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 Well, good morning everyone. We are back after four odd months of lockdown and exile from church.

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 It's wonderful to be back in church with you. My mind this week went to John Calvin, who in 1538,

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 on Easter Day, in fact, on 1538, was exiled from Geneva, removed from the pulpit, kicked out of

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 the town, by the council of the town. And after, I think, a number of years of preaching there,

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 Calvin's ministry was such that he got up every Sunday, in fact, not just Sunday, but every day

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 of the week, in fact, and preached through books of the Bible, verse after verse after verse from

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 the original Greek and Hebrew. He was so, it didn't matter what calendar it was, didn't matter whether

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 it was Easter Day or, you know, whatever he was up to next, he just preached that passage and just

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 kept plowing through the text. And so when he was banished on Easter Day, 1538, it was just over

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 three years later, he was called back to Geneva. He ascended into the pulpit for the first time

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 and he picked up the very next verse from three years before. Such was his confidence in the Word

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 of God and the ministry of the Word. Well, after four months of exile, we got Lamentations 4.

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 And I frankly, as we gather on a day like today, it'd be good if we came up with a somewhat more of a

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 jovial, uplifting passage, if you like, than Lamentations 4. Lamentations is the darkest book

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 in the Bible and Lamentations 4 is the darkest chapter of the darkest book of the Bible.

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 So let's pray and launch in. Father God, this is your Word. It reveals sin. It reveals hope

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 in the gospel of the Lord Jesus. And so as we gather in all the joy of gathering as your people this day,

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 help us not to miss this moment. Help us not to bypass this text and what it reveals

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 about the idols of our hearts. Just we pray, have mercy on us. Amen.

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 Amen. Recently for our family movie night, we watched the movie, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

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 It's a film based on a memoir of the same name. It retells the story of 13-year-old William,

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 who grew up as a part of a village of farmers in Malawi. Life is very tough. Life is very basic for them.

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 There's no running water, no electricity. If you could afford it, your transport was a bicycle

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 and you had one for the family. William briefly goes to school, but his parents, like so many others,

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 can't afford the education fees. He's a bright kid. He has a keen interest in electronics,

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 scavenging through rubbish heaps to find bits and pieces to fix people's radios and other bits and

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 pieces for them. He secretly gets access to the school library after being removed from the school.

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 He reads a book about wind turbines and the production of electricity.

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 And in the end of all of that, scavenging through junk heaps, he builds a windmill,

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 junk, junk, which produces enough power to run a pump to draw water out of a well and water crops.

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 This in the 2000s, around the 2000s, I forget exactly what the date was, 2001, 2002,

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 where there was a devastating drought in Malawi.

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 And the effect of his work saved a village from starvation as a 13-year-old.

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 This country is devastated by drought. I think probably the most harrowing part of the whole story

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 is the way that this community just disintegrates during the slow death of starvation and poverty.

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 Family relationships break down. Law and order disintegrate as people steal from even women and babies

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 in order to survive.

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 There is a real sense of hopelessness as people slowly starve to death.

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 It's a true story.

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 And as we turn to Lamentations 4, we see a similar scenario of devastation and starvation and the upheaval of a society.

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 So get your Bibles, open them up for me.

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 Be grateful if you just need to see this text this morning.

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 Lamentations 4 casts, if you like, up a variety of mental pictures

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 that depict the suffering of the final siege of Jerusalem and beyond.

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 It also lays out for us some of the reasons why the judgment was imposed on Israel.

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 And it ends with just this whisper.

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 Just a hint of hope at the end.

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 And they're the three steps that I'll be taking us through today.

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 If you've got the St. Paul's app open, the first one is the reversal of fortunes.

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 Lamentations is a response to the events recorded in 2 Kings 24 and 25.

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 There's also a shorter version of it in 2 Chronicles 36.

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 The scene is the fall of Jerusalem.

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 The global bully at that time was Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian Empire.

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 The Babylonian army lay siege to Jerusalem from 588 BC to 587 BC.

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 About 18 months, they surrounded the city and they slowly, slowly choked the city.

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 And terrible calamities befell the citizens of Jerusalem, as we see in Lamentations 4.

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 Some members attempted to escape, run for their lives, and they were cut down in the process.

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 This is a vivid description of what takes place in this city.

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 Twice at the beginning of chapter 4, the poet cries out,

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 Alas!

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 The NIV translated as how.

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 It's not quite as desperate as, Alas!

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 The situation is unrelieved agony.

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 Where chapter 2 describes the leveling of the physical structures of Jerusalem,

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 chapter 4 describes the leveling of the people.

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 Verses 1 and 2 set it up for us.

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 Have a look for us with me.

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 How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull.

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 The sacred gems are scattered at every street corner.

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 How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold,

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 are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter's hands.

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 Now Psalm 19 tells us that nothing is more precious than gold,

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 except the word of God.

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 And the temple of Jerusalem was covered in gold and jewels and stone,

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 you know, precious jewels.

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 And now the gold, it says here, has lost its shine.

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 And the jewels are scattered like pebbles on the streets.

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 But the primary significance of this description is it's a metaphor

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 for the people of God themselves.

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 The precious children of Zion.

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 As it says in verse 2,

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 God's precious people are trodden underfoot like broken pottery.

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 They have become worthless, cast out into the street.

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 Though once they were worth their weight in gold,

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 they are now thrown out like worthless pots of clay,

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 fragile, broken, despised.

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 So the main message, if you look through,

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 particularly the first 12 verses or so,

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 is the, if you like, the devastating reversal of fortunes

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 at all levels of society.

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 What is precious is now treated as worthless.

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 Children who should be nurtured are being starved.

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 The rich are reduced to the rubbish heap.

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 Vivid colours are turned black.

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 Good health has now shrunk and shriveled.

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 Mothers who should be feeding their children are feeding on them.

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 Holy men have become dirty and defiled.

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 The royal protector of life itself is himself trapped in a pit.

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 Verse 10 is, if you like, the vivid and disturbing image

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 which takes us, with their own hands,

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 compassionate women have cooked their own children

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 who became their food when their people were destroyed,

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 when my people were destroyed.

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 Compassionate women.

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 The author here makes it very clear.

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 These are not immoral.

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 These are compassionate women.

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 Compassionate mothers are now feeding on their own children.

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 Frankly, I cannot get my mind around that,

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 let alone the emotions of what it means to have that level of despair

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 of life itself.

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 And yet all this points metaphorically to a greater level of despair

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 that will befall upon all of humanity.

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 What this passage is telling us is that the whole community from top to bottom

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 has been turned upside down and shaken out and left shattered

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 and scattered like trash littering the streets.

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 It is pure devastation.

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 I did say this is the darkest chapter of the darkest book of the Bible.

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 The tragic irony of all of this reversal of fortunes is the end of verse 2

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 where they are described as the work of the potter's hands.

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 In the rest of the Bible,

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 that phrase is a way of describing Israel itself.

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 As God did for the very first human being in Genesis 2,

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 so he has done for Israel.

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 He has fashioned them with the loving care of a potter shaping the clay

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 in his own image, his precious possession.

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 It's a way of describing throughout the rest of the Bible

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 the special covenant relationship

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 when Israel needed to appeal to God for help

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 as their merciful father

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 when they appealed upon his compassion.

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 For instance, Isaiah 64 verse 8,

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 Yet you, Lord, are our father.

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 We are the clay.

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 You are the potter.

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 We are the work of your hand.

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 Lord, so do not be angry with us.

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 Beyond measure.

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 Lord, do not remember our sins forever.

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 Oh, look on us, we pray, for we are your people.

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 The metaphor is normally used to convey the preciousness

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 of Israel in God's hands.

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 The tragedy of something so precious being squandered

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 as though worthless is an echo of Jeremiah's warning

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 in Jeremiah chapter 2.

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 In Jeremiah 2, he lists the amazing privileges

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 that Israel had enjoyed in their relationship with God.

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 Sacrificial love, redemption from slavery,

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 protection in the wilderness,

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 the gift of the promised land,

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 a rich inheritance.

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 Instead, as Jeremiah 2.5 tells us,

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 they followed worthless idols

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 and they became worthless themselves.

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 Why are they now broken pots?

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 Because of idolatry.

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 There is a sober warning here

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 for God's people in any generation.

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 When we fail to hold on to the preciousness

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 of what we have in God's word

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 and what we are in Jesus Christ

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 and fail to live in accordance with that word

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 and that status,

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 then we are in danger of becoming worthless to God.

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 No matter what our religious pretense is,

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 no matter what we say with our mouth,

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 we are in danger of becoming worthless to God,

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 worthless to His world

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 and worthless in His mission.

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 So make no mistake,

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 Lamentations does give us a language

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 to express our sorrows and our struggles in life.

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 It does do that for us.

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 But it does so much more

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 than give us language for sorrow.

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 fundamentally more

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 than language of sorrow.

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 It helps us to see the world

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 and it helps us to see ourselves

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 through very different lenses.

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 Lament helps us uncover

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 the idolatry of our hearts.

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 Lament mourns the effects

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 of suffering on a society,

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 but not simply because of the losses

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 that we've experienced.

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 It's a memorial

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 to the futility

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 of trusting in anything

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 but God.

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 That's lament.

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 So friends,

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 think of your life

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 as a glass of water

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 with the sediment

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 at the bottom.

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 I'm sorry,

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 I actually put the stuff

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 in there too late this morning.

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 I should have put it in last night.

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 It would have looked like

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 pure water by then.

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 Hopefully.

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 But

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 forget that.

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 Imagine it's a,

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 your life is like

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 a glass of pure water.

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 Sediment at the bottom.

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 Or let me just put it like this,

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 a good bottle of wine.

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 If the glass remains stable

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 and you don't shake the bottle,

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 the sediment stays at the bottom.

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 The sediment is not activated.

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 But bump the glass,

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 shake it up,

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 shake the bottle up,

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 and all of a sudden,

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 what used to be pure

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 realizes actually

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 it wasn't pure

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 in the first place.

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 suffering bumps

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 the glass of our lives.

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 It stirs up

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 the sediments

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 we forgot,

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 the ones that we tried

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 to hide,

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 the fear,

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 the pride,

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 the greed,

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 self-sufficiency,

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 the things that are lying

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 dormant,

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 the idols of the heart,

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 the pursuit of comfort,

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 the pursuit of security.

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 Whatever it is,

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 it bumps the sediment,

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 it stirs it up,

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 it brings it to the surface.

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 That's what suffering does.

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 That's what hardship does.

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 That's what lockdowns do.

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 That's what GFCs do.

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 That's what the death

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 of a loved one does.

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 That's what droughts do

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 to farmers.

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 It bumps the glass

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 of our lives

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 and shakes it up

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 and helps me to see

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 where is my trust?

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 What are the idols

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 in my heart?

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 What are the idols

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 in my heart?

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 In the Bible,

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 an idol

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 is simply an object

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 of trust

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 that takes the emotional

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 and practical place

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 of God in our lives.

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 Timothy Keller

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 in his book

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 Counterfeit Gods

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 provides a great definition

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 of idolatry.

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 He says,

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 It's not sorrow,

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 it's despair.

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 As you think about loss

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 in your life

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 or as you consider

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 a season

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 when tears and sadness

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 were a daily experience,

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 what did you learn

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 about yourself?

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 What lesson did you discover

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 as you stood

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 over the rubble

00:19:24.439 --> 00:19:25.059
 of your life

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:25.699
 in that moment?

00:19:25.879 --> 00:19:26.699
 What idols

00:19:26.699 --> 00:19:27.719
 were surfacing

00:19:27.719 --> 00:19:28.839
 in your heart

00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:29.599
 at that moment?

00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:30.659
 What repentance

00:19:30.659 --> 00:19:31.299
 was needed

00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:32.219
 in that moment?

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:35.339
 These moments

00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:35.939
 of sediment

00:19:35.939 --> 00:19:37.219
 coming to the surface

00:19:37.219 --> 00:19:38.699
 are a gift

00:19:38.699 --> 00:19:39.459
 from God

00:19:39.459 --> 00:19:41.000
 to see

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:42.159
 what idols

00:19:42.159 --> 00:19:43.159
 are in the heart.

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 And perhaps

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.500
 you are in that season

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.500
 of sorrow right now

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.240
 and my heart bleeds

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:48.139
 for you if you are.

00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.559
 Maybe your glass

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.339
 has been bumped

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.199
 right now.

00:19:53.699 --> 00:19:54.559
 What you need

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.019
 to know

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.500
 in amongst

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.459
 everything else

00:19:56.459 --> 00:19:57.459
 is that there

00:19:57.459 --> 00:19:58.779
 is an important

00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.779
 lesson to learn.

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 I want to encourage

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:05.220
 you to allow

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:06.099
 your grief

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:08.359
 to show you

00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:09.579
 what is surfacing

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.720
 in your heart.

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:13.759
 Let God

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.720
 uncover it

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.960
 layer by layer

00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.539
 the things

00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:17.279
 which you perhaps

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.119
 place too much

00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:18.839
 trust in.

00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:21.399
 In the same way

00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:22.180
 that pain

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:23.519
 can be a platform

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.299
 for worship,

00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:26.559
 it can also

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.720
 be a very

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 significant

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 if not

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.880
 the most

00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:30.740
 significant

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:32.019
 conduit

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:33.460
 for spiritual

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.019
 growth and

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.460
 repentance.

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:37.480
 Lament

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:39.420
 mourns

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.140
 the idols

00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.839
 upon which

00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.259
 we have

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.740
 placed

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.920
 too much

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.819
 hope.

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:45.759
 And so

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.339
 in this way

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:46.680
 lament

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.500
 not only

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.559
 expresses

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.319
 sorrow

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:50.359
 over loss,

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:52.519
 it also

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:54.559
 laments

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:56.359
 misplaced

00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:57.240
 trust.

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.299
 trust.

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:00.900
 And so

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.279
 here we

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.599
 are,

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.180
 Jerusalem

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.660
 is

00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:03.279
 destroyed,

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.420
 the society

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:07.559
 is destitute

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.220
 because of

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.960
 idolatry,

00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:10.299
 their misplaced

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:11.019
 trust led

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.620
 them into

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.660
 ruin and

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.460
 it is a

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.400
 comprehensible

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:14.819
 ruin.

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:20.619
 one reason

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:21.319
 for the

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.679
 judgment

00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:22.099
 falling

00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:22.399
 upon

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:23.059
 Jerusalem

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:24.200
 in

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.799
 Israel

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.059
 is

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.279
 given

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.759
 to us

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.019
 in

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.240
 verse

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.839
 13.

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 It's

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:28.779
 failed

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.319
 leadership.

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.399
 It says

00:21:31.399 --> 00:21:31.980
 it happened

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:33.460
 because of

00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.200
 the sins

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.799
 of her

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.259
 prophets

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.419
 and the

00:21:36.419 --> 00:21:36.980
 iniquities

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.700
 of her

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.319
 priests

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.859
 who shed

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.419
 within her

00:21:40.419 --> 00:21:40.980
 the blood

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.379
 of the

00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:41.720
 righteous.

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:45.519
 Now it's

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.279
 clear when

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.660
 you look at

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:46.920
 the book

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.579
 of Jeremiah

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:49.640
 from the

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.000
 prophet of

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.500
 Jeremiah who

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:50.960
 also wrote

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.720
 Lamentations

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.539
 that there

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:52.920
 is a

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.380
 breakdown

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:54.660
 in social

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:55.360
 morality

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:56.100
 throughout the

00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:57.019
 whole community

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.519
 of God's

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:57.880
 people.

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.380
 But

00:21:59.380 --> 00:22:00.680
 the religious

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.440
 leaders

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.380
 should have

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:03.140
 been doing

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:04.279
 the most

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:04.980
 to preserve

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.779
 the nation

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.779
 in covenantal

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.559
 faithfulness.

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.519
 Instead

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.579
 we are

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.379
 told here

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:11.119
 that they

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.679
 led the

00:22:11.679 --> 00:22:12.179
 nation

00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:13.339
 in corruption

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:14.440
 and idolatry.

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.000
 Again

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:18.720
 priests

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.159
 and the

00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.559
 prophets

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.379
 the leaders

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:20.700
 of God's

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:20.879
 people

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.259
 we see

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.720
 reversal

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.339
 of fortunes.

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.139
 Verse 14

00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:23.940
 those who

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:25.539
 were meant

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.079
 to be

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:27.039
 the eyes

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.659
 of God

00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:27.980
 for the

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.339
 nation

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:29.240
 are groping

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.819
 blindly

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.299
 through the

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.759
 streets.

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.879
 Again

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.659
 verse 14

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.460
 those who

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:33.720
 are meant

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:33.980
 to be

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.359
 holy

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:35.119
 and pure

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:36.139
 living

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.300
 as examples

00:22:37.300 --> 00:22:37.780
 of covenant

00:22:37.780 --> 00:22:38.660
 faithfulness

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:40.880
 are defiled

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:42.200
 filthy

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.400
 black.

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.860
 Verse 15

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.640
 those who

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.060
 used to

00:22:47.060 --> 00:22:47.740
 decide the

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.380
 fate of

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:49.040
 the lepers

00:22:49.040 --> 00:22:50.500
 are now

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.060
 treated as

00:22:51.060 --> 00:22:51.259
 lepers

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.840
 themselves.

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:53.140
 Verse 16

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.700
 those who

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.220
 lived in

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.520
 God's

00:22:54.520 --> 00:22:55.060
 presence

00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:56.780
 are finding

00:22:56.780 --> 00:22:58.220
 no respect

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.759
 on the

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.220
 earth.

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.640
 This

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.300
 is

00:23:03.300 --> 00:23:04.200
 the

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:05.100
 consequence

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:07.699
 for 40

00:23:07.699 --> 00:23:08.159
 years

00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.599
 the prophet

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.240
 Jeremiah

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:10.279
 pleaded

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:11.559
 pleaded

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.159
 with them

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:13.419
 to

00:23:13.419 --> 00:23:13.579
 away

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:13.980
 from their

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.679
 wickedness

00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:17.019
 to lead

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:18.019
 God's

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.419
 people

00:23:18.419 --> 00:23:19.139
 in covenant

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.939
 faithfulness

00:23:19.939 --> 00:23:20.240
 to the

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.539
 word of

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.019
 God.

00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:22.519
 For 40

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.000
 years

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.279
 they

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.359
 spurned

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:24.919
 repentance

00:23:24.919 --> 00:23:25.799
 and the

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.139
 grace

00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:26.379
 that was

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:27.159
 they

00:23:27.159 --> 00:23:27.439
 just

00:23:27.439 --> 00:23:28.619
 preaching

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:29.879
 preaching

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:32.439
 so far

00:23:32.439 --> 00:23:33.119
 from stopping

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.679
 the national

00:23:33.679 --> 00:23:34.279
 decline

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.059
 they

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.539
 helped

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:35.779
 it

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.259
 they

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.919
 hastened

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.239
 it

00:23:37.239 --> 00:23:39.839
 all that

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.279
 was left

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.799
 for them

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:41.979
 was the

00:23:41.979 --> 00:23:42.500
 bleakness

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.039
 of judgment

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.699
 by God

00:23:43.699 --> 00:23:44.699
 and society

00:23:44.699 --> 00:23:46.079
 itself.

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.419
 They were

00:23:48.419 --> 00:23:49.039
 the most

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.839
 despised

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.659
 in Jerusalem

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.719
 on this

00:23:51.719 --> 00:23:52.039
 day.

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:55.339
 There is

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.039
 something very

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.500
 significant

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.119
 here about

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.680
 the importance

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.319
 of leadership

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:59.700
 and the

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.159
 importance of

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:00.619
 leadership of

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.159
 our churches

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:01.639
 and the

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.019
 importance of

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.480
 leadership of

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.000
 this church.

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:05.279
 The leaders

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.559
 in Jeremiah's

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.180
 time were

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:08.000
 not condemned

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.500
 for their

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.480
 inexperience

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:11.899
 not condemned

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:12.359
 for their

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.960
 inefficiency

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:15.099
 not condemned

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.480
 for their

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.200
 personalities

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:18.359
 not condemned

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:18.920
 for their

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.819
 ineptitude

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:21.759
 they weren't

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.139
 judged

00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:22.679
 because their

00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:23.000
 sermons

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.379
 were too

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:23.799
 long

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:25.639
 or because

00:24:25.639 --> 00:24:26.039
 they weren't

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.439
 strategic

00:24:26.439 --> 00:24:26.960
 enough

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:28.779
 or because

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.159
 they didn't

00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:29.559
 put on the

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.139
 programs that

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.460
 the people

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:30.899
 wanted

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.799
 or that

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:31.960
 their

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.419
 personal

00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:32.799
 care

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.220
 they weren't

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.659
 the personal

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.159
 caregivers

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.579
 and the

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:34.919
 counselors

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.639
 for everyone

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:37.819
 they would

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.279
 judge

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.859
 because their

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.500
 hearts went

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.939
 after the

00:24:39.939 --> 00:24:40.599
 wrong gods

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:42.980
 sin

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.679
 was what

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:44.179
 characterized

00:24:44.179 --> 00:24:44.759
 them

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:46.539
 their hearts

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.119
 were bad

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.579
 and the people

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.319
 became bad

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.379
 they starved

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:49.920
 the people

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.520
 of the word

00:24:50.520 --> 00:24:51.040
 of God

00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:51.780
 and now

00:24:51.780 --> 00:24:52.300
 the people

00:24:52.300 --> 00:24:52.940
 are starving

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.380
 for food

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:53.840
 itself

00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:56.200
 one thing

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.740
 led to

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.140
 another

00:24:57.140 --> 00:25:02.720
 friends it

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.500
 is so easy

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.200
 for Christians

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.700
 to blame

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.320
 society

00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:05.780
 to blame

00:25:05.780 --> 00:25:06.260
 governments

00:25:06.260 --> 00:25:06.700
 to blame

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.460
 social media

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.160
 for the

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.800
 decline of

00:25:08.800 --> 00:25:09.880
 the church

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.220
 and the

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.960
 Christian faith

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.360
 in this

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:11.700
 country

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.060
 and throughout

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.620
 the west

00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:14.400
 maybe instead

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.360
 we should look

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:15.960
 to the preachers

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.480
 and the pastors

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:21.740
 for the

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.599
 moral decline

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:24.180
 in our

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 country

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:28.120
 too often

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.620
 and for

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.279
 too long

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 we have

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.599
 stood in

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.140
 pulpits

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:33.660
 and we have

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.400
 compromised

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:35.779
 the gospel

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:37.960
 we have

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.440
 cared for

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.960
 ourselves

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.640
 more than

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.480
 our flocks

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.940
 we have

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.339
 cared for

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.920
 our retirement

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.420
 packages

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:42.860
 more than

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.539
 our sermons

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:45.420
 our own

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.879
 peace

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.460
 rather than

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.720
 the good

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.019
 of the

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.500
 church

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.079
 or the

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.500
 advancement

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.079
 of God

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.599
 and his

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.079
 mission

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:52.899
 without

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:55.720
 a vital

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.879
 relationship

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.819
 with Christ

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:59.639
 and communing

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.559
 with Christ

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:02.379
 how can we

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.099
 expect

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:04.339
 the members

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.180
 of our

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.500
 church

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.180
 to be any

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.240
 different

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.740
 apathy

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.859
 breeds

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.500
 apathy

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.319
 sin

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.059
 breeds

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.700
 sin

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.220
 lack

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.380
 of

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.120
 discipleship

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.580
 breeds

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:14.960
 lack

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.120
 of

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.960
 discipleship

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.799
 if your

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.259
 pastors

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.880
 and leaders

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.200
 are not

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.779
 seeing much

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.279
 growth in

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.900
 faith in

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.220
 Jesus

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.840
 Christ

00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:22.420
 and communing

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:22.840
 with God

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.200
 in his

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.640
 word

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.200
 how on

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.740
 earth

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:26.240
 will you

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.700
 ever do

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.000
 it

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:31.440
 believe it

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.039
 or not

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:34.740
 for

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:36.100
 especially

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.779
 for those

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.120
 of us

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.519
 in the

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.559
 individualistic

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.360
 independent

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:39.940
 west

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:41.180
 with that

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.900
 mindset

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:43.360
 believe it

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:44.019
 or not

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:46.400
 you

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.039
 are

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.880
 dependent

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.559
 upon your

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.000
 pastors

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.600
 and your

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.000
 leaders

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:54.360
 you may

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:55.019
 have access

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.559
 to the

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:55.940
 word of

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.320
 God

00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:58.680
 but our

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.140
 job is a

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.500
 prophetic

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.140
 access to

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.400
 the word

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.759
 of God

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:03.019
 you are

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.480
 dependent

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.360
 upon us

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.759
 and where

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.339
 we go

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.859
 so you

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.199
 go

00:27:07.199 --> 00:27:13.019
 God's

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.459
 judgment

00:27:13.459 --> 00:27:14.579
 will fall

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.459
 hard on

00:27:15.459 --> 00:27:16.179
 pastors who

00:27:16.179 --> 00:27:16.559
 preach

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.159
 falsehood

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:18.939
 who give

00:27:18.939 --> 00:27:19.359
 permission

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:19.899
 for sin

00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.459
 to reign

00:27:20.459 --> 00:27:20.959
 in the

00:27:20.959 --> 00:27:21.439
 church

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:23.019
 who are

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.519
 more caught

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.079
 up in their

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.919
 social media

00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:25.799
 profiles and

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.240
 the greatness

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.939
 of God

00:27:26.939 --> 00:27:28.179
 who are more

00:27:28.179 --> 00:27:28.979
 interested in

00:27:28.979 --> 00:27:29.539
 the approval

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.179
 of people

00:27:30.179 --> 00:27:30.559
 than the

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.179
 approval of

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.560
 God

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:33.340
 who submit

00:27:33.340 --> 00:27:34.100
 to the

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.539
 worldview

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.460
 and ethics

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.620
 of society

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.180
 rather than

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.620
 submit to

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.019
 the word

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.600
 of God

00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:40.799
 when we

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.960
 skew the

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.720
 scriptures to

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.580
 make it fit

00:27:43.580 --> 00:27:44.640
 with our

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.120
 idols

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:46.700
 our opinions

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:48.019
 our passions

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:49.320
 our desires

00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:51.519
 we kill

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.680
 God's

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.200
 sheep

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:56.960
 and God

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.279
 will not

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.880
 stand for

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.100
 it

00:27:58.099 --> 00:28:00.319
 we might

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.659
 be the

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:01.219
 shepherds

00:28:01.219 --> 00:28:02.939
 but he

00:28:02.939 --> 00:28:03.199
 is the

00:28:03.199 --> 00:28:03.419
 chief

00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:03.759
 shepherd

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:05.359
 and he

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.959
 will fire

00:28:05.959 --> 00:28:06.219
 his

00:28:06.219 --> 00:28:06.719
 pastors

00:28:06.719 --> 00:28:10.579
 and so

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.000
 may God

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.679
 forgive me

00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:13.579
 for in

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.379
 any ways

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.480
 in which I

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.879
 have been

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.439
 guilty of

00:28:16.439 --> 00:28:17.079
 these things

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:18.899
 and may

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.379
 he deliver

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:19.819
 you

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:21.159
 from following

00:28:21.159 --> 00:28:21.859
 me into

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.599
 any way

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.839
 of unrighteousness

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.399
 and apathy

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:28.060
 but there's

00:28:28.060 --> 00:28:28.460
 one more

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.120
 leader here

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.960
 in this

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.440
 text

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.900
 that has

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.259
 failed

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.540
 it's not

00:28:32.540 --> 00:28:32.840
 just the

00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:33.080
 priests

00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:33.320
 and the

00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:33.620
 prophets

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:35.100
 it's also

00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:35.720
 the king

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.220
 it's

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.820
 verse 20

00:28:36.820 --> 00:28:39.120
 stark

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.880
 the

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.640
 Lord's

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.240
 anointed

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.880
 our

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.800
 very

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.860
 life

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.900
 breath

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:47.480
 was caught

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:47.780
 in their

00:28:47.780 --> 00:28:48.200
 traps

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:51.340
 we thought

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:51.860
 that under

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.680
 his shadow

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.759
 we would

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.519
 live

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.779
 among the

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.299
 nations

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.759
 this is

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.539
 referring here

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.039
 to king

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.720
 Zedekiah

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:01.420
 the lord's

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.960
 anointed

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.920
 direct line

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.460
 from great

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.720
 king

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.240
 David

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.160
 the one

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.560
 to lead

00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:06.019
 God's

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.400
 people

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.400
 with the

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.840
 prophets

00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.380
 and the

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:08.740
 priests

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.400
 in covenant

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.340
 faithfulness

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:13.299
 Zedekiah

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.039
 was meant

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:15.220
 to rule

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.420
 the nation

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:18.279
 with loving

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.880
 mercy

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:22.300
 instead

00:29:22.300 --> 00:29:22.760
 Zedekiah

00:29:22.760 --> 00:29:23.040
 had

00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:23.640
 established

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.800
 unholy

00:29:24.800 --> 00:29:25.480
 alliances

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.440
 with

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.180
 godless

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.820
 nations

00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:28.120
 like

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.680
 Egypt

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.320
 hoping

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:29.620
 that

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:29.980
 Egypt

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.280
 would

00:29:30.280 --> 00:29:30.680
 come

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:30.840
 to

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:31.020
 their

00:29:31.020 --> 00:29:31.400
 rescue

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:31.780
 in this

00:29:31.780 --> 00:29:32.120
 moment

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.740
 and they

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.140
 look

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.660
 for the

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:33.920
 nations

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.400
 to come

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.640
 and they

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:34.800
 don't

00:29:34.800 --> 00:29:35.260
 come

00:29:35.260 --> 00:29:38.400
 the

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.960
 idolatry

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.100
 of

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.680
 Zedekiah

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.960
 the

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.360
 hope

00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:41.520
 of

00:29:41.520 --> 00:29:42.360
 Zedekiah

00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:42.960
 was in

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.380
 greater

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.880
 nations

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.100
 than

00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:44.380
 Babylon

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:46.440
 and in

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.620
 this

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.120
 moment

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:48.500
 they

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.640
 were

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.100
 gone

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:50.740
 false

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.100
 hope

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:53.900
 he

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.280
 was a

00:29:54.280 --> 00:29:54.700
 weak

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.060
 and a

00:29:55.060 --> 00:29:55.500
 treacherous

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:55.840
 king

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.040
 who

00:29:56.040 --> 00:29:56.440
 condoned

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:56.620
 the

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:56.920
 religious

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.400
 corruption

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.720
 and the

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:57.920
 moral

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.360
 degradation

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.780
 of

00:29:58.780 --> 00:29:59.140
 Israel

00:29:59.140 --> 00:30:00.100
 he

00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:00.580
 ignored

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:00.780
 the

00:30:00.780 --> 00:30:01.160
 advice

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.320
 of

00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:01.640
 God's

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:01.920
 prophet

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.320
 Jeremiah

00:30:02.320 --> 00:30:02.980
 again

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.580
 and again

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:04.160
 and again

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.700
 and again

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.520
 he was

00:30:05.520 --> 00:30:05.940
 meant to be

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.280
 the hope

00:30:06.280 --> 00:30:06.660
 of Israel

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.000
 the very

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.860
 life breath

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.620
 in verse

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.040
 20

00:30:09.040 --> 00:30:09.980
 instead

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.520
 of bringing

00:30:10.520 --> 00:30:11.060
 life

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:11.760
 to the

00:30:11.760 --> 00:30:12.060
 city

00:30:12.060 --> 00:30:13.600
 he ran

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.099
 for his

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.539
 life

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.539
 and he

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.119
 is caught

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:16.959
 he's

00:30:16.959 --> 00:30:17.519
 blinded

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.779
 he's

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.259
 imprisoned

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.439
 and all

00:30:19.439 --> 00:30:19.779
 of his

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.199
 sons

00:30:20.199 --> 00:30:20.819
 are killed

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.319
 in front

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.759
 of him

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:23.279
 see the

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.619
 significance

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.179
 of that

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:26.919
 the line

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.299
 of David

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.799
 is ended

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:31.779
 and so

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.399
 verse 20

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:33.419
 expresses the

00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:33.859
 utter

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.719
 despair

00:30:34.719 --> 00:30:35.779
 of Israel

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.919
 prophet

00:30:36.919 --> 00:30:38.159
 priest

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:39.259
 king

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.939
 they've

00:30:39.939 --> 00:30:40.119
 all

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.480
 failed

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:42.119
 they've

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.379
 all

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:42.759
 failed

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:44.200
 all

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.480
 three

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.879
 branches

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.119
 of their

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:45.440
 leadership

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:45.900
 system

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.140
 have

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.539
 failed

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.259
 God

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.640
 gave

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:47.859
 his

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.240
 people

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.660
 prophet

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.140
 priests

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.599
 and kings

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.160
 to lead

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.500
 them

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:50.940
 both

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.400
 spiritually

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.099
 and politically

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.920
 they all

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.400
 failed

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.240
 and so

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.579
 is there

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.140
 any hope

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.539
 is there

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.680
 any hope

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.400
 and if you

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.299
 read this

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:59.039
 text you go

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.819
 there is no

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.220
 hope for

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.640
 Israel

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:02.039
 it's all

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.539
 done

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:02.960
 it's

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.279
 dusted

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.519
 it's

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.099
 gone

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:07.259
 except

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.980
 in the

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.920
 very

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.839
 last

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.399
 verse

00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:11.799
 there is

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.039
 this

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.899
 whisper

00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:13.619
 of hope

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.539
 this

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:14.980
 glimmer

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.599
 of hope

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:18.639
 what we

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.099
 see here

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:19.379
 is a

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:19.899
 surprising

00:31:19.899 --> 00:31:20.439
 leadership

00:31:20.439 --> 00:31:20.980
 and a

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.720
 great

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.259
 reversal

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:25.519
 I always

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.259
 thought chapter

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.039
 three was the

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.619
 most hopeful

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.059
 bit of

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.699
 lamentations

00:31:28.699 --> 00:31:29.159
 but this is

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:29.559
 actually the

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.019
 most hopeful

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.319
 bit

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:32.299
 your punishment

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:33.679
 will end

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:34.779
 daughter

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.179
 Zion

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:39.820
 the story

00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:40.240
 does not

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.660
 end in

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.140
 this moment

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.759
 for Israel

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.860
 there is

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.539
 another

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.400
 reversal

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:45.060
 to come

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:46.500
 in mocking

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.960
 derision

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.860
 the poet

00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.200
 here

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.900
 tells

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.420
 nearby

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.080
 pagans

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:50.580
 Edom

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:51.600
 read the

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:51.860
 book of

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.360
 Obadiah

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:52.600
 and you

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:52.920
 see what

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.400
 Edom did

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.660
 in this

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:53.920
 moment

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.500
 to Jerusalem

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.200
 as people

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.620
 tried to

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:56.039
 flee the

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.299
 city

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.000
 the people

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.480
 of Edom

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.000
 were cutting

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.420
 them down

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:58.660
 in the

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.560
 crossroads

00:31:59.560 --> 00:32:00.180
 killing

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.539
 them by

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:00.940
 the sword

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.200
 as they

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.560
 tried to

00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:01.900
 get out

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.140
 of there

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:03.140
 and coming

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.400
 in the

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.799
 back door

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.180
 and trying

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.640
 to loot

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.080
 what they

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.439
 could

00:32:05.439 --> 00:32:05.859
 out of

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.220
 Jerusalem

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.879
 and Israel

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.119
 at the

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.759
 same time

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.579
 these are

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.720
 their

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:08.939
 half

00:32:08.939 --> 00:32:09.259
 brothers

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.480
 and

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.899
 sisters

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:13.539
 and the

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:13.740
 poet

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.099
 says here

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.359
 you

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:14.859
 Edom

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:17.199
 successful

00:32:17.199 --> 00:32:17.619
 at the

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.000
 moment

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:20.199
 enjoy

00:32:20.199 --> 00:32:20.859
 it

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:23.659
 delight

00:32:23.659 --> 00:32:24.159
 in it

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:26.039
 but the

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.480
 reversal is

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.899
 coming for

00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:27.199
 you

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:29.759
 your turn

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.220
 will come

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.439
 God's

00:32:31.439 --> 00:32:31.879
 justice

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.279
 will be

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.679
 imposed

00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:33.179
 on them

00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:33.679
 as well

00:32:33.679 --> 00:32:33.980
 as on

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.539
 Israel

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.659
 and one

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:35.960
 day

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.480
 God's

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.859
 people

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.139
 though

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:37.740
 afflicted

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.180
 now

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:41.740
 will put

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.159
 behind

00:32:42.159 --> 00:32:42.480
 them

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.079
 every

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.720
 single

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.279
 trace

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.779
 of the

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.240
 exile

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.960
 and you

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.200
 know what's

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.639
 amazing

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.039
 here

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.960
 what's

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.579
 amazing

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:52.079
 is it's

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.940
 the Lord's

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.559
 anointed

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:55.720
 is the

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.379
 one who

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.819
 will give

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.599
 them rest

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:59.519
 who will

00:32:59.519 --> 00:32:59.899
 restore

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.339
 everything

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.819
 the one

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.079
 who at

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.539
 the moment

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.019
 has been

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.559
 imprisoned

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.259
 blinded

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.740
 put into

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.339
 slavery

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:05.659
 captured

00:33:05.659 --> 00:33:07.700
 is the

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.279
 one who

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.579
 will bring

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.179
 them rest

00:33:09.179 --> 00:33:11.000
 and healing

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.460
 and hope

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.179
 and restoration

00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:14.740
 in Luke

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.179
 4

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:16.619
 Jesus

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:17.339
 turns up

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.679
 to the

00:33:17.679 --> 00:33:17.980
 synagogue

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.879
 in Nazareth

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.919
 he grabs

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.519
 the portion

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:20.859
 of the

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.299
 scroll of

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.779
 Isaiah

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.659
 and he

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.500
 reads this

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.880
 the spirit

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.119
 of the

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:25.400
 Lord is

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:25.980
 on me

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.779
 because he

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.440
 has anointed

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.059
 me

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:32.779
 anointed

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.339
 me to

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.660
 proclaim

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.240
 good news

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.559
 to the

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.000
 poor

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:36.359
 he has

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.700
 sent me

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.079
 to proclaim

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.819
 freedom

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.279
 for the

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.819
 prisoners

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.740
 recovery

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.700
 of sight

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.319
 to the

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.859
 blind

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:43.119
 set the

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:43.480
 oppressed

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.000
 free

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:45.059
 to proclaim

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:46.000
 the year

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.359
 of the

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:46.799
 Lord's

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.680
 favour

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:49.420
 you see

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:50.039
 ultimately

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.859
 what Jeremiah

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.559
 was looking

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.419
 for here

00:33:52.419 --> 00:33:53.859
 was the

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.419
 kind of

00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:55.000
 leadership

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.440
 that could

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.879
 only be

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.440
 found in

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.720
 Jesus

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.399
 Christ

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:59.659
 he is

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.119
 the prophet

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:00.599
 the priest

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:00.879
 and the

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.220
 king

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:02.619
 Jesus

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.000
 Christ

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.299
 is the

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.539
 true

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:03.859
 prophet

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.659
 he not

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.519
 only speaks

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:05.819
 the word

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.079
 of God

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.339
 but he

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.700
 is the

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:06.859
 word

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.299
 of God

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.279
 that is

00:34:08.279 --> 00:34:08.940
 he reveals

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.320
 to us

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:09.659
 the word

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:09.980
 of the

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.139
 will

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.460
 of God

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.940
 the purpose

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.199
 of God

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.739
 the salvation

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.219
 of God

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.799
 he's not

00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:13.259
 only the

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:14.000
 holy priest

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.539
 who is

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:14.940
 blameless

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.820
 before God

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.880
 and man

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.440
 but able

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.360
 and therefore

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.860
 able to

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.239
 mediate

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.820
 between God

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.239
 and man

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.980
 he is

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.500
 himself

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.000
 the perfect

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.679
 sacrifice

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.960
 he does

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.360
 not

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.960
 he is

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.280
 the perfect

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.719
 sacrifice

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.119
 in that

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.960
 he satisfies

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.539
 the divine

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.860
 justice

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.199
 of God

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.539
 for our

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:29.800
 sin

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.460
 he went

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.780
 to the

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.239
 cross

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:32.380
 he died

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:33.000
 under

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.739
 the wrath

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.599
 the fierce

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.099
 wrath

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.780
 of God

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:37.619
 and in

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.219
 so doing

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.559
 what he

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.820
 does

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.099
 is he

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.760
 turns

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.619
 the anger

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.139
 of God

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.539
 away

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.280
 from us

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:43.320
 2 Corinthians

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:44.380
 tells us

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.340
 he who

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.179
 was rich

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.599
 beyond

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.780
 imagination

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.639
 became

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.280
 poor

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.800
 in the

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.139
 dust

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.099
 destitute

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.900
 so that

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.279
 we

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:52.759
 who are

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.139
 in the

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.420
 dust

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.119
 and destitute

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.779
 because of

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:54.960
 our

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.500
 sinfulness

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.460
 because of

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.619
 our

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.219
 idolatry

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:57.900
 we are

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.619
 deserving

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.159
 of God's

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.539
 judgment

00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:02.099
 so that

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.559
 we

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.519
 might become

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:03.980
 spiritually

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.380
 rich

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.819
 what a

00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:06.360
 reversal

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:11.180
 we get

00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:11.640
 a glimpse

00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:12.220
 of this

00:35:12.220 --> 00:35:13.660
 in the

00:35:13.660 --> 00:35:14.059
 very

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.980
 first

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.660
 Hebrew

00:35:15.660 --> 00:35:16.280
 word

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.740
 in the

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.140
 last

00:35:17.140 --> 00:35:17.680
 verse

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:17.900
 of

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.599
 Lamentations

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.099
 4

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:22.960
 it is

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.620
 a word

00:35:23.620 --> 00:35:24.820
 that is

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.240
 best

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:26.079
 translated

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:28.400
 it

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:29.720
 is

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:31.160
 finished

00:35:31.160 --> 00:35:33.599
 it

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.720
 is

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:35.199
 your

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.799
 exile

00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:36.379
 is

00:35:36.379 --> 00:35:36.799
 over

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:37.379
 it

00:35:37.379 --> 00:35:38.079
 is

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:39.139
 finished

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:41.119
 the

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.519
 last

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.799
 thing

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.000
 that

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.419
 Jesus

00:35:42.419 --> 00:35:43.539
 breathes

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.019
 the

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.239
 last

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.359
 thing

00:35:44.359 --> 00:35:44.500
 he

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.959
 says

00:35:44.959 --> 00:35:45.099
 is

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.219
 he

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.539
 breathes

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:45.679
 his

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.099
 last

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.279
 on

00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:46.419
 the

00:35:46.419 --> 00:35:46.819
 cross

00:35:46.819 --> 00:35:47.039
 in

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.679
 John

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.239
 19

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:48.739
 30

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.500
 it

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.159
 is

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:51.159
 finished

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:55.279
 one of

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:55.419
 the

00:35:55.419 --> 00:35:55.819
 wonderful

00:35:55.819 --> 00:35:56.219
 and great

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.919
 paradoxes

00:35:56.919 --> 00:35:57.500
 of history

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:59.039
 is that

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.579
 here is

00:35:59.579 --> 00:35:59.799
 the

00:35:59.799 --> 00:36:00.399
 helpless

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.920
 powerless

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:03.160
 broken

00:36:03.160 --> 00:36:04.160
 devastated

00:36:04.160 --> 00:36:04.960
 Jesus

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:06.579
 dying

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:06.940
 on the

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.500
 cross

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.460
 and his

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.320
 very last

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:10.000
 words

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.579
 are

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.960
 I did

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.380
 it

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:15.139
 I've

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:16.260
 triumphed

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:17.380
 I've

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.780
 accomplished

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:18.220
 it

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:21.320
 and what

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.019
 he accomplished

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.740
 is described

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:23.180
 for us a

00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:23.539
 little later

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.760
 in the

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:23.920
 New

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.260
 Testament

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.700
 1

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.599
 Peter

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.059
 3

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.800
 18

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:28.079
 Christ

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.559
 suffered

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.119
 once for

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.420
 sins

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.639
 the

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:29.960
 righteous

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.380
 for the

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.019
 unrighteous

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:32.199
 to bring

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:32.460
 you to

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.800
 God

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:36.280
 it's a

00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:36.679
 surprising

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.220
 moment of

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:37.579
 leadership

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:40.199
 by the

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.519
 flawless

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:40.960
 prophet

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:42.500
 the

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.800
 flawless

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.220
 priest

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.400
 the

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:43.639
 flawless

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.119
 king

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:44.900
 that

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.380
 produces

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.639
 the

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:45.900
 great

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.320
 reversal

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:47.320
 there

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.679
 is an

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.139
 infinite

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.740
 chasm

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.179
 between

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.760
 God

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.340
 and us

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.820
 and Jesus

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.280
 has done

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:51.659
 everything

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:51.940
 that's

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.420
 required

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:53.380
 he has

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.000
 paid

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:55.019
 every

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.440
 debt

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.220
 we owe

00:36:56.220 --> 00:36:56.720
 he has

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:57.159
 dealt

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:57.420
 with

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.920
 every

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.320
 bit of

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:58.780
 shame

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.139
 every

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.519
 bit of

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.840
 guilt

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.220
 every

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:00.380
 bit

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:00.519
 of

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.019
 sin

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.660
 he has

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:02.120
 accomplished

00:37:02.120 --> 00:37:02.640
 it all

00:37:02.640 --> 00:37:03.000
 there is

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.620
 nothing

00:37:03.620 --> 00:37:04.600
 more

00:37:04.600 --> 00:37:05.740
 that we

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:06.519
 must do

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.980
 to bridge

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.460
 the gap

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.860
 between

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.300
 us

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:09.019
 and God

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:10.360
 Jesus

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.920
 last

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.400
 word

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.039
 was

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.539
 I've

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:12.800
 done

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.940
 everything

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.519
 necessary

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:18.559
 to bring

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:18.800
 you to

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.260
 salvation

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:20.420
 I've

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:21.160
 thirsted

00:37:21.160 --> 00:37:22.680
 so that

00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:23.100
 you might

00:37:23.100 --> 00:37:23.800
 be satisfied

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:25.480
 I've been

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:26.039
 trapped

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.440
 so that

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:26.820
 you can

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.240
 be set

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:27.800
 free

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.680
 I've

00:37:28.680 --> 00:37:28.880
 been

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.440
 emptied

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:29.640
 that

00:37:29.640 --> 00:37:29.820
 you

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.060
 might

00:37:30.060 --> 00:37:30.260
 be

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:30.780
 filled

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.380
 I've

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.560
 been

00:37:31.560 --> 00:37:31.920
 covered

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.200
 with

00:37:32.200 --> 00:37:32.420
 your

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.940
 dust

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.180
 and

00:37:33.180 --> 00:37:33.720
 filth

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:33.900
 so

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.060
 that

00:37:34.060 --> 00:37:34.220
 you

00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.460
 might

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.640
 be

00:37:34.640 --> 00:37:35.019
 pure

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:38.360
 I've

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.500
 been

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:38.860
 killed

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.060
 and

00:37:39.060 --> 00:37:39.460
 devastated

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.720
 and

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:40.140
 destroyed

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:40.320
 that

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.440
 you

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.680
 might

00:37:40.680 --> 00:37:40.940
 live

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.320
 forever

00:37:41.320 --> 00:38:11.320


00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:41.320


00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:41.720
 seen

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:42.400
 could

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.600
 be

00:38:42.600 --> 00:38:43.200
 devastated

00:38:43.200 --> 00:38:43.780
 tomorrow

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:44.240
 by

00:38:44.240 --> 00:38:44.680
 40

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:45.160
 millimetres

00:38:45.160 --> 00:38:45.340
 of

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:45.640
 rain

00:38:45.640 --> 00:38:48.019
 and

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.180
 they

00:38:48.180 --> 00:38:48.620
 can't

00:38:48.620 --> 00:38:48.860
 even

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.059
 get

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:49.280
 the

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:49.600
 headers

00:38:49.600 --> 00:38:50.059
 in

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.260
 to

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:50.460
 get

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.600
 it

00:38:50.600 --> 00:38:50.980
 off

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:53.420
 just

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.700
 like

00:38:53.700 --> 00:38:54.039
 that

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:59.460
 the

00:38:59.460 --> 00:38:59.920
 hope

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.160
 the

00:39:00.160 --> 00:39:00.440
 things

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.640
 that we

00:39:00.640 --> 00:39:00.900
 look

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:01.240
 to

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:01.940
 will

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.420
 abandon

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:02.660
 us

00:39:02.660 --> 00:39:02.840
 on

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:02.960
 the

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.140
 day

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:03.260
 of

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:03.740
 despair

00:39:03.740 --> 00:39:05.160
 allow

00:39:05.160 --> 00:39:05.519
 the

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.800
 hard

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.220
 times

00:39:06.220 --> 00:39:06.420
 to

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:06.700
 show

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:06.920
 you

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.120
 where

00:39:07.120 --> 00:39:07.340
 your

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.700
 heart

00:39:07.700 --> 00:39:07.980
 is

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.140
 where

00:39:08.140 --> 00:39:08.300
 your

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.620
 trust

00:39:08.620 --> 00:39:08.960
 is

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:10.900
 but

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.320
 also

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:12.019
 that's

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.139
 the

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:12.380
 first

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:12.659
 thing

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:14.099
 second

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.460
 thing

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:17.240
 we

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:18.280
 must

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:19.340
 as

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:19.539
 the

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:19.900
 people

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.139
 of

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:20.480
 God

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.039
 we

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:22.199
 must

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:23.840
 lament

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.159
 the

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.860
 decline

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.480
 of

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:25.720
 this

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:26.199
 church

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:26.460
 in

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.659
 this

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:27.079
 country

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:28.699
 the

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:29.320
 decline

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.639
 of

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:29.800
 the

00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:30.360
 morality

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:31.179
 and

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.320
 the

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:31.760
 rejection

00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:32.059
 of

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.220
 the

00:39:32.220 --> 00:39:32.440
 word

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:32.599
 of

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:32.900
 God

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.159
 in

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:33.360
 our

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:33.900
 society

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.340
 and

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:34.860
 we

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.820
 must

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:36.559
 take

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:37.360
 responsibility

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:38.079
 for

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.380
 it

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:41.599
 we

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.099
 must

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.780
 lament

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.099
 the

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.539
 biblical

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:44.579
 illiteracy

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.140
 in the

00:39:45.140 --> 00:39:45.500
 church

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.019
 and in

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:46.579
 society

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:48.619
 we

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:48.940
 must

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.360
 lament

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:49.640
 it

00:39:49.640 --> 00:39:50.840
 we're

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.480
 responsible

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:51.960
 for

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.240
 it

00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:53.119
 and

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.599
 Edom

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.140
 might

00:39:54.140 --> 00:39:54.380
 be

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:54.880
 smiling

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.380
 right

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.920
 now

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:57.019
 but

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.260
 there

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:57.420
 is

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:57.619
 a

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:58.019
 great

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:58.300
 and

00:39:58.300 --> 00:39:58.840
 eternal

00:39:58.840 --> 00:39:59.860
 tragedy

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.500
 around

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:00.740
 the

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.160
 corner

00:40:01.160 --> 00:40:05.480
 and

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:05.640
 what

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:05.960
 part

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.059
 have

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.200
 we

00:40:06.200 --> 00:40:06.480
 played

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:06.619
 in

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:06.840
 that

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:14.100
 anyone

00:40:14.100 --> 00:40:14.360
 who

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:14.559
 does

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:14.740
 not

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:14.940
 take

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.340
 refuge

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.539
 in

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:15.860
 God's

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.200
 anointed

00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:16.460
 will

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:16.720
 face

00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:16.920
 the

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.200
 judgment

00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:17.440
 of

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:17.780
 God

00:40:17.780 --> 00:40:18.000
 and

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.140
 they

00:40:18.140 --> 00:40:18.260
 will

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:18.440
 do

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:18.740
 so

00:40:18.740 --> 00:40:19.260
 alone

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:20.079
 and

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:20.300
 that

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:20.620
 is

00:40:20.620 --> 00:40:20.920
 a

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.420
 prospect

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:21.860
 more

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.300
 terrible

00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:23.100
 than

00:40:23.100 --> 00:40:23.460
 slow

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.740
 death

00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:23.940
 by

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.559
 starvation

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:25.760
 it

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:25.900
 will

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.160
 never

00:40:26.160 --> 00:40:26.500
 end

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:28.260
 it

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:28.400
 will

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.620
 never

00:40:28.620 --> 00:40:28.920
 end

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:30.220
 you

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:30.380
 will

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:30.640
 never

00:40:30.640 --> 00:40:31.300
 reach

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:31.519
 the

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:32.079
 satisfaction

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.440
 of

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 hope

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 of

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 death

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 and

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 want

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 ask

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 you

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 church

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 all

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 seriousness

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 we

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 are

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 not

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 lamenting

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 this

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 is

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 the

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 want

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 to

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 leave

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 you

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 if

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 we

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 are

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 not

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 the

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 church

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 society

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 if

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 it

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 does

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 not

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 break

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 your

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 heart

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 and

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 the

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 judgment

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 God

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 that

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 is

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 coming

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 what

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 does

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 it

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 say

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 the

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 vitality

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 of

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 your

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 relationship

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 with

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 Christ

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 and

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 to

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 have

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 in

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gin

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 so

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 you

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 well