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 Please have a seat.

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 And let's once again hear God's Word, this time in the Old Testament book of Exodus.

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 Up until just before Christmas, we're going to look together at the first 15 chapters

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 of this wonderful book that tells us so much about our great God.

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 So let's hear God's Word in Exodus chapter 1.

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 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family.

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 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

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 The descendants of Jacob numbered 70 in all.

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 Joseph was already in Egypt.

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 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful,

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 they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

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 Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.

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 Look, he said to his people, the Israelites have become far too numerous for us.

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 Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous.

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 And if war breaks out, we'll join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.

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 So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor.

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 And they built Pithom and Ramesses as store cities for Pharaoh.

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 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread.

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 So the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites and worked them ruthlessly.

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 They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields.

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 In all their harsh labor, the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.

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 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shipra and Pua,

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 When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool,

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 if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him.

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 But if it is a girl, let her live.

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 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do.

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 They let the boys live.

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 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them,

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 Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?

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 The midwives answered Pharaoh,

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 Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women.

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 They are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.

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 So God was kind to the midwives.

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 And the people increased and became even more numerous.

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 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

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 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people.

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 Every Hebrew boy that is born, you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.

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 Amen.

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 So we're going to begin this series.

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 And I hope as we will hopefully we'll eventually get to chapter 40.

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 We will recognize that in the book of Exodus, we discover the God who makes himself known.

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 And we will see him making himself known in very different ways.

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 Now, the book of Exodus tells us about the mission of God,

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 which by extension becomes the mission of the church.

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 And so we discover in the Bible and in our world that God is on a mission.

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 God has a purpose.

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 And his purpose ultimately is to make his glory and his goodness known.

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 And so that he would save all those he has called to himself.

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 And so the Bible is full of revelation.

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 God revealing himself as creator, as ruler over all things, as redeemer, ultimately revealing himself in his son, the Lord Jesus.

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 And so God's mission in the book of Exodus, as we'll see, is very much to make himself known.

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 To make himself known to his people.

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 That they would come to recognize him as their redeemer and their savior.

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 And that they would come to know their covenant Lord.

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 That they would recognize that he is the holy God that they might worship and obey him.

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 But also we need to understand God isn't just making himself known to his own people and for the good of his own people.

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 He's also doing that for the nations around them.

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 That they too might know the one true God.

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 Perhaps especially in contrast to Pharaoh and the false gods that we see in the book of Exodus.

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 So Exodus is a wonderful book.

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 It's a wonderful book to help us as a church to know who God is.

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 And it's a helpful reminder to us of what is God's purpose in the world.

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 Therefore what is God's purpose for our lives and for our church.

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 That we too might be part of this mission.

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 And Exodus 1 is a really helpful chapter to introduce us to so many things.

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 A couple of things at very least.

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 It reminds us once again to ask the question that with all these terrible things that we see happening in Genesis 1.

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 And with all the terrible things that we see happening in our own world today.

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 What is people's greatest need?

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 We thought about that already this morning.

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 But isn't it interesting if we look at Exodus chapter 1.

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 We can very much map so many of these negative qualities into our world today.

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 There are still paranoid tyrants and dictators who want to rule with oppression and fear.

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 There is still the problem of racism and the fear of the other.

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 There is still the reality of people trafficking and human slavery.

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 There is still oppression.

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 There is still the desire among some for ethnic cleansing.

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 But here's the question for us to think about.

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 If we had the capacity to fix all that.

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 If we could bring sort of peace and an end to hostility.

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 Peace between people groups.

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 But those people didn't have Jesus.

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 Would that be enough?

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 And I think when as Christians we ask the question.

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 That way it helps us to get to the root of all the problems.

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 People's greatest need ultimately.

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 Is to know their God.

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 To know their God as Savior in the Lord Jesus.

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 But this chapter also addresses a question that Christians will likely face.

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 At some point perhaps even today.

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 If God is for me in blessing.

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 Why is it that I suffer?

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 And why is it that I know bitterness?

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 And again Exodus 1 is going to begin to point us towards hope.

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 In our covenant keeping God.

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 So we've got two things to think about from this chapter.

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 Very simply we're going to think about blessing.

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 And we're going to think about bitterness.

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 First of all in the first seven verses.

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 Let's think about blessing.

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 But before we get into our text.

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 Just to help our boys and girls.

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 Do you know boys and girls who wrote the book of Exodus?

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 I won't ask you to shout it out.

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 But it's helpful to know that Moses wrote the book of Exodus.

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 And Moses also wrote the book of Genesis.

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 So when we read Exodus.

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 We want to read it as a continuing story.

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 God is still at work.

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 And there are at least two ways that we can see this.

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 First of all.

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 Key verse.

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 Chapter 7.

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 Chapter 7.

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 Verse 7.

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 Look at verse 7 with me in Exodus chapter 1.

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 The Israelites were exceedingly fruitful.

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 They multiplied greatly.

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 Increased in numbers.

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 And became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

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 Moses has already written using that language in the book of Genesis.

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 So we turn to Genesis chapter 1 and verse 28.

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 God having made mankind in his own image.

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 We're told God blessed them and said to them.

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 Be fruitful and increase in number.

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 Fill the earth and subdue it.

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 Rule over the fish and the sea and the birds in the sky.

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 And over every living creature that moves on the ground.

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 People created as image bearers.

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 Created then to fill the earth.

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 To rule for God.

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 To spread his glory and his knowledge.

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 And so the point then of Exodus chapter 1 verse 7.

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 Is that despite their slavery.

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 God is still working out that mission.

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 Since creation.

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 His desire and his plan has not changed.

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 He still wants to fill the earth with the knowledge of his glory.

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 And he's going to do that through the captive people of Israel.

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 Who will in the fullness of God's time be set free.

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 God is still working to bless.

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 Even when they're in captivity.

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 That it starts with a genealogy is significant too.

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 So it begins with that list of the family of Jacob.

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 That we discover this family of 70.

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 And that's significant.

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 Because again when we go back to the book of Genesis.

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 We remember that it's to this family.

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 That God has made covenant promises to.

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 So we might be familiar with Genesis chapter 12.

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 The promise that God made to Abraham.

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 So let me read verse 2.

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 And see that we can see the connection.

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 God promises.

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 I will make you into a great nation.

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 And I will bless you.

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 I will make your name great.

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 And you will be a blessing.

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 I will bless those who bless you.

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 And whoever curses you I will curse.

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 And all peoples on earth.

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 Will be blessed through you.

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 So when we get to this genealogy.

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 We discover well here's a family of 70.

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 We understand that God is continuing to work out that promise.

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 That they are becoming that family.

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 Who know God's blessing.

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 That great nation.

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 Who ultimately are going to bless others.

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 By showing and telling them of the Lord.

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 Again I think it's helpful for us.

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 To think about who were the first hearers.

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 Of the book of Exodus.

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 It's not us.

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 Sitting here in the 21st century.

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 Rather it was Israel in the wilderness.

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 And one of the things that we discover about Israel.

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 Is that they most likely had lost a sense of their history.

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 So here is this nation now of one million people.

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 They're discovering.

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 Wow we came from this one family.

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 And we came from God's faithfulness.

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 So God is blessing.

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 Them in Egypt.

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 Now before we make an application for ourselves.

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 There's one more thing on the question of blessing.

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 That I think is important for us to recognize.

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 Again boys and girls.

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 Let me give you a challenge here.

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 Can you find.

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 The name of God in here.

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 Can you find the name of the Lord in here.

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 And while you're scanning.

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 And it's going to be a fruitless exercise.

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 That'll give you a wee clue.

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 In the book of Genesis.

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 Moses has used God's personal covenant name.

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 The Lord.

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 175 times.

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 But here.

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 It's absent.

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 When Moses is telling us about the midwives.

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 We're told about God being kind to them.

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 And God acting.

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 But it seems as though.

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 In the passage of time.

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 Between Genesis and Exodus.

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 While these slaves are being kept.

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 And are being cared for by God.

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 As God is keeping his promises.

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 They seem to know very little of him.

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 And what becomes really clear.

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 Clear.

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 Is that their great need.

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 Is for God to reveal his name.

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 For God to remind them of who he is.

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 Who he is for them.

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 What he is like.

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 The promises that he has made.

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 All that he will do for them.

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 And that comes.

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 In chapter three.

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 So come back.

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 In a couple of weeks.

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 And we'll get there.

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 But just for us to know.

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 As we think about this blessing.

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 That we see in these first seven verses.

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 And to just pull back a little.

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 Just to remind ourselves.

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 Of what we said at the beginning.

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 That God is concerned.

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 For his own glory.

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 That is his great mission.

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 That's his desire.

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 For our lives personally.

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 That's his desire.

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 For our church.

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 That's his desire.

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 Within the world.

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 Ross Blackburn.

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 An Old Testament scholar.

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 Puts it this way.

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 The mission of God.

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 Is God's commitment.

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 To be known for who he is.

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 Among his people.

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 And through them.

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 Among all peoples.

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 So perhaps one of the things.

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 That we can usefully do.

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 Is think.

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 What does that mean for you.

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 For me.

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 For our church.

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 That God is committed.

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 To tell people.

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 Who he truly is.

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 And one way he's going to do that.

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 Is through his people.

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 The church.

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 One of the things I did.

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 Over my sabbatical.

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 Was to take a look at our.

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 Mission statement.

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 And to rework it.

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 And to simplify it.

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 So now if you go onto our website.

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 You look at our mission statement.

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 It simply says.

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 We exist to love God.

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 To love people.

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 And to make disciples.

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 And to bring together.

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 The great commandment.

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 And the great commission.

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 Because any church.

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 In any generation.

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 In any setting.

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 We all have the same mission.

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 We are called.

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 To worship.

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 The one true and living God.

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 As he's found in his word.

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 We are called.

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 To know God.

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 As he reveals himself.

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 In his word.

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 We are called.

00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:05.340
 To bear witness.

00:14:05.560 --> 00:14:06.160
 To him.

00:14:06.580 --> 00:14:08.040
 In our lives.

00:14:08.680 --> 00:14:09.340
 And we're called.

00:14:09.460 --> 00:14:10.240
 To be engaged.

00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:11.580
 In global.

00:14:12.060 --> 00:14:12.440
 Mission.

00:14:12.680 --> 00:14:13.080
 Because.

00:14:14.680 --> 00:14:15.820
 God deserves glory.

00:14:15.820 --> 00:14:18.400
 Because knowing him.

00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:20.260
 Is our greatest good.

00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:22.520
 Is everybody's greatest good.

00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:25.300
 So God is concerned.

00:14:25.300 --> 00:14:26.240
 For his own glory.

00:14:26.300 --> 00:14:27.180
 And we're going to see that.

00:14:27.280 --> 00:14:29.060
 Come time and time again.

00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:30.640
 In the book of Exodus.

00:14:31.640 --> 00:14:32.220
 Well that's.

00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:33.379
 The blessing.

00:14:33.379 --> 00:14:34.220
 That we see.

00:14:34.340 --> 00:14:35.120
 Well we'll see some.

00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:35.820
 From the midwives.

00:14:36.260 --> 00:14:37.420
 But let's think about.

00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:39.220
 Bitterness.

00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:40.600
 From verse 8.

00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:41.960
 To verse 22.

00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:43.759
 And it dominates.

00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:46.420
 Much of this first chapter.

00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:48.160
 But before again.

00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:49.139
 We get into the text.

00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:51.080
 So I'm from Sky.

00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:51.720
 For those of you.

00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:52.960
 Who haven't met me.

00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:54.120
 And because I'm from Sky.

00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.940
 I get lots of tourist.

00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:57.360
 Information questions.

00:14:57.480 --> 00:14:58.519
 I love those questions.

00:14:58.519 --> 00:14:59.080
 Because I love.

00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:00.120
 To share.

00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.600
 Sky with other people.

00:15:02.060 --> 00:15:02.779
 My favorite.

00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:04.759
 Question over the summer holidays.

00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:05.940
 I still haven't got to the.

00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:06.720
 The bottom of.

00:15:07.180 --> 00:15:08.540
 Where the person was coming from.

00:15:08.580 --> 00:15:09.100
 And asking it.

00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:10.639
 So it started.

00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:11.580
 Fairly naturally.

00:15:11.680 --> 00:15:12.779
 We want to hire a van.

00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:13.860
 To travel there.

00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.379
 With a family.

00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:15.180
 And to tour around.

00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:16.200
 And then the question came.

00:15:16.540 --> 00:15:17.379
 Are the roads.

00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.779
 Normally surfaced.

00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:21.800
 I've never had that question.

00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:23.160
 And it made me wonder.

00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:23.980
 In people's.

00:15:24.660 --> 00:15:25.100
 Imagination.

00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:26.279
 From other parts of the world.

00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:27.540
 What the roads.

00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.080
 And Sky.

00:15:28.180 --> 00:15:28.980
 Must be like.

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 Is it like the moon.

00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:31.300
 Is it dirt track.

00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:32.160
 I have no idea.

00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:33.160
 But you know.

00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:34.100
 It's a great question.

00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:34.580
 Because.

00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:35.700
 This is somebody.

00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.120
 Who obviously.

00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:36.779
 Wanted to have.

00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:38.060
 The right expectations.

00:15:38.060 --> 00:15:38.860
 For the journey.

00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:39.960
 That he was about to make.

00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:41.300
 You've got to make sure.

00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.100
 That you're prepared.

00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:43.700
 Right expectations.

00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:44.419
 For a journey.

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.860
 Make all the difference.

00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:47.500
 Well if Christian life.

00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:48.740
 Is a journey.

00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.460
 What kind of journey.

00:15:51.460 --> 00:15:51.899
 Is it?

00:15:52.340 --> 00:15:53.019
 What's it like?

00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:54.600
 Is it.

00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.220
 The journey.

00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:55.700
 Of the.

00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:56.480
 The luxury.

00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:57.560
 Cruise liner.

00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:59.159
 Where everything.

00:15:59.159 --> 00:15:59.819
 Is smooth.

00:15:59.819 --> 00:16:00.979
 And plain sailing.

00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:03.179
 And we're well served.

00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:04.939
 And it's all wonderful.

00:16:04.939 --> 00:16:05.599
 And nice.

00:16:07.479 --> 00:16:08.779
 Or is the Christian life.

00:16:08.939 --> 00:16:10.019
 More like the fishing boat.

00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:12.259
 Out in the stormy seas.

00:16:13.099 --> 00:16:14.619
 But where Jesus is in the boat.

00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:17.299
 And so one of the things.

00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:18.839
 Exodus 1 does for us.

00:16:18.859 --> 00:16:20.079
 And the whole Bible does for us.

00:16:20.119 --> 00:16:22.000
 Is it provides us with reality.

00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:24.820
 So for Israel.

00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:26.940
 And for us.

00:16:28.059 --> 00:16:29.960
 We will discover time and again.

00:16:30.059 --> 00:16:31.220
 That blessing and bitterness.

00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:33.279
 Often come.

00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:34.419
 Together.

00:16:36.940 --> 00:16:38.200
 That's why we read.

00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:39.259
 That section.

00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:40.580
 Of Paul.

00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:41.879
 Paul talking about his own.

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.120
 Testimony.

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:44.200
 You know.

00:16:44.560 --> 00:16:45.000
 Sorrowful.

00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:45.639
 And yet.

00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:46.919
 Rejoicing.

00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:49.060
 We could go to.

00:16:49.419 --> 00:16:50.860
 The letter of James.

00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:52.639
 Addressed to the twelve tribes.

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:54.080
 Scattered among the nations.

00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:55.659
 And what's the first thing he does.

00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.700
 Is he prepares them.

00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:58.820
 To face many trials.

00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:01.440
 And to face them joyfully.

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.840
 With faith in the Lord Jesus.

00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.319
 Think about.

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.359
 The message of Jesus himself.

00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.380
 Who spoke.

00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.740
 To his followers.

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:11.299
 About their need to carry.

00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.740
 Their crosses.

00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:14.919
 Who very honestly.

00:17:14.919 --> 00:17:15.739
 Said to them.

00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.559
 If they hate me.

00:17:16.659 --> 00:17:17.519
 They will absolutely.

00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.479
 Hate you too.

00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:21.979
 And so.

00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:22.479
 Exodus one.

00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:23.539
 Reminds us of that.

00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:24.599
 Now.

00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.539
 Before we ask.

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.719
 What was the particular.

00:17:26.719 --> 00:17:27.439
 Bitterness.

00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.739
 That Israel was experiencing.

00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:30.539
 We need to ask ourselves.

00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:31.779
 Why?

00:17:32.459 --> 00:17:33.439
 And I hope we'll understand.

00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:34.919
 Why it's important to see.

00:17:35.399 --> 00:17:35.959
 Why.

00:17:36.479 --> 00:17:37.599
 Things got difficult.

00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:38.199
 For them.

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:39.519
 So look with me.

00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:39.979
 At verses.

00:17:40.219 --> 00:17:40.559
 Eight.

00:17:40.719 --> 00:17:41.779
 And nine.

00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:43.920
 Where we are told.

00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:45.079
 Then a new king.

00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:47.779
 To whom Joseph meant nothing.

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.920
 Came to power in Egypt.

00:17:50.700 --> 00:17:51.180
 Look.

00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.619
 He said to his people.

00:17:52.859 --> 00:17:53.720
 The Israelites.

00:17:54.379 --> 00:17:55.059
 Have become.

00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.619
 Far too numerous.

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:58.579
 Come.

00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:00.139
 We must deal.

00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:01.279
 Shrewdly.

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.940
 With them.

00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:06.940
 So the bitterness comes.

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:08.440
 Because a new king comes.

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.640
 A new pharaoh comes.

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.600
 And this pharaoh.

00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:13.000
 Has no knowledge.

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:14.740
 Or no concern.

00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:16.660
 For Joseph.

00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:18.000
 Who had rescued.

00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.220
 Egypt.

00:18:19.360 --> 00:18:20.600
 And many other nations.

00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:21.759
 At the same time.

00:18:22.320 --> 00:18:23.640
 And by extension.

00:18:23.820 --> 00:18:24.860
 This new pharaoh.

00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:25.960
 Has no knowledge.

00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:26.700
 Or concern.

00:18:26.900 --> 00:18:28.360
 For Joseph's God.

00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:28.519
 God.

00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:30.759
 And what we see.

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:32.599
 Is that God.

00:18:32.659 --> 00:18:33.559
 Has blessed.

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:34.039
 The people.

00:18:34.159 --> 00:18:35.339
 By making them numerous.

00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:37.119
 And pharaoh.

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.679
 Chooses to oppose.

00:18:38.679 --> 00:18:39.219
 Israel.

00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:39.740
 Because.

00:18:40.699 --> 00:18:42.079
 God has made them numerous.

00:18:42.699 --> 00:18:43.839
 So he is deliberately.

00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:44.639
 Reacting.

00:18:44.699 --> 00:18:45.439
 Against.

00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:46.299
 God's.

00:18:46.699 --> 00:18:47.299
 Blessing.

00:18:47.379 --> 00:18:48.259
 Of his people.

00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:50.679
 And there is a lesson.

00:18:50.679 --> 00:18:51.539
 For us there.

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:53.399
 That God's.

00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.240
 Purposes.

00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:55.419
 God's blessing.

00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:56.319
 God's people.

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 Will be opposed.

00:18:58.859 --> 00:18:59.579
 Will at times.

00:18:59.679 --> 00:19:00.339
 Be regarded.

00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:01.839
 As a threat.

00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:03.399
 To those.

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.240
 Who are not living.

00:19:04.439 --> 00:19:04.919
 In line.

00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:05.339
 With.

00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:06.179
 God's.

00:19:06.439 --> 00:19:06.799
 Will.

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:08.819
 Whether that's our word.

00:19:08.919 --> 00:19:09.919
 Whether that's our lifestyle.

00:19:09.919 --> 00:19:11.039
 That seems so different.

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:12.419
 Often that provokes.

00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:13.559
 A response.

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.919
 Sometimes that draws people.

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:16.059
 Towards Jesus.

00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:17.480
 But sometimes.

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.480
 It leads to hostility.

00:19:20.859 --> 00:19:22.159
 The best example.

00:19:22.159 --> 00:19:22.879
 Of that of course.

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.480
 Is Jesus himself.

00:19:24.919 --> 00:19:25.480
 God's.

00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.740
 Greatest gift.

00:19:26.860 --> 00:19:27.299
 To give.

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.160
 His one.

00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:29.339
 And only son.

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.039
 Jesus.

00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:30.680
 Who came.

00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.759
 To save.

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.480
 To seek.

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:33.980
 And to save.

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.660
 The lost.

00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:36.019
 But he is despised.

00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:36.860
 And he's rejected.

00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:38.480
 And he's killed.

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.579
 And we see this.

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.400
 This kind of.

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.799
 Extreme response.

00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:44.380
 To the people.

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:44.839
 Of Jesus.

00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.319
 Still.

00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.019
 Where there is.

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.180
 Persecution.

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:48.099
 In different parts.

00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:48.779
 Of the world.

00:19:49.860 --> 00:19:50.900
 In Nigeria.

00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.099
 Where there are.

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:53.299
 Gangs of terrorists.

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:54.159
 Who are attacking.

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.279
 Churches.

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:55.799
 And killing.

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.440
 Christians.

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.460
 In places.

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.359
 Like the Yemen.

00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:58.720
 Where.

00:19:59.059 --> 00:20:00.139
 Christians are routinely.

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.119
 Thrown.

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:02.079
 Into prison.

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.119
 And treated.

00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:04.339
 Harsely.

00:20:06.919 --> 00:20:07.639
 And I think.

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.099
 One thing.

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.680
 Whenever we.

00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.220
 We read.

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:09.919
 Of these kind of.

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:10.799
 Circumstances.

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.720
 In the Bible.

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:13.059
 It should remind us.

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:15.119
 Psalm 124.

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:16.039
 Should remind us.

00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:16.220
 To.

00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:17.299
 To pray.

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.680
 For our brothers.

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.079
 And sisters.

00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:19.779
 Around the world.

00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:21.099
 To know endurance.

00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:23.000
 To know their God.

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.579
 In the midst.

00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:24.339
 Of that suffering.

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:25.920
 To be able to live.

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.839
 And to die.

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.539
 If necessary.

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.519
 For his glory.

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.579
 But that's why.

00:20:30.660 --> 00:20:31.279
 They're experiencing.

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.779
 Bitterness.

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.440
 Because Pharaoh.

00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:33.639
 Simply is opposing.

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.500
 The will of God.

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.019
 For his people.

00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:36.859
 Now.

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.859
 How do the people.

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.680
 Experience bitterness.

00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:39.799
 What does it look like.

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.899
 Under this wicked Pharaoh.

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.119
 Well.

00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:41.639
 First of all.

00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.779
 There's the slave labor.

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:43.559
 Now.

00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.559
 The brick making.

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.440
 Verse 11.

00:20:46.639 --> 00:20:47.039
 Onwards.

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:48.160
 They put slave masters.

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.680
 Over them.

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.460
 To oppress them.

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.320
 With forced labor.

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.480
 And they built.

00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:51.960
 Pithom.

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.620
 And Ramesses.

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:54.460
 As store cities.

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:55.200
 For Pharaoh.

00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:55.460
 So.

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.640
 So men are being taken.

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.460
 From their families.

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.160
 Being taken.

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:59.240
 From their farms.

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.220
 First of all.

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.660
 Being taken.

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:02.060
 To build huge cities.

00:21:02.820 --> 00:21:03.240
 They're given.

00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:04.019
 The very lowest.

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:05.340
 Of social standing.

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:05.880
 In the hope.

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.460
 That that will.

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:08.680
 Prevent any social uprising.

00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:10.200
 They're being worked.

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.700
 Ruthlessly.

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.560
 That's a point.

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.500
 Emphasized.

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.080
 In verses.

00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:15.840
 Thirteen.

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:17.299
 And fourteen.

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.519
 Maybe you heard it.

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:20.860
 As we read it together.

00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:22.180
 But let me read them again.

00:21:22.560 --> 00:21:24.600
 The Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:26.880
 And worked them ruthlessly.

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:29.240
 They made their lives bitter.

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.340
 With harsh labor.

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.460
 In brick.

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.180
 And mortar.

00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:34.060
 And with all kinds of work in the fields.

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:36.200
 In all their harsh labor.

00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:39.980
 The Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:42.779
 Moses is at pains.

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.880
 To point out.

00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:45.940
 That Israel is being forced.

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:48.000
 To serve a bad master.

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:50.600
 And their great need.

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:52.380
 Is not just.

00:21:53.040 --> 00:21:54.220
 And it's important for us to recognize.

00:21:54.320 --> 00:21:54.780
 Their great need.

00:21:54.780 --> 00:21:56.520
 Isn't just to have freedom.

00:21:56.520 --> 00:21:58.040
 From this master.

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.920
 But they would have freedom.

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:02.000
 To serve God.

00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:04.440
 The good and gracious master.

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:07.120
 Their covenant Lord.

00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:09.699
 So that's part of.

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:11.359
 The bitterness that they experience.

00:22:11.439 --> 00:22:12.159
 The slave labor.

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:12.799
 But then.

00:22:13.199 --> 00:22:14.399
 There is the state.

00:22:14.699 --> 00:22:15.359
 Sponsored.

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.439
 Murder.

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:18.619
 Pharaoh issues.

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.199
 Two.

00:22:19.459 --> 00:22:21.239
 Utterly shocking requests.

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.759
 Doesn't he?

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.619
 In verse 16.

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.419
 He turns.

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:26.039
 To these Hebrew.

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.099
 Midwives.

00:22:27.239 --> 00:22:28.500
 Who have trained.

00:22:28.739 --> 00:22:29.339
 And learned.

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:29.779
 How to.

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.719
 Bring life.

00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:31.500
 Into the world.

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.819
 And to protect life.

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:34.039
 And they are asked.

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:36.339
 When you're helping the Hebrew women.

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.359
 During childbirth.

00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:39.099
 If you see that the baby is a boy.

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.539
 Kill him.

00:22:42.419 --> 00:22:44.019
 And then in verse 22.

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:45.740
 That same request.

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:48.359
 Is made to Pharaoh's own citizens.

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:51.859
 Every Hebrew boy that is born.

00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:54.019
 You must throw.

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.059
 Into.

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.339
 The Nile.

00:22:57.939 --> 00:22:58.879
 Time and again.

00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:00.279
 We're going to see that the Pharaoh.

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.079
 In Exodus.

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.240
 Represents.

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:04.220
 The anti-God figure.

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.140
 He stands.

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:06.140
 Against God.

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.559
 He is.

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.440
 Opposed.

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.240
 To God.

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.539
 And this anti-God figure.

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.779
 Is also profoundly.

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.759
 Anti-life.

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.660
 He is against.

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.579
 Life.

00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.680
 And will take.

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.400
 Any.

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.000
 Measures.

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.799
 Necessary.

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.120
 To.

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.120
 Protect.

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:20.779
 Himself.

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:25.120
 But it's wonderful.

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:26.299
 That in the darkness.

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:27.759
 Of this situation.

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.099
 Against the dark.

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.660
 Backdrop.

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.920
 Of this command.

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.240
 That the light.

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.880
 Of faith.

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.120
 That the light.

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:35.339
 Still shines.

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.620
 From these.

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.279
 Two.

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.420
 Ladies.

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.120
 Most likely.

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.960
 Two senior.

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.880
 Midwives.

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.440
 It seems.

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.120
 Like in verse 19.

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.380
 There must be a team.

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.500
 Of.

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.579
 Midwives.

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.359
 Working.

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.420
 In.

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.079
 The area.

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.480
 Where.

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.039
 Israel.

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.059
 Israel.

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.079
 Israel.

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.099
 Israel.

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.119
 Israel.

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:50.139
 Israel.

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.359
 Was.

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.179
 Settled.

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.779
 And.

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.199
 They're a wonderful.

00:23:53.199 --> 00:23:53.779
 Example.

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.359
 To us.

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.199
 Of.

00:23:55.199 --> 00:23:55.859
 Courageous.

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.319
 Faith.

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.839
 And also.

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.240
 Of surprising.

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.000
 Saviors.

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.139
 Just as.

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.639
 We'll see.

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.619
 In the next chapter.

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.500
 And Moses.

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.119
 Preserved.

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:05.019
 By a courageous.

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.259
 Mother.

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:08.099
 And they receive.

00:24:08.199 --> 00:24:08.819
 Blessing.

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.039
 From God.

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.419
 Don't they?

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.980
 Verse 21.

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.519
 We're told.

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.539
 Because the midwives.

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.539
 Feared God.

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.879
 He gave them.

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.660
 Families.

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.460
 Of.

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.339
 Their own.

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.599
 God shows.

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.139
 Grace.

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.240
 To them.

00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:22.139
 In response.

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.579
 To.

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.440
 Their.

00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.180
 Faithfulness.

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:26.259
 Their loyalty.

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:26.900
 To God.

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.660
 At great.

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.180
 Risk.

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:30.500
 And it's wonderful.

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:32.039
 That their stories.

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.799
 Are recorded.

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.420
 That their names.

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.879
 Are given.

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.639
 That they are.

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.500
 Honored.

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:38.200
 For their faith.

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.680
 But what we see.

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:41.940
 As.

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.180
 As.

00:24:43.080 --> 00:24:43.860
 This chapter.

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.380
 Closes.

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.880
 Is that God.

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.600
 Has been blessing.

00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:47.200
 His people.

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.680
 Though it seems.

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.220
 Like perhaps.

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:49.660
 They are not.

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.160
 Very much.

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.900
 Aware of him.

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.240
 But those people.

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.900
 Are also knowing.

00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:53.600
 Bitterness.

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.380
 From.

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.299
 Pharaoh.

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.340
 And so.

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.140
 We find ourselves.

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.860
 As readers.

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.460
 Waiting.

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.299
 For God.

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.019
 To make.

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.680
 Himself.

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.740
 Known.

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:03.019
 And he is.

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.720
 And he will.

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:07.200
 A couple of things.

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.559
 From this.

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.360
 Section.

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.400
 First.

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:13.180
 To acknowledge.

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:16.140
 And that God's people.

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.660
 Experience.

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.360
 Triumphant.

00:25:20.060 --> 00:25:20.780
 Brokenness.

00:25:21.780 --> 00:25:22.400
 There was a phrase.

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.160
 I picked up in.

00:25:23.540 --> 00:25:24.120
 A day.

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.960
 Norton book recently.

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.980
 Triumphant.

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.740
 Brokenness.

00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:27.700
 There is triumph.

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:28.980
 For.

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.320
 The believer.

00:25:31.320 --> 00:25:32.519
 We know.

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.519
 That God's plans.

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.460
 Are unbreakable.

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.440
 We know.

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.840
 That God's promises.

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:39.019
 Are sure.

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.059
 We know.

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.100
 That our salvation.

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:42.039
 In Christ.

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.600
 Victory.

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.000
 In him.

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.400
 Is.

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.960
 Guaranteed.

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.039
 So.

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.980
 There is triumph.

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.900
 And there is triumph.

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.559
 To come.

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.279
 But yet.

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:51.079
 We also know.

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.860
 In our experience.

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.920
 Brokenness.

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:54.600
 That we live.

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.480
 In a fallen world.

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.840
 And we are weak.

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.180
 And broken.

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:00.900
 Sinners.

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:02.620
 And we also know.

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.320
 The reality.

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.980
 Of threats.

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.180
 And opposition.

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.200
 Like everybody else.

00:26:08.300 --> 00:26:08.560
 We know.

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.400
 The reality.

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.120
 Of suffering.

00:26:12.300 --> 00:26:13.100
 Triumphant.

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.400
 Brokenness.

00:26:15.060 --> 00:26:16.519
 Is a defining mark.

00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:17.320
 Of the Christian.

00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:18.860
 And so.

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.440
 Perhaps.

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.200
 We find.

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.519
 Ourselves.

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.880
 In that situation.

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.360
 Where life.

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.860
 Often.

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.140
 Feels dark.

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:26.240
 And we find ourselves.

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.960
 Asking the question.

00:26:28.300 --> 00:26:28.820
 Why?

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:28.899
 Why?

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.960
 We find.

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.259
 Laments.

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.299
 In.

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.960
 The Old Testament.

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.819
 Where believers.

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.220
 Are asking themselves.

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:39.879
 Why?

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:41.599
 Why are things like this?

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:43.259
 We have been loyal.

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.659
 To.

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.500
 Our God.

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:44.819
 We are.

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:45.939
 In the covenant.

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.879
 We expect life.

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.619
 To look like this.

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.379
 But it's turned out.

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:49.000
 Quite different.

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.659
 Why?

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.419
 Perhaps.

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.139
 We have that.

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.079
 Somebody once said.

00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:53.599
 If we had.

00:26:54.179 --> 00:26:55.419
 God's perspective.

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:57.659
 All of our questions.

00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:58.480
 We'd stop.

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:01.740
 But we don't have that perspective.

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.419
 And so often.

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.839
 Those questions remain.

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.960
 But again.

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.399
 As we.

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:09.019
 As we look back.

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.720
 And we remember.

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:11.619
 This is an ongoing story.

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:13.339
 There's certain things.

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:13.919
 That we know.

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.659
 To be true.

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.899
 So we've seen already.

00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:16.659
 For Israel.

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:18.299
 They are knowing.

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.679
 And experiencing.

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:21.759
 God's blessing.

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.179
 Even while.

00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:24.679
 They are slaves.

00:27:25.379 --> 00:27:26.619
 But more than that.

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.559
 We can go back.

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.500
 One more time.

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:30.119
 To the book of Genesis.

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.979
 And again.

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.779
 To words.

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:33.319
 That God delivered.

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:33.939
 To Abraham.

00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:34.599
 As he entered.

00:27:34.719 --> 00:27:35.299
 Into covenant.

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:35.799
 With him.

00:27:35.959 --> 00:27:37.139
 Genesis 15.

00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:39.279
 And verse 13.

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.500
 We discover something.

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.139
 Really important.

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:44.660
 Then the Lord said.

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.500
 To Abraham.

00:27:46.060 --> 00:27:47.640
 Know for certain.

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:50.660
 That for 400 years.

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.220
 Your descendants.

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.320
 Will be strangers.

00:27:53.320 --> 00:27:54.140
 In a country.

00:27:54.300 --> 00:27:55.220
 Not their own.

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:57.200
 And that they will be.

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.819
 In a country.

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.180
 In a country.

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.680
 In a country.

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.100
 In a country.

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.319
 In a country.

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.460
 In a country.

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.400
 And ill treated.

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:00.920
 There.

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:04.019
 What is happening.

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.160
 Is not outside.

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:06.200
 Of God's control.

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.400
 But rather stands.

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:09.400
 As part of God's.

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.360
 Plan.

00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:11.059
 Of course.

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:12.019
 There is mystery.

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.980
 And we ask why.

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.019
 But we see.

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:15.779
 This is part of God's plan.

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.779
 And we can go further.

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.660
 Verse 14.

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.700
 Of Genesis 15.

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.640
 To words of promise.

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.100
 And hope.

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:23.240
 But I will punish.

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.279
 The nation.

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:26.059
 They serve as slaves.

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.759
 And afterwards.

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.519
 They will come out.

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.660
 With great possessions.

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.920
 There is that promise.

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:34.160
 Given to Abraham.

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:36.339
 That this would turn out.

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.059
 Well.

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.960
 And this is the reality.

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.700
 That we're going to see.

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.779
 As we get to.

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.799
 Genesis.

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.399
 Rather.

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.420
 Exodus 15.

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.859
 As we see.

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.879
 The people.

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:48.139
 Leaving Egypt.

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:50.079
 With all the treasures.

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.839
 Of Egypt.

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:53.220
 God going with them.

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:55.240
 And our need.

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.380
 As Christians.

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:57.680
 Is to hold on.

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.579
 To the reality.

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.680
 That it's presented.

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:01.539
 There in Genesis 15.

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.420
 That's worked out.

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.059
 In the book.

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.799
 Of Exodus.

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.440
 That God is.

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.180
 Always.

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.759
 At work.

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.620
 He always.

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:09.140
 Knows.

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.860
 What he's doing.

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.059
 He works.

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:12.019
 In his time.

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.920
 In his way.

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:16.120
 And for his.

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.140
 Good.

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:18.059
 Purposes.

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.319
 It's like.

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.240
 Those wonderful.

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.839
 Precious words.

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.599
 From Romans.

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.519
 Eight.

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.639
 And verse.

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.159
 Twenty.

00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:25.419
 Eight.

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:26.319
 And we know.

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:28.139
 That in all things.

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.879
 God works.

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.440
 For the good.

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.519
 Of those who love him.

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.179
 Who've been called.

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:34.339
 According to his purpose.

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:36.039
 So God's people.

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.799
 Will experience.

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.440
 Triumphant.

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.440
 Brokenness.

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.179
 But the other lesson.

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:41.019
 To learn.

00:29:41.419 --> 00:29:41.899
 Is that.

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.779
 Everybody.

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.740
 Needs to choose.

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.839
 The right master.

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:47.319
 So one of the things.

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:47.759
 We're going to see.

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.519
 Again and again.

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.759
 In the book of Exodus.

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.919
 Is that there is Pharaoh.

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.859
 And there is God.

00:29:53.199 --> 00:29:53.579
 And Pharaoh.

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.539
 Wants to oppose God.

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:54.899
 And Pharaoh.

00:29:54.899 --> 00:29:56.119
 Would gladly rule.

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.419
 As God.

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.779
 But he's a bad master.

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.480
 As we saw.

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.599
 Jesus.

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.519
 Said it.

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:02.939
 To those.

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.339
 Listening.

00:30:03.439 --> 00:30:04.439
 You cannot serve.

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.480
 Two masters.

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.279
 There he was expressing.

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:08.839
 You cannot.

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:10.000
 Serve God.

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:10.619
 And.

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.419
 Money.

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.819
 In Exodus 1.

00:30:13.939 --> 00:30:14.879
 We meet Pharaoh.

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:16.660
 That who is making.

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.780
 Forcing the people.

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.600
 To serve him.

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.860
 To show loyalty to him.

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:21.140
 He's incredibly demanding.

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.860
 And cruel.

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:23.040
 And destructive.

00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:28.440
 But it's also quite instructive.

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:30.460
 As a picture of.

00:30:31.540 --> 00:30:32.060
 Idolatry.

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:34.140
 When we think about idolatry.

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.640
 Not as a statue.

00:30:36.520 --> 00:30:37.140
 But of.

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:39.720
 Anything that we give our hearts to.

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:43.460
 Anywhere where our hope is placed.

00:30:43.560 --> 00:30:44.440
 That is not God.

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:46.220
 Those things that drive.

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.059
 That drive us.

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:50.299
 There is a battle.

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.220
 For all of us.

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.180
 In our hearts.

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:55.420
 Who will be our master.

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:57.720
 Where do we find the battle lines.

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:59.000
 Drawn in our own hearts.

00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.480
 Perhaps.

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.720
 As Jesus said.

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.340
 It will be money.

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.920
 Perhaps power.

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.519
 Or success.

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:05.220
 Perhaps education.

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.080
 Or sport.

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.019
 Popularity.

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:09.019
 There are many things.

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:10.460
 That will demand our time.

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:12.559
 Will claim our energy.

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.339
 And devotion.

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:14.419
 And they will make promises.

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.460
 I can give you life.

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.440
 I can make you happy.

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:18.139
 I can complete you.

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:21.500
 But anything less than God.

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:23.200
 Is too small.

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.339
 To keep those promises.

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:26.359
 And will not deliver in the end.

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:28.339
 And do not offer true life.

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:30.200
 And so we are invited.

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.480
 To consider.

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.299
 Book of Exodus.

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.599
 Calls us to consider.

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:35.119
 Who really is.

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.740
 Our master.

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:38.740
 Come to Jesus.

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.620
 Is the message of the Bible.

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:42.420
 The true and good master.

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.640
 While Pharaoh.

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:45.059
 Worked his.

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.279
 The people of Israel.

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.079
 Ruthlessly.

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.240
 Jesus.

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.019
 Came.

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.440
 And he said.

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.240
 Come to me.

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:53.259
 And I will give you rest.

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.400
 And we meet Pharaoh.

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.120
 This.

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:58.000
 Terrible king.

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.900
 Who would kill.

00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:00.099
 The firstborn.

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.599
 Who would kill.

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.579
 All the boys.

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:05.079
 And we find Jesus.

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:07.119
 Coming to be the true.

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.259
 Passover lamb.

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.899
 Dying in the place.

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:10.519
 Of his people.

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:13.299
 So that we might truly live.

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:15.639
 We find Pharaoh.

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.460
 The bad master.

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.439
 Fighting against.

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.460
 The blessing of God.

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.379
 Fighting against.

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.659
 The mission of God.

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:22.379
 How different that is.

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.919
 From Jesus.

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.480
 Who comes.

00:32:23.699 --> 00:32:24.799
 On the mission of God.

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.939
 To give us the blessing.

00:32:25.939 --> 00:32:26.500
 Of knowing.

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.480
 And enjoying God.

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.919
 For now.

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:29.079
 And for all eternity.

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:33.859
 So we will choose.

00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:36.240
 To live under Jesus as Lord.

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:38.299
 Jesus the good master.

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:40.539
 To recognize that we were made.

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.839
 To serve him.

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.159
 And to know.

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.240
 And to enjoy him.

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.159
 Let's pray.

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.839
 Together.

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.399
 Briefly.

00:32:49.919 --> 00:32:50.740
 Father God.

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.599
 We thank you.

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:53.539
 For the book of Exodus.

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:55.000
 Thank you.

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:56.179
 For the many ways.

00:32:56.419 --> 00:32:57.919
 In which we can discover.

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:59.880
 Who you are.

00:33:00.300 --> 00:33:01.300
 What you are like.

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.980
 And what your purposes.

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:04.160
 And plans are.

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.560
 In this world.

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.720
 Lord.

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.519
 We thank you.

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.019
 For the way.

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:09.240
 That behind the scenes.

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.160
 You are working.

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:12.039
 To keep your promises.

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:13.039
 To be faithful.

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.779
 To your people.

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.900
 To bless them.

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.019
 Lord.

00:33:16.060 --> 00:33:16.580
 We thank you.

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.460
 That that reality.

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.480
 Holds true.

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.100
 We confess.

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.680
 That sometimes.

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.779
 We can't.

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.900
 See you working.

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.259
 Sometimes.

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.380
 We don't understand.

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:25.580
 Why things happen.

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.500
 The way we do.

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.599
 You.

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:29.500
 I give us the ability.

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.740
 To trust you.

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.740
 Give us the ability.

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.079
 To.

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.299
 Place.

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:36.220
 Our hope.

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.299
 In you.

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.539
 Keep us.

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.880
 From despair.

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.240
 Keep us.

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.039
 From bitterness.

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.759
 We pray.

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.180
 Lord.

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.839
 We thank you.

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:46.059
 That unlike Pharaoh.

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:46.900
 Jesus.

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.720
 Is such.

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.819
 A gracious.

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.759
 And a good.

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.440
 Master.

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:52.420
 May you cause.

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.319
 All of us.

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.079
 To be drawn.

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.500
 To him.

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.160
 To fix.

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:56.420
 Our eyes.

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:57.160
 On him.

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.420
 That as we go.

00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:59.360
 Into this.

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.380
 New week.

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:01.900
 With all kinds of.

00:34:02.580 --> 00:34:03.180
 Opportunities.

00:34:03.300 --> 00:34:04.180
 And situations.

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.460
 And circumstances.

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.600
 Some of which.

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.519
 We can anticipate.

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.820
 Many of which.

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.519
 Might take us.

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.280
 By surprise.

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.440
 Lord.

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.019
 Help us.

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.539
 To go.

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.659
 Knowing that you.

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.420
 Are with us.

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:14.980
 And that you.

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:16.300
 Are for your people.

00:34:17.180 --> 00:34:17.740
 We pray.

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.659
 In Jesus name.

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.639
 Amen.

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:23.359
 Now.

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.879
 Let's.

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.319
 Close.

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.699
 Singing.

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.500
 The simple.

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.139
 But wonderful.

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.659
 Little hymn.

00:34:30.359 --> 00:34:30.739
 Jesus.

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.339
 Strong.

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.400
 And kind.

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.519
 So let's stand.

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.099
 Together.

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.219
 And sing.

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:39.079
 God.

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.439
 entropy.

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.959
czy明天

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.599
 In Jesus name.

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.459
 I promise you.

00:34:42.859 --> 00:34:43.079
 Ha affected the!!!

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.779
 I am right.

00:34:43.779 --> 00:34:44.599
 Honest in Jesus name.

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.259
 My fault.

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:45.719
 Norah.

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.139
 Please listen.

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.439
 Nice.

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:46.799
 educational cemetery.

00:34:46.859 --> 00:34:47.379
 Launch.

00:34:47.379 --> 00:34:47.839
 Season.

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.539
illar My advice.

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:48.959
 You are out.

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.559
 My choice.

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:49.959
 Giving you.

00:34:49.959 --> 00:34:50.339
 To be idle.

00:34:50.339 --> 00:34:50.759
 For more.

00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:51.000
 gracious рыboe.

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.599
 I was out of power.

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.039
 To be idle.

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:52.339
 He was over.

00:34:52.399 --> 00:34:53.259
 Of course.

00:34:53.259 --> 00:34:53.639
 Un애 жизни.

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.359
 His salud needs to be idle.

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:54.779
降rs.

00:34:54.859 --> 00:34:54.959
 Don't worry.

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.399
 To be idle.

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.219
 He was out.

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:57.019
 Gil取 period.

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.899
 You have consent.

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.099
 Yes.

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:59.219
 He has returned.

00:34:59.339 --> 00:35:01.000
install your own.

00:35:02.379 --> 00:35:02.899
 To be idle.

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:03.359
imag母 hak.