I will bring them back from Babylon

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 to the city of God's Jerusalem.

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 And we saw last week

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 that that rescue was going to come through

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 the most unexpected individual,

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 a Persian pagan king called Cyrus.

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 Whom God referred to in chapter 45

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 shockingly as his Messiah.

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 As his anointed one.

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 As the one who would be appointed by God

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 to deliver them from Babylon.

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 And as we keep moving,

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 and the chapter before this one

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 in chapter 47,

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 God addresses the Babylonians.

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 To tell them that even though,

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 Babylonians,

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 you have been the agent of judgment

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 upon Israel.

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 That does not excuse how you live.

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 And God tells them in chapter 47,

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 in no uncertain terms,

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 Babylon, I will bring you down.

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 Your downfall in judgment

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 from your pride and your arrogance.

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 And how you've treated my people.

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 I will bring you down.

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 But then in chapter 48,

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 God addresses his people,

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 the Israelites.

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 Those who he's going to bring back

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 from Israel to Jerusalem.

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 And here's the bottom line

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 of what God wants them

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 to understand through this chapter.

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 And what he wants you and I

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 to understand through this chapter.

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 That a change of address

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 does not produce a change of heart.

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 A change of address

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 does not produce a change of heart.

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 And that is the conclusion

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 that we're going to move to

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 this morning.

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 And to do that,

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 we look at the condition

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 of the human heart

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 and the reason for God's patience

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 with the people.

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 And then lastly,

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 a glimpse of God's grace

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 that changes everything.

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 So first of all,

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 the condition of the human heart.

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 Several times through the chapter,

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 God calls on his people

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 to listen.

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 Verse 12

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 and verse 14.

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 But also right here

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 at the beginning of the chapter.

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 Specifically,

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 they've got to listen to him.

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 They haven't been listening.

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 So the first call to listen

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 comes in verse 1.

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 Hear this.

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 Listen, O house of Jacob,

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 who are called by the name of Israel

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 and who come from the waters of Judah,

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 who swear by the name of the Lord

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 and confess the God of Israel,

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 but not in truth or right.

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 For they call themselves

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 after the holy city

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 and stay themselves

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 on the God of Israel.

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 The Lord of hosts is his name.

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 And God says,

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 Listen to me.

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 Hear me.

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 And then he addresses them

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 in terms like the people

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 would have understood

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 in terms that they would have worn

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 as part of their national identity.

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 The honoured name of Israel.

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 The impeccable pedigree

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 of being in the line of Judah.

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 A true religious allegiance

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 by their oath.

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 A privileged citizenship

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 that they were very proud of.

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 A mighty God

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 on whom they could rely.

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 But right in the middle

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 of these glorious truths,

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 God says,

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 the end of verse 1,

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 but it's not really true, is it?

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 It's not really true.

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 You'd like to make

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 these proud claims,

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 but based on my current observations,

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 they are all without reality.

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 There's no genuineness

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 in what I've just described.

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 There's no righteousness,

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 people of God,

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 in how you're living.

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 For the Israelite,

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 all that language

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 was a facade.

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 So what was the reality?

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 Well, we're told

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 they're true condition

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 in verse 4 and verse 8.

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 Look at verse 4.

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 Because I know

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 that you are obstinate.

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 And your neck

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 is like iron sinew.

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 And your forehead

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 is brass.

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 Verse 8.

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 You've never heard,

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 you've never known.

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 From of old

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 your ear has not been opened.

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 For I knew

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 that you would surely

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 deal treacherously.

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 And that from before birth

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 you were called

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 a rebel.

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 That's the true picture

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 of the people of God.

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 That God was going

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 to deliver from Babylon

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 and shepherd home.

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 They were stubborn.

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 They were idolatrous.

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 And they were inattentive.

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 And they were uncomprehending

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 and treacherous

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 and rebellious.

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 It's quite a list

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 when you say.

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 The image of a neck

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 of iron

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 is pointing to

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 their utter self-confidence.

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 Their unwillingness

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 to submit to anyone

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 let alone God.

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 Their foreheads

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 of bronze.

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 Their hard-headed people

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 who are closed-minded

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 and they refuse

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 to listen.

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 And the accusation

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 of treachery

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 was particularly telling

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 because God had made

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 exactly the same

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 accusation about

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 pagan Assyria

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 back in chapter 42.

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 Well, in chapter 22.

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 God's point being

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 here was Israel

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 who had been called

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 by God

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 to demonstrate

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 a different path.

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 They'd been called

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 by God

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 to show a God-glorifying way.

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 And instead

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 they'd allowed

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 this world

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 to squeeze it

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 into its own mouth.

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 And God's

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 indictment of Israel

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 here is a reminder

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 to you and I

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 that lip service

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 means absolutely

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 nothing

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 to God

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 if our hearts

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 are devoted

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 to something else.

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 Past generations

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 would have hid

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 behind the facade

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 of denominational loyalty.

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 You know the labels.

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 I must be okay

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 with God

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 because I'm

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 a Methodist.

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 I must be okay

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 with God

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 because I'm a Baptist.

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 I'm a Presbyterian.

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 I'm an Anglican.

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 But no one plays

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 really those

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 denominational cards

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 anymore, do they?

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 But it doesn't mean

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 we don't like to still

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 play the same game.

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 It's just we've

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 changed the cards.

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 So some of us

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 know all the

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 Christian lingo,

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 don't we?

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 I'm saved.

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 I've been washed

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 by the blood.

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 I've been baptised.

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 I know the catechism.

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 I've had some

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 Christian experience.

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 I went on camp.

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 I went forward.

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 I prayed the prayer.

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 And it's a badge

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 of spiritual honour

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 or at best

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 fire insurance.

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 And for some

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 who play those cards,

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 God says to you,

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 I look at your heart.

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 I look at your heart.

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 And all those

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 proud things,

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 they've got no basis

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 in reality,

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 have they?

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 And actually,

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 I see the same

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 stubbornness and

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 idolatry and

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 rebellion and

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 treachery that I

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 saw in my people

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 Israel.

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 Your words

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 are a facade.

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 How bad was the

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 condition of an

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 Israelite's heart?

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 Well, look at

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 verses 5-7.

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 I declared them

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 to you from

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 abode.

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 Before they

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 came to pass,

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 I announced

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 them to you.

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 Lest you

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 should say,

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 my idol did

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 them,

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 my carved

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 image and

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 my metal

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 image commanded

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 them.

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 You've heard.

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 Now see all

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 this.

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 And will you

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 not declare it?

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 From this time

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 forth, I

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 announced you

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 new things,

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 hidden things

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 that you've

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 not known.

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 They are created

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 now, not long

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 ago.

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 Before today,

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 you've never

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 heard of them.

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 Lest you

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 should say,

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 behold, I

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 knew them.

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 Here's what

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 God is saying

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 here.

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 Do you

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 know why I

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 prophesied in

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 advance what

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 was going to

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 happen and

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 what I was

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 going to do?

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 Because if I

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 had not told

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 you ahead of

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 time what I

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 was going to

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 do in the

00:10:02.899 --> 00:10:03.679
 future, when

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 all those

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 things happened,

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 you would

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 have had the

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 gall to

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 attribute that

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 to your

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 idols.

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 And in the

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 future, you

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 would have

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 come along

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 and said,

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 yeah, I

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 knew that

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 was going

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 to happen.

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 In previous

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 chapters in

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 Isaiah, we've

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 seen God's

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 unique

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 ability to

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 predict the

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 future, to

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 expose the

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 deadness and

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 the blindness

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 of idols.

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 And now he

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 uses the

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 same deadness

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 to expose

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 the deadness

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 of his

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 people, such

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 as their

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 hearts.

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 Now all

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 that raises

00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:38.860
 an important

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 question.

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 Why then,

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 from chapter

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 40, has

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 God committed

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 himself to

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 deliver his

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 people from

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 exile in

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 Babylon when

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 he knows that

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 they are still

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 utterly

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 idolatrous?

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 Why has

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 he done

00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:50.379
 that?

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 They're

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 stubborn and

00:10:51.460 --> 00:10:51.580
 they're

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 rebellious.

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 They don't

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 merit this

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 rescue at

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 all.

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 Exile in

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 Babylon, it

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 hasn't

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 reformed them.

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 And so

00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:00.800
 they're still

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 committing the

00:11:01.340 --> 00:11:02.000
 same sins

00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:02.279
 that they

00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:02.879
 were committing

00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:03.500
 before they

00:11:03.500 --> 00:11:04.180
 went into

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 exile.

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 So why

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 does God

00:11:07.580 --> 00:11:08.220
 not wipe

00:11:08.220 --> 00:11:08.620
 his hands

00:11:08.620 --> 00:11:08.980
 of them and

00:11:08.980 --> 00:11:09.379
 forget them

00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:09.580
 and let

00:11:09.580 --> 00:11:09.960
 them rot

00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:10.360
 in Babylon?

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 Well, God

00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:12.779
 gives the

00:11:12.779 --> 00:11:13.480
 answer in

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 verses 9-11,

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 and it is a

00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:15.779
 shocking answer

00:11:15.779 --> 00:11:16.159
 to modern

00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:16.439
 people.

00:11:16.500 --> 00:11:16.699
 Look at

00:11:16.699 --> 00:11:16.939
 what it

00:11:16.939 --> 00:11:17.279
 says in

00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:18.159
 verses 9-11.

00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:19.959
 For my

00:11:19.959 --> 00:11:20.639
 name's sake,

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 for my

00:11:22.439 --> 00:11:23.240
 name's sake,

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 I defer

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 my anger.

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 For the

00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:25.039
 sake of

00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:26.179
 my praise,

00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:27.240
 I restrain

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 it for you,

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 that I may

00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:28.379
 not cut

00:11:28.379 --> 00:11:28.720
 you off.

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 Behold, I

00:11:31.259 --> 00:11:31.679
 have refined

00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:31.959
 you, but

00:11:31.959 --> 00:11:32.240
 not a

00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:32.519
 silver.

00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:32.919
 I have

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 tried you

00:11:33.419 --> 00:11:33.959
 in the

00:11:33.959 --> 00:11:34.639
 furnace of

00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:35.139
 affliction.

00:11:35.459 --> 00:11:36.079
 For my

00:11:36.079 --> 00:11:36.819
 own sake,

00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:37.299
 for my

00:11:37.299 --> 00:11:38.179
 own sake,

00:11:38.319 --> 00:11:39.000
 I do it.

00:11:39.259 --> 00:11:39.559
 For how

00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:39.980
 should my

00:11:39.980 --> 00:11:40.399
 name be

00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:40.860
 profaned?

00:11:40.939 --> 00:11:41.620
 My glory,

00:11:41.839 --> 00:11:42.159
 I will

00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:42.740
 not give

00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:43.279
 to another.

00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:45.879
 God

00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:46.120
 says,

00:11:46.179 --> 00:11:46.579
 the reason

00:11:46.579 --> 00:11:46.879
 I've not

00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:47.220
 wiped my

00:11:47.220 --> 00:11:47.659
 hands of

00:11:47.659 --> 00:11:47.919
 you,

00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:49.419
 the reason

00:11:49.419 --> 00:11:49.759
 I've not

00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:50.199
 given you

00:11:50.199 --> 00:11:50.679
 what you

00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:51.299
 deserve,

00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:51.819
 is for

00:11:51.819 --> 00:11:52.139
 the sake

00:11:52.139 --> 00:11:52.539
 of my

00:11:52.539 --> 00:11:52.839
 name.

00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:54.480
 For the

00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:54.980
 sake of

00:11:54.980 --> 00:11:55.860
 my praise,

00:11:55.939 --> 00:11:56.179
 for the

00:11:56.179 --> 00:11:56.539
 sake of

00:11:56.539 --> 00:11:57.259
 my glory.

00:11:59.600 --> 00:11:59.879
 And there

00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:00.139
 are a couple

00:12:00.139 --> 00:12:00.379
 of things

00:12:00.379 --> 00:12:00.600
 that we

00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:01.019
 really need

00:12:01.019 --> 00:12:01.459
 to consider

00:12:01.459 --> 00:12:01.639
 here.

00:12:01.699 --> 00:12:02.019
 The first

00:12:02.019 --> 00:12:02.259
 is we

00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:02.459
 actually

00:12:02.459 --> 00:12:02.879
 thought about

00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:03.240
 it a few

00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:03.720
 weeks ago,

00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:04.079
 but it's

00:12:04.079 --> 00:12:04.860
 so foreign

00:12:04.860 --> 00:12:05.279
 to our

00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:05.579
 way of

00:12:05.579 --> 00:12:05.799
 thinking,

00:12:05.939 --> 00:12:06.579
 we need

00:12:06.579 --> 00:12:06.980
 to think

00:12:06.980 --> 00:12:07.279
 about it

00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:07.699
 again.

00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:10.259
 Because when

00:12:10.259 --> 00:12:10.740
 you read

00:12:10.740 --> 00:12:11.959
 verses 9-11,

00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:12.840
 it's very

00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:13.379
 easy to

00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:13.500
 think,

00:12:13.580 --> 00:12:14.139
 isn't God

00:12:14.139 --> 00:12:14.600
 just being

00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:15.160
 a tad

00:12:15.160 --> 00:12:16.180
 egotistical

00:12:16.180 --> 00:12:17.040
 here?

00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:18.920
 Isn't God

00:12:18.920 --> 00:12:19.680
 being just

00:12:19.680 --> 00:12:20.180
 a little bit

00:12:20.180 --> 00:12:20.700
 self-sanguished,

00:12:20.780 --> 00:12:21.200
 a bit full

00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:21.680
 of himself,

00:12:21.800 --> 00:12:22.460
 a bit arrogant?

00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:24.680
 That everything

00:12:24.680 --> 00:12:26.040
 God does

00:12:26.040 --> 00:12:26.840
 is for

00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:27.600
 God's own

00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:28.160
 sake?

00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:29.840
 That everything

00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:30.540
 God does

00:12:30.540 --> 00:12:30.879
 is for

00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:31.620
 God's own

00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:32.120
 glory?

00:12:34.900 --> 00:12:35.720
 In every

00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:36.040
 group of

00:12:36.040 --> 00:12:36.300
 people,

00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:38.060
 there are

00:12:38.060 --> 00:12:39.280
 here I am

00:12:39.280 --> 00:12:39.680
 people,

00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:41.280
 and here you

00:12:41.280 --> 00:12:41.820
 are people.

00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:42.920
 You know

00:12:42.920 --> 00:12:43.340
 the here I

00:12:43.340 --> 00:12:43.800
 am people,

00:12:45.100 --> 00:12:45.580
 and they

00:12:45.580 --> 00:12:45.920
 say,

00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:46.300
 don't they,

00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:47.060
 that's enough

00:12:47.060 --> 00:12:47.540
 from me

00:12:47.540 --> 00:12:48.120
 about me,

00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:48.920
 what do

00:12:48.920 --> 00:12:49.200
 you think

00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:49.639
 about me?

00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:51.220
 And then

00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:51.440
 there are

00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:52.180
 there are

00:12:52.180 --> 00:12:52.820
 you people.

00:12:54.400 --> 00:12:54.960
 People are

00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:55.460
 always focused

00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:55.700
 on the

00:12:55.700 --> 00:12:55.840
 other.

00:12:57.500 --> 00:12:58.000
 It's not

00:12:58.000 --> 00:12:58.240
 hard,

00:12:58.300 --> 00:12:58.480
 is it,

00:12:58.519 --> 00:12:58.900
 to work

00:12:58.900 --> 00:12:59.259
 out who

00:12:59.259 --> 00:12:59.460
 you'd

00:12:59.460 --> 00:12:59.800
 rather have

00:12:59.800 --> 00:13:00.340
 for lunch?

00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:02.980
 The here

00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:03.420
 I am

00:13:03.420 --> 00:13:03.759
 people,

00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:04.379
 or the here

00:13:04.379 --> 00:13:04.740
 you are

00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:05.040
 people.

00:13:06.160 --> 00:13:06.460
 Who would

00:13:06.460 --> 00:13:06.680
 you rather

00:13:06.680 --> 00:13:06.960
 have a

00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:07.360
 friend,

00:13:07.540 --> 00:13:07.800
 the here

00:13:07.800 --> 00:13:08.139
 I am

00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:08.500
 person,

00:13:08.660 --> 00:13:08.900
 or the

00:13:08.900 --> 00:13:09.200
 there you

00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:09.400
 are

00:13:09.400 --> 00:13:09.759
 person?

00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:11.559
 And as

00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:12.039
 you read

00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:12.759
 Isaiah 48,

00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:13.319
 9 to 11,

00:13:13.460 --> 00:13:14.039
 God does

00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:15.039
 come across

00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:16.360
 as a here

00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:16.759
 I am

00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:17.159
 person,

00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:17.419
 doesn't

00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:17.580
 he?

00:13:19.379 --> 00:13:19.939
 So why

00:13:19.939 --> 00:13:20.159
 is it

00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:20.620
 okay for

00:13:20.620 --> 00:13:21.019
 him to

00:13:21.019 --> 00:13:21.659
 be like

00:13:21.659 --> 00:13:21.960
 that,

00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:22.500
 and not

00:13:22.500 --> 00:13:22.840
 for us?

00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:25.560
 well the

00:13:25.560 --> 00:13:26.120
 simple answer

00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:26.480
 to that

00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:26.759
 is,

00:13:27.280 --> 00:13:27.720
 he is

00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:28.139
 God,

00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:30.320
 and you

00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:30.720
 are not

00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:31.120
 even though

00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:31.440
 you wish

00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:31.860
 you were.

00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:35.680
 Because God

00:13:35.680 --> 00:13:36.200
 created

00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:36.840
 everything,

00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:38.840
 God

00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:39.500
 created

00:13:39.500 --> 00:13:40.500
 everything,

00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:42.660
 and everything

00:13:42.660 --> 00:13:43.139
 redounds

00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:43.480
 in his

00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:43.860
 glory.

00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:46.040
 And you

00:13:46.040 --> 00:13:46.420
 might say,

00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:46.800
 well if he

00:13:46.800 --> 00:13:47.340
 defined the

00:13:47.340 --> 00:13:47.720
 purpose,

00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:48.120
 couldn't he

00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:48.519
 have defined

00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.000
 it in such

00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.320
 a way that

00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:49.720
 the glory

00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:50.200
 goes to

00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:50.580
 others?

00:13:51.160 --> 00:13:51.639
 Couldn't he

00:13:51.639 --> 00:13:52.220
 share that

00:13:52.220 --> 00:13:52.500
 glory?

00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:52.899
 Well he

00:13:52.899 --> 00:13:53.240
 could.

00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:55.580
 But if he

00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:56.299
 had, he

00:13:56.299 --> 00:13:56.580
 would have

00:13:56.580 --> 00:13:57.139
 been an

00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:57.740
 idolater.

00:13:59.080 --> 00:13:59.440
 That's where

00:13:59.440 --> 00:13:59.820
 we landed

00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:00.340
 a few weeks

00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:00.580
 ago.

00:14:00.860 --> 00:14:01.240
 God would

00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:01.639
 be telling

00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:02.019
 us that

00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:02.340
 there is

00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:02.779
 something

00:14:02.779 --> 00:14:03.440
 more

00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:04.139
 beautiful

00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:04.820
 in the

00:14:04.820 --> 00:14:05.379
 universe

00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:05.879
 than I

00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.159
 am,

00:14:06.259 --> 00:14:06.519
 but there

00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:06.960
 isn't.

00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:08.440
 God would

00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:08.840
 be saying

00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:09.120
 there is

00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:09.340
 something

00:14:09.340 --> 00:14:09.620
 more

00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:10.279
 satisfying

00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:10.820
 in the

00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:11.340
 world

00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:13.059
 than I

00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:13.279
 am,

00:14:13.340 --> 00:14:13.600
 but there

00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:14.120
 isn't.

00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:15.879
 God would

00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:16.399
 be suggesting

00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:16.820
 that there is

00:14:16.820 --> 00:14:17.039
 something

00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:17.879
 more splendid

00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:18.740
 and something

00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.500
 more perfect

00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:20.100
 and something

00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:20.879
 more righteous

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 and more

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 just.

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 But you

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 see there

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 isn't

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 anything

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 greater

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 than God.

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 He would

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 be proclaiming

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 that there is

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 something more

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 loving and

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 more passionate

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 and more

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 merciful and

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 more forgiving

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 than God,

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 but there

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 isn't.

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 God would

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 be saying

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 to anyone

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 else but

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 himself,

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 he would

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 be an

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 idolater.

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 Because he

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 would be

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 saying there

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 is something

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 more ultimate

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 than me.

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 And he

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 would be

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 lying.

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 As Isaiah

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 has been

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 telling us

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 over and

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 over and

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 over again,

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 God says,

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 I am

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 God and

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 there is

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 no other.

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 God and

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 God

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 is

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 God's

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 demonstration

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 of

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 patience,

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 his

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 withholding

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 of

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 wrath,

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 as you

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 say here,

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 how does

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 that work

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 for the

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 glory of

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 his name?

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 How does

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 that delaying

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 of his

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 wrath for

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 the sake

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 of his

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 name and

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 glory,

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 how does

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 that work?

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 Well I

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 think we're

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 helped in

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 this by

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 going back

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 to another

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 passage earlier

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 on in the

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 Bible and

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 to know that

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 God has

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 been around

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 this block

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 before.

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 So keep

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 a pause

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 in Isaiah

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 48 and

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 come with

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 me to

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 Exodus

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 chapter 32.

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 Exodus

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 chapter 32.

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 I'll give

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 you the page

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 number.

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 Exodus

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 chapter 32.

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 If you've

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 got a black

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 Bible,

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 it's on

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 page 72.

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 And as

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 you turn

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 there,

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 let me

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 set the

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 scene a

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 little bit.

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 It's on

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 page 72

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 Exodus

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 32.

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 And the

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 situation in

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 this chapter

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 is that the

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 people of

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 Israel are

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 at the

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 bottom of

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 Mount Sinai

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 while Moses

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 is up at

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 the top

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 receiving the

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 law from

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 God.

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 And they

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 are a little

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 bit tired of

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 having to wait

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 for Moses to

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 come back down

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 from the

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 mountains.

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 So they

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 come up with

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 the bright

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 idea of

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 melting down

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 all their

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 jewellery and

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 crafting an

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 idol the

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 shape of a

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 calf to

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 worship.

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 The golden

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 calf.

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 And God

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 decides to

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 give Moses

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 advance warning

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 of what is

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 going on at

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 the base of

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 the mountain.

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 So we pick

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 it up in

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 Exodus

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 chapter 32

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 in verse

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 7.

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 the Lord

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 said to

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 Moses

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 go down

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 for your

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 people whom

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 you brought

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 out of the

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 land of

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 Egypt have

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 corrupted

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 themselves.

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 They have

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 turned aside

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 quickly out

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 of the way

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 that I

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 commanded

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 them.

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 They have

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 made for

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 themselves a

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 golden calf

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 and they have

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 worshipped it

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 and sacrificed

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 it and said

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 these are your

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 gods of Israel

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 who brought

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 you up out of

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 the land of

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 Egypt.

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 And the

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 Lord said to

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 Moses I have

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 seen this

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 people and

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 behold it is a

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 stiff necked

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 people.

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 Now therefore

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 let me alone

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 that my wrath

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 may burn hot

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 against them

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 that I may

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 consume them

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 in order that

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 I may make a

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 great nation

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 out of you

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 Moses.

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 But Moses

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 implored the

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 Lord his

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 God and

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 said O

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 Lord why

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 does your

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 wrath burn

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 hot against

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 your people

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 whom you

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 have brought

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 out of the

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 land of

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 Egypt with

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 great power

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 and with a

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 mighty hand?

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 Why should

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 the Egyptians

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 save them

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 with evil

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 intent to

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 bring them

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 out to

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 kill them

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 in the

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 mountains and

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 to consume

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 them from

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 the face of

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 the earth?

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 Turn from

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 your burning

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 anger and

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 relent from

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 this disaster

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 against your

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 people.

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 Remember

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 Abraham and

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 Isaac and

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 Israel your

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 servants whom

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 you swore by

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 your own

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 self and

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 said to

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 them I

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 will multiply

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 your offspring

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 as the

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 stars of

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 heaven and

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 all this

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 land that

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 I have

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 promised I

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 will give

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 to your

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 offspring and

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 they shall

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 inherit it

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 forever.

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 And the

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 Lord relented

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 from the

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 disaster that

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 he had spoken

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 of bringing

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 on his

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 people.

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 Now if

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 you look

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 carefully at

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 that section

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 all the

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 elements are

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 there.

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 Israel they

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 wanted to

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 attribute something

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 that God

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 had miraculously

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 done to

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 this golden

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 calf for

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 their idols.

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 And they're

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 bowing down to

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 the golden

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 calf and

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 they say

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 you brought

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 us out of

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 Egypt.

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 Why?

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 Because God

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 says they are

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 stiff necked

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 people.

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 They've got

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 necks of

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 iron.

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 But didn't

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 you hear in

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 Moses initial

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 appeal to

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 God what it

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 was based on?

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 Moses says

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 consider what

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 the Egyptians

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 are going to

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 say here.

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 He says

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 that God

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 your reputation

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 will be

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 tarnished and

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 the Egyptians

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 take on

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 events would

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 have been

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 completely

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 wrong.

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 So God

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 holds back

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 pouring out

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 his wrath

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 because he

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 will not

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 allow his

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 name to

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 be famed.

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 He has

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 made promises

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 to his

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 people and

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 he will

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 keep them.

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 And he

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 doesn't want

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 it to be

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 seen that

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 he will

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 not keep

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 them.

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 So whether

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 it's

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 defamation

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 by the

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 Egyptians

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 or defamation

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 by these

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 idolatrous

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 Israelites

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 God acts

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 to guard

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 his name.

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 And God

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 acts to

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 guard his

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 reputation

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 because he

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 says I

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 am God.

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 There is

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 only one

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 God and

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 there is

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 no other.

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 Now all

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 of this

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 leaves us

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 on a

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 sticky

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 wicket

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 doesn't

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 it?

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 Because of

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 our

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 predicament.

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 This is a

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 big predicament.

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 The human

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 heart, your

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 heart and

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 my heart

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 is idolatrous

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 and stubborn

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 and treacherous.

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 That is

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 God's words

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 not mine.

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 And for

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 the sake of

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 his glory

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 God says I

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 will delay

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 my wrath.

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 But it's

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 just a

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 delay.

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 It's just

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 a delay.

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 It means

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 his righteousness

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 and his

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 justice

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 demand that

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 his wrath

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 will at

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 some stage

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 be poured

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 out on

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 sin.

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 God

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 will

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 be

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 God

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 if he

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 did not

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 do that

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 he would

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 not be

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 just.

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 And that

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 sounds rather

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 ominous for

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 the Israelites

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 and it

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 sounds ominous

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 for us

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 too

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 because I've

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 got news

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 for you

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 and I

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 and the

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 news is

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 this that

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 you and

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 I are

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 no better

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 we are

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 no better

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 in our

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 natural

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 state

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 than the

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 Israelites

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 at the

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 bottom of

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 Mount

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 Sinai

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 than the

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 Israelites

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 in exile.

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 But in

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 this last

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.680
 section we

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 get a

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 glimpse of

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 the

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 Greece

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 that

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 changes

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 everything.

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 Thirdly the

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 Greece that

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 changes

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 everything.

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 Look at

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 verses 17

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 to 19

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 and God

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 reveals with

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 the Israelites

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 their failure

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 to listen

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 and he

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 says your

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 failure to

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 listen only

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 harms you

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 because what

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 God was

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 teaching them

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 was best

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 for them

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 and how

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 God was

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 guiding them

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 was best

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 for them

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 but no they

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 closed up

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 their ears

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 to God

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 and consequently

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 they forfeited

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 the blessings

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 of the covenant

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 that God

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 made with

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 their father

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 Abraham.

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 And then in

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 verse 20

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.859
 comes this

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 sudden

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 and abrupt

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.339
 command

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.159
 verse 20

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 go out

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 from Babylon

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 flee from

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 Coltia

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 declare this

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 with a

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 shout of

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 joy

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 proclaim it

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 set it out

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 to the ends

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 of the earth

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 they say the

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 Lord has

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 redeemed his

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 servant

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 Jacob

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 they did

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 not thirst

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 when he

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 led them

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 through the

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 desert

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 he made

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 water

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 flow from

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 the rock

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 and despite

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.799
 the spiritual

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 condition of

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 their heart

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 despite what

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:15.139
 they deserved

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 God is going

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 to summon

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.179
 these rights

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 out of

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 Babylon

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:20.719
 so the

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 summons

00:21:21.219 --> 00:21:21.740
 comes to

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 flee

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 but it's

00:21:23.439 --> 00:21:24.119
 flee with a

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 shout of

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.899
 joy

00:21:24.899 --> 00:21:25.759
 not anguish

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:28.559
 despite the

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.079
 condition of

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.740
 your hearts

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.279
 God says

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.759
 I will

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.419
 provide for

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:31.680
 you

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.880
 on the

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.279
 journey

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.539
 through

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:33.680
 the

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.000
 wilderness

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.480
 back to

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:34.700
 Judah

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.200
 just like

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:35.720
 I provided

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.060
 for your

00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:37.039
 forefathers

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.380
 in the

00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:37.720
 wilderness

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.759
 on their

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.120
 way to

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:39.519
 the promised

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.019
 land

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.160
 you're going

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.420
 to get

00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:41.940
 thirsty

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.539
 and you'll

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.039
 have no

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.460
 water

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.779
 but it

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.120
 will be

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:44.720
 no problem

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.180
 I'll get

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.519
 water

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:45.700
 out of

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.200
 a rock

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:48.039
 I did

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.480
 it then

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.840
 and I'll

00:21:48.840 --> 00:21:49.100
 do it

00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:49.460
 now

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:51.360
 and he

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:51.740
 says that

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.019
 you need

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.480
 to trust

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.680
 me

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.160
 completely

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.600
 that I

00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:53.980
 will take

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.440
 care of

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:54.640
 you

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.160
 on the

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:55.340
 way

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:55.700
 home

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:59.080
 but it's

00:21:59.080 --> 00:21:59.539
 the last

00:21:59.539 --> 00:21:59.980
 phrase

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.240
 isn't it

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.440
 of the

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:00.740
 chapter

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.059
 that I

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.240
 didn't

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:01.620
 read

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:01.920
 do you

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.279
 see it

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:06.039
 so shocking

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.840
 isn't it

00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:09.600
 and often

00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:09.860
 when you

00:22:09.860 --> 00:22:10.259
 come to a

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.500
 chapter

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:10.740
 and you

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.120
 see a

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.380
 verse

00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:11.940
 that sticks

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.500
 out like a

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:12.960
 sore thumb

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.200
 and it

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.700
 doesn't seem

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.180
 to fit

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.740
 that is the

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.299
 key to the

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:15.860
 whole chapter

00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:19.039
 because after

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.660
 everything we've

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.120
 read in this

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:20.640
 chapter it

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:22.380
 seems really

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:23.019
 bleak doesn't

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.480
 it and then

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.019
 verse 20

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.559
 and 21

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.539
 lift the

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:25.879
 gloom

00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:26.220
 it's so

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.619
 positive

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.159
 it seems

00:22:27.159 --> 00:22:27.460
 like a

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:27.740
 hopeful

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.099
 journey

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.399
 maybe

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:28.799
 everything

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.159
 will be

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:29.440
 okay

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.919
 after all

00:22:29.919 --> 00:22:30.259
 and happy

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.559
 ever after

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:33.279
 but to say

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.619
 that we

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:33.980
 just speak

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.399
 too soon

00:22:34.399 --> 00:22:34.720
 because

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.440
 verse 22

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.059
 there is

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.740
 no peace

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:38.220
 there is

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.960
 no peace

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.919
 says the

00:22:39.919 --> 00:22:40.220
 Lord for

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.579
 the wicked

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:42.259
 there is

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.859
 no peace

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.379
 says the

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:43.720
 Lord for

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.200
 the wicked

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:46.359
 what is

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.700
 Isaiah

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.220
 saying

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:49.619
 Isaiah

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.019
 is saying

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.019
 that exchanging

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.679
 a

00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:53.480
 Babylonian

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.259
 postcode

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:55.559
 for a

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:55.980
 Jerusalem

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.799
 postcode

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:58.279
 is not

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.519
 going to

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.900
 fix your

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.359
 heart

00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:01.640
 you're

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.000
 still

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.640
 inherently

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.059
 wicked

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:05.000
 and there

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.400
 is no

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:05.759
 peace

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.339
 there is

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.519
 no

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.920
 shalom

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.799
 there is

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.000
 no

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.619
 flourishing

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.099
 for the

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.379
 wicked

00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:11.220
 a change

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.779
 of address

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.220
 does not

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.720
 produce a

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.099
 change of

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.420
 heart

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:16.319
 and that

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.799
 is so

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.579
 fundamental

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.400
 for you

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:18.900
 children

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:20.600
 and for

00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:20.740
 us

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.259
 grownups

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.460
 to

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.140
 understand

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:24.120
 about how

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.759
 God

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.320
 brings

00:23:25.320 --> 00:23:26.140
 change

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.720
 in your

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.019
 life

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.340
 and in

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 my

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 life

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:30.060
 how

00:23:30.060 --> 00:23:30.360
 does

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:30.840
 God

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.759
 transform

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 us

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 it is not

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 by some

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.580
 mechanical

00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:36.519
 compliance

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.680
 it is not

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 through some

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:39.259
 external

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 force

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 you cannot

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:42.160
 just rearrange

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.860
 the furniture

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.620
 of your life

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 or change

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:46.019
 the circumstances

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:47.459
 or mechanically

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 say right

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 I'm going to

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 be different

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 this morning

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:52.039
 or force

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 yourself to

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 act in

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 another way

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:55.179
 if you want

00:23:55.179 --> 00:23:56.039
 genuine

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.179
 transformation

00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:58.219
 in your life

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 because it's not

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.159
 the way that

00:23:59.159 --> 00:23:59.839
 God works

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 moving from

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 Babylon

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:03.459
 to Jerusalem

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 never fixes

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.539
 anything

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 idolatrous

00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:07.559
 stubborn

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 treacherous

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.719
 hearts

00:24:08.719 --> 00:24:09.259
 deserve

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.739
 the wrath

00:24:09.739 --> 00:24:10.259
 of God

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 and God

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:14.980
 is delaying

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 his wrath

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 praise God

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.619
 he delays

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.079
 his wrath

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.559
 but it is

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.299
 only a delay

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.839
 and the

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.319
 wrath of

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 God

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 is coming

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 here end

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 of the

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 sermon

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 oh no

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 that's how

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 it ends

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 isn't it

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 verse 22

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 sit tight

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 the wrath

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.559
 of God

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:35.960
 is coming

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 but I want

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:38.740
 to say to you

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 there's a great

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.619
 glimmer of hope

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:39.740
 here

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.559
 verse 16

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 there's a glimmer

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.000
 of grace

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 come here to me

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 draw near

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 come here

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 listen to this

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 listen

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:51.279
 from the beginning

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 I have not spoken

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 in secret

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 from the time

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.819
 it came to be

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 I came to be

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 and now the

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.680
 Lord God

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.319
 has sent

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.839
 me

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:02.359
 has sent

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 me

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 and his

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 spirit

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:05.960
 now look

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.299
 quietly

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.680
 who is

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 speaking

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:08.460
 who is

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 speaking

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:10.959
 the Lord

00:25:10.959 --> 00:25:11.339
 is the one

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.539
 who is

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.819
 speaking

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.139
 God

00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:12.579
 is speaking

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.039
 in the first

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 part

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 he's calling

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 them

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 isn't he

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 he's been

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.759
 calling to

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 them

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.279
 to listen

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 all the way

00:25:16.919 --> 00:25:17.379
 through chapter

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:17.939
 48

00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:19.019
 but then the

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.779
 speaker changes

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.659
 in verse 16

00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:21.439
 can you spot it

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.400
 because now

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.259
 someone is saying

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.019
 the Lord

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 the sovereign

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:24.920
 Lord

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.980
 Yahweh

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.620
 has sent

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:27.860
 me

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 and the

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:28.500
 question is

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:28.820
 who's the

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.059
 me

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:31.160
 who's the

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.620
 me here

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:33.700
 could be

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.019
 Isaiah

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:36.039
 could be

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.660
 Cyrus

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:36.960
 Cyrus

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:38.660
 but I

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:38.880
 think

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.200
 Isaiah

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.600
 gives us

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:39.880
 a very

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.240
 strong

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.460
 clue

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.800
 that it's

00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:41.060
 neither

00:25:41.060 --> 00:25:41.460
 of those

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:41.720
 and the

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.060
 clue

00:25:42.060 --> 00:25:43.500
 is those

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.980
 three

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.560
 words

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:45.380
 isn't it

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.600
 and his

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.900
 spirit

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:50.120
 because we've

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.660
 already seen

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.420
 this connection

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.820
 haven't we

00:25:51.820 --> 00:25:53.279
 in Isaiah

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.680
 do you remember

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.740
 Isaiah chapter 42

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.500
 the first servant

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:55.880
 song

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:57.640
 here is

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:59.200
 my servant

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:01.340
 whom I

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:02.000
 uphold

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:04.000
 my chosen

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.359
 one

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:05.559
 in whom

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.059
 I delight

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.579
 and I

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:06.839
 will

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:08.019
 pour out

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.819
 my spirit

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.519
 on him

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:11.380
 and he

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.819
 will bring

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.319
 justice

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:12.660
 to the

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.039
 nations

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:14.339
 this is

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.779
 in Isaiah

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.299
 48

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.799
 the servant

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.099
 of the

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.319
 Lord

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.720
 speaking

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:17.940
 at the

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.059
 end

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.180
 of

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.819
 verse 16

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:21.819
 Isaiah

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.299
 gives you

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.559
 a little

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:22.819
 glimpse

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.140
 a little

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.660
 trailer

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.220
 of what's

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.559
 going to

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.960
 dominate

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.359
 the next

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:25.559
 few

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.000
 chapters

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.539
 that we'll

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:26.799
 look at

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:26.940
 in the

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.380
 next few

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.920
 weeks

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.500
 but from

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.819
 Isaiah

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.259
 42

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.759
 we already

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.160
 know

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.860
 who this

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.140
 servant

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.480
 is

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.840
 because

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.420
 it is

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.360
 Jesus

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:38.220
 why would

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.580
 Isaiah

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.259
 in just a few

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.840
 little words

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.240
 in the middle

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.580
 of this

00:26:40.580 --> 00:26:40.940
 chapter

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.519
 introduce

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.980
 a servant

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.560
 like this

00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:44.720
 and the

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.440
 reason is

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:45.860
 because

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.440
 he is

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.200
 the only

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.740
 hope

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:49.960
 he is

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.519
 the only

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.000
 hope

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.660
 for the

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:51.920
 wicked

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.779
 to have

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.300
 peace

00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:56.960
 he's

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.200
 your

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.500
 only

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:57.779
 hope

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:59.779
 for you

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.139
 to have

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.559
 peace

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:05.279
 we read

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.460
 about

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:05.660
 that

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.039
 back in

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.200
 Isaiah

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.759
 chapter 9

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:06.920
 do you

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.119
 remember

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.399
 that

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.759
 he is

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:07.980
 called

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.180
 the

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.420
 prince

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.579
 of

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:08.839
 peace

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:11.259
 we sing

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.539
 about it

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:11.720
 and we

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:11.980
 hear it

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.180
 every

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.539
 Christmas

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:12.859
 don't we

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.019
 do you

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.220
 see what

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.359
 he's

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:13.619
 saying

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.420
 a change

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.779
 of heart

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.139
 does not

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:15.420
 come from

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.720
 a change

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.279
 of address

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.639
 or a change

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:17.920
 of your

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.680
 circumstances

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:20.420
 a change

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:20.819
 of heart

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.420
 comes through

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.859
 the gift

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.500
 of sheer

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.319
 grace

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:25.440
 a change

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.980
 of heart

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.720
 your heart

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.200
 cannot be

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.660
 changed

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.819
 by mechanical

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.579
 compliance

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.339
 or external

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:31.000
 force

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.980
 or turning

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.699
 over a new

00:27:32.699 --> 00:27:33.119
 leaf

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:34.179
 it comes

00:27:34.179 --> 00:27:34.699
 through

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:36.460
 an organic

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.139
 change

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:38.699
 through an

00:27:38.699 --> 00:27:39.419
 internal

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:40.179
 dynamic

00:27:40.179 --> 00:27:41.259
 in our

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.720
 lives

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.039
 that the

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.359
 bible

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:43.179
 calls

00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:44.679
 grace

00:27:44.679 --> 00:27:47.939
 so that

00:27:47.939 --> 00:27:48.480
 while there

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.079
 is no peace

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.319
 for the

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.519
 wicked

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.779
 there is

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:52.119
 only alienation

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.980
 and wrath

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:54.599
 and hostility

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.099
 there is good

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.679
 news here

00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:56.879
 and it is

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.519
 good news

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.859
 that projects

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.680
 forward

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.519
 hundreds of

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.980
 years

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:02.500
 to an

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.700
 upper

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.259
 room

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.279
 in

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.759
 Jerusalem

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:06.599
 and the

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:06.980
 first

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.500
 encounter

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.180
 with Jesus

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.740
 with his

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.139
 gathered

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.579
 disciples

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.279
 after he

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.779
 died

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.119
 and he

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.480
 rose

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.879
 again

00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:12.200
 and do you

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.539
 know what

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.119
 his very

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:14.000
 first words

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.660
 to his

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.059
 disciples

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.539
 were in

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:15.980
 that room

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.980
 do you

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.119
 remember

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.359
 what they

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.700
 were

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:20.639
 peace

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:22.020
 be with

00:28:22.020 --> 00:28:22.300
 you

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:24.420
 and the

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:24.820
 disciples

00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:25.420
 they're hardly

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.020
 hot stuff

00:28:26.020 --> 00:28:26.440
 are they

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:28.740
 they've just

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.560
 all

00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:30.900
 scattered

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:32.700
 denied him

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:34.759
 they are

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.460
 sinners too

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.880
 they are in

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.440
 the wicked

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.180
 category

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:39.759
 they've blown

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.440
 it like you

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.940
 and I have

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.420
 this week

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.200
 they've abandoned

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:43.160
 Jesus in his

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.940
 time of need

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.980
 how can they

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.640
 have peace

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.120
 if they are

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.420
 wicked

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.240
 and here is

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.660
 what John

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:47.940
 writes

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.580
 immediately

00:28:48.580 --> 00:28:49.340
 after those

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:50.480
 words of

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.819
 Jesus

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.539
 he said

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:53.179
 peace to

00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:53.379
 them

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:53.919
 he showed

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:54.259
 them his

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.699
 hands

00:28:54.699 --> 00:28:56.139
 and his

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.579
 side

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:58.220
 and the

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.659
 disciples

00:28:58.659 --> 00:29:00.000
 were overjoyed

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.740
 because they

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.199
 had seen

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:02.000
 the Lord

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:05.079
 and Jesus

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.699
 gives them

00:29:05.699 --> 00:29:06.539
 the evidence

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.379
 of why peace

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.079
 can be theirs

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:09.019
 evidence now

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.879
 not of words

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:11.000
 but of scars

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:13.879
 scars

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.619
 from the

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.439
 crucifixion

00:29:15.439 --> 00:29:16.039
 where the

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.519
 servant

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.539
 took our

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:19.159
 alienation

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:20.840
 where the

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.220
 servant

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.900
 of the

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.200
 Lord

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.140
 bore the

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.779
 wrath

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:25.500
 that was

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.380
 no longer

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:26.960
 delayed

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.640
 but was

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.500
 poured out

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.160
 upon him

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:31.920
 was unleashed

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.660
 on him

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.500
 so that you

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.200
 and I

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.940
 this morning

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.460
 could have

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.940
 peace

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:39.140
 the servant

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:40.080
 of the

00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:40.540
 Lord

00:29:40.540 --> 00:29:41.519
 bore the

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.040
 penalty

00:29:42.040 --> 00:29:42.680
 that you

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.100
 and I

00:29:43.100 --> 00:29:43.400
 deserve

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.000
 because we

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.840
 are idolaters

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:47.399
 and we

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:47.639
 are

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.019
 stubborn

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:50.339
 and I

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:50.519
 am

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.199
 treacherous

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:53.139
 towards

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:53.599
 God

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:53.959
 but he

00:29:53.959 --> 00:29:54.459
 bore it

00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:54.740
 all

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:58.240
 so that

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.559
 you could

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.019
 be forgiven

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.480
 this morning

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:01.459
 and that

00:30:01.459 --> 00:30:01.720
 you could

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.259
 be restored

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:05.899
 and here

00:30:05.899 --> 00:30:06.299
 is how

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.899
 our hearts

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.519
 are changed

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:09.839
 they are

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.119
 changed

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.480
 by this

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.960
 internal

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.680
 dynamic

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:13.099
 of God's

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.599
 grace

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:15.960
 where God

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.639
 works

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:18.059
 by his

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.579
 love

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.400
 by his

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.920
 spirit

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.980
 to say

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.700
 here is

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.519
 my love

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 for you

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:26.160
 I sent

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.960
 my servant

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:29.420
 I sent

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.079
 my son

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 to die

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 in your

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.660
 place

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:35.620
 and if

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.160
 you will

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.860
 take that

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:38.920
 and if

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.560
 you will

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:41.140
 build your

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.940
 life upon

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.240
 that it

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.660
 will change

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:42.880
 you from

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.240
 the inside

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.580
 out

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:45.880
 and what

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.140
 will that

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.340
 bring

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:46.580
 it will

00:30:46.580 --> 00:30:46.860
 bring

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.380
 peace

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:48.660
 and shalom

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:50.960
 in every

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.460
 dimension

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.180
 so that you

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.920
 can flourish

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.519
 in life

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:53.820
 and in

00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:54.240
 eternity

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.960
 and your

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.420
 heart is

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.940
 transformed

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:59.340
 it's not a

00:30:59.340 --> 00:30:59.720
 change of

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.540
 address that

00:31:00.540 --> 00:31:01.060
 produces a

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.440
 change of

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:01.680
 heart

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.000
 it's a

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.340
 gift of

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:02.720
 grace

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:04.920
 the grace

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.339
 that comes

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.559
 to us

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:05.900
 through the

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.519
 sacrificial

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.140
 death of

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.480
 his own

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.880
 servant

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.519
 Jesus

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:11.220
 you know

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.720
 that timeline

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.259
 that I

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.759
 started with

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.700
 on that

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:13.900
 timeline

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.539
 for many

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.059
 of you

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:16.299
 you don't

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.620
 have a

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.160
 date in

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.339
 your

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.799
 timeline

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.319
 do you

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.940
 where you

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.259
 can say

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.579
 God

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.640
 categorically

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:21.039
 changed

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.620
 my heart

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:23.059
 and he

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.539
 transferred

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.019
 me from

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.600
 a subject

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:25.460
 of wrath

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.059
 to a subject

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.660
 of grace

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.559
 there isn't

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.079
 a date

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.400
 where I

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.839
 can point

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.180
 to and say

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.559
 that is

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:29.980
 where that

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.460
 happened

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:32.720
 that's

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.000
 fine

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.920
 that's

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:35.519
 normal

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.980
 I'd

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.259
 argue

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:38.420
 for many

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.680
 of you

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.039
 here that

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.640
 change felt

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.740
 much more

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.120
 like a

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.779
 process

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:43.160
 over time

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:46.860
 and a

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.180
 point

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:49.920
 and all

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.319
 of us on

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.860
 our timeline

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.460
 would mark

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.059
 key turning

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.579
 points that

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.240
 God used

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.720
 to bring

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.140
 us to

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.880
 trust in

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.380
 Jesus

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:57.920
 but I

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.200
 want to

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.540
 suggest

00:31:58.540 --> 00:31:58.720
 to you

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:58.980
 as I

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.460
 close

00:31:59.460 --> 00:31:59.880
 that there

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.260
 is a

00:32:00.260 --> 00:32:00.620
 date

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.000
 in the

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.400
 timeline

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:01.820
 of your

00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:02.220
 lives

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.620
 I think

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:02.900
 there is

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.200
 one

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.600
 date

00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:03.840
 that

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.300
 matters

00:32:04.300 --> 00:32:04.760
 to God

00:32:04.760 --> 00:32:05.240
 more than

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.800
 any other

00:32:05.800 --> 00:32:06.160
 date

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:09.400
 more than

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.960
 any other

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.480
 date in your

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:10.860
 life

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:12.300
 and in my

00:32:12.300 --> 00:32:12.660
 life

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:14.700
 and it

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.400
 is today

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:17.680
 it is

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.120
 today

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:21.020
 and God

00:32:21.020 --> 00:32:21.520
 is asking

00:32:21.520 --> 00:32:21.940
 you this

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.220
 morning

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.700
 are you

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.340
 listening to

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:23.920
 my word

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.760
 today

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:28.000
 are you

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.420
 willing to

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.019
 trust in

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.740
 my provision

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.519
 for you

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.460
 today

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.140
 it is where

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:32.579
 we are

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.019
 January

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.920
 the 29th

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.720
 2017

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:36.339
 we will

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.900
 worry about

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.339
 tomorrow

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.900
 when we

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.440
 get to

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:38.879
 tomorrow

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:40.740
 but will

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.259
 you do

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:42.079
 this today

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.720
 are you

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.480
 looking to

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.900
 Jesus

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.819
 as your

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.960
 only source

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.740
 of peace

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.720
 today

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:52.519
 God asks

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:52.940
 you are

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.359
 you willing

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:53.900
 to live

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.619
 for my

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.279
 renown

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.339
 and my

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.919
 glory

00:32:56.919 --> 00:32:57.559
 and my

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.259
 praise

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:59.500
 today

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:02.359
 because

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:02.779
 these are

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.179
 the signs

00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:03.419
 of a

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:03.719
 changed

00:33:03.719 --> 00:33:04.099
 heart

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:06.419
 change

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:06.879
 that comes

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.239
 not through

00:33:07.239 --> 00:33:07.579
 the change

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:07.799
 of an

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.259
 address

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.779
 or change

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.579
 of circumstances

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:12.619
 but only

00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:13.079
 through the

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.599
 grace

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:15.839
 the gift

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.220
 of the

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.500
 grace

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.039
 of God

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:18.740
 through

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:18.939
 his

00:33:18.939 --> 00:33:19.159
 servant

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:19.480
 the Lord

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.699
 Jesus

00:33:19.699 --> 00:33:20.199
 Christ

00:33:20.199 --> 00:33:21.839
 that's

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.119
 bow our

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.339
 heads

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.699
 and let us

00:33:22.699 --> 00:33:22.960
 pray

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:23.400


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 Thank you.