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 Good morning. My name is Bo. I'm one of the elders of the church.

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 I'd like to thank the other two elders who tried to help me with my microphone just now.

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 Thank you.

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 Holy, holy, holy.

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 As we hear what you heard, Simon reading the verses from the Bible today,

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 I hope that we can sense the holiness of God.

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 But you see, what was happening in the nation of Israel with their priests

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 was that they somehow lost contact with God,

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 and God became something routine, something common,

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 something that is in competition with the world.

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 But if they realize that there's no competition,

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 their attention would not be so diverted.

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 And what God has said in Malachi would not need to be said.

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 Today, the sermon, the title, From the Rising of the Sun,

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 I'm taking it from chapter 1.

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 We're talking more on chapter 2 of Malachi,

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 because in chapter 1, God said,

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 For from the rising of the sun, this was 11,

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 to its setting, my name will be great among the nations.

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 Let us pray before we start.

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 Almighty God, we know that we are so much like those people

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 whom you have spoken to in Malachi,

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 that we are so quick to forget your greatness and your goodness.

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 May you have mercy on us and bring us back to you,

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 bring us back to the cross as we consider your words,

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 as we want to lay your word in our hearts today.

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 Thank you, Lord.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So, in thinking about greatness,

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 I've been trying to find out

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 what is considered great in the world in our day and age.

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 In the world where God is not considered great,

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 what is?

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 What is actually great?

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 We have, during the children's talk,

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 we look at the young children.

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 As Catherine asked them about

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 whether their fathers were great.

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 They were a bit hesitant, weren't they?

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 But even as Catherine asked them how they would respond to their father's greatness,

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 again, they had some problem answering that.

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 It's, yeah, you know that children, young children,

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 they would consider their parents great,

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 but if you ask teenagers,

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 then I suppose it's very hard to get anyone who raised their hand.

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 It's just that we are so self-focused, self-centered.

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 Even from young, as we get older, as we are more realized about ourselves,

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 what we can do,

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 then we are,

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 we are considered,

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 it's hard to consider anybody else great.

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 So,

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 who is a great person to us?

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 So,

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 it's someone who influences our decisions and directions in life,

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 a person that we look up to,

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 and in a world without God,

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 who would that person be?

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 I think usually it's our own self.

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 I don't think I'm the greatest,

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 but I want to be great in any case.

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 Many things that we do each day can show us that.

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 Think of a time when we argue with someone.

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 In an argument,

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 we usually want to win.

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 Otherwise, we wouldn't argue.

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 I mean,

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 if we don't want to win,

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 we won't argue.

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 The fact that we argue,

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 we want to win the argument.

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 And why do we want to win the argument?

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 Because we want to be great.

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 And if we do,

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 we lose the argument,

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 then we will replay that in our mind,

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 until we win the argument inside us.

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 That's how we are.

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 That's what we are making up of.

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 And we are looking at Malachi,

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 and these people,

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 they were trying to argue with God.

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 The fact that they,

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 to try to argue with God,

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 is just that they are putting themselves

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 at the same level as God,

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 sort of,

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 at least they are not giving the respect

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 that they should have towards God.

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 So the book of Malachi

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 deals with the nation of Israel

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 about 500 years ago,

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 before Christ.

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 So it's about 200,

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 2,500 years ago now.

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 And Malachi was a prophet,

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 sent by God to speak to the Israelites.

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 Israel,

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 Israel was a unique nation.

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 So it was a nation that was chosen

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 by God to make his name known among the nations.

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 And to help Israel to fulfill that mission,

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 God made a covenant with them,

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 with the people of Israel.

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 Israel.

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 And Israel became the only nation

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 that governs itself,

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 solely based on God's law.

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 You see,

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 what are the nations

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 govern themselves with?

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 Usually based on,

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 if there's a king,

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 the king's law.

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 In a democracy like Australia,

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 it's mostly to do with

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 economic,

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 what would give people the most wealth

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 that make decisions.

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 But Israel was different

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 to any other country.

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 They need to base

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 what they do on God's laws.

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 So by the time Malachi

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 conveyed God's message

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 to the Israelites

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 was about 1,500 years

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 when they first make the covenant

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 with God.

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 So it's quite a long time already.

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 And we know that

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 God's name,

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 so over the 1,500 years,

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 God's name did not actually

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 become great

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 among the nations

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 over those times.

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 It wasn't even great

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 among the nation of Israel.

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 And what,

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 by the time,

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 I mean,

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 maybe during David,

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 King David's time,

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 God's name was considered great

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 for 50 years.

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 Among that,

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 that's over the 1,500 years,

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 there's only that short period

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 of time after that.

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 people just forgot about it.

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 And they consider God

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 as the helper,

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 mostly.

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 And so they would give God

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 some sacrifice

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 and return

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 to God's help

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 to fulfill their wishes.

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 So usually,

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 people just like us

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 will pray to God

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 to pass our exams

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 or find a job.

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 God.

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 And if we don't get it,

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 like in chapter 2,

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 verse 13,

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 it says that

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 those people

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 cover God's altar

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 with tears.

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 They were disappointed

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 that their prayer

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 didn't turn up.

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 And we can be the same

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 as well.

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 So they would follow

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 God's ways

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 if it was convenient

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 to do so.

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 But they would follow

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 the ways of the world

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 when such ways

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 offer more comfort

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 and pleasure.

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 So,

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 what happened

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 to the covenant

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 their ancestors

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 had made with God?

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 In chapter 2,

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 as we read it,

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 the breaking

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 of this covenant

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 is represented

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 by the breaking

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 of their marriage covenant

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 with the wife

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 of their youth.

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 The wife of their youth

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 also can mean that

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 during the earlier days

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 with God

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 and now they have

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 forgotten

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 their first love.

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 also we can see

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 that they were

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 marrying

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 daughters

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 of foreign gods.

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 I mean,

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 they start

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 having relationship

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 with other gods.

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 So in chapter 2,

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 while it happened

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 in the society,

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 in the families,

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 but it also

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 implies

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 or represents

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 a bigger picture

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 of the whole nation,

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 what they are doing

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 as we read that.

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 And as we are reading

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 Malachi,

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 bear in mind

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 that we are reading

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 God's heart,

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 the heart of God,

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 the heart of the Creator,

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 the heart of the Father

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 is

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 with

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 some

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 sadness

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 in that

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 this thing

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 will happen.

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 So

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 why did Israel

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 renege

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 on their covenant?

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 in your bulletin

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 there may be

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 renegade,

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 but

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 there should be

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 a noun

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 and this is

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 a verb.

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 Thanks for

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 Catherine Gibbons

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 telling me that.

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 I've never used

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 this word before,

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 so renege

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 is

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 the

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 covenant

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 with God.

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 Israel.

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 So over

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 those

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 1,500 years

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 there have been

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 a lot of

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 changes

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 to the

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 nation

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 of Israel.

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 So they

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 had civil

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 wars,

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 the country

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 broken into

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 two parts,

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 and then they

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 were conquered

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 by pagans

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 and taken

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 into exile.

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 They were

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 exposed to

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 foreign

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 governments,

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 religions,

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 and cultures.

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 So by the time

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 of Malachi,

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 they had

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 been

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 permitted

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 by the

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 conqueror

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 to resettle

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 back to

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 their homeland.

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 It was

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 difficult for

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 them to

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 build their

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 cities,

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 which had

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 been destroyed

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 by wars,

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 and consider

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 their living

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 condition.

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 It wouldn't

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 be very

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 impressive.

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 And they

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 are all

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 wanting to

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 make a

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 living.

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 There were

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 some who

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 remained

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 faithful to

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 God and

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 led them

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 to rebuild

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 the nation

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 starting from

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 the temple,

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 and that's

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 where the

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 temple we're

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 talking about.

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 And those

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 people like

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 Ezra,

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 Nehemiah,

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 they really

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 wanted a

00:10:23.179 --> 00:10:23.759
 place to

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 worship God.

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 But there

00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:26.879
 are not

00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:27.340
 many of

00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:27.559
 them,

00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:28.360
 unfortunately.

00:10:29.059 --> 00:10:29.819
 Most people,

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 the temple

00:10:31.199 --> 00:10:31.659
 to them

00:10:31.659 --> 00:10:32.059
 is a

00:10:32.059 --> 00:10:32.360
 place,

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 yes,

00:10:32.740 --> 00:10:33.399
 they could

00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:35.419
 exchange

00:10:35.419 --> 00:10:36.319
 favour with

00:10:36.319 --> 00:10:36.639
 God,

00:10:37.220 --> 00:10:37.699
 but also

00:10:37.699 --> 00:10:39.259
 temple and

00:10:39.259 --> 00:10:39.919
 the city

00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:40.319
 of Jerusalem

00:10:40.319 --> 00:10:41.460
 become an

00:10:41.460 --> 00:10:42.159
 identity for

00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:42.360
 them.

00:10:42.580 --> 00:10:42.939
 We are the

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 Jews.

00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:45.299
 So that's

00:10:45.299 --> 00:10:46.419
 mostly what

00:10:46.419 --> 00:10:47.000
 people do,

00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:47.439
 just like

00:10:47.439 --> 00:10:47.779
 us.

00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:50.100
 In the

00:10:50.100 --> 00:10:50.340
 Western

00:10:50.340 --> 00:10:50.879
 society,

00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:52.080
 many years

00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:52.299
 ago,

00:10:52.299 --> 00:10:52.859
 the church

00:10:52.859 --> 00:10:53.799
 become an

00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:54.159
 identity

00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:54.899
 issue.

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 I'm a

00:10:55.500 --> 00:10:55.879
 Christian,

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 I identify

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 with this

00:10:58.120 --> 00:10:58.859
 culture,

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 and it's

00:10:59.939 --> 00:11:00.620
 not much

00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:01.059
 to do

00:11:01.059 --> 00:11:01.839
 with their

00:11:01.839 --> 00:11:03.839
 allegiance

00:11:03.839 --> 00:11:05.000
 or worship

00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:05.479
 of God.

00:11:06.979 --> 00:11:08.299
 And the

00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:10.599
 people who

00:11:10.599 --> 00:11:11.539
 were supposed

00:11:11.539 --> 00:11:12.539
 to help

00:11:12.539 --> 00:11:12.899
 people to

00:11:12.899 --> 00:11:13.219
 worship,

00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:13.959
 the priests,

00:11:14.339 --> 00:11:14.719
 and they

00:11:14.719 --> 00:11:15.059
 are from

00:11:15.059 --> 00:11:15.379
 the trial

00:11:15.379 --> 00:11:15.719
 of Levi.

00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:15.800
 Levi.

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 As you

00:11:16.259 --> 00:11:16.540
 know,

00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:17.120
 the tribe

00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:17.440
 of Levi

00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:18.040
 are not

00:11:18.040 --> 00:11:19.420
 allowed to

00:11:19.420 --> 00:11:20.600
 own land,

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 unlike other

00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:22.980
 tribes.

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 I'm not

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 sure during

00:11:24.560 --> 00:11:25.019
 the Malachi

00:11:25.019 --> 00:11:25.560
 time whether

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 they had

00:11:25.860 --> 00:11:26.300
 any land.

00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:26.660
 They might

00:11:26.660 --> 00:11:26.860
 have,

00:11:26.899 --> 00:11:27.720
 because the

00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:28.080
 society

00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:28.399
 has been

00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:28.920
 changed.

00:11:29.500 --> 00:11:29.779
 But in

00:11:29.779 --> 00:11:30.440
 any case,

00:11:30.980 --> 00:11:32.960
 their livelihood

00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:34.180
 is mostly

00:11:34.180 --> 00:11:35.259
 dependent on

00:11:35.259 --> 00:11:37.180
 other people

00:11:37.180 --> 00:11:38.160
 who give

00:11:38.160 --> 00:11:38.940
 offerings.

00:11:38.940 --> 00:11:42.040
 under these

00:11:42.040 --> 00:11:42.680
 circumstances,

00:11:43.280 --> 00:11:43.620
 we were

00:11:43.620 --> 00:11:44.380
 surprised that

00:11:44.380 --> 00:11:44.840
 these priests

00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:45.700
 offer animals

00:11:45.700 --> 00:11:46.760
 if Brahmishes

00:11:46.760 --> 00:11:47.980
 buy animals

00:11:47.980 --> 00:11:49.440
 or animals

00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:50.580
 that nobody

00:11:50.580 --> 00:11:50.960
 wants.

00:11:52.060 --> 00:11:52.360
 Because

00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:53.480
 economically,

00:11:53.780 --> 00:11:54.040
 it makes

00:11:54.040 --> 00:11:54.380
 sense.

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 You sacrifice

00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:57.400
 the cheapest

00:11:57.400 --> 00:11:58.260
 animals,

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 because those

00:12:00.660 --> 00:12:01.300
 animals were

00:12:01.300 --> 00:12:01.700
 going to be

00:12:01.700 --> 00:12:02.340
 burned anyway.

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 I mean,

00:12:02.940 --> 00:12:03.480
 why you

00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:05.060
 sacrifice a

00:12:05.060 --> 00:12:05.900
 perfect one

00:12:05.900 --> 00:12:06.260
 while you

00:12:06.260 --> 00:12:06.860
 can sell

00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:07.320
 them for

00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:08.280
 higher

00:12:08.280 --> 00:12:08.340
 prices?

00:12:08.940 --> 00:12:09.320
 price.

00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:10.840
 And in

00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:11.360
 doing that,

00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:11.920
 the priests

00:12:11.920 --> 00:12:12.280
 are making

00:12:12.280 --> 00:12:12.820
 it easier

00:12:12.820 --> 00:12:13.280
 for people

00:12:13.280 --> 00:12:13.740
 to give

00:12:13.740 --> 00:12:14.320
 offerings.

00:12:15.300 --> 00:12:16.020
 And they

00:12:16.020 --> 00:12:16.580
 then can

00:12:16.580 --> 00:12:18.580
 make sure

00:12:18.580 --> 00:12:19.200
 that they

00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:20.100
 have enough

00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:21.460
 for themselves.

00:12:22.160 --> 00:12:22.780
 They need

00:12:22.780 --> 00:12:24.260
 to do

00:12:24.260 --> 00:12:24.800
 what the

00:12:24.800 --> 00:12:25.160
 people

00:12:25.160 --> 00:12:26.840
 want to

00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:27.400
 do or

00:12:27.400 --> 00:12:28.160
 what people

00:12:28.160 --> 00:12:28.520
 are seeking

00:12:28.520 --> 00:12:28.780
 for.

00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:29.420
 So they

00:12:29.420 --> 00:12:29.820
 will only

00:12:29.820 --> 00:12:30.540
 teach people

00:12:30.540 --> 00:12:31.200
 what they

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 want to

00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:32.920
 hear and

00:12:32.920 --> 00:12:33.340
 not what

00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:33.640
 God

00:12:33.640 --> 00:12:34.840
 wanted them

00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:35.300
 to teach

00:12:35.300 --> 00:12:35.860
 or people

00:12:35.860 --> 00:12:36.640
 to hear.

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 And that's

00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:38.880
 why all

00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:39.439
 these things

00:12:39.439 --> 00:12:39.939
 gradually

00:12:39.939 --> 00:12:40.399
 change.

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 I mean,

00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:41.200
 it doesn't

00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:42.179
 happen overnight.

00:12:42.659 --> 00:12:43.679
 As you

00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:43.939
 know,

00:12:44.139 --> 00:12:44.620
 when we

00:12:44.620 --> 00:12:45.259
 do something

00:12:45.259 --> 00:12:47.360
 or going

00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:48.600
 to sinning

00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:49.200
 or doing

00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:49.620
 something,

00:12:50.139 --> 00:12:50.580
 committing a

00:12:50.580 --> 00:12:50.939
 crime,

00:12:51.259 --> 00:12:51.820
 it doesn't

00:12:51.820 --> 00:12:52.279
 change,

00:12:52.740 --> 00:12:53.600
 happen only

00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:54.139
 overnight.

00:12:54.299 --> 00:12:55.019
 It happens

00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:55.799
 over a

00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:56.220
 lifetime,

00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:56.759
 gradually,

00:12:57.179 --> 00:12:57.600
 with one

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 step at a

00:12:58.080 --> 00:12:58.340
 time,

00:12:58.600 --> 00:12:59.120
 and then we

00:12:59.120 --> 00:12:59.460
 get to

00:12:59.460 --> 00:13:00.840
 this state

00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:01.740
 of Malachi

00:13:01.740 --> 00:13:02.879
 when people

00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:05.780
 just somehow

00:13:05.780 --> 00:13:07.060
 forgot about

00:13:07.060 --> 00:13:08.399
 the holiness

00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:09.019
 of God

00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:10.360
 and the

00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:10.740
 relationship

00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:11.240
 with God.

00:13:13.340 --> 00:13:14.820
 And so

00:13:14.820 --> 00:13:15.320
 when the

00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:15.660
 priests

00:13:15.660 --> 00:13:16.540
 started to

00:13:16.540 --> 00:13:16.980
 compromise

00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:17.680
 with the

00:13:17.680 --> 00:13:18.019
 ways of

00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.399
 the world,

00:13:18.980 --> 00:13:19.460
 the people

00:13:19.460 --> 00:13:20.080
 followed them.

00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:20.840
 And how

00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:21.680
 did God

00:13:21.680 --> 00:13:22.300
 point out to

00:13:22.300 --> 00:13:22.800
 the Israelites

00:13:22.800 --> 00:13:23.320
 that they

00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:23.720
 had broken

00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:24.220
 faith with

00:13:24.220 --> 00:13:24.379
 him?

00:13:24.800 --> 00:13:25.259
 He told

00:13:25.259 --> 00:13:25.540
 them to

00:13:25.540 --> 00:13:25.879
 look at

00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:26.600
 their marriages.

00:13:27.259 --> 00:13:28.080
 They disobeyed

00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:28.440
 God by

00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:28.820
 marrying

00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:29.340
 daughters

00:13:29.340 --> 00:13:29.900
 of those

00:13:29.900 --> 00:13:30.240
 who

00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:31.220
 worship

00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:31.639
 foreign

00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:32.139
 gods and

00:13:32.139 --> 00:13:32.680
 they

00:13:32.680 --> 00:13:33.200
 divorce

00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:34.220
 their wives

00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:34.680
 of their

00:13:34.680 --> 00:13:35.000
 youth.

00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:37.240
 So we

00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:37.759
 need to

00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:38.379
 think about

00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:39.300
 marriage first

00:13:39.300 --> 00:13:40.340
 to understand

00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:40.700
 this.

00:13:41.180 --> 00:13:41.759
 Soon after

00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:42.400
 God created

00:13:42.400 --> 00:13:42.879
 men and

00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:43.540
 women,

00:13:43.900 --> 00:13:44.560
 men and

00:13:44.560 --> 00:13:44.759
 women,

00:13:44.900 --> 00:13:45.620
 he decreed

00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:46.020
 that there

00:13:46.020 --> 00:13:46.500
 would be

00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.240
 marriage

00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:47.759
 between a

00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:48.100
 man and

00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:48.460
 a woman,

00:13:48.980 --> 00:13:49.379
 and this

00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:49.980
 union was

00:13:49.980 --> 00:13:50.420
 meant to

00:13:50.420 --> 00:13:51.000
 be binding

00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:51.980
 for as

00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:53.259
 long as

00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:53.680
 they were

00:13:53.680 --> 00:13:54.160
 alive.

00:13:56.140 --> 00:13:56.540
 In

00:13:56.540 --> 00:13:57.720
 Malachi 2.15

00:13:57.720 --> 00:13:58.340
 it says

00:13:58.340 --> 00:13:59.040
 that did

00:13:59.040 --> 00:13:59.460
 he not

00:13:59.460 --> 00:14:00.000
 make them

00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:00.720
 one with

00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.240
 a portion

00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:01.920
 of the

00:14:01.920 --> 00:14:02.680
 spirit in

00:14:02.680 --> 00:14:03.300
 the union.

00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.320
 So the

00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:04.980
 marital union

00:14:04.980 --> 00:14:06.139
 was meant

00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:06.639
 to be a

00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:07.399
 strong covenant

00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:08.420
 where the

00:14:08.420 --> 00:14:09.000
 two parties

00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:09.960
 became one

00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:10.720
 body and

00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:11.200
 God was

00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:11.759
 in the

00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:12.040
 union.

00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:13.000
 So anyone

00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:13.899
 who broke

00:14:13.899 --> 00:14:14.560
 this covenant

00:14:14.560 --> 00:14:15.580
 also revealed

00:14:15.580 --> 00:14:17.180
 his dishonor

00:14:17.180 --> 00:14:18.860
 towards God.

00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:20.960
 So a

00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:21.360
 nation's

00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:22.100
 being unfaithful

00:14:22.100 --> 00:14:22.420
 to their

00:14:22.420 --> 00:14:22.960
 covenant with

00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:23.360
 God is

00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:24.399
 reflected in

00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:24.800
 their being

00:14:24.800 --> 00:14:25.460
 unfaithful

00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:27.460
 to their

00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:27.860
 marital

00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:28.240
 covenant.

00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:30.320
 In the

00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:30.639
 past,

00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:31.740
 most culture

00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:32.519
 would expect

00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:33.500
 wives to

00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:33.940
 be faithful

00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:34.340
 to their

00:14:34.340 --> 00:14:34.680
 husbands,

00:14:34.940 --> 00:14:35.360
 but not

00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:35.660
 the other

00:14:35.660 --> 00:14:36.240
 way around.

00:14:37.060 --> 00:14:37.680
 So Israel

00:14:37.680 --> 00:14:39.040
 saw that

00:14:39.040 --> 00:14:39.340
 the other

00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:40.460
 races could

00:14:40.460 --> 00:14:40.980
 divorce

00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:42.580
 their wives

00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:43.040
 easily,

00:14:43.560 --> 00:14:44.160
 and they

00:14:44.160 --> 00:14:44.600
 thought this

00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:44.879
 would be

00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:45.240
 the way.

00:14:45.900 --> 00:14:46.280
 In their

00:14:46.280 --> 00:14:46.700
 thinking,

00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:47.740
 their careers,

00:14:48.420 --> 00:14:49.060
 their marriages,

00:14:49.500 --> 00:14:49.960
 their choices

00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:50.540
 of friends,

00:14:50.660 --> 00:14:50.960
 whatever,

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:51.780
 were for

00:14:51.780 --> 00:14:53.019
 their own

00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.840
 personal

00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:54.920
 happiness,

00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:56.599
 and God

00:14:56.599 --> 00:14:56.959
 had no

00:14:56.959 --> 00:14:57.399
 part in

00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:57.519
 their

00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:57.979
 day-to-day

00:14:57.979 --> 00:14:58.439
 decisions.

00:14:58.860 --> 00:14:59.179
 They just

00:14:59.179 --> 00:14:59.539
 did what

00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:00.039
 was right

00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:00.360
 in their

00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:00.979
 own eyes.

00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:01.860
 So each

00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:02.399
 man would

00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:02.899
 want to

00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:03.279
 find a

00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:03.679
 wife who

00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:04.019
 make him

00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:04.379
 happy,

00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:05.279
 and as

00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:05.879
 the head

00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:06.259
 of the

00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:06.659
 family,

00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:07.059
 he should

00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:07.659
 be entitled

00:15:07.659 --> 00:15:08.439
 to replace

00:15:08.439 --> 00:15:09.279
 the wife

00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:09.759
 who did

00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:11.599
 not satisfy

00:15:11.599 --> 00:15:11.939
 him.

00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:14.139
 In

00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:14.500
 Matthew

00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:15.839
 19,

00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:17.479
 3-10,

00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.079
 there was

00:15:18.079 --> 00:15:18.779
 an interesting

00:15:18.779 --> 00:15:20.399
 reading.

00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:23.039
 Pharisees

00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:23.559
 came up

00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:24.019
 to Jesus

00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:24.699
 and tested

00:15:24.699 --> 00:15:25.079
 him by

00:15:25.079 --> 00:15:25.559
 asking,

00:15:26.079 --> 00:15:26.319
 Is it

00:15:26.319 --> 00:15:26.840
 lawful to

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 divorce

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 one's

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 wife for

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 any

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 cost?

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 He

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 answered,

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 Have

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 you not

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 read that

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 he who

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 created

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 them from

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 the beginning

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 made them

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 male and

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 female,

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 and said,

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 Therefore,

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 a man

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 shall leave

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 his father

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 and his

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 mother and

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 hold fast

00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:46.480
 to his

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 wife,

00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:47.480
 and the

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 two shall

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 become one

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 flesh?

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 So they

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 are no

00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:51.059
 longer

00:15:51.059 --> 00:15:51.700
 two but

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 one

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 flesh.

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 What

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 therefore

00:15:53.939 --> 00:15:54.200
 God

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 has

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 joined

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 together

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 and

00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:55.320
 let

00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:55.519
 not

00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:55.740
 man

00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.159
 separate?

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 They

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:57.740
 said to

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 him,

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 Why

00:15:58.580 --> 00:15:58.960
 then did

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 Moses

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 command

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 one to

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 give a

00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:01.600
 certificate

00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:01.799
 of

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 divorce

00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:02.539
 and

00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:02.759
 to

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 send

00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:03.919
 her

00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:04.220
 away?

00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:05.039
 He

00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:05.379
 said to

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 them,

00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:06.220
 Because

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 of your

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 hardness

00:16:06.939 --> 00:16:07.519
 of heart,

00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:07.860
 Moses

00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:08.320
 allowed

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 you to

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 divorce

00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:10.019
 your

00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:10.340
 wife,

00:16:10.580 --> 00:16:10.840
 but

00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:11.120
 from

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 the

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 beginning

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 it

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 was

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 not

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 so.

00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:13.279
 And

00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:13.399
 I

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 say to

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 you,

00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:14.720
 whoever

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 divorces

00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:15.559
 his

00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:15.879
 wife,

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 except

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 for

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 sexual

00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.860
 immorality,

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 and

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:18.820
 marriage

00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:19.020
 and

00:16:19.020 --> 00:16:19.759
 another

00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:20.259
 commits

00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:20.960
 adultery,

00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:21.940
 the

00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:22.340
 disciples

00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:22.860
 said to

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 him,

00:16:23.520 --> 00:16:23.680
 If

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 such

00:16:24.020 --> 00:16:24.340
 is the

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 case

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:26.680
 of a

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 man

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 before

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 his

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 wife,

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 it

00:16:28.180 --> 00:16:28.340
 is

00:16:28.340 --> 00:16:28.580
 better

00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:28.800
 not

00:16:28.800 --> 00:16:29.000
 to

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.360
 marry.

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 Do

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 you

00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:31.259
 notice

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 how

00:16:31.420 --> 00:16:31.700
 the

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.280
 disciples

00:16:32.280 --> 00:16:33.400
 responded

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 to

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 Jesus'

00:16:35.180 --> 00:16:36.580
 view

00:16:36.580 --> 00:16:37.139
 on the

00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.680
 permanency

00:16:37.680 --> 00:16:37.960
 of

00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:38.960
 marriage?

00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:39.620
 They

00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:39.800
 said,

00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:40.300
 It

00:16:40.300 --> 00:16:40.460
 is

00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:40.759
 better

00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.220
 not

00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:41.420
 to

00:16:41.420 --> 00:16:41.740
 marry.

00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:42.759
 What

00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:42.920
 do you

00:16:42.920 --> 00:16:43.120
 think

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:43.280
 they

00:16:43.280 --> 00:16:43.440
 said

00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:43.620
 when

00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:43.759
 they

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:43.900
 said

00:16:43.900 --> 00:16:44.060
 it

00:16:44.060 --> 00:16:44.220
 is

00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:44.520
 better?

00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:44.740
 What

00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:44.940
 is

00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:45.259
 better?

00:16:45.540 --> 00:16:45.800
 Better

00:16:45.800 --> 00:16:46.020
 for

00:16:46.020 --> 00:16:46.259
 what?

00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:46.800
 Who

00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:46.960
 is

00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:47.240
 better?

00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:49.000
 What

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.740
 was

00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:49.900
 in

00:16:49.900 --> 00:16:50.060
 their

00:16:50.060 --> 00:16:50.420
 mind?

00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:51.600
 It's

00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:52.740
 the

00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:53.020
 same

00:16:53.020 --> 00:16:53.540
 in

00:16:53.540 --> 00:16:53.720
 our

00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:54.660
 minds.

00:16:55.180 --> 00:16:55.740
 When

00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:55.920
 we

00:16:55.920 --> 00:16:56.100
 say

00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:56.520
 something

00:16:56.520 --> 00:16:56.700
 is

00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.080
 better,

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 it

00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:58.639
 usually

00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.060
 means

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 that

00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:00.320
 it

00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:00.540
 gives

00:17:00.540 --> 00:17:00.720
 me

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 more

00:17:01.060 --> 00:17:01.940
 comfort,

00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:02.500
 gives

00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:02.639
 me

00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:02.980
 more

00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:04.180
 pleasure.

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 It's

00:17:06.840 --> 00:17:07.880
 better for

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 my life

00:17:08.340 --> 00:17:09.680
 if I'm

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 not

00:17:09.860 --> 00:17:10.279
 married,

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:10.559
 than

00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:10.900
 if I

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 got

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 married

00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:11.480
 to

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 a

00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:12.000
 wife

00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.559
 who

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:12.759
 turned

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:12.980
 out

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.180
 to

00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:13.519
 be

00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:14.220
 a

00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:15.220
 major

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:16.180
 annoyance,

00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:16.460
 I

00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:16.600
 could

00:17:16.600 --> 00:17:16.759
 not

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.180
 divorce

00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:17.420
 her.

00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.180
 That

00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:19.420
 is

00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:19.900
 the

00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:20.840
 idea

00:17:20.840 --> 00:17:21.660
 about

00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.519
 better.

00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:22.740
 It

00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:22.980
 just

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.600
 betrays

00:17:23.600 --> 00:17:24.200
 the

00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:25.120
 person's

00:17:25.120 --> 00:17:25.420
 heart.

00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:26.920
 When

00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:27.019
 we

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.240
 say

00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.600
 it

00:17:27.600 --> 00:17:27.759
 is

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.080
 better,

00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:28.900
 this

00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.240
 job is

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:29.500
 better,

00:17:29.600 --> 00:17:29.779
 that

00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:29.940
 is

00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.240
 better,

00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.000
 we

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.380
 should

00:17:31.380 --> 00:17:31.700
 ask

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:32.180
 ourselves,

00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:32.740
 what do

00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:32.900
 we

00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:33.100
 mean

00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:33.640
 when

00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:33.860
 we

00:17:33.860 --> 00:17:34.080
 say

00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:34.279
 it's

00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.920
 better,

00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:35.240
 what

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:35.420
 is

00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:35.740
 better?

00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:38.099
 God's

00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:38.279
 way

00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.559
 seems

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:38.740
 to

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:38.980
 make

00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.099
 it

00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:39.319
 so

00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:39.740
 narrow

00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.000
 in

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.279
 one's

00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:40.539
 choice

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:40.740
 of

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:40.960
 a

00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.359
 spouse

00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:41.759
 and

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:41.940
 so

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.319
 difficult

00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:42.700
 to

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.380
 renege

00:17:43.380 --> 00:17:43.599
 on

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:44.059
 one's

00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:44.400
 marriage

00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:44.740
 while

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.559
 we

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:45.700
 can

00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.120
 understand

00:17:46.120 --> 00:17:46.359
 why

00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:46.480
 the

00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:46.799
 Israelites

00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.339
 found

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.599
 it

00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:48.299
 wearisome

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:48.539
 to

00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:48.839
 follow

00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:49.160
 God's

00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:49.460
 laws.

00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.160
 Because

00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:51.400
 they

00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:51.880
 want

00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:52.140
 to

00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:52.900
 enjoy

00:17:52.900 --> 00:17:53.240
 themselves,

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:53.579
 they

00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:53.759
 want

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.000
 to

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:54.400
 follow

00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:54.599
 the

00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:54.880
 world,

00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:55.819
 and

00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:56.220
 God's

00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:56.440
 law

00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:57.339
 just

00:17:57.339 --> 00:17:57.779
 was

00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:57.960
 in

00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:58.099
 the

00:17:58.099 --> 00:17:58.380
 way,

00:17:59.099 --> 00:17:59.160
 and

00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.319
 they

00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:00.660
 couldn't

00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:01.480
 get rid

00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.099
 of it

00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:02.420
 fully,

00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:02.680
 so

00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:02.839
 they

00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.019
 would

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.279
 try

00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:03.480
 to

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:03.859
 compromise

00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:04.559
 and do

00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:04.839
 a bit

00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:05.159
 of it.

00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:06.579
 So

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.019
 we

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:09.979
 look at

00:18:09.979 --> 00:18:10.819
 Israelites,

00:18:11.819 --> 00:18:12.240
 we look

00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:12.659
 at ourselves,

00:18:12.879 --> 00:18:13.179
 we know

00:18:13.179 --> 00:18:14.619
 that when

00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:14.919
 we make

00:18:14.919 --> 00:18:15.599
 decisions,

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.179
 unless we

00:18:17.179 --> 00:18:17.740
 know God

00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.459
 and love

00:18:18.459 --> 00:18:18.740
 God,

00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:19.319
 we would

00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:20.979
 make them

00:18:20.979 --> 00:18:21.619
 according to

00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:22.279
 our own

00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:23.179
 pleasure,

00:18:23.479 --> 00:18:24.059
 what we

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.619
 think would

00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:25.059
 give us

00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.779
 the most

00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.579
 comfort or

00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.219
 pleasure.

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.079
 It's like

00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:30.719
 choosing to

00:18:30.719 --> 00:18:31.559
 eat excessively

00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:32.219
 delicious

00:18:32.219 --> 00:18:32.699
 takeaway

00:18:32.699 --> 00:18:33.099
 food,

00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:35.459
 McDonald's

00:18:35.459 --> 00:18:36.559
 or Kentucky

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:36.859
 fried

00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:37.199
 chickens.

00:18:38.219 --> 00:18:40.159
 We may

00:18:40.159 --> 00:18:40.459
 not know

00:18:40.459 --> 00:18:41.000
 what long-term

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.419
 consequences

00:18:41.419 --> 00:18:42.379
 are in

00:18:42.379 --> 00:18:43.039
 doing that,

00:18:43.139 --> 00:18:43.500
 but even

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:43.779
 if we

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.079
 know,

00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:45.839
 we don't

00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:46.299
 seem to

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:46.639
 care.

00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:49.159
 When I

00:18:49.159 --> 00:18:51.399
 was young

00:18:51.399 --> 00:18:52.240
 50 years

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.539
 ago,

00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:53.879
 most of

00:18:53.879 --> 00:18:54.159
 the

00:18:54.159 --> 00:18:55.000
 television

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:56.079
 programs

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:56.439
 were

00:18:56.439 --> 00:18:57.199
 sponsored

00:18:57.199 --> 00:18:57.639
 by

00:18:57.639 --> 00:18:58.819
 cigarette

00:18:58.819 --> 00:18:59.819
 companies,

00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:01.500
 smoking

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.179
 and so

00:19:02.179 --> 00:19:02.899
 promulgdor

00:19:02.899 --> 00:19:04.059
 to smoke

00:19:04.059 --> 00:19:04.419
 cigarettes

00:19:04.419 --> 00:19:04.879
 is such

00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:06.299
 a man

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:06.639
 eating,

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.279
 such a

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:09.220
 socially

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:10.439
 respected

00:19:10.439 --> 00:19:10.839
 thing,

00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:12.359
 and people

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:12.919
 pick up

00:19:12.919 --> 00:19:13.279
 cigarette

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.700
 smoking,

00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.179
 this is

00:19:14.179 --> 00:19:14.480
 a world,

00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:14.939
 we just

00:19:14.939 --> 00:19:15.279
 do

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:16.139
 things that

00:19:16.139 --> 00:19:17.639
 we are

00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:18.119
 promulgdor,

00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:18.460
 and we

00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:18.759
 think that

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.279
 it's good,

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:20.139
 it's better

00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:20.679
 for us to

00:19:20.679 --> 00:19:21.159
 do that.

00:19:21.879 --> 00:19:22.359
 We didn't

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:22.839
 even know

00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:24.220
 the effects

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:25.939
 of cigarette

00:19:25.939 --> 00:19:26.279
 smoking,

00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:26.679
 but even

00:19:26.679 --> 00:19:27.079
 so,

00:19:27.419 --> 00:19:27.720
 in this

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:27.939
 age,

00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:28.839
 even if

00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:29.220
 you know

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:30.519
 that the

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:30.919
 base of

00:19:30.919 --> 00:19:31.240
 cigarette

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.619
 smoking,

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:31.879
 there are

00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:32.379
 still so

00:19:32.379 --> 00:19:32.819
 many people

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.500
 still smoking.

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.679
 It's just

00:19:35.679 --> 00:19:36.179
 how we

00:19:36.179 --> 00:19:36.459
 are.

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.819
 So the

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.679
 consequence

00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.159
 of

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:40.799
 reggeting

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:41.279
 God's

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:41.519
 way,

00:19:41.699 --> 00:19:41.919
 not just

00:19:41.919 --> 00:19:42.179
 following

00:19:42.179 --> 00:19:42.500
 our own

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:42.759
 way,

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:45.519
 we have

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.559
 to look

00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:46.959
 at the

00:19:46.959 --> 00:19:47.599
 nation of

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.000
 Israel,

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.559
 so that

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.099
 the priest

00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:50.439
 who choose

00:19:50.439 --> 00:19:51.559
 to not

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:51.919
 to honour

00:19:51.919 --> 00:19:52.179
 God,

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:52.559
 but follow

00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:52.919
 the ways

00:19:52.919 --> 00:19:53.179
 of the

00:19:53.179 --> 00:19:53.339
 world,

00:19:53.419 --> 00:19:53.519
 will

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:53.779
 become

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.079
 weak

00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:54.399
 in their

00:19:54.399 --> 00:19:54.879
 characters.

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:55.919
 The

00:19:55.919 --> 00:19:56.200
 weakness

00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:56.599
 in their

00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:57.000
 characters

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.460
 will in

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.579
 turn

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:58.059
 establish

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.759
 a

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.200
 nation

00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.679
 that

00:19:59.679 --> 00:20:00.500
 will

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:00.700
 put

00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.159
 individual

00:20:01.159 --> 00:20:01.639
 pleasure

00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:01.919
 as

00:20:01.919 --> 00:20:02.059
 a

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.259
 goal

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.460
 in

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:02.579
 their

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:02.899
 life.

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:03.859
 No one

00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.220
 will be

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.599
 willing

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:04.819
 to

00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.399
 sacrifice

00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:05.839
 their

00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:06.240
 comfort

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:07.099
 or their

00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:07.339
 life

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:07.639
 for their

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:08.019
 country.

00:20:08.899 --> 00:20:09.359
 So when

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:09.980
 an enemy

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.379
 came to

00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:11.039
 invite them,

00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:12.119
 they were

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.500
 defeated

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.539
 quite easily.

00:20:14.659 --> 00:20:15.039
 A nation

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.539
 which does

00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:16.039
 not fear

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.319
 God

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:16.720
 will fear

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:16.899
 the

00:20:16.899 --> 00:20:17.279
 enemies.

00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.220
 The

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.539
 priest

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.200
 who

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.480
 choose

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:19.819
 to follow

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:20.039
 the

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.240
 ways

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.519
 of the

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:20.779
 world

00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.599
 will also

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:21.839
 be

00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:22.559
 enslaved

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.079
 by the

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.359
 world.

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.220
 The

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.439
 world

00:20:24.439 --> 00:20:24.639
 does

00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:24.859
 not

00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:25.119
 know

00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:25.619
 kindness.

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:25.879
 It

00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:26.159
 is a

00:20:26.159 --> 00:20:26.439
 place

00:20:26.439 --> 00:20:26.619
 where

00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:26.740
 the

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.119
 powerful

00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:27.639
 would

00:20:27.639 --> 00:20:29.259
 consume

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.500
 the

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:29.799
 weak.

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.740
 So one

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:30.980
 day,

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:31.359
 as God

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:31.579
 said,

00:20:31.639 --> 00:20:31.799
 this

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.159
 priest

00:20:32.159 --> 00:20:32.419
 would

00:20:32.419 --> 00:20:32.619
 be

00:20:32.619 --> 00:20:32.899
 led

00:20:32.899 --> 00:20:33.259
 away

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.919
 by

00:20:33.919 --> 00:20:34.119
 the

00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:34.740
 conquerors

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:34.959
 with

00:20:34.959 --> 00:20:35.579
 the

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.059
 dunks

00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.279
 of

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.619
 their

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.539
 blemished

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.099
 offerings

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:39.220
 on

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:39.419
 their

00:20:39.419 --> 00:20:39.939
 heads.

00:20:40.959 --> 00:20:41.119
 The

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:41.500
 dunks

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.659
 of

00:20:41.659 --> 00:20:42.159
 animals

00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:43.000
 in the

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.259
 Old

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.599
 Testament

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:45.359
 were

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:45.599
 the

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.179
 unclean

00:20:46.179 --> 00:20:46.619
 things that

00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:46.799
 were

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.139
 burned

00:20:47.139 --> 00:20:47.480
 outside

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.699
 the

00:20:47.699 --> 00:20:48.059
 camp

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.319
 or

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:48.720
 outside

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.279
 the

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.679
 city

00:20:49.679 --> 00:20:50.059
 or

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.319
 outside

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.859
 the

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.240
 temple.

00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.659
 So dunks

00:20:52.659 --> 00:20:53.079
 on the

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.559
 heads of

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:53.759
 the

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.279
 priests

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.980
 imply that

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.319
 they were

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:55.839
 no longer

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:56.339
 fit to

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.899
 serve in

00:20:56.899 --> 00:20:57.539
 God's

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:57.980
 temple.

00:20:59.919 --> 00:21:00.859
 Because they

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:01.879
 disregarded

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:03.119
 God's laws

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:03.599
 and choose

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.419
 to marry

00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:05.000
 anyone they

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.299
 like,

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:06.819
 and to

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.159
 divorce

00:21:07.159 --> 00:21:07.680
 anyone they

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:07.899
 like,

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:08.680
 their

00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.119
 community

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.440
 would

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:09.779
 break

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.220
 apart.

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.500
 By

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:11.859
 marrying

00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:12.259
 those

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.480
 who

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:12.819
 worship

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.359
 idols,

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.240
 they

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.879
 introduced

00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:15.299
 idol

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.759
 worshiping

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:15.940
 in

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.099
 their

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:16.659
 families.

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:17.500
 By

00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:18.119
 divorces,

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:18.980
 they

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.299
 created

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.720
 many

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.279
 broken

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:20.680
 and

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.259
 unstable

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.200
 families.

00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:23.919
 God

00:21:23.919 --> 00:21:24.099
 was

00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:24.359
 seeking

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:24.559
 the

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.879
 family

00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.099
 to

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.339
 bring

00:21:25.339 --> 00:21:25.559
 up

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.079
 godly

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.940
 offspring,

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:27.919
 but

00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:28.159
 they

00:21:28.159 --> 00:21:28.579
 were

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.039
 producing

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.379
 offspring

00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:29.720
 who

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.019
 worship

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.419
 idols

00:21:30.419 --> 00:21:30.740
 and

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:30.879
 who

00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:31.099
 live

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.259
 for

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.480
 their

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.059
 own

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.480
 comfort.

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:34.420
 So,

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:34.640
 what's

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:34.779
 wrong

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:34.900
 with

00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.160
 idol

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.660
 worshiping?

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.500
 We

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:36.720
 will

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.299
 become

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:38.180
 what

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.380
 we

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:38.720
 worship.

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.519
 If

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:40.860
 there

00:21:40.860 --> 00:21:40.940
 are

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.240
 many

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.620
 idol

00:21:41.620 --> 00:21:42.240
 worshipers

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.299
 in

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:43.440
 the

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:43.900
 community,

00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.599
 then

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:45.880
 we

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:46.059
 will

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.400
 live

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:46.960
 in

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.079
 a

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.360
 community

00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:47.720
 with

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.140
 people

00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:48.599
 like

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:48.779
 the

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.120
 idols

00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.380
 that

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:49.519
 they

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:49.799
 worship.

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:50.799
 So,

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.079
 would

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.279
 you

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.559
 like

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:51.680
 to

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:51.920
 live

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.059
 in

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.279
 a

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:53.000
 community

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.400
 that

00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:54.019
 people

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.480
 would

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:54.759
 like

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.860
 their

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.180
 idols?

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:56.900
 Or

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.019
 would

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.099
 you

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:57.279
 like

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.460
 to

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:57.779
 live

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:57.920
 in

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.019
 a

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.380
 community

00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:58.640
 that

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.099
 everyone

00:21:59.099 --> 00:21:59.420
 lives

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.640
 like

00:21:59.640 --> 00:21:59.799
 the

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.000
 holy

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.339
 God

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.660
 if

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:00.779
 they

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.579
 worship

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.399
 that

00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:02.659
 God.

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:04.960
 And so,

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:05.579
 you can

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.059
 imagine

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.519
 how the

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:06.980
 society

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.579
 or the

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:07.879
 community

00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:08.480
 gradually

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.279
 degrades

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.059
 and becomes

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:12.699
 difficult

00:22:12.699 --> 00:22:13.460
 to live

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.059
 but

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.659
 people

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:14.819
 don't

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:14.980
 have

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.779
 choice.

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:15.980
 We

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.179
 just

00:22:16.179 --> 00:22:17.019
 live

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.240
 like

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.399
 that

00:22:17.399 --> 00:22:17.699
 because

00:22:17.699 --> 00:22:18.179
 their

00:22:18.179 --> 00:22:18.559
 parents

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:18.759
 live

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:18.919
 like

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.039
 that.

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:19.199
 The

00:22:19.199 --> 00:22:19.519
 children

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.000
 are

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.799
 doing

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.299
 the

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.579
 same

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.519
 and

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.199
 it

00:22:23.199 --> 00:22:23.500
 seems

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.740
 there's

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:23.980
 no

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.399
 way

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:24.859
 to

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.139
 get

00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:25.379
 out

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:25.579
 of

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:25.759
 it.

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.359
 So,

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:27.799
 when

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.359
 a

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:28.639
 nation

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:28.859
 does

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.079
 not

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.339
 honor

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:29.659
 God,

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:29.879
 men

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.039
 will

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.240
 not

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.480
 honor

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:30.699
 their

00:22:30.699 --> 00:22:31.179
 roles

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.440
 as

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.740
 heads

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:31.920
 of

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.060
 the

00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:32.420
 family

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.100
 and

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.240
 they

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.420
 have

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.940
 nothing

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.220
 bigger

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.420
 than

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:34.860
 themselves

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.100
 to

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.320
 live

00:22:35.320 --> 00:22:35.660
 for.

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.420
 They

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.680
 use

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:36.860
 their

00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:37.060
 head

00:22:37.060 --> 00:22:37.360
 to

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:37.820
 satisfy

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.060
 their

00:22:38.060 --> 00:22:38.360
 little

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:38.820
 pleasures

00:22:38.820 --> 00:22:39.680
 and

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:39.820
 they

00:22:39.820 --> 00:22:39.940
 will

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.140
 not

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.680
 sacrifice

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.160
 themselves

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.580
 for the

00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:41.960
 nation

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.440
 or their

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:42.920
 families

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.759
 and

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.120
 they

00:22:44.120 --> 00:22:44.299
 want

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.620
 others

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:44.779
 to

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.160
 sacrifice

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.440
 for

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.620
 them

00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:46.000
 instead.

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:48.779
 So,

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.019
 we

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.740
 can

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.079
 see

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:53.619
 why

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.059
 God

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:55.140
 insisted

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:56.480
 on

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.019
 Israelites

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.579
 keeping

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.059
 their

00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.380
 covenant.

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:00.880
 There are

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:02.019
 two reasons.

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.660
 In

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:05.599
 verse 10

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.079
 of Malachi

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:07.000
 chapter 2,

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.740
 it says that

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.119
 God is

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.640
 their father

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.420
 and their

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.819
 creator.

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:10.480
 So,

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.559
 one reason

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:11.940
 is who

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.400
 God is.

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.359
 Who

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:14.700
 God is

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:16.940
 to

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.580
 Israelites

00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:18.340
 even more

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:18.920
 special

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.940
 than

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.980
 non-Israelites

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.720
 because

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.279
 God

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.880
 rescued

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.519
 them from

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.440
 Egypt

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.299
 and

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.700
 called

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.120
 them to

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:26.880
 be

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.920
 God's

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.220
 children.

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.019
 And so,

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.680
 God

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.799
 is their

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.180
 father.

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.480
 Not only

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.720
 that,

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.680
 God is

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:34.819
 their

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.240
 creator,

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.700
 so God

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.039
 created

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.240
 them.

00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:36.779
 So,

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:37.660
 on these

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.279
 two

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.779
 counts

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.960
 alone,

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.720
 the

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.120
 Israelites

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:42.880
 were supposed

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.759
 to obey

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.120
 God,

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:45.379
 because of

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:45.879
 what God

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.239
 has done

00:23:46.239 --> 00:23:46.679
 for them

00:23:46.679 --> 00:23:48.059
 and who

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.519
 God is

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:50.000
 to them.

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.299
 In

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.039
 verse 2,

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.419
 we actually

00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:53.959
 say that

00:23:53.959 --> 00:23:55.359
 we have

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:56.139
 one father

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:56.659
 and one

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.059
 creator,

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.000
 and the

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:59.059
 one is

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.799
 there to

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.559
 emphasize the

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.799
 fact that

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.319
 Israelites

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:02.779
 are like

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.739
 one family,

00:24:04.239 --> 00:24:04.819
 and they

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:06.399
 should be

00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:07.579
 faithful to

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.139
 one another

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:09.239
 besides being

00:24:09.239 --> 00:24:09.879
 faithful to

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:11.020
 God.

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:12.220
 So,

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.380
 but it's

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:13.800
 not only

00:24:13.800 --> 00:24:14.480
 who God

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.760
 was to

00:24:15.760 --> 00:24:16.080
 them or

00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:16.520
 what God

00:24:16.520 --> 00:24:17.040
 did to

00:24:17.040 --> 00:24:17.260
 them,

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.280
 but keeping

00:24:18.280 --> 00:24:18.860
 a covenant

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:21.000
 is good

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:22.640
 for their

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.600
 characters and

00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:23.940
 for their

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.480
 societies,

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.220
 for their

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.680
 communities,

00:24:26.020 --> 00:24:26.660
 and when

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.360
 they did

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:27.740
 not keep

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:27.960
 it,

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.280
 then the

00:24:29.280 --> 00:24:29.580
 community

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:30.300
 broke

00:24:30.300 --> 00:24:30.740
 apart.

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:33.420
 sometimes

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.620
 we may

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:34.799
 not

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.440
 understand

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.759
 the

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.039
 purpose

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.240
 of

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.539
 God's

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:36.900
 ways.

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:37.859
 In the

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.140
 covenant,

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.440
 why do we

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.799
 have to

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.940
 sacrifice the

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.180
 perfect

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.579
 animals?

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.019
 Couldn't

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.440
 we just

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:44.059
 do something

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.339
 with

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.720
 premises?

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.279
 We think

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.599
 deeper,

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.500
 we look

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:51.900
 back,

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.299
 we know

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.799
 the perfect

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.359
 animals

00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:54.120
 represents

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.839
 the

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.299
 perfect

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:55.759
 son of

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.099
 God

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:56.859
 who was

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.579
 to come,

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:58.980
 but the

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.319
 time

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:01.119
 Israelites

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.480
 may not

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.939
 understand

00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:02.259
 that.

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.359
 It's just

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.639
 like a

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.139
 child may

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.259
 not

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.579
 understand

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.879
 why the

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.299
 parents

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:08.359
 forced

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:09.059
 him to

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.259
 eat

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.639
 broccoli

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.200
 or

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.500
 broccoli,

00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:12.359
 but

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:13.000
 keeping

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.579
 covenant

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.159
 with God

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:15.099
 was the

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.399
 way to

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:15.879
 know God

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.559
 and eventually

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.200
 to enjoy

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.559
 God,

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:18.819
 and it

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.220
 was the

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.559
 way to

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:19.939
 build up

00:25:19.939 --> 00:25:20.599
 a person's

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:20.960
 character

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:22.039
 and wisdom.

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.579
 Character

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.399
 cannot be

00:25:27.399 --> 00:25:27.799
 given,

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.319
 we have to

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.779
 understand

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.000
 that.

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:31.679
 We can

00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:33.579
 be forgiven

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.200
 in Christ

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.700
 and have

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.240
 the status

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.059
 of righteousness,

00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:37.119
 but the

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.539
 character

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.759
 of righteousness

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:41.039
 cannot be

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.579
 given to

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.119
 us like

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:44.059
 magic and

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.519
 change,

00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:46.399
 because that

00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:46.819
 means it's

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.419
 not us

00:25:47.419 --> 00:25:47.980
 anymore or

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.359
 not me

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.639
 anymore.

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.819
 The character

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:51.879
 can only be

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.200
 learned.

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.700
 Even Christ

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:53.960
 learned

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.059
 obedience as

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.439
 a son.

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.259
 And the

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.799
 process of

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.179
 learning,

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.940
 we grow,

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.560
 we change,

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.259
 we get

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.580
 to know

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:00.920
 God,

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.500
 we get

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.799
 to know

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.279
 ourselves

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.060
 better,

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.820
 and that

00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:04.400
 is all

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:04.779
 part of

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.100
 life.

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.660
 A person

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:07.980
 may not

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.279
 want to

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.779
 do things

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.320
 God's way

00:26:09.320 --> 00:26:09.799
 at first,

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.380
 but because

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:10.920
 he fears

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.220
 God,

00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:11.680
 he would

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.060
 do it

00:26:12.060 --> 00:26:12.320
 God's

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:12.539
 way.

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.720
 And as

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.000
 he looks

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.380
 back,

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:15.960
 such a

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.320
 person will

00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:16.820
 always be

00:26:16.820 --> 00:26:17.560
 thankful that

00:26:17.560 --> 00:26:18.100
 he was

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.539
 able to

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:18.860
 live by

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.120
 God's

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.560
 way and

00:26:19.560 --> 00:26:19.700
 not

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:19.960
 his own

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.720
 way.

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:22.120
 A person

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.339
 who is

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.559
 not

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.180
 willing to

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.980
 do hard

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.400
 things,

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:24.960
 it's

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.579
 hard to

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:26.980
 build a

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.319
 character.

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.460
 If you

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.180
 ask God

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.559
 to make

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:29.779
 your

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.500
 patience,

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.500
 God will,

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.940
 and a

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.180
 lot of

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.539
 things will

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.940
 happen to

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.360
 try your

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:35.779
 patience,

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:36.420
 and it's

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.100
 hard to

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:37.460
 go through

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:37.740
 that.

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.720
 But if

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.319
 we do

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.720
 not want

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.100
 to try

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:40.440
 hard

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:40.720
 things,

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.240
 we will

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.480
 never

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.220
 enjoy the

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.680
 fruit of

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.539
 hard work.

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.160
 If our

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.460
 fallen

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:45.839
 nature,

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.279
 we choose

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.640
 to follow

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.100
 the easy

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:47.519
 way of the

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.140
 world rather

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.600
 than follow

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:48.920
 God's

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.180
 ways.

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:52.460
 in one,

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.860
 I mean,

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:55.960
 actually the

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.779
 people who

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.920
 do hard

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.539
 things in

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.900
 our midst

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.259
 as well,

00:26:59.400 --> 00:26:59.740
 not only

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:01.440
 can't say

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.860
 that nobody

00:27:01.860 --> 00:27:02.140
 wants to

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.480
 do hard

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.180
 things,

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:06.320
 there are

00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:06.820
 people who

00:27:06.820 --> 00:27:07.560
 finish HSC

00:27:07.560 --> 00:27:08.360
 this year,

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.100
 and there's

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:10.000
 a hard

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.220
 thing,

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.580
 and there

00:27:11.580 --> 00:27:11.940
 are people

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.460
 here who

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.779
 finish

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.880
 uni this

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.180
 year,

00:27:14.560 --> 00:27:14.920
 and it's

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.180
 hard.

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.940
 People

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:19.140
 finish

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.680
 the

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:19.940
 fellowship

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.400
 exam,

00:27:20.540 --> 00:27:21.020
 like Sarah,

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.600
 passed that,

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:23.780
 there are

00:27:23.780 --> 00:27:24.120
 so many

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.840
 people here

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.640
 who would

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.520
 do hard

00:27:26.520 --> 00:27:26.860
 things.

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.720
 As Paul

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.320
 said in

00:27:28.320 --> 00:27:29.920
 1 Corinthians

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:32.000
 9.25,

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.440
 he said

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.040
 that athletes

00:27:33.040 --> 00:27:33.660
 would try

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.120
 very hard

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.640
 to discipline

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:34.960
 themselves,

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.400
 everything,

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.460
 to get

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.580
 a crown

00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:37.980
 that is

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.580
 temporary,

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.540
 but he

00:27:39.540 --> 00:27:39.960
 said for

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.440
 spiritual

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:40.940
 discipline

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.740
 it's an

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.140
 eternal

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.780
 crown,

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:44.639
 and to

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:46.539
 have that

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.559
 spiritual

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.079
 discipline

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.859
 is even

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.319
 harder,

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:51.059
 and I

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.440
 hope that

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.379
 we would

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:53.299
 take heart

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:55.160
 and be

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.879
 willing to

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.819
 sacrifice

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.960
 the small

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.700
 comfort that

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.420
 we enjoy

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.000
 every day

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:02.480
 when we

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.019
 can spend

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.660
 our time

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:05.859
 to know

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.259
 God in

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.559
 a deeper

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:06.879
 way.

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:10.000
 So what

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.260
 do we

00:28:10.260 --> 00:28:10.820
 think God

00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:11.400
 means when

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.420
 he said

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.400
 his name

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:13.700
 would be

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.180
 great among

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.740
 the nations?

00:28:15.260 --> 00:28:15.540
 We may

00:28:15.540 --> 00:28:15.880
 think that

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.420
 God wants

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.000
 people to

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.580
 fear him.

00:28:18.280 --> 00:28:18.700
 This is

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.460
 half correct.

00:28:20.040 --> 00:28:20.340
 The other

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:21.000
 half is that

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.400
 God wants

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:21.800
 people to

00:28:21.800 --> 00:28:22.320
 love him.

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.380
 Why does

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.960
 God want

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.960
 us to

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.380
 fear him

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:26.640
 and to

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.080
 love him?

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.480
 Does he

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.780
 think that

00:28:28.780 --> 00:28:29.160
 he is the

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.600
 center of

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.060
 the universe?

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.520
 No,

00:28:32.760 --> 00:28:33.140
 God does

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.460
 not think

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:33.720
 that he is

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.000
 the center

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.200
 of the

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.500
 universe,

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.120
 but God

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.500
 is the

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.900
 center of

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.180
 the universe.

00:28:36.300 --> 00:28:36.420
 He

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:36.700
 doesn't

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.059
 think that

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.519
 he is.

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:39.059
 And he

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.640
 is the

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.019
 ultimate

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:42.000
 beauty,

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.460
 purity,

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.000
 and wisdom.

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.600
 So who

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.299
 else should

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.759
 we fear

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.120
 and love

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:48.900
 besides God?

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.240
 And when

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.700
 we fear

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.019
 and love

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.259
 God,

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.600
 we will

00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.080
 follow his

00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.440
 ways.

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:54.240
 The

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.680
 Israelites

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.779
 had written

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.259
 laws and

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.539
 covenant

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:56.960
 to help

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.279
 them to

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.500
 keep

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.880
 following

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.279
 God.

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:58.980
 They

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.360
 failed to

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.480
 do so.

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.120
 They

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.460
 simply

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:01.779
 loved

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.080
 themselves

00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:02.360
 too

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:02.680
 much.

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.120
 What

00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:04.480
 else

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.720
 could

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.019
 God

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.120
 do

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.559
 for

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:06.859
 people

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.039
 to

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.319
 fear

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.579
 him

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:07.739
 and

00:29:07.739 --> 00:29:08.179
 love

00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:08.439
 him?

00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:10.719
 God's

00:29:10.719 --> 00:29:11.019
 covenant

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.619
 will stand.

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.199
 His covenant

00:29:12.199 --> 00:29:12.759
 with Levi,

00:29:12.939 --> 00:29:13.219
 the tribe

00:29:13.219 --> 00:29:13.719
 of Moses,

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.439
 will not

00:29:14.439 --> 00:29:14.759
 fail.

00:29:15.219 --> 00:29:15.559
 He will

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:15.959
 have a

00:29:15.959 --> 00:29:16.459
 priest who

00:29:16.459 --> 00:29:17.000
 will be

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.579
 faithful to

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:17.739
 the

00:29:17.739 --> 00:29:18.079
 covenant.

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.000
 This

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.500
 priest will

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.119
 honor God.

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.299
 He will

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.839
 walk with

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.279
 God in

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.699
 peace and

00:29:23.699 --> 00:29:24.379
 uprightness.

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.359
 He

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:27.279
 will speak

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.839
 the truth

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.839
 regardless of

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.659
 opposition from

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.119
 the world.

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.199
 He will

00:29:32.199 --> 00:29:33.399
 teach the

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:33.879
 way of God

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.420
 truthfully.

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:35.960
 He will

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.640
 challenge

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.280
 our

00:29:37.280 --> 00:29:37.880
 conscience.

00:29:40.760 --> 00:29:41.540
 In fact,

00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:42.080
 he challenged

00:29:42.080 --> 00:29:42.660
 our conscience

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.220
 so much

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.960
 that we

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:45.180
 wanted to

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.640
 kill him.

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.860
 He obeyed

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.080
 God's

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:49.300
 way despite

00:29:49.300 --> 00:29:49.820
 suffering.

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.840
 He was

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.240
 nailed on

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.600
 the cross

00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:52.020
 to die

00:29:52.020 --> 00:29:52.540
 slowly for

00:29:52.540 --> 00:29:52.760
 his

00:29:52.760 --> 00:29:53.160
 obedience

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:54.480
 to God.

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.780
 We know

00:29:55.780 --> 00:29:56.200
 that Jesus

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:57.200
 Christ was

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.660
 the priest

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.040
 that was

00:29:58.040 --> 00:29:58.580
 to come

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:59.580
 to fulfill

00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:00.080
 God's

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:00.320
 covenant

00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:00.920
 with man.

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:03.440
 he did

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.860
 not pay

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.279
 for Jesus

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.740
 to obey

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.000
 God

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:06.620
 because the

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:06.920
 world

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.580
 would be

00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:09.320
 against him.

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.440
 Why did

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.740
 he do

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.019
 that?

00:30:11.300 --> 00:30:11.560
 Because

00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:13.279
 Jesus knew

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.120
 and he saw

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.480
 that this

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.820
 world is

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.140
 broken.

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.120
 It's not

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:20.200
 going to

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.720
 be permanent

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.740
 and it's

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.060
 not going

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:22.539
 to be

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.720
 the ultimate.

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:24.920
 Why will

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.380
 we enjoy

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:26.000
 this world?

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.160
 It will

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.700
 be nothing

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.420
 compared to

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:28.800
 the world

00:30:28.800 --> 00:30:29.180
 that is to

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.480
 come.

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.600
 Because

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.160
 Jesus had

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:33.000
 much bigger

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.620
 purpose to

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.100
 live for

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.440
 and to

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.000
 die for.

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.480
 For the

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.820
 joy that

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.200
 was set

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.820
 before him

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.320
 he enjoyed

00:30:38.320 --> 00:30:38.880
 the cross

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.500
 and despite

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.160
 the shame

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.800
 which he

00:30:40.800 --> 00:30:41.300
 suffered in

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:41.700
 the world,

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.500
 Jesus knew

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.779
 that all

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.300
 that was in

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:45.759
 the world

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.580
 in this

00:30:46.580 --> 00:30:46.860
 world is

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.460
 transient and

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.759
 trivial.

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.740
 He was

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.279
 looking forward

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.660
 to the

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.300
 godly world

00:30:50.300 --> 00:30:51.160
 which was

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.620
 to come

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.000
 and he

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.340
 wants to

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:53.160
 bring with

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.580
 him many

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:53.940
 people.

00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:54.900
 In that

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.220
 world,

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.519
 God's name

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:56.820
 will be

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:57.120
 honour.

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.120
 In the

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.519
 world where

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:58.940
 God's name

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.380
 is honour,

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.020
 people can

00:31:00.020 --> 00:31:00.780
 live in

00:31:00.780 --> 00:31:01.280
 peace and

00:31:01.280 --> 00:31:01.840
 freedom at

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.220
 last.

00:31:03.060 --> 00:31:03.340
 He could

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:03.860
 only bring

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.940
 us into

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:06.420
 this godly

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.120
 world by

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.620
 dying for

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.200
 our sins.

00:31:10.040 --> 00:31:10.600
 I suppose

00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:11.120
 that we

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.740
 all want

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.420
 to have

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.080
 a happy

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.660
 life and

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.120
 we also

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.680
 want our

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.340
 descendants to

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:15.640
 have a

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.300
 happy life.

00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.620
 Like our

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.040
 ancestors,

00:31:19.320 --> 00:31:19.640
 we will

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.180
 try all

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.500
 sorts of

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.900
 ways to

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.320
 be happy.

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:22.300
 We often

00:31:22.300 --> 00:31:22.780
 consider

00:31:22.780 --> 00:31:23.560
 ourselves as

00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.060
 the smartest

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:24.680
 and cheat

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.260
 our ways

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.200
 to get

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.720
 what we

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.039
 want.

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.759
 Even the

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:33.000
 Israelites in

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.640
 Malachi,

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.519
 they were

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.019
 cheating their

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:36.759
 ways with

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.259
 the covenant

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.759
 of God.

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.299
 We will

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.640
 do the

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:39.859
 same in

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.339
 whatever we

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.940
 do in

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.460
 life.

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.779
 And we

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.240
 are often

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.119
 disappointed.

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:45.720
 It is not

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.279
 only because

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.319
 we often

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.799
 fail,

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.460
 even as

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:50.339
 we try

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.819
 our best to

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.180
 be happy,

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.039
 but even

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.480
 as we

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.960
 succeed in

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.400
 getting what

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.840
 we want,

00:31:55.300 --> 00:31:55.660
 it often

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.640
 has unexpected

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:58.500
 side effects.

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.820
 The world

00:32:00.820 --> 00:32:01.360
 is full of

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.759
 all these

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.780
 unexpected

00:32:02.780 --> 00:32:03.840
 side effects

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:05.120
 from just

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.880
 like I said

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.340
 about the

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:07.100
 cigarette smoking

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.940
 50 years

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.200
 ago.

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.620
 It was in

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.000
 fashion,

00:32:09.540 --> 00:32:10.120
 but now we

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.600
 know that

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:12.060
 it will

00:32:12.060 --> 00:32:12.660
 kill you.

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.680
 And many

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.120
 things that

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.720
 we do

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:16.540
 turn up

00:32:16.540 --> 00:32:16.980
 the same

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:18.480
 because we

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.780
 don't have

00:32:18.780 --> 00:32:19.200
 the wisdom

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.259
 to know

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:21.540
 the future

00:32:21.540 --> 00:32:23.480
 and we

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.720
 just

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.779
 hold on

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:25.960
 to

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.819
 pleasure

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.420
 so much.

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.420
 So we

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:28.799
 are like

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.319
 the Israelites

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:30.140
 often end

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.539
 up with

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.220
 choices which

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.559
 will bring

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.140
 destruction

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:33.500
 and sorrow

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.019
 to us

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.519
 and our

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.039
 descendants.

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:36.799
 In

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.120
 Malachi,

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.620
 God is

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.160
 not standing

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.420
 there

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.079
 helplessly

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.819
 blaming the

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.319
 Israelites

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:41.600
 for their

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.620
 unfaithfulness

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.740
 and foolishness,

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.460
 but he's

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.799
 there to

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.200
 pronounce

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.660
 judgment

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.220
 and mercy.

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:48.220
 We will

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.559
 look at

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.000
 this in

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.480
 the future

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.360
 two weeks

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:51.259
 as we

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.700
 look at

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.360
 chapter 3,

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.940
 chapter 4,

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.960
 and he

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.380
 is there

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:55.480
 to proclaim

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.960
 what he's

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.279
 going to

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.500
 do.

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.299
 His name

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.660
 will be

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.160
 great among

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.700
 the nations

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.519
 regardless of

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.320
 Israel's

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.059
 response.

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.000
 Since the

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.220
 time of

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.539
 Malachi,

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.440
 Jesus Christ

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.039
 has come

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.920
 and become

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.500
 the perfect

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.340
 priest and

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.860
 the perfect

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.580
 sacrifice.

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.539
 Through the

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:10.860
 cross,

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.600
 the church

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:12.480
 has been

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.160
 established.

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.180
 God's name

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.519
 has been

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.120
 made known

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.779
 throughout the

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.140
 nations.

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.080
 We see

00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:18.680
 changes in

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.080
 people's

00:33:19.080 --> 00:33:19.680
 lives as

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.080
 they begin

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:20.539
 to worship

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:20.900
 God.

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:24.660
 35 years

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.140
 ago when

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.680
 Lei and

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.200
 I were

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:28.000
 serving

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:29.600
 in Malaysia

00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:29.960
 the

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.240
 Bonniak

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.820
 Evangelical

00:33:30.820 --> 00:33:31.259
 Mission,

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.759
 we were

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:34.820
 in contact

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.380
 with a

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.660
 tribal

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.320
 people

00:33:36.320 --> 00:33:36.640
 called

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:36.940
 Long

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.120
 Bao

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.380
 Wang

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:37.940
 people.

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:38.779
 The

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:38.940
 Hmong

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.360
 people

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:41.720
 were

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.120
 considered

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:43.400
 as the

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.880
 worst

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.779
 tribal

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.240
 people

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:47.100
 in

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.519
 Malaysia

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.019
 about

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.420
 70

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:48.779
 years

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.059
 ago

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.399
 because

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:50.359
 they

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:50.839
 were

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.339
 drunker.

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:51.660
 They

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.019
 just

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:54.680
 want

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.759
 to

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.139
 have

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:58.399
 wine

00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:58.980
 to drink

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.599
 until

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:01.279
 they

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.879
 become

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.200
 drunk.

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.160
 They

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.480
 hardly

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.660
 do

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:03.879
 anything.

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.059
 They

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.139
 are

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.359
 very

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.700
 dirty,

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.200
 filthy,

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.399
 immoral.

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:08.219
 Basically,

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.619
 the government

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.000
 has given

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.360
 up on

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.840
 them and

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.139
 let them

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.599
 die off.

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:14.519
 70

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:14.819
 years

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:15.279
 ago,

00:34:16.819 --> 00:34:16.980
 one

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:18.239
 event

00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:18.839
 mission

00:34:18.839 --> 00:34:20.599
 came to

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:20.880
 that

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.679
 tribe.

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.380
 35

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:24.759
 years

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:24.960
 ago,

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.259
 when we

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.500
 were in

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.799
 contact

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.039
 with

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.279
 them,

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.299
 most

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:28.679
 of the

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.039
 leaders

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.420
 in the

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.779
 church

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:30.839
 were

00:34:30.839 --> 00:34:31.000
 Long

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.199
 Bao

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.360
 Wang.

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.339
 Even

00:34:32.339 --> 00:34:33.539
 doctors,

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.480
 lawyers,

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:36.000
 political

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.500
 leaders,

00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:36.759
 the

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:36.920
 Long

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.119
 Bao

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.299
 Wang.

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.819
 It's

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.339
 such

00:34:39.339 --> 00:34:39.500
 an

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.860
 amazing

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.900
 turnover

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:42.099
 to

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.260
 their

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.539
 lives

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.220
 just

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:43.680
 because

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.380
 God's

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.539
 name

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.740
 was

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.760
 great

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.099
 among

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.860
 these

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.519
 people.

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:48.340
 And

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.800
 this

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:48.980
 thing

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.420
 happened

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.680
 over

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:50.860
 and

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.039
 over

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.420
 again

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:52.420
 in

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.559
 the

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.860
 world,

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.400
 in

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.780
 different

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.720
 tribes

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:56.099
 and in

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.260
 our

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:56.640
 life

00:34:56.640 --> 00:34:57.079
 as

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.340
 well.

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.960
 From

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.120
 the

00:35:00.120 --> 00:35:00.340
 rising

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.680
 of the

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:00.880
 sun

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.039
 to

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.180
 his

00:35:01.180 --> 00:35:01.500
 setting,

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:01.800
 God

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:01.960
 is

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.220
 making

00:35:02.220 --> 00:35:02.440
 his

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:02.660
 name

00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:03.059
 great

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.579
 among

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.820
 the

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.180
 nations.

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.099
 We

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.300
 can

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.640
 choose

00:35:05.640 --> 00:35:06.640
 to

00:35:06.640 --> 00:35:06.960
 either

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.300
 submit

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.500
 to

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.700
 his

00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.160
 sovereignty

00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:08.599
 and

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:08.980
 continue

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.180
 to

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.359
 seek

00:35:09.359 --> 00:35:09.859
 or

00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:10.379
 continue

00:35:10.379 --> 00:35:10.579
 to

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:10.739
 seek

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:10.940
 our

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.219
 own

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.579
 small

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.019
 fortune.

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.759
 Through

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:14.940
 the

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.179
 covenant

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.419
 of

00:35:15.419 --> 00:35:15.779
 blessings

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:16.039
 and

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.539
 curses

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:16.819
 with

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:17.379
 Israel,

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:18.940
 God

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.639
 accomplished

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.039
 his

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.500
 justice

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.099
 by placing

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.460
 all the

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.859
 curses

00:35:21.859 --> 00:35:22.639
 on

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:22.839
 his

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.059
 son,

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.339
 Jesus

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:23.839
 Christ.

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:24.940
 It

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.299
 was as

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:25.639
 if the

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.899
 dung

00:35:25.899 --> 00:35:26.319
 of the

00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:26.679
 animals

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.159
 were placed

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.319
 on

00:35:27.319 --> 00:35:27.579
 Jesus'

00:35:27.779 --> 00:35:28.019
 head

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.779
 as he

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.039
 was

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.659
 crucified

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.099
 outside

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.339
 the

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:30.639
 camp.

00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:32.059
 Jesus

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.779
 has

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.339
 shouldered

00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:34.079
 all the

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.559
 judgment

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.319
 of God

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:36.019
 on the

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.339
 cross.

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:37.519
 Jesus

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.760
 has

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.260
 fulfilled

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.519
 the

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.120
 requirements

00:35:39.120 --> 00:35:39.539
 of the

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:39.860
 covenant.

00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:41.480
 What

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.880
 more do

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.180
 you think

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:42.360
 God

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.579
 should

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:42.960
 do

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:44.000
 for

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.320
 us

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.960
 to

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.200
 submit

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.420
 to

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.660
 him

00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:45.920
 in

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.220
 love

00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:46.440
 and

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.680
 in

00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:46.920
 fear?

00:35:48.620 --> 00:35:48.920
 Jesus

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.320
 said,

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.320
 while you

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.539
 have

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:50.700
 the

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.019
 light,

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.160
 believe

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.500
 in the

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:52.760
 light,

00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:54.079
 that you

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.340
 might

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:54.800
 become

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.440
 sons

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.620
 of

00:35:55.620 --> 00:35:55.960
 light.

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.140
 Let

00:35:57.140 --> 00:35:57.320
 us

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:58.059
 pray.

00:35:58.059 --> 00:36:05.320
 Father,

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.659
 we

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:08.920
 thank

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.159
 you.

00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:09.699
 Thank

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:09.820
 you,

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:09.980
 Father,

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.360
 for

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:11.340
 your

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:11.659
 goodness

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:11.880
 to

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.239
 us.

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.480
 Despite

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:15.360
 our

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:16.119
 frequent

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:17.039
 regret

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.320
 of

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:17.559
 you,

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:18.940
 you

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 keep

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 calling

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 us.

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 We

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 want

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 to

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 acknowledge

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 that

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 you

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 are

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 great

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 and

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 good.

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 We

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 want

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 to

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 live

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 a

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 life

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 that

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 is

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 worthy

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:37.579
 of

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 your

00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.160
 calling

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:39.680
 and

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:39.860
 your

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.280
 character.

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:40.900
 May

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.000
 you

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 help

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 us

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 to

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 do

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 so.

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.800
 For

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 those

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.220
 of

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.420
 us

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:44.559
 who

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:44.680
 are

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 yet

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.079
 to

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 know

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 you,

00:36:46.100 --> 00:36:46.260
 may

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 you

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 also

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.720
 help

00:36:46.720 --> 00:36:46.920
 us

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.079
 to

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.280
 do

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.579
 so.

00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:49.480
 Thank

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.600
 you,

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:49.840
 Lord.

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.240
 We

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:50.420
 pray

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:50.579
 in

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:50.800
 Jesus'

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.160
 name.

00:36:51.740 --> 00:36:51.940
 Amen.