WEBVTT 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.620 If you're able, would you like to stand, please? 00:00:06.379 --> 00:00:09.720 This is no purpose whatsoever, only that was a long reading, 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:14.400 and I kind of thought I would try and get you out of a coma before I put you in one. 00:00:15.660 --> 00:00:17.280 So you can sit down again now. 00:00:22.699 --> 00:00:27.379 We read in Exodus chapter 14 that that day, 00:00:27.379 --> 00:00:33.839 the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians. 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:42.820 As Russ has told you, we're in the middle of a course of messages about great journeys of the Bible, 00:00:43.259 --> 00:00:48.599 and surely this must rank as one of the greatest journeys ever. 00:00:49.019 --> 00:00:54.899 And if you'll allow me for a moment, just a little bit of background to that particular journey. 00:00:54.899 --> 00:01:06.980 In Exodus chapter 1, we read that the Israelites were in a terrible situation. 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:16.259 They had basically been taken off to Egypt and held in captivity there as slaves. 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:21.280 Just to give you a flavor of that, in Exodus chapter 1, we read this, 00:01:21.300 --> 00:01:27.000 So they put slave masters over them, that is the Israelites, to oppress them with forced labor. 00:01:27.859 --> 00:01:32.300 And they built Pithom and Ramesses as store cities for Pharaoh. 00:01:32.299 --> 00:01:44.379 The Israelites carried a very strong reputation of being hardy and hardworking people. 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:51.739 Indeed, the women of Israel were envied by the women of Egypt 00:01:51.739 --> 00:01:57.959 because they clearly found childbirth less of a problem than the Egyptian women did. 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:03.139 They gave birth easily and in numbers. 00:02:03.399 --> 00:02:08.340 And because of that, Pharaoh, who clearly had a touch of the paranoid about him, 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:16.120 decided that he would instigate a rather brutal form of birth control. 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:25.439 And he did that by declaring that any son born to a Hebrew woman would be killed. 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:34.680 That is why Moses' mother decided this is very risky business. 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:35.859 And you remember the story. 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:40.460 She took him down to the river, River Nile. 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:44.460 And she put him in a basket, which she sealed around the edge with tar. 00:02:44.699 --> 00:02:47.879 And she put a little baby in there and hid him in the rushes. 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:53.240 And one of Pharaoh's daughter's slave girls found him and took him back. 00:02:53.240 --> 00:03:00.439 The slave girl wet-nurced him till he grew up and then he was handed over to Pharaoh's daughter. 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:05.840 I imagine that after a slightly sticky start, 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:15.140 life was fairly easy for Moses as the daughter of Pharaoh looked after him. 00:03:15.139 --> 00:03:22.939 But Moses was a Hebrew and knew himself to be a Hebrew. 00:03:24.219 --> 00:03:30.739 And what we read about in chapter 2 is an unfortunate incident in the life of Moses. 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:35.939 He saw two Egyptians beating an Israelite. 00:03:35.939 --> 00:03:39.800 And he took the law into his own hand and killed the Egyptian. 00:03:42.699 --> 00:03:45.919 This is serious stuff, is it not? 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:49.500 And in these days of identity politics, 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:53.840 there's an interesting example of somebody who was found in the rushes, 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:55.659 who was brought up amongst the Egyptians, 00:03:55.900 --> 00:03:59.659 knew himself to be an Israelite. 00:03:59.659 --> 00:04:06.000 And then this amazing story in chapter 3, 00:04:07.219 --> 00:04:14.800 where God calls Moses to lead his people out of bondage towards the promised land. 00:04:14.859 --> 00:04:20.759 You remember that Moses himself would never lead the people into the promised land. 00:04:21.819 --> 00:04:24.040 It would be Joshua who would do that. 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:27.319 And the reason that Moses would not lead them into the, 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:30.379 across the Red Sea, 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:33.740 sorry, would not lead them into the promised land, 00:04:34.700 --> 00:04:37.860 was that Moses had been disobedient to the Lord. 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:39.100 And the Lord made it clear, 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:44.140 it is because of your sin that you will not enter the promised land. 00:04:44.139 --> 00:04:51.000 Just as a kind of bonus point this morning, 00:04:51.719 --> 00:04:55.199 I just want to remind you of something really important. 00:04:56.419 --> 00:04:57.659 And that is, 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:03.539 God is not looking for spiritual or moral perfection in people 00:05:03.539 --> 00:05:08.639 before he speaks to them and calls them into his service. 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:13.680 The reason I'm saying that to you is, 00:05:14.139 --> 00:05:18.360 I just had a real sense to this morning, 00:05:19.419 --> 00:05:21.039 that some of you need to know, 00:05:21.139 --> 00:05:23.819 that if you wait till you're spiritually perfect, 00:05:24.779 --> 00:05:26.399 or morally perfect, 00:05:26.579 --> 00:05:29.360 before you hear the voice of God call you, 00:05:30.719 --> 00:05:32.860 I'm afraid, friends, you'll have a very long wait. 00:05:34.419 --> 00:05:35.759 Just think about Moses. 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:40.019 Moses must have had some kind of confusion in his life. 00:05:40.019 --> 00:05:44.560 Abandoned, in a sense, by his own mother, 00:05:44.699 --> 00:05:46.799 found by somebody else who was not his mother, 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:48.759 brought up in a foreign culture. 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:53.500 There isn't a psychologist living 00:05:53.500 --> 00:05:55.859 who wouldn't like to get Moses on their couch. 00:05:58.019 --> 00:05:58.719 And then, 00:05:59.299 --> 00:06:01.479 he commits murder. 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:05.680 He kills an Egyptian. 00:06:08.259 --> 00:06:09.160 And some of you, 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:10.780 saying to yourself, 00:06:10.900 --> 00:06:12.400 well, I'm not that bad, you know. 00:06:14.640 --> 00:06:16.680 But then when you think about it, 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:21.120 what you do is you exclude yourself 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:25.060 from the calling that God has for you individually, 00:06:26.220 --> 00:06:29.019 by worrying about whether you're good enough, 00:06:29.939 --> 00:06:31.620 whether you're spiritual enough. 00:06:32.579 --> 00:06:33.660 Why, I even know saints 00:06:33.660 --> 00:06:35.100 who won't come to prayer meetings 00:06:35.100 --> 00:06:37.319 because they're frightened if they prayed aloud, 00:06:37.459 --> 00:06:38.519 people might judge them. 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:44.240 This is important stuff. 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:45.879 And if you think about it, 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:48.600 when Jesus came to choose his disciples, 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:54.700 he chose people like insurgents, 00:06:55.220 --> 00:06:57.900 zealots, as they were called in those days. 00:06:58.760 --> 00:07:00.540 He chose tax collectors, 00:07:01.220 --> 00:07:04.760 hated by their own people. 00:07:08.300 --> 00:07:11.879 See, if you sit there and preclude yourself 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:15.060 on the basis that you're not good enough, 00:07:16.320 --> 00:07:17.980 that is the tragedy. 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:21.080 of an unopened life. 00:07:23.340 --> 00:07:25.900 A lot of you sit in church on Sundays. 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:26.620 I know this. 00:07:26.760 --> 00:07:29.280 It's out of a dogged persistence 00:07:29.280 --> 00:07:31.140 and faithfulness that you come. 00:07:31.400 --> 00:07:33.200 And we thank God that you're here. 00:07:35.320 --> 00:07:36.340 But actually, 00:07:36.820 --> 00:07:38.760 you're a little frustrated. 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:42.100 You might talk with your friends 00:07:42.100 --> 00:07:43.160 and say stuff like, 00:07:43.900 --> 00:07:45.960 I didn't get much out of church today. 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:51.919 Maybe God's whispering in your ear 00:07:51.919 --> 00:07:56.060 and asking you what you put into it today, 00:07:56.699 --> 00:07:57.719 this past week. 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:00.959 What are you going to do this coming week? 00:08:00.959 --> 00:08:05.839 And Moses was not only uncertain 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:06.939 when God called him 00:08:06.939 --> 00:08:08.339 that he'd be the right person. 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:09.399 You remember he had this 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:12.000 fascinating dialogue with God 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:12.599 where he says, 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:13.399 I can't go out 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:15.139 because I don't even know your name. 00:08:15.180 --> 00:08:15.740 And God says, 00:08:15.819 --> 00:08:16.299 I am. 00:08:16.300 --> 00:08:18.939 I am. 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:23.900 Moses feels the inadequacy 00:08:23.900 --> 00:08:25.120 of God's call upon him 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:26.620 to take on this great task 00:08:26.620 --> 00:08:27.040 and says, 00:08:27.400 --> 00:08:29.660 who is going to take any notice of me? 00:08:30.620 --> 00:08:31.560 Least of all, 00:08:31.740 --> 00:08:32.080 Pharaoh. 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:36.060 And God empowers Moses 00:08:36.060 --> 00:08:38.220 by giving the staff 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:38.860 that he carried 00:08:38.860 --> 00:08:40.100 to look after the flocks 00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:40.780 in Midian 00:08:40.780 --> 00:08:44.259 as a kind of supernatural tool. 00:08:46.040 --> 00:08:47.100 Heard a sermon 00:08:47.100 --> 00:08:48.680 many years ago 00:08:48.680 --> 00:08:49.600 where it was referred to 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:50.600 as the rod of God. 00:08:52.100 --> 00:08:52.540 Remember, 00:08:52.780 --> 00:08:53.840 he threw it on the ground 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:54.540 and it turned 00:08:54.540 --> 00:08:55.759 into a serpent. 00:08:57.280 --> 00:08:58.400 And at the edge 00:08:58.400 --> 00:08:59.220 of the Red Sea, 00:08:59.520 --> 00:09:00.840 he stretched out his arms 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:01.540 with his rod. 00:09:02.540 --> 00:09:04.620 And the waters divided. 00:09:07.060 --> 00:09:08.060 And also, 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:10.899 Moses said to God, 00:09:11.019 --> 00:09:13.139 I'm not a speaker. 00:09:14.700 --> 00:09:16.280 I have no eloquence. 00:09:16.660 --> 00:09:17.440 So God said, 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:18.820 well, I'll give you Aaron, 00:09:18.920 --> 00:09:19.460 your brother, 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:21.280 to come alongside you. 00:09:21.300 --> 00:09:22.780 I mean, as it transpires, 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:23.879 Aaron was a bit 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:24.800 of a mixed blessing. 00:09:27.180 --> 00:09:27.620 Listen, 00:09:28.139 --> 00:09:29.040 here's my point. 00:09:29.040 --> 00:09:30.139 Don't preclude 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:31.759 what God might do 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:32.500 in your life 00:09:32.500 --> 00:09:33.199 by wondering 00:09:33.199 --> 00:09:34.500 if you're worthy enough, 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:35.580 spiritual enough, 00:09:35.980 --> 00:09:36.759 ready enough. 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:40.460 God loves people 00:09:40.460 --> 00:09:41.600 who say yes, 00:09:42.500 --> 00:09:43.720 not yes, 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:44.299 but. 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:48.139 And so we come 00:09:48.139 --> 00:09:49.080 to this reading 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:50.860 in chapter 14, 00:09:50.980 --> 00:09:51.679 one of the most 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:53.120 remarkable pieces 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:54.519 of history 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.919 ever recorded 00:09:56.919 --> 00:09:58.519 as far as I can see. 00:09:58.519 --> 00:09:59.699 and it's a story 00:09:59.699 --> 00:10:01.639 that reminds us 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:04.120 of three fundamental truths 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:05.559 which we need today 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:07.679 if we are to negotiate 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:08.899 this secular world 00:10:08.899 --> 00:10:10.519 in which we find ourselves. 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:12.059 The first point is this. 00:10:12.980 --> 00:10:14.120 God shows us 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:15.480 in this story 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:17.919 that he is a liberator. 00:10:19.299 --> 00:10:20.240 He is a God 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:21.939 who sets people free. 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:23.259 Someone say amen. 00:10:23.259 --> 00:10:23.399 Amen. 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:25.759 The second thing is 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:27.299 this story shows us 00:10:27.299 --> 00:10:29.539 that God has a particular love 00:10:29.539 --> 00:10:30.840 for his people. 00:10:32.179 --> 00:10:34.059 And it also tells us 00:10:34.059 --> 00:10:36.120 that God has a life 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:37.139 for us to live 00:10:37.139 --> 00:10:39.319 when we have faith 00:10:39.319 --> 00:10:40.220 in him. 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:44.639 In chapter 14, 00:10:44.779 --> 00:10:46.980 this is not entirely evident 00:10:46.980 --> 00:10:47.879 from the text, 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:49.620 but what has happened is 00:10:49.620 --> 00:10:50.779 the Jews, 00:10:50.980 --> 00:10:52.200 the people of God, 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:53.700 have found themselves 00:10:53.700 --> 00:10:55.159 in this narrow 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:57.259 and foreboding valley. 00:10:58.139 --> 00:10:59.580 At one end of the valley 00:10:59.580 --> 00:11:00.759 is the Red Sea 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:02.600 and at the other end 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:03.139 of the valley 00:11:03.139 --> 00:11:04.060 is Pharaoh 00:11:04.060 --> 00:11:06.659 with what sounds to me 00:11:06.659 --> 00:11:08.539 like a very technologically 00:11:08.539 --> 00:11:09.759 advanced army 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:14.080 ready to capture the Jews 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:15.639 and take them back 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:16.440 to Israel. 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:19.460 They are trapped. 00:11:19.620 --> 00:11:22.779 And we thank God today 00:11:22.779 --> 00:11:24.100 that God is a God 00:11:24.100 --> 00:11:25.060 who liberates. 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:26.639 In Luke's Gospel 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:27.679 in chapter 4, 00:11:28.139 --> 00:11:29.159 we read there 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:32.159 this amazing agenda 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:33.419 that Jesus sets 00:11:33.419 --> 00:11:34.139 for himself. 00:11:35.019 --> 00:11:35.879 The so-called 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:37.580 Nazarene agenda. 00:11:37.779 --> 00:11:39.139 Jesus is teaching 00:11:39.139 --> 00:11:39.860 in the synagogue. 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:40.720 He picks up 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:41.980 the scroll of Isaiah 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:43.360 and says this, 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:44.639 The Spirit of the Lord 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:45.139 is on me 00:11:45.139 --> 00:11:46.720 because he has anointed me 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:48.159 to preach good news 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:48.759 to the poor. 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:50.100 He sent me 00:11:50.100 --> 00:11:51.240 to proclaim freedom 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:52.480 for the prisoners 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.080 and recovery of sight 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:54.620 for the blind, 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:56.120 to release the oppressed, 00:11:56.580 --> 00:11:58.100 to proclaim the year 00:11:58.100 --> 00:11:59.899 of the Lord's favour. 00:12:03.179 --> 00:12:04.519 Don't tell me 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:05.819 that God 00:12:05.819 --> 00:12:07.220 isn't in the business 00:12:07.220 --> 00:12:09.120 of real liberation, 00:12:10.419 --> 00:12:12.120 of setting people free. 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:17.139 And today, 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:20.159 there are lots of people 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:23.179 who feel trapped. 00:12:25.179 --> 00:12:27.480 Trapped by circumstances 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:28.600 around them. 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:31.560 Psychology 00:12:31.560 --> 00:12:33.179 as a discipline 00:12:33.179 --> 00:12:36.139 has a number 00:12:36.139 --> 00:12:38.060 of controversies, 00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:39.220 always had to stun, 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:40.560 and probably always will do. 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:41.819 I suppose today 00:12:41.819 --> 00:12:42.939 a good example 00:12:42.939 --> 00:12:43.919 of that would be 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:44.899 there are some 00:12:44.899 --> 00:12:46.059 eminent psychologists 00:12:46.059 --> 00:12:47.879 who really support 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:49.119 the idea of ADHD 00:12:49.119 --> 00:12:52.039 and some who really don't. 00:12:52.739 --> 00:12:53.519 Or the treatment 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:54.239 of people 00:12:54.239 --> 00:12:55.479 who have 00:12:55.479 --> 00:12:57.439 gender dysphoria. 00:12:57.639 --> 00:12:58.479 At what age 00:12:58.479 --> 00:12:59.339 do you start 00:12:59.339 --> 00:13:00.339 to treat children 00:13:00.339 --> 00:13:01.739 and give them 00:13:01.739 --> 00:13:04.319 gender-altering drugs? 00:13:05.319 --> 00:13:06.559 These are controversies, 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:07.419 but one thing 00:13:07.419 --> 00:13:08.379 psychology 00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:10.159 is entirely clear about 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:11.859 is that if you are trapped, 00:13:12.199 --> 00:13:13.099 this feel trapped, 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:14.279 this will have 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:15.500 awful consequences 00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:16.359 in your life. 00:13:17.739 --> 00:13:18.739 You are likely 00:13:18.739 --> 00:13:20.179 to suffer from anxiety. 00:13:20.939 --> 00:13:22.059 You are likely 00:13:22.059 --> 00:13:23.339 to be depressed. 00:13:24.119 --> 00:13:25.399 And that stands to reason, 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:25.719 I mean, 00:13:25.739 --> 00:13:26.959 it's generally intuitive, 00:13:27.179 --> 00:13:27.479 isn't it, 00:13:27.479 --> 00:13:28.500 that if you're a person 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:29.819 who feels trapped 00:13:29.819 --> 00:13:30.479 in life, 00:13:31.019 --> 00:13:32.919 you are not going 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:33.919 to feel great 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:34.699 every day. 00:13:36.699 --> 00:13:37.639 What are the kinds 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:38.099 of things 00:13:38.099 --> 00:13:38.979 that trap us? 00:13:39.979 --> 00:13:40.259 Well, 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:41.979 lack of economic resources 00:13:41.979 --> 00:13:43.039 would be near 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:44.179 the top of the list. 00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:46.199 Or being trapped 00:13:46.199 --> 00:13:48.419 in an abusive relationship. 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:50.939 Or trapped by illness 00:13:50.939 --> 00:13:52.439 or disability 00:13:52.439 --> 00:13:54.059 or addiction 00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:55.799 or anxiety. 00:13:55.799 --> 00:14:00.459 God 00:14:00.459 --> 00:14:03.240 wants to set people free. 00:14:06.459 --> 00:14:07.659 And this is, 00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:08.959 in a sense, 00:14:09.099 --> 00:14:10.679 a kind of living out 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:12.240 live parable 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:13.459 of that truth. 00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:16.659 Here are the Israelites 00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:17.259 trapped. 00:14:18.059 --> 00:14:19.740 No choice whatsoever 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:20.839 as to what to do 00:14:20.839 --> 00:14:21.579 other than 00:14:21.579 --> 00:14:23.319 to believe God. 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:32.500 Jesus liberates 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:33.320 people then. 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:35.500 And he liberates 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.420 people today. 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:38.940 And I just want you 00:14:38.940 --> 00:14:40.480 to note this strange 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:42.220 bit in chapter 14. 00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:44.720 When the people 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:45.280 of God 00:14:45.280 --> 00:14:46.740 start to, 00:14:47.520 --> 00:14:48.640 to use a golfing 00:14:48.640 --> 00:14:49.120 phrase, 00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:50.300 waggle on the tee, 00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:54.279 they're starting 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:54.919 to wonder 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:55.579 whether it was 00:14:55.579 --> 00:14:56.419 a good idea 00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:57.599 to follow Moses 00:14:57.599 --> 00:14:58.699 out of bondage 00:14:58.699 --> 00:14:59.219 in Egypt. 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:00.799 People have short 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:01.219 memories, 00:15:01.339 --> 00:15:01.679 we say, 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:02.059 don't they? 00:15:02.079 --> 00:15:02.679 And they've clearly 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:04.359 forgotten what a brutal 00:15:04.359 --> 00:15:05.679 and terrible regime 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:06.439 they lived under 00:15:06.439 --> 00:15:07.120 in Egypt. 00:15:08.099 --> 00:15:08.939 They were given 00:15:08.939 --> 00:15:10.379 quotas to make bricks 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:11.039 but not given 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:12.099 enough raw materials 00:15:12.099 --> 00:15:12.819 to even make 00:15:12.819 --> 00:15:14.120 the lowest figure 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:14.699 of the quota. 00:15:14.859 --> 00:15:15.620 And if they didn't 00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:16.319 make the quota, 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:17.479 they were ritually 00:15:17.479 --> 00:15:17.939 beaten. 00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:20.620 This was not 00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:21.300 fun. 00:15:23.100 --> 00:15:23.820 And so they say 00:15:23.820 --> 00:15:24.480 to Moses, 00:15:24.780 --> 00:15:25.340 it says they were 00:15:25.340 --> 00:15:26.400 terrified and cried 00:15:26.400 --> 00:15:27.240 out to the Lord, 00:15:27.760 --> 00:15:28.460 was it because 00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:29.360 there were no graves 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:30.200 in Egypt that you 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:31.020 brought us to the 00:15:31.020 --> 00:15:31.640 desert to die? 00:15:31.700 --> 00:15:32.360 What have you done 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:33.580 to us by bringing 00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:34.900 us out into Egypt? 00:15:35.300 --> 00:15:36.120 Leave us alone, 00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:36.980 let us serve the 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.400 Egyptians. 00:15:37.800 --> 00:15:38.320 It would have been 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:39.620 better for us to 00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.600 serve the Egyptians 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:41.820 than to die 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:42.800 in the desert. 00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:42.900 Amen. 00:15:47.940 --> 00:15:51.960 Friend, I wonder 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:52.480 if you've ever 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:55.080 known that terrible 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:58.820 desperation, a feeling 00:15:58.820 --> 00:15:59.820 so trapped that you 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:01.300 have no idea which 00:16:01.300 --> 00:16:02.120 way to turn. 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:07.500 Listen, if that's 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:10.080 you, you need to hear 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:11.400 what Moses responds 00:16:11.400 --> 00:16:12.600 to the people. 00:16:13.180 --> 00:16:14.160 He says this to them, 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:15.020 don't be afraid, 00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:16.820 stand firm, and you 00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:17.460 will see the 00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:18.680 deliverance the Lord 00:16:18.680 --> 00:16:19.480 will bring you 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:19.900 today. 00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.820 The Egyptians you 00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:24.820 see today, you 00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:25.340 will never see 00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:25.720 again. 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:32.160 Could we believe 00:16:32.160 --> 00:16:34.600 that the God who 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:37.620 liberates could take 00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:40.540 our desperation and 00:16:40.540 --> 00:16:41.280 turn it round? 00:16:43.780 --> 00:16:45.200 Interesting little 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:45.900 point here. 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:47.920 Moses says to them, 00:16:48.180 --> 00:16:49.000 stand firm. 00:16:49.140 --> 00:16:50.680 Actually, the Hebrew 00:16:50.680 --> 00:16:51.940 word there means 00:16:51.940 --> 00:16:53.000 stand still. 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:55.500 You know, when 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.620 you're in panic 00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:57.879 mode, you become a 00:16:57.879 --> 00:16:58.720 bit frenzy, don't 00:16:58.720 --> 00:16:58.820 you? 00:16:58.840 --> 00:16:59.640 I mean, the obvious 00:16:59.640 --> 00:17:00.920 thing would be in 00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:02.280 this situation would 00:17:02.280 --> 00:17:02.800 have been for the 00:17:02.800 --> 00:17:03.600 people of God to 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.160 run away. 00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:07.140 And Moses says, 00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:08.180 stand still. 00:17:10.360 --> 00:17:11.000 You know, I 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:12.039 couldn't read that 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:12.940 verse without 00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.860 thinking of Psalm 00:17:13.860 --> 00:17:14.440 46. 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:18.000 Be still and 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:20.100 know that I 00:17:20.100 --> 00:17:20.660 am God. 00:17:23.660 --> 00:17:24.980 Maybe those of 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:25.420 you who are 00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:26.340 feeling trapped, 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:28.360 those of you who 00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:28.960 are feeling 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.759 desperate, before 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.799 you do something, 00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:33.580 maybe the wise 00:17:33.580 --> 00:17:34.279 thing to do 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:35.539 would just be to 00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.580 take a deep 00:17:36.580 --> 00:17:39.019 breath and 00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:40.220 remember Psalm 00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:42.400 46, verse 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:42.819 10. 00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:45.659 be still and 00:17:45.659 --> 00:17:46.859 know that I 00:17:46.859 --> 00:17:47.299 am God. 00:17:47.439 --> 00:17:48.099 I will be 00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:50.159 exalted among 00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:51.039 the nations. 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:54.399 The God who 00:17:54.399 --> 00:17:55.659 will be exalted 00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:56.659 among the nations 00:17:56.659 --> 00:17:58.220 is the God who 00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:58.980 knows you 00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.700 intimately. 00:17:59.899 --> 00:18:01.319 Psalm 139. 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.679 Read that. 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:04.680 God who 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:06.560 will be 00:18:06.560 --> 00:18:06.580 God. 00:18:06.580 --> 00:18:06.840 It even 00:18:06.840 --> 00:18:07.440 says in the 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:08.180 New Testament, 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.259 Jesus says, 00:18:09.560 --> 00:18:10.060 God even 00:18:10.060 --> 00:18:10.580 knows how 00:18:10.580 --> 00:18:11.220 many hairs 00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:11.539 on your 00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:11.900 head are 00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.160 counted. 00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:12.500 I know 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.000 that's not a 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.560 big challenge 00:18:13.560 --> 00:18:14.340 in my case. 00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.720 Take a 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:20.120 breath. 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.420 Be still 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:25.019 and know 00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.640 that I am 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:25.960 God. 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:27.900 Second thing 00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:28.780 is it's a 00:18:28.780 --> 00:18:29.340 story of 00:18:29.340 --> 00:18:29.960 God's love 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.560 for his 00:18:30.560 --> 00:18:31.060 people. 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:34.160 These people 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:35.620 had in a 00:18:35.620 --> 00:18:36.220 sense been 00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:36.860 in a kind 00:18:36.860 --> 00:18:37.620 of spiritual 00:18:37.620 --> 00:18:39.160 vacuum while 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:39.580 they had been 00:18:39.580 --> 00:18:40.759 held in 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.340 Egypt. 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:42.800 And at the 00:18:42.800 --> 00:18:43.420 end of it, 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.580 in chapter 15, 00:18:44.660 --> 00:18:45.019 which we 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.740 didn't read, 00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:47.840 there is this 00:18:47.840 --> 00:18:48.780 amazing, 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:50.860 poetic song 00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:51.580 of Moses. 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:53.820 You can read 00:18:53.820 --> 00:18:54.180 it, 00:18:54.300 --> 00:18:55.720 Exodus chapter 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.320 15. 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:57.159 This is 00:18:57.159 --> 00:18:59.439 what Moses 00:18:59.439 --> 00:19:00.419 sings to 00:19:00.419 --> 00:19:00.740 God. 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.379 In your 00:19:02.379 --> 00:19:02.879 unfailing 00:19:02.879 --> 00:19:03.359 love, you 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:03.799 will lead 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.279 the people 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.619 you have 00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.019 redeemed. 00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:05.419 In your 00:19:05.419 --> 00:19:06.039 strength, you 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.539 will guide 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:06.879 them to 00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.399 your holy 00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:07.799 dwelling. 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.799 The nations 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.319 will hear 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:11.000 and tremble. 00:19:11.159 --> 00:19:11.579 Anguish 00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:12.119 will grip 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:12.919 the people 00:19:12.919 --> 00:19:13.779 of Philistia. 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:16.460 In your 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:17.279 unfailing 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.740 love. 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.659 I wonder 00:19:22.659 --> 00:19:24.639 if there 00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:25.039 are people 00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.359 in the 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:26.139 house today 00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:27.240 who know 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:27.920 that truth 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.880 inside out. 00:19:29.340 --> 00:19:29.780 They can 00:19:29.780 --> 00:19:30.480 recite 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.840 John chapter 00:19:31.840 --> 00:19:32.720 3 and 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:33.520 verse 16. 00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:34.200 God so 00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:34.820 loved the 00:19:34.820 --> 00:19:35.560 world that 00:19:35.560 --> 00:19:35.940 he gave 00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:36.380 his only 00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:36.860 son that 00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:37.340 whoever 00:19:37.340 --> 00:19:38.200 believes in 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:38.740 him should 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.400 not perish 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.100 but have 00:19:40.100 --> 00:19:40.600 everlasting 00:19:40.600 --> 00:19:41.160 life. 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:45.240 But actually 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:48.200 there's a 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.860 little voice 00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:49.460 in the 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.040 other ear 00:19:50.040 --> 00:19:52.640 saying, 00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:53.120 but does 00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:53.440 he love 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:53.560 me? 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:54.099 I'm thinking 00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.779 about those 00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.200 of you 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:56.139 who feel 00:19:56.139 --> 00:19:56.659 that life 00:19:56.659 --> 00:19:57.019 has been 00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.779 very tough 00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.359 and very 00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:58.839 challenging 00:19:58.839 --> 00:19:59.679 and very 00:19:59.679 --> 00:20:00.220 difficult. 00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.980 And there's 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.599 a little bit 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:02.940 of you 00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.740 that when we 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.379 sing songs 00:20:04.379 --> 00:20:05.399 about God's 00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:05.579 love, 00:20:05.659 --> 00:20:06.159 when we pray 00:20:06.159 --> 00:20:07.539 prayers expressing 00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.200 God's love, 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:11.680 just feel a 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.420 few percent 00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:13.680 resentful. 00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.579 Notice 00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:17.740 this, 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.019 Moses, 00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:18.480 in your 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.139 unfailing 00:20:19.139 --> 00:20:19.559 love, 00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:20.319 you will 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:20.920 lead the 00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:21.879 people you 00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.220 have 00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.819 redeemed. 00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:25.720 God still 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:26.279 loves you 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.939 even though 00:20:26.939 --> 00:20:27.359 you may 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:28.000 not feel 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.439 it right 00:20:28.439 --> 00:20:28.779 now. 00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.500 There's a 00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.019 children's 00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.779 book just 00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.399 come out. 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.639 I haven't 00:20:34.639 --> 00:20:34.980 read it 00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.740 myself but 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.579 I read, 00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.279 I heard a 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.179 brother give 00:20:39.179 --> 00:20:40.539 a very moving 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.480 analysis. 00:20:41.679 --> 00:20:41.960 It's a 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.740 children's book 00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.779 which adults 00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.259 love to 00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.559 read. 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.319 And it's 00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.859 called 00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.679 The Moon 00:20:48.679 --> 00:20:49.220 Is Round. 00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:51.299 And the 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:52.440 point is, 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:54.480 the example 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.299 that the 00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:55.980 writer uses 00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.900 is that we 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.420 look into 00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:58.079 the sky 00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:59.420 30 days, 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.360 29 days 00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.920 of a month 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.680 and we 00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.360 see a 00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:03.140 different shape 00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:03.480 than a 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.100 round moon. 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.059 And the 00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.799 month starts 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.140 with the 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.519 moon which 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:06.819 is a 00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.160 crescent. 00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.759 The point 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.220 being, 00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:12.539 when we 00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:12.839 look at 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.319 the moon 00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:14.220 and only 00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:14.660 see the 00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:14.940 crescent, 00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.460 it doesn't 00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:15.960 mean that 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.380 the moon 00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:17.039 isn't round 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.480 anymore. 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:19.539 it means 00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:20.019 we only 00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.839 see a 00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:21.380 little bit 00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:21.839 of the 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.099 moon 00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:23.740 through the 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.200 sun's 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.579 light. 00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.400 We need 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:28.960 to remember 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.519 those of 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.539 us who 00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.240 are feeling 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.779 a little 00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.480 resentful, 00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.180 maybe a 00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.380 little 00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:34.140 questioning 00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.539 as to 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:34.740 whether 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.039 God 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.500 loves us, 00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.099 that our 00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.680 experience 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.140 of life 00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:37.480 is like 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:37.960 looking at 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.360 the moon 00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:39.079 and only 00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.539 seeing a 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:39.920 little bit, 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.299 but the 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.720 moon is 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.000 round. 00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:41.579 God 00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.200 loves you. 00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:44.720 And the 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.400 evidence for 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:45.779 that we 00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.140 shall be 00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:46.740 bringing to 00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.460 mind in 00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.079 this service 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.519 of Holy 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.059 Communion. 00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.039 And thirdly 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.600 and finally, 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.360 it's a 00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:52.100 story about 00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:52.519 God's 00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:53.059 gift of 00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.420 life. 00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.420 It was 00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.200 after the 00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:56.860 people of 00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.779 Israel had 00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.480 crossed over 00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:58.900 the Red 00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.700 Sea in 00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.500 that remarkable 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:02.740 way that 00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.460 God gave 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.460 them the 00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:04.920 Ten 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.640 Commandments. 00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.200 You remember 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.740 the story 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.480 where Moses 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.460 climbs up 00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.279 Mount Sinai. 00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:09.519 Has 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.019 anybody in 00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.380 the house 00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:10.779 been at 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.440 Mount Sinai? 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.620 It is a 00:22:13.620 --> 00:22:14.500 terrible climb 00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.019 at the end 00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.240 of it. 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.519 I mean, 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.279 goodness knows 00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.539 how he 00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:17.220 staggered down 00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.759 with tablets 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.360 of stone. 00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:23.160 I think 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.740 the last 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.339 bit of 00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:25.019 climbing it, 00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:25.519 I've done 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:25.779 it, 00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.200 is nearly 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:28.440 800 steps, 00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.740 uneven steps. 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.460 I went 00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.100 halfway up 00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.660 on a camel, 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.079 I'll never 00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.539 do that 00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:35.920 again. 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:37.799 It's a good 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.319 job Anthony 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.640 and I 00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.319 decided we 00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.660 didn't want 00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.100 any more 00:22:40.100 --> 00:22:40.519 children. 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:44.740 and we 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.200 walked to 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.740 the top 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:50.059 and Moses 00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.740 goes up 00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.559 Mount Sinai 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.359 and comes 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.740 down with 00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.139 the Ten 00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:54.839 Commandments. 00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:56.799 If you're 00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.539 unaware of 00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.119 this, and 00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:58.619 you certainly 00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:58.879 would have 00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.599 been taught 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.079 it if you've 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.460 been to 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.379 university in 00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:01.700 the last 00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.779 25 years, 00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.839 these Ten 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.539 Commandments 00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.299 form the 00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.859 basis of 00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.559 our legal 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.199 system, 00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:10.759 to some 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.439 extent our 00:23:11.439 --> 00:23:12.019 culture, 00:23:12.959 --> 00:23:13.919 both here 00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:15.399 and in the 00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:15.779 wider 00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.899 Western world. 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.240 You might 00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.859 like to try 00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:20.519 an experiment, 00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.219 go home and 00:23:21.219 --> 00:23:21.539 look at 00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.339 Exodus chapter 00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.579 20 and look 00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.079 at all those 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.899 Ten Commandments 00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.619 and ask 00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.099 yourself, 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.399 who in this 00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:28.219 world in which 00:23:28.219 --> 00:23:28.959 we live today 00:23:28.959 --> 00:23:29.899 believes in 00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:31.199 any of these? 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:33.640 your answer 00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:34.160 might be, 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:36.279 well, you 00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.580 know, we 00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:37.000 don't think 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.840 that murdering 00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:39.299 people is a 00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.019 good idea. 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:43.100 Let me tell 00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:44.740 you that we 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.539 still live in a 00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.200 world, although 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.180 violence is 00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.920 diminishing, 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.720 violence against 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.319 women and 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:51.860 girls in 00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:53.000 2023, there 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.700 are over a 00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.819 million reported 00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:56.259 crimes, 20% 00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.980 of all reported 00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:59.220 crime was 00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.180 violence against 00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.740 women and 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.140 girls. 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:05.960 Why did 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:07.860 God give 00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:09.860 the Israelites 00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:11.259 Ten Commandments 00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.360 and subsequently, 00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.319 of course, the 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:15.140 rabbis added 00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.779 loads and 00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.200 loads of 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.160 extra laws to 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.380 them? 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.660 Why would 00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.120 the God 00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:22.240 who's here to 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.160 set us free 00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:25.279 tie us down 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.420 with laws? 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.840 That's a 00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.600 great question. 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.120 Theologically, 00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:32.120 philosophically. 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.980 And the 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.960 answer is 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:36.259 that in 00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.980 God's mind, 00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.039 we will live 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.100 lives to 00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:39.680 the full 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:41.700 when we 00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.319 live how 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.059 he wants 00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.440 us to 00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:43.740 live. 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.819 That's not 00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.440 just a kind 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.120 of out-there 00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.740 theory. 00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.360 That is 00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:53.519 where it 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.100 depends on 00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.360 you. 00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:54.699 God 00:24:54.699 --> 00:24:55.199 will 00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:56.179 do. 00:24:56.179 --> 00:24:56.699 It 00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:57.059 flies 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.879 completely 00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.299 in the 00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.099 face of 00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.579 the current 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.240 idea of 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.500 freedom. 00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:00.859 I can 00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.240 do what 00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.559 the heck 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.039 I want 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.699 as long 00:25:02.699 --> 00:25:02.959 as it 00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:03.479 doesn't harm 00:25:03.479 --> 00:25:04.219 anybody else. 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.500 No. 00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.099 God 00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:08.240 elucidates 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:09.279 through the 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.240 Ten Commandments 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.759 a really 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:13.659 important reality 00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.959 about our 00:25:14.959 --> 00:25:15.299 nature. 00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:15.799 And it's 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.219 this, 00:25:16.659 --> 00:25:17.199 that to 00:25:17.199 --> 00:25:17.759 live a life 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.319 with God, 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.159 you have to 00:25:19.159 --> 00:25:20.059 limit your 00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.740 options. 00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:23.960 If you 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.339 claim to 00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.640 be a 00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.339 disciple of 00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.140 Jesus Christ, 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.259 adultery is 00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.779 no longer 00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.319 an option. 00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:31.180 If you 00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.920 claim to 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:33.160 follow Jesus 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.859 Christ, 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:35.779 idolatry is 00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.120 not a 00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.500 problem. 00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.579 Sorry, 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.099 it's not an 00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.420 option. 00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.240 If you 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.640 claim to 00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.259 follow Jesus 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.759 Christ, 00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.779 coveting your 00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.240 neighbor's 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.559 ox, 00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:44.960 well, 00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.819 maybe it's 00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.359 BMW, 00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:48.120 is not 00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.620 an option. 00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.620 God 00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:52.480 thinks 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:54.339 that if 00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.059 we live 00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.480 as he 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.000 wants us 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.359 to live, 00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.079 our life 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.680 will have 00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.599 some 00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.299 limitations. 00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.880 Surely, 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.120 that is 00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:05.380 self-evidently 00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:05.740 true. 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.319 Moses 00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.180 was one 00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:11.259 man who 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.059 stood up 00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:13.559 and saved 00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.180 a nation. 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.339 And we're 00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.019 here at 00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.000 Holy Communion 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.680 this morning 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.380 to worship 00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.920 the man 00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.380 Jesus, 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.940 the Son 00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.420 of God, 00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.140 who will 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.880 save and 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.580 set free 00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:25.960 anyone who 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.860 trusts in 00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.180 him. 00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:30.480 John 8, 00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.660 verse 36, 00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.440 if the Son 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.019 shall set 00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.539 you free, 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.420 you should 00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.920 be free 00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.620 indeed. 00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.840 John 6, 00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.800 verse 37, 00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:40.940 Jesus said, 00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.340 I will 00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:41.840 never, 00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:42.980 never turn 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:44.060 away anyone 00:26:44.060 --> 00:26:45.759 who turns 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.200 to me. 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:49.279 I think 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.720 today, 00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.620 friends, 00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:52.140 we have 00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.799 some thinking 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.319 to do. 00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.980 What about 00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.559 those of 00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.039 you whom 00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.640 God has 00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.240 whispered in 00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.600 your ear 00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.279 and told 00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.519 you, 00:27:00.080 --> 00:27:00.720 no more 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.600 precluding 00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.400 myself for 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.180 what I want 00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.160 for you by 00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:05.019 believing you're 00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.440 not good 00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:05.700 enough, 00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.519 not spiritual 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.960 enough. 00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.559 Stop 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.680 that now. 00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:13.400 two is, 00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:13.980 for those 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.580 of you who 00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:15.340 are trapped, 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.840 never believe 00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.360 that there 00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:18.440 isn't a 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.019 way out. 00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:22.060 But there's 00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:22.560 only one 00:27:22.560 --> 00:27:22.880 way, 00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:25.120 and that is 00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:26.100 to reorientate 00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.759 your life 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.860 around following 00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.720 God in 00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.580 Jesus Christ 00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:30.180 our Lord. 00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.820 It's a story 00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.600 that reminds 00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.420 us that 00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.080 God's love 00:27:36.080 --> 00:27:36.420 for us, 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.120 even though 00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.600 he knows 00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:38.420 us intimately, 00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.480 is profound. 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.140 It is 00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.680 unending, 00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.019 it is 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.360 never 00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.920 ceasing, 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.840 it is 00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.400 relentless. 00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.720 Maybe 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.100 God's 00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.700 whispering in 00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.180 the ear of 00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.640 those of 00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.460 you who 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.980 come to 00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.240 church, 00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.779 but actually 00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.320 the truth 00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:52.560 is, 00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:53.180 you're just 00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.460 a little 00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.340 bit resentful. 00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.640 You know, 00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.160 I know God 00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.759 loves most 00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.000 people, 00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.340 I don't 00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:58.620 know if 00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:58.980 he loves 00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.440 me. 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.380 And it's 00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.120 a story 00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:05.580 about God's 00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:06.160 gift of 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.700 life. 00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.320 Life in 00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.039 its fullness, 00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.899 but life 00:28:10.899 --> 00:28:11.339 with a 00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.899 difference. 00:28:13.179 --> 00:28:13.799 Life that 00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.399 willingly 00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:16.000 lays down 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:18.559 some options 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.039 in our 00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.659 lives in 00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:20.240 order that 00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.779 we might 00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.519 live holy 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.939 lives. 00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:22.279 And, 00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.399 listen, 00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:23.899 if you're 00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.579 frightened about 00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:24.939 that, 00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:27.559 if you're 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.179 frightened by 00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:29.099 the idea that 00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.639 there is a 00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.339 habit in your 00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.839 life which 00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.619 you know is 00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:31.899 wrong, 00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.480 which you 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.899 would love 00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.299 to be 00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.819 released 00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.279 from, 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:38.680 then don't 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:40.480 forget that 00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.019 God sent 00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.539 his Holy 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:43.480 Spirit to 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.200 help us, 00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:46.139 to set us 00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:47.319 free from 00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.200 those things 00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:50.539 that disrupt 00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.519 our relationship 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.259 with God. 00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.720 On that 00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.099 day, 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:59.119 God delivered 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:01.180 Israel from 00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.920 the hands of 00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.440 Egypt. 00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:05.500 Maybe on 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.060 this day, 00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:07.539 God will 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.380 deliver you 00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.980 from whatever 00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.820 is trapping 00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:11.140 you. 00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:14.000 Let's pray. 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:22.279 our God 00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.779 and Father, 00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.920 this is such 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.859 an amazing 00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.700 story. 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.640 A story 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:30.160 of freedom, 00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:34.259 a story 00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.200 about your 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.380 amazing and 00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:36.819 relentless 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.279 love, 00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.200 and a story 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:40.220 about the 00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.859 life you 00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.400 have for 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.900 each of 00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.079 us, 00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.720 provided, 00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:44.400 provided, 00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.400 we trust 00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.720 you. 00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.880 And 00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.039 Father, 00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.539 I want to 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.100 pray this 00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:53.039 morning that 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:54.980 for anybody 00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:56.360 who has 00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:57.339 been spoken 00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.100 to by you, 00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.279 Lord, 00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.600 they wouldn't 00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.480 just go home 00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.519 and eat 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:00.980 lunch, 00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:04.140 but Lord, 00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.819 today they 00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.720 might do 00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.220 something, 00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.059 tell a 00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.420 friend, 00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.279 join the 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.819 prayer team, 00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.360 go to the 00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:11.940 prayer team 00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.240 and be 00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.920 prayed with. 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.779 Lord, 00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.120 we know 00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.580 this is 00:30:16.580 --> 00:30:17.039 too 00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.660 important 00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:19.759 for us 00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.580 just to 00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.779 mildly 00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:23.100 let your 00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.720 voice 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:25.140 pass us 00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.480 by. 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.299 Speak, 00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:31.700 Lord, 00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:32.519 in the 00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.200 stillness 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:35.200 as we 00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.740 wait on 00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:35.980 thee. 00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:40.059 be still 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:42.319 and know 00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:43.079 that I 00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.799 am God. 00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:48.200 Even so, 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.480 come Lord 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.240 Jesus and 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.700 the people 00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.259 who agreed 00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.579 said 00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.039 together, 00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:54.779 said 00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.319 together, 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.839 Amen. 00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.099 Amen. 00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.160 Amen. 00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.180 Amen. 00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.200 Amen. 00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.220 Amen. 00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.240 Amen. 00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.259 Amen. 00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.279 Amen. 00:30:58.279 --> 00:31:00.200 Amen. 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.220 Amen. 00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:02.200 Amen. 00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.279 Amen. 00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.299 Amen. 00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.319 Amen. 00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.339 Amen. 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:02.360 Amen. 00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.380 Amen. 00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:02.420 Amen. 00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:02.440 Amen. 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.460 Amen.