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 If you have a Bible with you then please turn with me to the 44th Psalm and follow with me as we reflect together on the Word of God.

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 One of the striking features of the book of Psalms is their unsettling honesty.

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 Many of the Psalms, as you will know, are straightforward songs of praise, of adoration, of thanksgiving and of petition.

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 Some Psalms are memorable, the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

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 Or Psalm 46, God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in times of trouble.

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 Many of the Psalms, the Psalms probably that we know best, are Psalms that speak to us of the greatness of God, the goodness of God, the unfailing faithfulness of God, the promises of God, the kindnesses of God.

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 But some of the Psalms express perplexity, fears, anguish, discouragements and even hostility and anger to God himself.

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 In this 44th Psalm, we find one of God's servants expressing his bewilderment with God.

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 He cannot fathom God.

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 God seems bizarre to him.

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 Why are you sleeping, O Lord?

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 Verse 23, why do you hide your face?

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 Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?

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 God seems to have hidden himself and left his people at the mercy of their enemies who are God's enemies.

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 This is what puzzles the Psalmist.

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 And maybe that's where some of us are in our lives tonight.

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 You know what God has told you and told his church about himself in the Bible.

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 You know all about God's many great and precious promises.

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 But your experience contradicts your theology.

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 Your personal circumstances, your family circumstances or perhaps your church circumstances seem to mock God and his promises.

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 Where is God when you need him?

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 Now if that's not your experience tonight, or it's never been your experience,

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 and you're living in a fantasy world,

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 Psalms like this are inscripturated for us.

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 Not least to tell us that the believing life is not an even life.

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 The believing life, if I can use this metaphor,

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 the believing life is horticultural and not mechanical.

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 It doesn't proceed by even forward processes that are unhindered.

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 It's horticultural.

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 There are times of progress, but then there appears to be stagnation and even regression.

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 The cold, bitter winds of opposition form.

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 Life becomes hard.

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 And this is the reality here.

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 Life has become hard.

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 The experience of God's people contradicts their theology.

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 They would be the first to confess that the Lord is God.

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 That there is no other beside him.

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 That he is the living one.

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 From everlasting to everlasting, the Yahweh, the I am.

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 They would be the first to say the Lord is rich in mercy, slow to anger, abounding in covenant love.

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 They could confess it with their lips.

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 But their hearts and their lives are screaming.

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 But where are you?

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 Where are you?

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 Why are you sleeping?

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 Oh Lord.

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 What I want you to notice, just as we begin to consider the psalm as a whole,

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 is to notice that the psalmist's perplexity did not drive him to despair, but to prayer.

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 He brought his perplexity, his bewilderment, even his, and I think it might be true to say this,

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 his anger with God, he brought it to the Lord in prayer.

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 He didn't sublimate it.

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 He didn't pretend that all is well.

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 He didn't think, well, let me just place my circumstances to the side because this is the Lord.

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 He is deeply honest, unsettlingly honest with God, but he brings it to God in prayer.

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 And he unburdens his heart and soul before the Lord.

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 You have behind me and above me an outline of the psalm.

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 I thought it might be helpful.

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 I wasn't sure many of you would be overly familiar with the 44th psalm.

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 And hopefully that will be helpful as we think through.

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 Briefly touching on the first section and spending more time on verses 9 to the end, verse 26.

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 Notice, first of all, the spiritual continuity of genuine faith.

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 And this really is the first eight verses of the psalm.

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 Look how the psalm begins.

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 O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old.

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 And he begins to recite what the fathers had told their children of the mighty acts of God in history.

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 And he in particular is thinking, you'll notice from the language, about the mighty acts of God at the time of the Exodus.

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 And the planting of the people of God, God's covenant people, in the land of promise.

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 With your own hand you drove out the nation.

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 Remember the seven nations who occupied the land of promise.

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 But then, that is your people you planted.

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 You afflicted the peoples.

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 But then, your own people you set free.

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 For not by their own sword did they win the land.

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 Our fathers have told us this, that they didn't gain these victories by their own ingenuity, by their plans, and by their power, and by their might, and by their weaponry.

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 It was your right hand and your arm and the light of your face.

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 For you delighted in them.

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 Our fathers have told us.

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 You are my king, O God, ordained salvation for Jacob.

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 Through you we push down our foes.

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 Through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.

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 For not in my bow do I trust.

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 Nor can my sword save me.

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 But you have, in the past, saved us from our foes.

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 You have put to shame those who hate us.

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 In God we have boasted continually.

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 And if the psalm ended there, we go away happy.

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 But, verse 9 begins.

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 But notice just briefly the spiritual continuity of genuine faith.

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 Here is someone who is saying, Lord, I know you are great.

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 I know you are powerful.

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 I know you are the God who is for your people.

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 Our fathers have told us.

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 I love that phrase.

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 Years ago in Cambridge I was speaking to the children.

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 I would usually speak to them in the morning preparing them for the sermon.

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 I was speaking that Sunday morning on the inspiration and sufficiency of Holy Scripture.

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 And I said to the children, how do we know the Bible is the word of God?

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 Little Hannah Knight puts her hand up.

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 I said, Hannah, my daddy told me.

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 And everyone laughed.

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 Except me.

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 I said, that's a wonderful answer.

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 That's a glorious answer.

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 And then I said, but how did your daddy know?

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 What the writer is saying, Lord, the theology I have concerning you,

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 the truth I know about you, I have because of the faithfulness of our fathers.

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 He's highlighting the spiritual continuity of faith.

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 He's not speaking about borrowed faith.

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 He is speaking about the covenantal responsibility that fathers in particular have to tell their children about the Lord.

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 Their fathers told them.

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 Now church history can be a wonderful source of encouragement.

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 I think fathers and mothers should be telling their children,

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 let me tell you about what God has done throughout the ages after the close of the canon of Scripture.

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 How God raised up men like Irenaeus of Leon and Athanasius of Alexandria.

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 And then you've got Augustine of Hippo.

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 And you go right through the history.

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 Anselm of Canterbury.

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 You come to Luther and Calvin.

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 And then the Puritans and Jonathan Edwards and the mighty acts of God in the 19th century.

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 Charles Spurgeon and our children hear about what God hath wrought.

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 And our children discover that God is great.

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 That God is powerful.

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 That God is glorious.

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 That God is for his people.

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 But then comes a difficulty.

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 Daddy, you've told me all about what God did then.

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 1859, 1906 in Wales.

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 1948 in the island of Lewes.

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 But what about today?

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 What about now?

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 What about now?

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 And so after he highlights the covenantal continuity of faith,

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 the spiritual continuity of faith,

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 he comes to the heart of the psalm.

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 The first eight verses are not the psalmist expressing simply his evangelical credentials.

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 He is really saying,

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 Lord, I know there is none like unto you.

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 I know that.

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 Your mighty acts in history that my fathers, our fathers have told us of.

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 Shout that out.

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 But you have rejected us and disgraced us.

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 And so from verse 9 to 22,

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 he speaks about the inevitable perplexity of genuine faith.

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 He compares the past history with the present tragic state of God's people.

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 And what perplexes the psalmist,

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 what anguishes the psalmist,

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 you can't miss surely the anguish of the language of the psalmist,

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 is the contradiction between what God did then and what he is not doing now.

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 Where is God when you need him?

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 You cannot but be struck by the searing honesty of the psalmist.

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 Verse 10,

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 You have made us to turn back from the foe.

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 Verse 11,

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 You have made us like sheep for slaughter,

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 scattered us among the nations.

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 It's possible,

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 we're not told,

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 but it's possible that the psalm is written during the Babylonian captivity,

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 middle years of the 6th century before Christ.

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 You've sold your people for a trifle.

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 You've made us the taunt of our neighbours.

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 People look at us and laugh.

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 That's the church of God,

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 of Yahweh,

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 Yahweh,

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 the living one,

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 who is neither beginning of days nor end of life.

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 That bedraggled remnant

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 is the people of God.

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 You've made us a taunt to our neighbours,

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 derision and scorn for those around us.

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 We're filled with shame and disgrace,

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 saying,

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 You have made us a byword among the nations.

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 In other words,

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 there is public shame and humiliation

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 to belonging to the covenant people of God.

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 All day long,

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 my disgrace is before me.

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 Shame has covered my face

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 at the sound of the taunter and reviler,

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 at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

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 He is searingly honest with God.

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 He is acknowledging and recognising

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 the sovereignty of God.

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 He knows that God isn't a bit player.

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 He knows that God is not peripheral to history.

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 He knows that the hand that ultimately shapes,

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 determines and styles and progresses history

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 is the hand of the covenant God of Israel.

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 He knows that.

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 And it's that divine sovereignty

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 that leaves him gasping with anguish and bewilderment.

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 But that anguish and bewilderment

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 is inevitable.

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 It belongs to the very nature

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 of faith

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 in a fallen world.

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 because we are not God.

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 Because his ways are higher than our ways.

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 His thoughts are higher than our thoughts.

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 Because we see through a glass darkly.

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 Because we see partially.

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 We can't even see around the corner.

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 Never mind what lies ahead

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 in the coming week.

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 Because we see only the reverse side

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 of the tapestry

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 with its tangled mints.

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 and not the side that God is seeing

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 weaving perfectly

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 his perfect design

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 and sovereign will

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 that is an inevitability

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 to perplexity

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 and anguish

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 in the life of faith.

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 We can't escape it.

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 We might want to escape it.

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 But we can't escape it.

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 We have to learn to live with it.

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 This is part of the tension

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 of being believers

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 in a yet fallen world

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 with yet

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 corruptible bodies

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 where sin

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 yet indwells us.

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 He's perplexed with God.

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 But he's honest

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 in his perplexity.

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 And it's accented

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 you notice in verse 17

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 all this has come upon us

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 though we've not forgotten you.

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 We've not been false

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 to your covenant.

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 Maybe you're thinking

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 ah he's overstating

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 the case here.

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 No he's not.

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 He's not saying

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 we're sinless.

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 He's saying

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 Lord

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 we've not forgotten you

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 but you seem

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 to have forgotten us.

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 We've not been false

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 to your covenant.

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 Again let me say

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 he's not saying

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 we're sinless.

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 He's saying

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 Lord

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 we have been true

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 to you.

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 That's why we can't

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 really understand

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 why all this

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 has happened.

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 Then in verses

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 23 to 26

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 we notice

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 the familial boldness

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 of genuine faith.

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 Awake.

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 Why are you sleeping

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 oh Lord?

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 Rouse yourself.

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 Do not

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 reject us

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 forever.

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 The first imperative

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 comes with a shock.

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 He's commanding God

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 to awake.

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 He's not saying

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 Lord

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 will you

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 please

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 come to me

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 and

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 help me

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 to perhaps

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 understand

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 why this has happened

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 and why you're doing

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 what you're doing

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 or not doing

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 what you're not doing.

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 He says

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 awake.

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 There are four

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 imperatives

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 four commands.

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 Awake.

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 Stop sleeping

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 on the job.

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 Rouse yourself.

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 Do not

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 reject us

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 forever.

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 That's the

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 familial boldness

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 of authentic

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 genuine faith.

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 remember in the

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 in the boat

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 our Lord Jesus

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 is crossing

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 Galilee

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 and a storm

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 breaks out

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 and

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 he's asleep

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 in the stern

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 of the boat

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 and the disciples

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 come

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 terrified

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 by the wind

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 and the wind

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 they were seasoned

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 fishermen

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 but they were

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 terrified

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 and they say

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 wake

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 Lord

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 do you not

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 care

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 that we're

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 in danger

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 of perishing?

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 You see

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 there are times

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 when it seems

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 as if God

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 has

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 gone away

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 and what

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 you have here

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 is this

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 familial

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 boldness

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 of genuine

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 faith.

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 You find the same

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 thing

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 in the book

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 of Habakkuk

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 chapter 1

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 O Lord

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 how long

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 shall I cry

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 for help

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 and you will

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 not hear

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 or cry to you

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 violence

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 and you will

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 not save

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 why do you

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 make me see

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 iniquity?

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 Why do you

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 idly

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 look at

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 wrong?

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 Destruction

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 and violence

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 are before me

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 the law

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 is paralysed

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 justice

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 never goes

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 forth

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 the wicked

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 surround

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 the righteous

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 justice

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 has been

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 perverted

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 and you're

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 asleep

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 in the

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 job

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 you're idle

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 you're passive

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 you're inert

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 I wonder

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 if you've

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 ever

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 been

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 that bold

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 with God

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 maybe you're

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 thinking

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 well

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 this was

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 out of

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 place

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 this was

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 just a step

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 too far

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 this was

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 this was

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 really

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 not how

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 a creature

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 speaks to

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 the creator

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 this is

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 not how

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 a redeemed

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 forgiven

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 sinner

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 speaks to

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 the one

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 who at

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 infinite cost

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 has

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 redeemed

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 them

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 why do you

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 think it's

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 in the

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 Bible

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 in part

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 it's to

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 confront us

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 with the

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 anguished

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 nature of

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 genuine

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 faith

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 I think

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 sometimes

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 we still

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 believe

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 the lie

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 of the

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 serpent

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 that if

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 we were

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 really

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 men and

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 women of

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 faith

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 boys and

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 girls of

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 faith

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 we would

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 always be

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 trusting the

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 Lord

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 a smile

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 would always

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 be in our

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 faces

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 life with its

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 hardships we would

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 take in our

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 stride

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 difficulties would

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 come and we would

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 just sail through

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 them

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 people would

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 say how has

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 your week been

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 praise the

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 Lord

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 it's been

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 glorious

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 and you're

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 thinking

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 are you

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 serious

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 how kind

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 the Lord

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 is to

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 give us

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 psalms like

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 psalm 44

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 to show us

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 that even

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 the pen

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 men of

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 God

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 the pen

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 men of

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 God

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 those men

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 raised up

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 by God

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 to pen

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 the Holy

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 Scripture

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 could be so

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 searingly

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 honest

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 with God

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 awake

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 awake

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 why are you

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 sleeping

00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:17.579
 oh Lord

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.819
 rouse

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 yourself

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 do not

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 reject us

00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:22.819
 forever

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:24.039
 be real

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 with God

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 be honest

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 with the

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 Lord

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 but then

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 fourthly

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 and this

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 really is

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 the burden

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.220
 of my

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 heart

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.000
 this evening

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.420
 notice the

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 supportive

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.839
 theology

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:40.160
 of genuine

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.759
 faith

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:45.140
 the psalmist

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:46.059
 almost without

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.900
 knowing it

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:48.200
 gives two

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:49.079
 clues

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:50.920
 that first

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.680
 help to

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.519
 explain the

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.000
 churches

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.759
 and his

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.359
 desperate

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.440
 perplexity

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:57.340
 and second

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:57.920
 that help

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.360
 believers

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:59.019
 to stand

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 firm

00:22:59.360 --> 00:22:59.740
 and not

00:22:59.740 --> 00:22:59.980
 turn

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 back

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 number

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 one

00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:04.420
 notice

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.779
 what he

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 says

00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.500
 in verse

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.240
 22

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:08.620
 yet

00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.539
 for your

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.120
 sake

00:23:10.120 --> 00:23:11.220
 we are

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 killed

00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.279
 all the

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 day long

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 we are

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 regarded

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 as sheep

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.039
 to be

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.660
 slaughtered

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.180
 now Paul

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.880
 quotes those

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.180
 words

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.460
 you will

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.960
 know that

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.799
 in Romans

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.279
 8 verse

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.960
 36

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.860
 in the

00:23:21.860 --> 00:23:22.180
 middle of

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.380
 that

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.880
 glorious

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.400
 chapter

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.660
 where he

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.960
 expounds

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.640
 for us

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.440
 the

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.259
 privileges

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:29.559
 and blessings

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.360
 that belong

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:31.120
 to those

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.880
 for whom

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.380
 there is no

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:33.160
 longer any

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:34.259
 condemnation

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.100
 because they

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.460
 are in

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.240
 Christ Jesus

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:38.620
 he speaks

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:38.960
 of the

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.319
 blessed

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:39.940
 ministry

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.279
 of the

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.100
 Holy Spirit

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:42.079
 he speaks

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.680
 of God's

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.360
 electing

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:43.960
 purpose

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.819
 he speaks

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.299
 of God

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.120
 being for

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.740
 his people

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.480
 and not

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.200
 against them

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.980
 he speaks

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.480
 of God

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.380
 not sparing

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:50.820
 his own

00:23:50.820 --> 00:23:51.200
 son

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.240
 but delivering

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.720
 him up

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.060
 for us

00:23:53.060 --> 00:23:53.380
 all

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:54.020
 how will

00:23:54.020 --> 00:23:54.420
 he not

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.000
 then with

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.640
 him freely

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.080
 give us

00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:56.780
 all things

00:23:56.780 --> 00:23:57.740
 he speaks

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.360
 of Christ

00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:58.800
 being at

00:23:58.800 --> 00:23:59.180
 the right

00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.620
 hand

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.180
 of the

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.680
 majesty

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.220
 on high

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.280
 interceding

00:24:02.280 --> 00:24:03.060
 for us

00:24:03.060 --> 00:24:05.260
 and then in

00:24:05.260 --> 00:24:05.680
 the midst

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.260
 of that

00:24:06.260 --> 00:24:07.580
 he says

00:24:07.580 --> 00:24:08.760
 ah

00:24:08.760 --> 00:24:10.660
 let me

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.080
 quote to

00:24:11.080 --> 00:24:11.440
 you these

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.760
 words

00:24:11.760 --> 00:24:12.060
 he doesn't

00:24:12.060 --> 00:24:12.460
 say that

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.440
 Psalm 44

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.500
 yet for

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.160
 your sake

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.380
 we are

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:15.900
 being killed

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.300
 all the

00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:16.760
 day long

00:24:16.760 --> 00:24:17.060
 we are

00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:17.680
 regarded as

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.020
 sheep to

00:24:18.020 --> 00:24:18.740
 be slaughtered

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.160
 and when

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.500
 you read

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:19.780
 through

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.680
 Romans chapter

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.000
 8

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.500
 you are

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.220
 struck by

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.960
 this

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:24.379
 surprising

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:25.160
 turn

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:26.359
 in the

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:27.240
 flow

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.079
 of

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.740
 the

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.980
 blessings

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 that the

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.319
 apostle Paul

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 is expounding

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 and explicating

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 and you think

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 well why is it

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.180
 there

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.859
 why is it

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.279
 there

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:41.899
 it was there

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.619
 to tell

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.639
 these Christians

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.299
 in Rome

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 that what

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:45.759
 they were

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.339
 suffering

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:48.539
 was not

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.119
 God's

00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:49.740
 punishment

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.759
 but battle

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.659
 scars

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:52.240
 for the

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.879
 saviour's

00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.319
 sake

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:55.259
 and that's

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.919
 what the

00:24:55.919 --> 00:24:56.399
 psalmist

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:57.579
 doesn't yet

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.679
 get in

00:24:58.679 --> 00:24:59.099
 the

00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:00.980
 the hinterland

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:02.159
 of redemptive

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.639
 history

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.859
 he sees

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.740
 but dimly

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.779
 in

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:07.199
 shadow lands

00:25:07.199 --> 00:25:07.959
 if you like

00:25:07.959 --> 00:25:09.839
 yet for

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.619
 your sake

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.220
 we are killed

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.579
 all the

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:11.879
 day long

00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:12.819
 why has all

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.279
 this come

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.859
 upon us

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 he's actually

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.559
 told us

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.459
 for your

00:25:16.459 --> 00:25:16.879
 sake

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:19.479
 the church's

00:25:19.479 --> 00:25:20.240
 trials and

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.819
 sufferings

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.619
 were battle

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.559
 scars

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:24.759
 they were

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.579
 not signs

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.199
 of God's

00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:26.719
 anger

00:25:26.719 --> 00:25:27.559
 or punishment

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:30.959
 they were

00:25:30.959 --> 00:25:31.519
 battle

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.439
 scars

00:25:32.439 --> 00:25:33.759
 in the

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 cause

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.639
 of the

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:35.979
 kingdom

00:25:35.979 --> 00:25:36.659
 of God

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.279
 in this

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.759
 world

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:39.759
 you see

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.699
 the subtext

00:25:40.699 --> 00:25:41.699
 of Psalm

00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.399
 44

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:44.220
 is

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.660
 Genesis

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.200
 3

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.860
 what Paul

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.280
 was speaking

00:25:46.280 --> 00:25:46.580
 to the

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 children

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 about

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:48.600
 that

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:50.280
 divinely

00:25:50.280 --> 00:25:51.340
 instituted

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:52.080
 cosmic

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:53.019
 conflict

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.800
 between

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 the seed

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.680
 of the

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.060
 serpent

00:25:55.060 --> 00:25:55.540
 and the

00:25:55.540 --> 00:25:55.700
 seed

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 of women

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 now there

00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.600
 are times

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.200
 of course

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.380
 when the

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:02.519
 trials of

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.120
 the church

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:04.780
 is the

00:26:04.780 --> 00:26:05.780
 result of

00:26:05.780 --> 00:26:07.100
 unbelief

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:09.040
 and disobedience

00:26:09.040 --> 00:26:09.840
 and rebellion

00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:11.400
 and faithlessness

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:13.440
 but there

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.120
 are times

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:15.960
 when it's

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.560
 because

00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:17.540
 we are

00:26:17.540 --> 00:26:18.100
 standing

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:19.259
 against the

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.580
 world

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:20.240
 the flesh

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.540
 and the

00:26:20.540 --> 00:26:20.780
 devil

00:26:20.780 --> 00:26:21.320
 and all

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.840
 hell

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.700
 is being

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.300
 let loose

00:26:23.300 --> 00:26:23.920
 upon us

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 I wonder

00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:25.280
 how many

00:26:25.280 --> 00:26:25.759
 people

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.519
 looking at

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.040
 Job

00:26:27.040 --> 00:26:27.600
 would have

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.040
 concluded

00:26:28.040 --> 00:26:28.400
 this

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 there is

00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:29.440
 a righteous

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.060
 godly

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.580
 man

00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:34.180
 not many

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.519
 I would

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:34.880
 think

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:36.220
 not many

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:44.000
 when God

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.819
 unites you

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.279
 to his

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.640
 son

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:47.779
 he

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.920
 initiates

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.339
 you

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:51.539
 in union

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.120
 with him

00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:52.799
 into a

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.319
 cosmic

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.279
 conflict

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:59.960
 and we

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 need to

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.259
 reckon

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.339
 with the

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.940
 reality

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:04.200
 of the

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.519
 devil

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:07.339
 our

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.779
 warfare

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.359
 is not

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.960
 with flesh

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.500
 and blood

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:12.240
 ultimately

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.859
 but with

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.799
 principalities

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.559
 and powers

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:16.359
 with the

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.500
 hosts of

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.000
 wickedness

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.279
 in the

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.559
 heavenly

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.200
 places

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.579
 for your

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.140
 sake

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:22.359
 we're killed

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:22.779
 all the

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.379
 day long

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.319
 you almost

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.720
 feel the

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.000
 Lord

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.799
 would want

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.440
 to pause

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.039
 the psalmist

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.400
 and say

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:27.740
 do you

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.339
 get it

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:30.319
 do you

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.759
 get it

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.279
 even out

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.579
 of your

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.240
 own lips

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:34.119
 why this

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.539
 has come

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.220
 upon you

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.619
 you are

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.199
 sharing

00:27:37.199 --> 00:27:39.099
 in an

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:40.240
 anticipatory

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.399
 prototypical

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:41.879
 way

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.619
 in the

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.359
 sufferings

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.899
 of your

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.539
 saviour

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.199
 the

00:27:45.199 --> 00:27:45.659
 promised

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.240
 messiah

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.639
 Jesus

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:47.279
 Christ

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:53.399
 but then

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:53.939
 secondly

00:27:53.939 --> 00:27:54.299
 do you

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.740
 notice

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.059
 the

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.480
 psalmist

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.039
 ends

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.279
 his

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.879
 complaint

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.259
 with a

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.759
 confession

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.420
 of faith

00:27:58.420 --> 00:28:00.359
 he finishes

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:01.119
 the psalm

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.140
 rise up

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.859
 come to

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.480
 our help

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.559
 redeem us

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.200
 for the

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.660
 sake of

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:05.879
 your

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.640
 chesed

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.420
 not latin

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.940
 but hebrew

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.839
 chesed

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.859
 your covenant

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.440
 love

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.920
 your unfailing

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:13.420
 pledged

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.420
 in blood

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.200
 covenant

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.680
 love

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.400
 where does

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.180
 he ultimately

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:18.079
 rest his

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.519
 hope

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.779
 in the

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.400
 chesed

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.039
 of yahweh

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.619
 in the

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.000
 covenant

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.559
 love

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.240
 and in the

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.579
 covenant

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.460
 faithfulness

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.039
 of god

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:29.779
 and what

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.480
 those closing

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.619
 words say

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.240
 to us

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.700
 is that

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.059
 in the

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.519
 deepest

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:35.259
 extremities

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.680
 of our

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.240
 lives

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.079
 personal

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.899
 extremities

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:38.579
 familial

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.359
 extremities

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.859
 congregational

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.779
 extremities

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:43.339
 we are to

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.039
 rest the

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:45.319
 weight of

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.819
 all that

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.519
 we are

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:49.440
 on the

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.000
 character

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:51.099
 of god

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:55.180
 and on

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.079
 the grace

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.859
 of god

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.559
 as he has

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.859
 pledged it

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.500
 to us

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.980
 in his

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.700
 covenant

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.319
 love

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.960
 in jesus

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.500
 christ

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:06.640
 you see

00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:06.880
 this

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.400
 ultimately

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.819
 is the

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.240
 triumph

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.920
 of faith

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:10.859
 not that

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.539
 life is

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.000
 easy

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.759
 and sweet

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.259
 and uncomplicated

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.160
 and unhindered

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.779
 and even

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:19.279
 but that

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.700
 we say

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.240
 lord

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.579
 in the

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.000
 midst of

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.400
 all the

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.599
 perplexities

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.980
 and bewilderments

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.920
 and trials

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.619
 and troubles

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:28.960
 i want to

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.380
 tell you

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.799
 this

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:31.740
 my hope

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.440
 rests

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.299
 on your

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:34.400
 steadfast

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.780
 love

00:29:34.780 --> 00:29:36.259
 on your

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.120
 pledged

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:38.220
 and promised

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.880
 covenantal

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:41.200
 secured

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.660
 love

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:43.080
 that's

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:44.040
 where my

00:29:44.040 --> 00:29:44.480
 hope

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.480
 rests

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:47.780
 i can still

00:29:47.780 --> 00:29:48.300
 remember

00:29:48.300 --> 00:29:48.940
 the day

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:50.140
 i think

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:51.060
 i was about

00:29:51.060 --> 00:29:52.540
 23 years

00:29:52.540 --> 00:29:52.960
 of age

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.500
 but i remember

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:53.940
 the day

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:56.120
 i was preparing

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:57.060
 a bible study

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:58.519
 for a

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.140
 house group

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.640
 in

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.680
 falkirk

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.560
 in central

00:30:01.560 --> 00:30:02.200
 scotland

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.700
 i was a

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.060
 student at

00:30:03.060 --> 00:30:03.280
 edinburgh

00:30:03.280 --> 00:30:03.820
 university

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.220
 studying

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.720
 theology

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.579
 i'd been

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:05.960
 asked to

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.460
 go along

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.500
 and the

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:07.839
 passage

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.240
 i'd been

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.559
 given

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.620
 was the

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.180
 second half

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.660
 of romans

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.460
 chapter 4

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:13.200
 and i have

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.960
 a default

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.839
 when i'm

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.360
 preparing

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:16.480
 john calvin

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.779
 is my

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.279
 default

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.220
 calvin says

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.880
 it must be

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.160
 right

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:20.039
 well i don't

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.420
 mean that

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:21.720
 but i always

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.019
 go to

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.860
 he's my

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.539
 go to

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:25.759
 and i

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.100
 remember

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.680
 yet

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.160
 reading

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.500
 these

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.000
 words

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.839
 calvin

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.579
 is commenting

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.819
 on the

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.099
 faith

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.259
 of

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.720
 abraham

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:31.720


00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.819
 abraham

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.039
 god

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.259
 had

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.619
 promised

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.220
 abraham

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.319
 a son

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.960
 and an

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.240
 heir

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.859
 who would

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.319
 be the

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.679
 one

00:30:38.679 --> 00:30:39.599
 in whom

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.259
 the covenant

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.980
 promises

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.740
 of god

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.679
 would continue

00:30:42.679 --> 00:30:43.299
 but the

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.559
 years

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.119
 passed

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:46.219
 no heir

00:30:46.219 --> 00:30:46.899
 or son

00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:47.679
 appeared

00:30:47.679 --> 00:30:49.739
 and paul

00:30:49.739 --> 00:30:50.219
 says

00:30:50.219 --> 00:30:51.000
 against

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.539
 hope

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.359
 abraham

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:53.779
 believed

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.379
 in hope

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:56.779
 he trusted

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.339
 god

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.899
 and then

00:30:58.899 --> 00:30:59.359
 calvin

00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:00.479
 wrote

00:31:00.479 --> 00:31:00.799
 these

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.819
 words

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:03.639
 thinking of

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.079
 abraham

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.459
 as the

00:31:04.459 --> 00:31:04.719
 years

00:31:04.719 --> 00:31:05.299
 passed

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.099
 when his

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.959
 circumstances

00:31:06.959 --> 00:31:07.599
 seemed to

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.099
 contradict

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.619
 god's

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.119
 promise

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:10.739
 calvin

00:31:10.739 --> 00:31:11.079
 wrote

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:12.679
 all things

00:31:12.679 --> 00:31:13.739
 around us

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.200
 are in

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.720
 opposition

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.259
 to the

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.700
 promises

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.339
 of god

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.759
 he promises

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:19.079
 immortality

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:20.299
 we're

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.880
 surrounded

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.259
 with

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.000
 mortality

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.779
 and corruption

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:24.380
 he declares

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.819
 that he

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.480
 counts as

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.940
 just

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.640
 we're

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:26.880
 covered

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.160
 with

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.640
 sins

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.799
 he

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.620
 testifies

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.039
 that he

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.220
 is

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.839
 propitious

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.539
 and kind

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.220
 to us

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:33.539
 outward

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.359
 judgments

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.880
 threaten

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.579
 his wrath

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:38.279
 what

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.859
 then

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.440
 is to

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.079
 be done

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:41.019
 calvin

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.559
 asks

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:43.099
 we

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.539
 must

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.839
 with

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.419
 closed

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:45.119
 eyes

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:45.719
 pass

00:31:45.719 --> 00:31:46.219
 by

00:31:46.219 --> 00:31:47.199
 ourselves

00:31:47.199 --> 00:31:48.539
 and

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:48.779
 all

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.299
 things

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.899
 connected

00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.240
 with

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.599
 us

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:51.759
 that

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.379
 nothing

00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:52.779
 may

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.279
 hinder

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.719
 or

00:31:53.719 --> 00:31:54.299
 prevent

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.659
 us

00:31:54.659 --> 00:31:54.919
 from

00:31:54.919 --> 00:31:55.480
 believing

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.879
 that

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.179
 god

00:31:56.179 --> 00:31:56.379
 is

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:56.779
 true

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:56.899
!

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:58.779
 I've

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.019
 never

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.480
 forgotten

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.779
 those

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.119
 words

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:01.119
 they

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.440
 were

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.379
 electric

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:03.019
 to me

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.399
 when I

00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:03.660
 first

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:03.940
 read

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.299
 them

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:05.799
 you know

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.059
 what he's

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.379
 simply

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:06.879
 saying

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:08.740
 not

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.099
 bury

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.359
 your

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.619
 head

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:09.960
 in the

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.440
 sand

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:12.579
 but

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:12.819
 he's

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.119
 saying

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.319
 when

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.559
 your

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.480
 circumstances

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.940
 seem

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.200
 to

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.519
 mock

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.019
 god

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.339
 and

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.519
 his

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.039
 promises

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:19.299
 place

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.519
 them

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.220
 alongside

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.379
 who

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:21.700
 god

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.099
 is

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:24.759
 you

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:24.879
 see

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.139
 that's

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:25.240
 what

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.399
 our

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:25.599
 lord

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:25.899
 jesus

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.440
 christ

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:26.759
 did

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:26.980
 when

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.159
 he

00:32:27.159 --> 00:32:27.579
 endured

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.799
 the

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.500
 desolation

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.779
 and

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.079
 curse

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.259
 of

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.420
 the

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.819
 cross

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.259
 he

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.480
 is

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.659
 the

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.480
 prototypical

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.759
 man

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:31.940
 of

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.279
 faith

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.700
 and

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:32.980
 yet

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.819
 perfect

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.180
 man

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.379
 of

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:34.700
 faith

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:34.879
 as

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.039
 he

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.420
 was

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.659
 his

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:35.980
 life

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.220
 was

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.899
 engulfed

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.079
 with

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.799
 darkness

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.879
 he

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.079
 is

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.240
 the

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.460
 one

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.059
 ultimately

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.299
 that

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.700
 Isaiah

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.180
 50

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.460
 verse

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:41.799
 10

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.200
 points

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.460
 to

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:44.139
 when

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.299
 it

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.659
 says

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:44.960
 that

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.180
 when

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.420
 we

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:46.839
 walk

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.059
 in

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.500
 darkness

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.939
 and

00:32:47.939 --> 00:32:48.119
 have

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.419
 no

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:48.899
 light

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.139
 I

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.339
 don't

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.500
 know

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.659
 what

00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:49.859
 that

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.319
 means

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:51.019
 I

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.519
 occasionally

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:52.839
 know

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.079
 what it

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.439
 is to

00:32:53.439 --> 00:32:53.740
 walk

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:53.919
 in

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:54.539
 darkness

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.939
 but

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.459
 to

00:32:55.459 --> 00:32:55.619
 have

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:55.839
 no

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.319
 light

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.659
 no

00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:57.339
 pinprick

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:57.539
 of

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.000
 light

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.779
 I

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:58.980
 remember

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.399
 a friend

00:32:59.399 --> 00:32:59.759
 of mine

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.099
 once

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.319
 saying

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:00.639
 to me

00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:00.859
 he

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:01.439
 envied

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:01.679
 the

00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:02.679
 lampposts

00:33:02.679 --> 00:33:02.839
 of

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.459
 Glasgow

00:33:03.459 --> 00:33:04.519
 because

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.879
 they

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.079
 had

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.639
 light

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:07.480
 he

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.879
 felt

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:08.659
 darkness

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:09.039
 just

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.779
 shrouded

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:09.980
 him

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.439
 and

00:33:10.439 --> 00:33:10.579
 it

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:10.859
 was

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.039
 for

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.279
 our

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.779
 saviour

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:15.980
 darkness

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:17.720
 enshrouded

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:17.960
 him

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.860
 engulfed

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:19.000
!

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:22.339
 And

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.519
 he

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.920
 said

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.360
 why

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.640
 why

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.440
 why

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.620
 have

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:25.759
 you

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.299
 forsaken

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.599
 me

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:29.799
 but

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:29.920
 he

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.120
 said

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:30.380
 more

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.539
 than

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.720
 that

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:30.980
 didn't

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.200
 he

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:33.000
 he

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.400
 said

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:34.259
 my

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:35.200
 God

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:36.180
 my

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.640
 God

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:36.960
 why

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.120
 have

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.220
 you

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.720
 forsaken

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.039
 me

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:39.120
 the

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.460
 sense

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:39.779
 of the

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.319
 fatherhood

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.720
 of God

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.019
 had been

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.579
 eclipsed

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.240
 but not

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.440
 the

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.940
 personal

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.559
 pronoun

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:45.879
 was it

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:46.159
 Martin

00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:46.440
 Luther

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.679
 who

00:33:46.679 --> 00:33:47.000
 said

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.599
 genuine

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:48.259
 Christianity

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.000
 is all

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.279
 about

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.879
 personal

00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:50.539
 pronouns

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:53.720
 you

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.039
 see

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.359
 you

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:55.659
 and I

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.099
 have a

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:56.519
 saviour

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.720
 who

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.039
 knows

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.339
 by

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.940
 personal

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.619
 experience

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.259
 spiritual

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.799
 darkness

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:01.839
 we

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.179
 have a

00:34:02.179 --> 00:34:02.619
 saviour

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:02.940
 who

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:04.379
 knows

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:04.659
 from

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.480
 experience

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.000
 the

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.299
 deep

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.799
 sense

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.159
 of the

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.619
 absence

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.079
 of the

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.500
 presence

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:09.099
 of God

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:10.820
 we

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.159
 have a

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.559
 saviour

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.019
 for whom

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.380
 all the

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:12.799
 lights

00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:13.519
 went out

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.119
 there

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.440
 wasn't

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:14.659
 a

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.159
 pinprick

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.360
 of

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:15.840
 comfort

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.199
 in

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.360
 the

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:17.039
 cosmos

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:19.079
 not

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.259
 a

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.860
 pinprick

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:27.239
 but I

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.579
 want to

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:27.780
 say

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.239
 this

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:30.780
 even

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:33.480
 as

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.659
 the

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.079
 face

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.440
 of the

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:34.759
 father

00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:35.099
 of

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:36.079
 Jesus

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.719
 Christ

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:38.099
 was

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.360
 hidden

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.759
 from

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.019
 him

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:40.639
 even

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:40.940
 as

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.179
 the

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.599
 righteous

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.079
 wrath

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.280
 of

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.559
 God

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.780
 was

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.460
 being

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.820
 poured

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.100
 out

00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:44.420
 upon

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:44.740
 him

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:46.980
 I

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.220
 have

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:47.600
 little

00:34:47.600 --> 00:34:48.120
 doubt

00:34:48.120 --> 00:34:50.460
 that

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.640
 the

00:34:50.640 --> 00:34:51.019
 father

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.320
 was

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.660
 saying

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:51.860
 to

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.040
 the

00:34:52.040 --> 00:34:52.360
 hosts

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.580
 of

00:34:52.580 --> 00:34:52.880
 heaven

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:54.240
 and to

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.519
 his

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.900
 son

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:56.300
 if

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.840
 ever

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.400
 I

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.100
 loved

00:34:58.100 --> 00:34:58.480
 thee

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.960
 my

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.580
 Jesus

00:34:59.580 --> 00:35:00.160
 tis

00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:00.600
 now

00:35:00.600 --> 00:35:04.300
 for

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.680
 even

00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:05.080
 in the

00:35:05.080 --> 00:35:05.660
 cross

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:06.580
 as the

00:35:06.580 --> 00:35:07.140
 darkness

00:35:07.140 --> 00:35:08.000
 engulfed him

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.260
 he

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:08.800
 never

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:08.800


00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.520
 never

00:35:09.520 --> 00:35:10.040
 let

00:35:10.040 --> 00:35:10.580
 go

00:35:10.580 --> 00:35:11.000
 the

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.560
 my

00:35:11.560 --> 00:35:12.520
 my

00:35:12.520 --> 00:35:13.040
 God

00:35:13.040 --> 00:35:15.980
 if

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.280
 ever

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.520
 I

00:35:16.520 --> 00:35:16.860
 love

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:17.200
 thee

00:35:17.200 --> 00:35:18.400
 my

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.900
 Jesus

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.260
 tis

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.600
 now

00:35:19.600 --> 00:35:21.520
 the

00:35:21.520 --> 00:35:22.020
 life of

00:35:22.020 --> 00:35:22.320
 faith

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:22.540
 in

00:35:22.540 --> 00:35:22.820
 Jesus

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.400
 Christ

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.800
 is a

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.180
 life

00:35:24.180 --> 00:35:25.340
 of

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.200
 perplexity

00:35:26.200 --> 00:35:26.700
 sometimes

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:27.140
 the

00:35:27.140 --> 00:35:28.000
 perplexities

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.460
 are

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.300
 few

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.920
 and

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.400
 slight

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:32.800
 sometimes

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.480
 they

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.620
 are

00:35:33.620 --> 00:35:34.080
 many

00:35:34.080 --> 00:35:34.580
 and

00:35:34.580 --> 00:35:35.400
 engulfing

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:38.760
 and

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:38.940
 the

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.360
 psalm

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:39.800
 ends

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.000
 with

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.200
 no

00:35:40.200 --> 00:35:40.580
 answer

00:35:40.580 --> 00:35:40.800
 did

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:40.900
 you

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.160
 notice

00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:41.620
 that

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.240
 there's

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:42.519
 no

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.460
 quick

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.840
 fix

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:43.980
 at

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.140
 the

00:35:44.140 --> 00:35:44.500
 end

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.940
 oh

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.160
 let

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:45.300
 me

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:45.600
 tell

00:35:45.600 --> 00:35:45.840
 you

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.380
 psalmist

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:46.780
 let

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:46.920
 me

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.200
 tell

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.519
 you

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.220
 actually

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.620
 I'm

00:35:48.620 --> 00:35:49.019
 about

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.360
 this

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.500
 and

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.620
 I'm

00:35:49.620 --> 00:35:49.900
 about

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.380
 that

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:51.280
 you

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.500
 get

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.720
 that

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:51.820
 in

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:51.920
 the

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.080
 book

00:35:52.080 --> 00:35:52.220
 of

00:35:52.220 --> 00:35:52.740
 Habakkuk

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:53.039
 in a

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.380
 sense

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:54.440
 where

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.800
 the

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.200
 prophet

00:35:56.200 --> 00:35:56.720
 begins

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:56.740
!

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:56.960
 by

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.340
 saying

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.680
 Lord

00:35:57.680 --> 00:35:58.100
 rouse

00:35:58.100 --> 00:35:58.720
 yourself

00:35:58.720 --> 00:35:59.400
 wake

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.820
 up

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.200
 why

00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:00.640
 have you

00:36:00.640 --> 00:36:02.200
 deserted

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:02.700
 us

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:03.379
 and forgotten

00:36:03.379 --> 00:36:03.719
 us

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.339
 and the

00:36:04.339 --> 00:36:04.619
 Lord

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.439
 somewhat

00:36:05.439 --> 00:36:06.599
 explains

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:08.099
 his ways

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.539
 with his

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.859
 servant

00:36:08.859 --> 00:36:09.239
 but not

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.599
 here

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:12.019
 not

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.419
 here

00:36:12.419 --> 00:36:16.199
 sometimes

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:17.759
 there are

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:18.500
 no answers

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.079
 this side

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.639
 of glory

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:23.119
 sometimes

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.639
 we'll have

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.299
 to wait

00:36:24.299 --> 00:36:25.119
 for the

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.659
 answers

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:31.779
 but we

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.160
 wait

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:32.960
 in faith

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:35.280
 maybe

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.780
 with many

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.480
 tears

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:39.280
 maybe

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.540
 with

00:36:39.540 --> 00:36:40.060
 Satan

00:36:40.060 --> 00:36:41.720
 subtly

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:41.740
!

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:43.500
 insinuating

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.120
 into our

00:36:44.120 --> 00:36:44.680
 minds and

00:36:44.680 --> 00:36:45.240
 hearts

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.940
 curse

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.280
 God

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:46.940
 and die

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:49.200
 do you

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.660
 think he

00:36:49.660 --> 00:36:50.240
 cares

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:50.620
 look

00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:51.380
 what's

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.700
 happened

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.220
 to you

00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:53.880
 look

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.200
 at your

00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:54.680
 hopes

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:55.360
 that are

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:57.960
 smashed

00:36:57.960 --> 00:37:01.320
 curse

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:01.679
 God

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:02.240
 and die

00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:02.679
 just

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:03.780
 forget

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.420
 him

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:09.480
 Lord

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:09.840
 redeem

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.179
 us

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:11.079
 according

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:11.579
 to your

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:11.940
 covenant

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.380
 love

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:16.199
 that's

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:16.740
 where faith

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.559
 places its

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:17.880
 anchor

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.220
 you see

00:37:18.220 --> 00:37:18.619
 the great

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.139
 thing about

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.800
 faith is

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.260
 not its

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:20.920
 quality

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:22.340
 but its

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.800
 object

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:29.060
 the reformers

00:37:29.060 --> 00:37:31.539
 were always

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:32.280
 using two

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:33.180
 little words

00:37:33.180 --> 00:37:34.880
 to highlight

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:36.720
 what true

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:37.680
 faith is

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:39.460
 extra

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.920
 nos

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.360
 you better

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:40.620
 laugh

00:37:40.620 --> 00:37:41.060
 to finish

00:37:41.060 --> 00:37:42.019
 it's

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.460
 outside

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.440
 of ourselves

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:46.200
 the glory

00:37:46.200 --> 00:37:46.960
 of faith

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:49.500
 is not

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.260
 its

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.760
 quality

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.200
 because

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:51.860
 the quality

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.320
 of faith

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:52.780
 rises

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.360
 it falls

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:53.860
 it comes

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.180
 and it

00:37:54.180 --> 00:37:54.620
 goes

00:37:54.620 --> 00:37:55.580
 one day

00:37:55.580 --> 00:37:56.519
 you could

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.860
 climb a

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.200
 mountain

00:37:58.200 --> 00:37:58.720
 and leap

00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:59.240
 a wall

00:37:59.240 --> 00:38:00.620
 and the next

00:38:00.620 --> 00:38:01.000
 day you can

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.440
 hardly get

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.940
 out of bed

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:05.620
 but the glory

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:06.100
 of faith

00:38:06.100 --> 00:38:06.420
 is not

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:07.100
 its quality

00:38:07.100 --> 00:38:07.580
 but its

00:38:07.580 --> 00:38:08.039
 object

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.780
 Jesus

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.340
 Christ

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:13.480
 who knows

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:14.720
 what darkness

00:38:14.720 --> 00:38:15.260
 is

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:18.780
 and who is

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.240
 at the right

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:20.140
 hand of God

00:38:20.140 --> 00:38:21.780
 interceding

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.380
 forms

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:27.780
 so

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:29.940
 be of

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.440
 good cheer

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:32.500
 be of

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.980
 good cheer

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:35.880
 God

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.400
 loves you

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:38.980
 he will

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.280
 never

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.680
 deserve

00:38:39.680 --> 00:38:39.980
 you

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:42.500
 you may

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.000
 yet

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:44.860
 have to

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.100
 die

00:38:45.100 --> 00:38:45.440
 many

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:46.080
 deaths

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.619
!

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:49.279
 please God

00:38:49.279 --> 00:38:49.619
 they will

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:50.239
 all be

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:52.259
 for Jesus

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:53.440
 sake

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:55.239
 let us

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:55.500
 pray

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:59.119
 father we

00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:01.579
 bless you

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.099
 tonight

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:04.559
 that our

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:05.219
 salvation

00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:06.099
 even our

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.840
 very lives

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.239
 is hid

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:07.920
 with Christ

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.500
 in God

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:11.280
 we thank you

00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:11.680
 Lord

00:39:11.680 --> 00:39:12.119
 that

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.860
 troubles

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.940
 may disturb

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.420
 us

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:15.680
 harm us

00:39:15.680 --> 00:39:16.460
 hurt us

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:18.320
 even at

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:18.840
 times

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.680
 overwhelm

00:39:19.680 --> 00:39:20.019
 us

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:21.700
 that they

00:39:21.700 --> 00:39:22.079
 can never

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.920
 separate us

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.320
 from your

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.619
 love

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:26.260
 we want

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:26.559
 to be

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.119
 better than

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.619
 we are

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:29.719
 we want

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:30.339
 to trust

00:39:30.339 --> 00:39:30.599
 you

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.059
 Lord

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:32.539
 even in

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:32.759
 our

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:33.299
 tears

00:39:33.299 --> 00:39:35.839
 because you

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.119
 are the

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.639
 God who

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:37.259
 spared not

00:39:37.259 --> 00:39:37.799
 your only

00:39:37.799 --> 00:39:38.119
 son

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:39.659
 but delivered

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:40.059
 him up

00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:40.440
 for us

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.719
 all

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:42.460
 bless this

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.139
 congregation

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.739
 for good

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:44.099
 Lord

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:46.519
 enrich their

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.000
 life

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.559
 together

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:50.420
 bless above

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:51.139
 and beyond

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:52.500
 all

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:53.500
 his

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:53.940
 and the

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.759
 congregations

00:39:54.759 --> 00:39:55.259
 asking

00:39:55.259 --> 00:39:55.799
 Paul's

00:39:55.799 --> 00:39:56.299
 ministry

00:39:56.299 --> 00:39:57.759
 may those

00:39:57.759 --> 00:39:58.420
 who serve

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:58.880
 and labour

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.460
 with him

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:00.659
 do so

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:02.059
 in humility

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:03.719
 in concord

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:06.860
 bless this

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:07.539
 congregation

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:08.119
 Lord

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:09.880
 enrich it

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:11.500
 with your

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.199
 presence

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:13.840
 and the

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:14.500
 empowering

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.320
 ministry of

00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:15.699
 the Holy

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:16.239
 Spirit

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:18.019
 and we

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.679
 ask it in

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 our

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 Savior

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 name

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 Amen