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 It's great to be together again this morning.

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 Last week we talked about holding fast to the doctrine of inerrancy in our doctrine of Scripture

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! And the cost of compromising our view of Scripture.

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 This week we'll continue that theme.

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 Continue thinking about our doctrine of Scripture,

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 specifically the temptation to try to bring the Bible under our control.

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 To try to make it so that it works for our own benefit instead of submitting to it.

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 Our passage this morning is 1 Kings chapter 13.

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 Would you turn there in your Bibles?

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 1 Kings chapter 13, if you're using a few Bible in front of you,

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 1 Kings chapter 13, that's page 346, I believe.

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 346.

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 This is a pretty long story.

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 It's about 34 verses long.

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 We're going to read some of it.

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 We're going to summarize some of it.

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 It's pretty long, so it would be helpful, I think, if you follow along.

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 You can navigate there on your device.

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 Let's open in prayer and ask for the Lord's help.

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 Lord, we are grateful that you have spoken to us.

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 We don't take that for granted.

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 You have not been a silent God who has left us to try to figure out your will and your values

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 and your plans on our own, but you've given us your holy word.

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 And we know that this passage is an important part of what you've revealed to us.

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 We pray for your help now to understand it.

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 And not only to understand what it means, but what it means for us.

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 We pray in your name.

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 Amen.

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 I went to college in downtown Chicago at Moody Bible Institute.

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 And I enjoyed my time in the city.

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 I was from a rural area and wasn't used to the big city, but it was pretty fun.

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 A lot of great restaurants.

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 I would go ice skating a lot down at Skate-On State, you know, by the Macy's down there, I think.

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 Lots and lots to do.

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 We have a fun rivalry with the Bears.

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 We like our neighbor to the south.

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 But, you know, Chicago has a long history of corruption.

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 Not long ago, I was reading about a law enforcement operation called Operation Grey Lord,

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 which was a joint undercover operation by the FBI, the IRS, the Chicago Police Department, and even the post office.

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 All of these groups were working together in order to try and prosecute corruption in the Cook County courts.

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 Over the course of almost four years, in the 1980s, the FBI set up, it was this elaborate scheme.

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 They set up fake court cases, fake attorneys.

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 They managed to get a warrant to put the first listening device in a judge's chamber because that corruption went all the way to the top.

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 I mean, the ways that they were buying and selling justice.

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 In the end, they indicted 92 public officials, including judges and cops and even a state representative,

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 because officials were taking bribes to pervert the rule of law in murder cases,

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 in sexual assault cases, in drug convictions, and even in things like child custody.

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 There was all this legal corruption.

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 I'm sure that's very common.

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 I don't want to be naive.

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 I'm sure that everywhere, powerful people are trying to corrupt the law to avoid convictions

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 or weaponize the legal system to their own benefit in some way,

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 or exploit loopholes in order to get out of trouble.

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 And I think we're tempted to do this, too, with Scripture.

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 Like U.S. federal law or Illinois state law,

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 the Word of God presents an objective standard by which to measure our actions and hold us accountable.

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 It indicts us for sin against God and other people.

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 It holds us accountable with accompanying consequences.

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 And like we talked about last week, we want knowledge.

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 We want the power and the benefit that comes from knowing things.

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 We talked about that last week.

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 But we also want to do what we want to do.

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 And so ideally, we would love a word from the Lord that we can control.

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 We would love to have a word from God that tells us what we want to hear,

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 that supports our own actions instead of critiquing us,

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 that gives us a certain kind of power or influence over others

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 or can be used in some way against our enemies.

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 We could call that taming the Word of God or domesticating the Word of God.

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 What are some other metaphors we could use?

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 We could, you know, cutting the legs out from under it or removing its teeth, right?

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 I don't know what kind of metaphor we want to use.

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 But this is related to the doctrine of inerrancy

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 because as we saw last week in Deuteronomy 18,

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 an errant word, a word that is filled with errors,

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 lacks full divine authority.

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 An errant word is a tamed word.

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 Its teeth have been removed.

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 Because as we move away from the doctrine of inerrancy,

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 we are left with a Bible that doesn't always get things right.

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 And so if it doesn't always get things right,

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 then that means that on any given issue,

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 we can question it and qualify it and challenge it for our own benefit.

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 And this issue of trying to tame or domesticate the Word of God

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 is a subject of this really crazy story in 1 Kings chapter 13.

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 And it is crazy, but it's also deadly serious.

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 This is a story about the Word of the Lord.

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 That phrase is repeated 10 times in these 30-some verses.

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 10 times it talks about the Word of the Lord.

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 That's what the story is about.

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 And before we get into it,

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 let's just sort of catch up here

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 and recall where we are as we drop into the middle of 1 Kings.

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 Israel has split into the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom.

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 There's been the secession and kind of a civil war between them.

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 And in 1 Kings chapter 12, the passage right before ours,

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 King Jeroboam, the ruler of the northern kingdom,

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 is concerned that his people are going to travel south into Judah,

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 down to Jerusalem,

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 to worship at the temple and to make sacrifices there.

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 And that's a pretty good concern that he has

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 because that's exactly what God has commanded them to do.

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 God has commanded all the people of Israel to go to Jerusalem to worship.

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 But Jeroboam is afraid

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 that they are going to become disloyal over time, right?

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 Because they're going to worship somewhere else.

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 And so what he does is he creates two calves of gold

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 and he installs one in the very northern part of his country

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 and one in the very southern part of his country

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 at a city called Bethel.

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 And he creates a new calendar of worship

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 and it's an alternate worship, right?

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 Don't go to Jerusalem, just stay here and worship my golden calves.

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 And Bethel is an important site for worship

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 because that's where the king has built an idol

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 and that's where they're supposed to worship.

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 And he's worshiping, he's making these illegitimate sacrifices

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 to these idolatrous calves that he's set up.

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 And that brings us to our story.

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 If you want to write this on your bulletin,

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 it takes place in four scenes.

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 It is a long one, as I said.

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 The first scene is in verses 1 through 10.

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 1 through 10.

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 The second scene is verses 11 through 19.

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 The third scene is verses 20 to 25.

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 And then the fourth scene is verses 26 to 32.

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 And we'll look at each of these sections

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 and then we'll put it all together at the end.

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 Here's what it says at the beginning in verse 1.

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 And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel.

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 And Jeroboam, the king, was standing by the altar to make offerings.

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 And so right away at the beginning of our story,

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 the Lord sends a man of God to confront King Jeroboam for his idolatry.

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 And it says here that he's sent by the word of the Lord.

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 That's the first of these occurrences of this expression, the word of the Lord.

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 And there's no doubt about Jeroboam's guilt

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 because he finds him in the act of making sacrifices

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 on this illegitimate altar that he's constructed.

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 Now, why is he called here a man of God

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 instead of the usual word that we would expect,

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 which is a prophet?

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 Well, this term man of God is used quite often in the Old Testament.

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 It's a label that is used for Moses and Samuel and Elijah and Elisha and David

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 and a number of other people.

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 And interestingly, whereas the word prophet can refer to a false prophet or a true prophet,

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 the word man of God is always used of a true prophet of the Lord.

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 So I think that the reason it calls this person a man of God here

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 is to distinguish him from a false prophet that we're going to meet later in verse 11.

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 This man of God is not named or identified in any way.

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 And that's probably important because it doesn't matter who he is.

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 It doesn't matter.

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 He's there to deliver the powerful and the true word of the Lord.

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 That is his task and his job.

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 And he's there to confront the king.

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 And we've got to give him some credit.

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 That would take some guts.

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 Because he's on the king's turf.

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 He is coming to confront the king at Bethel,

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 the headquarters of the king's idolatry,

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 right after one of the king's religious feasts,

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 while the king is making a sacrifice.

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 This is a place of power.

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 And now the man of God is coming there to confront him.

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 And that's what we would expect because God's power confronts every human,

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 every human power, religious, political, social.

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 God's word speaks against those things.

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 And he proclaims God's word against the altar in verse 2.

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 And he predicts three things, right?

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 Verse 2.

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 First, he predicts that a future king named Josiah will be born to the house of David.

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 Then number two, he predicts that Josiah will kill the idolatrous priest that the king Jeroboam has employed.

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 And three, that Josiah will desecrate this altar.

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 But he is predicting something 300 years in the future.

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 So who is going to believe a thing like that, right?

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 Just because the man of God says it.

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 And so in verse 3, he announces a sign.

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 And a regular sign is just an indicator.

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 It draws attention to something or it's a reminder of something.

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 It serves as a promise of something.

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 And often it isn't miraculous at all.

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 We have signs in the Old Testament like just a word, someone's word,

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 or a rainbow in the sky,

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 or a pile of stones is a sign of something.

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 It can just be a reminder.

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 But the Hebrew word here for sign is a special word.

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 And it would really be better to translate it as wonder or a miracle.

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 This man of God is going to do something.

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 He's going to do a miraculous sign to prove the authenticity of his word against King Jeroboam.

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 And so he says that the altar will split open

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 and the ashes that have accumulated from sacrifices will spill out.

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 And that demonstration of power now will validate the long-range prediction of King Josiah 300 years in the future.

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 Right?

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 When you see the miraculous altar split open now,

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 you will know that God's word 300 years in the future will come true.

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 Now, in verse 4, when King Jeroboam hears this,

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 his first response is to persecute the man of God.

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 The word of God is a threat to him.

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 It's a threat to his program of idolatry and his power.

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 And so when he hears the speech of the man of God,

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 look what it says in verse 4, right in the middle.

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 One translation says that his hand withered.

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 Another translation says that it shriveled up.

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 The king has been debilitated.

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 Then, apparently at that same moment,

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 if we look at verse 5,

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 the altar splits open and the ashes pour out

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 and now we have two acts of God's power.

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 The king's hand has shriveled up as a reaction to his attempted persecution

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 and the altar has broken open as an immediate miraculous sign

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 that confirms the prophetic word.

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 And then in verse 6,

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 the man of God restores the shriveled hand of the king

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 and there's a third miracle.

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 He heals him.

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 And now there is no doubt at all

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 that God's word is true

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 and he cannot be resisted

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 because there's been three miracles in about 10 minutes.

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 Well, it didn't work very well for the king to persecute the man of God.

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 So in verse 7, he decides to take a different approach.

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 He invites the man home for lunch.

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 He says, look at verse 7, he says,

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 come home with me and refresh yourself

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 and I will give you a reward.

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 Well, that sounds pretty nice.

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 I mean, now he's being invited to be a guest of the king in the palace.

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 I'm sure the man of God has had a long journey from Judah

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 and he wouldn't mind some delicious food

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 and a rest and a beautiful room

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 and besides, the king says something about a reward.

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 Use your imagination.

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 That sounds pretty good.

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 But the man of God categorically refuses the offer

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 and he says that God has forbidden him from going home with the king.

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 Look what it says in verse 9.

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 Well, that seems strange.

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 Those are strange instructions.

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 First of all, why would the king invite the prophet home with him?

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 And second, why would God specifically command the prophet

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 not to go home with anyone

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 and not to eat or drink with them?

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 It seems weird until we realize that this has attempted corruption.

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 The king is saying, let's see if we can make a deal.

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 Why should we be enemies?

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 He says to the man of God, come home.

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 Let's talk this through.

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 I'll feed you.

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 I'll give you a reward.

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 Let's see if we can work something out here.

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 Eating and drinking together imply fellowship

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 fellowship and fellowship implies corruption

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 and God is prohibiting the man of God

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 from eating or drinking with anyone

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 or returning the way he came

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 because he doesn't want any interference

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 with the man of God's mission here.

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 Any attempted corruption.

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 If the persecution doesn't work,

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 then the king thinks to himself,

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 well, I'll just kind of tame or domesticate God's word.

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 I'll bring it into my own house.

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 I'll bring God's word under my own authority.

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 I'll control it for my own purposes.

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 But the man of God says, no, I'm not going home with you.

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 I'm going home a different way.

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 And look what it says in verse 10.

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 So he went home another way

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 and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.

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 Okay, so far so good.

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 That's the end of scene one.

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 God's word confronts human powers,

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 even the king and his government.

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 God validates his word with three powerful miracles,

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 including protecting his man of God,

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 his prophet from persecution.

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 And when the king tries to corrupt

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 or domesticate God's word

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 and bring it under his roof

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 and under his authority,

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 God says, no, we're not going to do that.

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 His word has to remain free.

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 It has to be nonpartisan.

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 It has to be independently authoritative.

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 All right, scene two, verses 11 to 19.

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 Verse 11.

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 Now an old prophet lived in Bethel

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 and his sons came and told him

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 all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel.

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 They also told their father

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 the words that he had spoken to the king.

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 And so in the second scene,

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 we're introduced to an old prophet

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 who lived in Bethel,

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 that same town,

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 that same place of idolatry

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 that the king had set up.

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 This is the headquarters of the king's idolatry.

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 And it does not say here

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 that he's a true prophet of the Lord.

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 Prophets were often sort of employed by the king

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 to tell him what he wanted to hear.

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 But all it says is he's a prophet.

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 He's supposedly someone

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 who receives a message from the Lord

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 and then delivers it.

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 And when he hears about this confrontation

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 that had taken place

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 between the man of God and the king,

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 he sets out to find this man of God.

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 And his sons saddle a donkey for him.

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 And he gets on the donkey.

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 And even though the man of God

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 had obeyed the Lord

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 by going home a different way back to Judah,

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 he finds him.

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 The old prophet finds him.

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 And he rides up to him on his donkey.

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 And he finds the man of God sitting under a tree.

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 Obviously taking some sort of a rest,

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 you know, on his long journey.

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 And look at the middle of verse 14.

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 And the old prophet said to him,

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 are you the man of God who came from Judah?

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 And he said, I am.

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 And then he said to him,

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 come home with me and eat bread.

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 I mean, what is it with these hospitable people?

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 They're so hospitable.

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 See, the old prophet hears

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 about the power of God's word.

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 The power of God's word

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 to make the king's hand shrivel up

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 or to make the altar split open

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 or to heal the king's hand.

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 And he wants some of that.

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 He wants some of that power.

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 And so now he tries

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 to bring God's word under his roof.

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 God's word represents influence and power.

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 And he thinks, come home with me.

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 Let's talk this through.

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 See if we can make some kind of a deal.

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 Let's see if I can use God's word

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 for my advantage and my personal status.

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 And again, the man of God refuses.

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 He repeats the instructions

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 that were given to him by God in verse 16.

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 And this is important.

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 It's important because it tells us

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 that the instructions were clear.

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 It tells us that there is no confusion

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 in the mind of this man of God

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 about exactly what he was supposed to do

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 and not do.

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 He knows what God has commanded.

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 Do not go home with anyone

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 to eat or drink.

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 And then, verse 18,

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 the old prophet invents

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 a prophetic word on the spot.

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 Remember we talked about this last week

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 in Deuteronomy 18.

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 What happens when a prophet says,

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 hey, I just heard from the Lord

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 and it's a lie.

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 He invents it on the spot.

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 Look what he says in verse 18.

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 I also am a prophet as you are.

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 And an angel spoke to me

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 by the word of the Lord saying,

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 bring him back with you

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 into your house

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 that he may eat

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 and eat bread and drink water.

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 But he lied to him.

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 The old prophet says to this man of God,

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 hey, how would you like a second opinion?

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 I'm also a prophet.

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 What a coincidence.

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 And you may have heard from the Lord,

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 but so did I.

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 And he told me something different.

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 He gave me a different word of the Lord.

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 And the old prophet makes an explicit claim

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 to divine source and divine authority.

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 He says, an angel spoke to me.

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 Wow, that's impressive.

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 And it was by the word of the Lord

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 that this word came to me.

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 And he wants you to come home

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 and eat and drink with me.

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 He is by definition a false prophet.

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 Because he has spoken a word

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 in the name of the Lord,

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 but it is a lie.

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 It is a word that he has just invented

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 and fabricated.

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 And the man of God knows

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 what God has commanded him.

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 He has repeated the instructions

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 twice in full.

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 He has seen the word of God

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 validated by three miracles.

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 And now this false prophet

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 directly contradicts

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 what God had told him to do.

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 It should be obvious

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 that this is a lie

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 and it is not really from the Lord

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 because God would never

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 contradict himself that way.

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 But he compromises.

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 Look at verse 19.

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 So he went back with him

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 and ate bread in his house

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 and drank water.

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 Maybe he thought,

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 well, you know,

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 I guess it's possible

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 that God's original word

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 was in error.

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 I suppose it's possible

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 that God told me one thing

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 but now it's been superseded

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 and he's changed his mind.

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 I suppose it's possible

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 that this is a new

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 and improved word of the Lord

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 that we all like

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 a little bit better.

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 It's more relevant.

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 It's certainly easier to accept.

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 It comes with concrete benefits.

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 I wouldn't mind some lunch.

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 I mean,

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 does this sound familiar?

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 Do we do this?

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 We have been taught

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 all our lives

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 that the Bible is God's word

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 and we believe that.

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 And then we hear something

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 that directly contradicts

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 what God's word says.

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 Something from a friend

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 or something from a book

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 or someone that we respect.

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 and it just sounds

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 so attractive.

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 It sounds so loving.

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 It sounds more generous.

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 It sounds more open.

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 It sounds more flexible.

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 Surely that new word

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 is what God really wants.

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 Surely that new word

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 is what God really thinks

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 or at least what I wish

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 he would think.

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 and we compromise.

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 It says in verse 19

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 that the man of God

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 went home with the old prophet

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 and the word of God

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 has now been domesticated

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 and tamed.

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 Or has it?

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 Let's look at verse 3.

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 Scene 3.

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 Scene 3, verses 20 to 25.

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 The man of God

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 and the old prophet

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 are sitting at the table

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 enjoying lunch

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 in direct disobedience

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 of God's word

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 and suddenly

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 the old prophet

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 who we have been told

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 is a false prophet

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 speaks a true word

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 that really is from God.

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 This is when the story

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 really goes crazy.

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 Right?

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 Suddenly the false prophet

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 speaks a true word

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 from the Lord.

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 It's a big surprise

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 but in some ways

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 it shouldn't be

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 because God

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 is not limited.

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 We read in Numbers chapter 22

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 that God speaks

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 through a donkey.

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 We read in 1 Kings 19

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 that he speaks to Elijah

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 in the sound

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 of a low whisper.

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 We read in Daniel chapter 5

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 that God communicates

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 to a king

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 by writing on a wall.

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 And here in 1 Kings chapter 13

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 he communicates

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 through a false prophet.

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 Look at verse 21.

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 He cried to the man of God

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 who came from Judah.

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 Thus says the Lord.

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 Because you have disobeyed

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 the word of the Lord

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 and have not kept

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 the command

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 that the Lord your God

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 commanded you

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 but have come back

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 and have eaten bread

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 and drunk water

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 in the place of which

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 he said to you

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 eat no bread

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 and drink no water

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 your body shall not come

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 to the tomb

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 of your fathers.

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 It was not

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.740
 that the man of God

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 was confused

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 about the contents

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.759
 of the word of God.

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 He wasn't uncertain

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 about what God

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 had commanded him

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 he just disregarded it.

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 He compromised

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 and he didn't

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 have to do that.

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 And as a result

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 the old prophet

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 predicts

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.019
 through the word

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 of the Lord

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 that the man of God

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 will not be buried

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 with his fathers.

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 Now there's no response

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 from the man of God.

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 He finishes his meal.

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 He saddles

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 the old prophet's donkey.

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 And look at verse 24.

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 As he went away

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 a lion

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 met him on the road

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 and killed him.

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 And his body

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 was thrown in the road

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 and the donkey

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 stood beside it

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 and the lion

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:09.779
 also stood beside the body.

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 Wow.

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 There's this

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:13.539
 sudden act of violence.

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 The lion kills

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 the man of God

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 on the road.

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 And that could be

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.220
 a coincidence.

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 I mean we know

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:23.099
 that lions are very dangerous

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 and they were dangerous

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 in ancient Israel.

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 But what is weird

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 and very unusual

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:31.119
 is that after killing

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 the man of God

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 the lion just stands there.

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:37.220
 He doesn't eat

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.839
 the corpse

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 of the man.

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 He doesn't eat

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.920
 the donkey.

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 The lion is just

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.659
 standing there.

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.720
 It's weird, right?

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 And it's so weird

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:45.559
 that it says

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.180
 that when people

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.920
 see this

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 they go into the city

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.319
 and they start

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:49.019
 talking about it.

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.720
 Hey, did you guys see

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.480
 what was on the road

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.039
 over there?

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:54.099
 But did you notice something?

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.279
 The lion

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:58.079
 doesn't eat.

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.180
 The man of God

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.579
 ate

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:03.539
 against the word

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.000
 of the Lord

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:06.220
 even though God

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.779
 had commanded him

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.200
 not to.

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.000
 But the lion

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.900
 stands there

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.480
 on the side

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.960
 of the road

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.940
 as a symbol

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:12.460
 of the man of God's

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.059
 compromise

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.400
 and disobedience

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:14.779
 of the word

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.160
 of the Lord

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.799
 because even though

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.440
 it's a lion,

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:16.980
 even though it's

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.640
 just an animal,

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.599
 it doesn't eat.

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:21.039
 And that's the end

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.660
 of scene three.

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.500
 All right, quickly,

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.140
 scene four,

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.759
 verses 26 to 32.

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:29.240
 When the old prophet,

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.440
 the false prophet,

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.640
 hears about the corpse

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.400
 of the man of God

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.200
 lying on the road

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.960
 and the lion

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.640
 and the donkey

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.279
 standing there

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:37.240
 next to it,

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.759
 he recognizes,

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.360
 wait a minute,

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.339
 that's the man of God

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.839
 that I just had

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.599
 over for lunch.

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.700
 Look what he says

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.019
 at the end

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.819
 verse 26.

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:47.099
 It is the man of God

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:48.440
 who disobeyed

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.299
 the word of the Lord.

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.660
 Therefore,

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.879
 the Lord has given him

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.559
 to the lion

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.579
 which has torn him

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.319
 and killed him

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.440
 according to the word

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.420
 that the Lord

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.440
 spoke to him.

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.460
 Now,

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.519
 I'm guessing

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:02.139
 that this old

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.859
 false prophet

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.819
 has probably

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.619
 invented

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:06.220
 every prophetic word

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.099
 he has ever spoken.

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.559
 He is probably

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.639
 a serial liar.

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.379
 It's probably his job

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:12.539
 to just make things up.

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:14.659
 But now

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:16.879
 that his own word

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.740
 has come true

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:19.180
 when he told the man

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.500
 of God,

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.359
 you will not be buried

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:20.799
 in the tomb

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.460
 of your fathers,

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.779
 he recognizes

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:24.720
 that the word

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.500
 of God is true.

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.139
 And so once again

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.940
 in verse 27,

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:30.019
 he saddles a donkey

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.579
 and he goes

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.399
 to find the body

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:32.539
 and he finds the body

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.240
 of the man of God

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.779
 and look at the end

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.500
 of verse 28.

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.180
 The lion

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.519
 had not eaten

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.059
 the body

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:38.220
 or torn the donkey.

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.420
 The narrator

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.240
 tells us again,

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.839
 he wants us

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.980
 to notice this.

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.619
 The lion

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.839
 did not eat.

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:48.000
 And the old prophet

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.980
 takes the corpse

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.980
 of the man of God

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.699
 and look at

00:28:50.699 --> 00:28:51.779
 verses 30 and 31.

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.819
 He laid the body

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.899
 in his own grave

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:55.720
 and they mourned

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.579
 over him saying,

00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:57.159
 Alas,

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.799
 my brother!

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.480
 And after he had buried him,

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.379
 he said to his sons,

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.240
 When I die,

00:29:01.699 --> 00:29:03.019
 bury me in the grave

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.799
 in which the man

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.720
 of God is buried

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:06.419
 and lay my bones

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:07.399
 beside his bones.

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:10.119
 So there's two things

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:10.919
 we need to notice here.

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.299
 First,

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.479
 the word of the Lord

00:29:12.479 --> 00:29:14.019
 came true again.

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.500
 The man of God

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.279
 was not buried

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.539
 in his own family tomb.

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.500
 And second,

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:20.319
 God had told

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.439
 the man of God

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:22.519
 not to accept

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.919
 hospitality in Bethel.

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.379
 And the irony is

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:28.519
 that not only

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.179
 has he come

00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:30.319
 to the old prophet's house

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:31.019
 for lunch,

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:32.399
 but he is buried

00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:34.179
 in the old prophet's tomb

00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:35.359
 and he will remain

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.559
 in Bethel forever.

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:38.720
 He will be

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.819
 a permanent resident

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:41.399
 in the place

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:42.519
 of the king's idolatry.

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.440
 That is ironic.

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.720
 And in verse 32,

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.779
 the old man

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.419
 concludes

00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:49.299
 what all of us

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.240
 are supposed to conclude

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.619
 at the end

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:52.539
 of this wild story.

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.679
 Look at verse 32.

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.639
 For the saying

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.779
 that he called out

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.759
 by the word of the Lord

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.940
 against the altar

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.619
 in Bethel

00:29:58.619 --> 00:30:00.240
 and against all the houses

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.179
 of the high places

00:30:01.179 --> 00:30:01.940
 that are in the cities

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.619
 of Samaria

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.879
 shall surely

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:05.399
 come to pass.

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.759
 The word of God

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:08.140
 cannot be stopped.

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:10.040
 It is true.

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:11.420
 It will come true.

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:12.660
 And when we look

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.700
 over in our Bibles

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:15.540
 at 2 Kings chapter 23,

00:30:16.060 --> 00:30:16.940
 we find out

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:18.460
 that 300 years later,

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.680
 King Josiah

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.660
 did tear down

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.160
 that altar.

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.300
 He did kill

00:30:22.300 --> 00:30:23.519
 the idolatrous priest.

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:25.320
 He burned human bones

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:25.680
 on it

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.960
 to defile

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.980
 and desecrate it

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.759
 according to

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.620
 the word of the Lord.

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.940
 It came true.

00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:34.140
 Everything has come

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:34.720
 full circle.

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.740
 The word of the Lord

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.819
 against Jeroboam

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:38.539
 will come true.

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.519
 Well,

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.380
 there's a lot going on

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.880
 in this story.

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:45.000
 So let me summarize

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.700
 two points

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.200
 that lead us

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.620
 kind of toward

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.440
 the main theological

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:49.180
 point here.

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.779
 First of all,

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:51.240
 the main conflict here

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:52.500
 is an attempt

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.920
 to domesticate

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.559
 or tame

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.319
 the word of God.

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.299
 First,

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.460
 the king invites

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.100
 the man of God

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.940
 to his house.

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.460
 He's attempting

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.079
 corruption.

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:03.460
 He wants the word of God

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.600
 kind of off his case,

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.539
 get off my back.

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.900
 He wants to remove

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.640
 the pressure

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.460
 of conviction

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:10.579
 and condemnation.

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:11.920
 And then,

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:13.079
 the old prophet

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:15.079
 invites the man of God

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.980
 to his house.

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:17.220
 He has a different motivation.

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.160
 He wants to

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:21.000
 harness that power

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.880
 to use it

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.620
 for himself.

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.720
 And I think

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.160
 this is why

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.720
 we keep hearing

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.380
 about donkeys.

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.079
 Doesn't it seem like

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.920
 there's a lot of donkeys

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.600
 in this story?

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:31.120
 The donkey

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:32.200
 takes the old prophet

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:33.460
 to find the man of God.

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:35.019
 It stands by the man of God

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.900
 when he's been killed.

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.740
 It carries the man of God's

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.840
 body to the tomb.

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:41.820
 I think donkeys here

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.660
 are symbols

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:44.980
 of these compromises.

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.900
 Second,

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:49.500
 despite their attempts,

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.440
 actually,

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.620
 the word of God

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:54.140
 will not be domesticated.

00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:55.420
 It will not be tamed.

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.480
 Even though the man of God

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.340
 faces down

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:59.300
 the king of Israel

00:31:59.300 --> 00:32:00.980
 in the epicenter

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:02.360
 of his system

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:03.200
 of idolatry,

00:32:03.300 --> 00:32:04.360
 in all of his power

00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:05.240
 and high position,

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.700
 the king's hand

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.580
 shrivels up,

00:32:08.060 --> 00:32:09.779
 the altar splits open,

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.039
 the king's hand is healed,

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:12.820
 God is in total

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:14.380
 control of that situation.

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.480
 And even though

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.080
 the man of God

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.980
 compromises

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.240
 and disobeys

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:20.300
 and goes home

00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:21.160
 with the old prophet,

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:22.080
 God speaks

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:23.960
 through the old prophet.

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:26.320
 He's not limited.

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.500
 It's not like God says,

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:27.880
 well,

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.800
 I had one

00:32:28.800 --> 00:32:30.800
 true prophet

00:32:30.800 --> 00:32:32.860
 and I've lost him

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:34.080
 so now there's no way

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.820
 I can communicate.

00:32:35.800 --> 00:32:36.039
 No,

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.820
 then he just speaks

00:32:36.820 --> 00:32:37.680
 through the false prophet.

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:40.660
 His word cannot be stopped.

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.340
 And when the old man

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:44.019
 is killed,

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:44.960
 I'm sorry,

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.660
 when the man of God

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.300
 is killed,

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.380
 the lion,

00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:48.620
 a ferocious beast

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:50.120
 that usually probably

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:51.480
 can't control its appetite,

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.900
 does not eat.

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:55.560
 And when the false prophet

00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:56.480
 sees God's word

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.180
 come true,

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.759
 he realizes that

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.640
 what the man of God

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:01.000
 predicted about Jeroboam

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.759
 and his altar

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.380
 in the future

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:03.700
 will also come true.

00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:06.240
 The word of God,

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.660
 despite all these attempts,

00:33:08.060 --> 00:33:09.040
 cannot be corrupted,

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.440
 it cannot be tamed,

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:12.300
 it cannot be domesticated,

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.280
 it speaks

00:33:13.280 --> 00:33:15.060
 with absolute truth.

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.519
 And absolute authority

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:19.120
 to every human power.

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:22.399
 Here I think

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:23.159
 is the big idea

00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:24.619
 of this story.

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:27.419
 The word of God

00:33:27.419 --> 00:33:29.559
 cannot be domesticated,

00:33:30.239 --> 00:33:31.119
 it is true

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:32.159
 and authoritative.

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.919
 That's our big idea.

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.379
 The word of God

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:37.839
 cannot be domesticated,

00:33:37.959 --> 00:33:38.939
 it cannot be controlled,

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.359
 it cannot be tamed

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:41.679
 or leveraged

00:33:41.679 --> 00:33:43.059
 or harnessed

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:44.319
 or corrupted,

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.839
 it is true

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:47.059
 and authoritative.

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:49.019
 But,

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.500
 the man of God

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.220
 compromised

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.839
 by assuming

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.839
 that God's word

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.779
 was in error,

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.740
 by assuming

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.579
 that God's word

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.859
 was open to debate

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:59.839
 and he ended up

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.700
 dead on the side

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.259
 of the road.

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:07.099
 It's like we said

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.700
 last week,

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.239
 either

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:10.340
 God's word

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:11.019
 in scripture

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.380
 is a merely

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:13.059
 human text

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:15.940
 with some good ideas

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:17.239
 and some bad ideas,

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.259
 with some things

00:34:18.259 --> 00:34:18.880
 that the authors

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.559
 got right

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.519
 and some things

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.539
 that they got wrong

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:23.440
 and if that's the case

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.099
 then we can just

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:25.299
 safely disregard it

00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:26.420
 because it's just

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.639
 a couple of guys

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.460
 and what they think.

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.559
 Or,

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.619
 the other option is

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:34.079
 that God's word

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.799
 in scripture

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.599
 in our Bibles

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.719
 is the independent,

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.599
 true,

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:39.079
 reliable authority

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.779
 to which we are

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:40.460
 all accountable.

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:42.980
 And if that's true,

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:44.380
 then we must

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.320
 obey it

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:46.300
 and believe it.

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.199
 And those are really

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.019
 the only two options.

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.740
 When we compromise

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:53.139
 our doctrine of scripture,

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:55.000
 when we say

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.519
 that the Bible

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.240
 has errors

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.940
 and that it gets

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.980
 some things wrong,

00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:00.440
 what we are saying

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.519
 is that at least

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:02.260
 to some extent

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:03.079
 it is a merely

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.960
 human text.

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.820
 We're trying

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.880
 to domesticate it.

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.119
 We're trying

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.880
 to tame it.

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.260
 We're trying

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.960
 to kind of

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.539
 knock off

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.099
 some of those

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.880
 sharp edges

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.579
 so it isn't

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.300
 as embarrassing

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:16.760
 or so that it

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.860
 fits our world view

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.900
 or our experience

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.740
 a little bit better

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:20.579
 or so that it

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.660
 isn't so offensive

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:22.460
 to people

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.940
 or so that other

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.680
 people will like

00:35:24.680 --> 00:35:25.099
 it more.

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.059
 And like the man

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.599
 of God,

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.440
 we know

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:29.400
 that God's

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.119
 revelation

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.000
 has been validated

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.780
 by miracles

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:32.820
 and we know

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.760
 that this is

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.480
 the word of God

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.960
 that has been

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:36.140
 passed down to us

00:35:36.140 --> 00:35:36.800
 through countless

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.440
 generations

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.460
 of the people

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.960
 of God

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.780
 and we know

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.480
 that this

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.320
 is the word

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:42.159
 that has been

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.679
 recognized

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.320
 by the people

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:43.880
 of God

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.880
 as inspired

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.900
 by the Holy Spirit

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:47.920
 and breathed

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.659
 out by him

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:49.240
 and we know

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:50.019
 what it says

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.599
 and we know

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:51.480
 what it claims

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.500
 but then

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:55.659
 like the old prophet

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.500
 someone with

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.300
 some other kind

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.760
 of authority

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.519
 comes along

00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:00.900
 a scientist

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:03.300
 or a scholar

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:05.059
 or a politician

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:06.400
 or a celebrity

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.799
 or a good friend

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:10.119
 and they say

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:11.259
 well I'm not sure

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:12.139
 the Bible means

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:13.299
 it quite that way

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:16.420
 I'm sure that God

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.960
 is a little bit

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.519
 more flexible

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.299
 than that

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:21.039
 and then we say

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:22.440
 like the man of God

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.779
 okay let's have

00:36:23.779 --> 00:36:24.559
 lunch at your house

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:28.880
 I can think of

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.679
 a couple of ways

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:31.000
 that we might be

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.880
 tempted to compromise

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.880
 our view of the Bible

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:34.720
 there are others

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.800
 but here's two

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:37.619
 one temptation

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.820
 is to compromise

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:40.119
 to protect the Bible

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:41.059
 from being offensive

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:43.160
 the good news

00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:44.260
 of inerrancy

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:45.000
 the good news

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.480
 of the doctrine

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.119
 of inerrancy

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:47.640
 is that we don't

00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:49.079
 have to pick

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.660
 and choose

00:36:49.660 --> 00:36:51.559
 the whole Bible

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.240
 is important

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:53.720
 and nowhere

00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:54.619
 in the Bible

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.400
 are there any

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.360
 false claims

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:58.720
 but of course

00:36:58.720 --> 00:36:59.200
 that's also

00:36:59.200 --> 00:36:59.840
 the bad news

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:01.840
 right

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:02.960
 inerrancy

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.400
 means

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:04.320
 that those

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:04.920
 passages

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.559
 in Scripture

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.280
 that seem

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:06.860
 embarrassing

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:08.920
 or are really

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:11.680
 out of step

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:13.720
 with our culture

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:15.980
 are the authoritative

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.780
 word of God

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.760
 and must be

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.280
 believed and

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.680
 accepted

00:37:18.680 --> 00:37:21.579
 our culture

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.260
 is at the point

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:23.039
 now when the

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.440
 Bible

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:24.480
 and the views

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.039
 that we hold

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.700
 from the Bible

00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:26.340
 are viewed

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:27.500
 as evil

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:31.519
 sometimes the

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.139
 Bible has a

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.619
 sharp

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.239
 sharp

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:33.840
 contradiction

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:35.519
 with culture

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:37.360
 that everyone

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:38.059
 has a sin

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.480
 nature

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:40.980
 that Jesus

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.920
 is the only

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.659
 hope of

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:43.219
 salvation

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:45.619
 that marriage

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.619
 is between

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.900
 only one man

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.679
 and one woman

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:50.960
 that it is

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.760
 wrong and

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.340
 sinful

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:53.440
 to entertain

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.000
 ourselves

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.599
 with certain

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:55.139
 things

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:58.480
 that consumerism

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.579
 is a sin

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.179
 and spending

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.799
 all of our

00:38:00.799 --> 00:38:01.359
 money on

00:38:01.359 --> 00:38:02.019
 ourselves

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.679
 instead of

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.139
 submitting it

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.699
 to the Lord

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.599
 is a sin

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:07.460
 how do we

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:08.519
 respond to

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.359
 that temptation

00:38:09.359 --> 00:38:11.619
 to kind of

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.579
 tame it

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.099
 so that it's

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.859
 less offensive

00:38:13.859 --> 00:38:16.239
 we have to be

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:17.619
 we have to be

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.159
 determined

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:19.279
 to be loyal

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:19.739
 to God

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:20.179
 first

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.639
 and to make

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:21.739
 everything else

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.440
 secondary

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:24.340
 we have to

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:25.179
 cultivate a

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.700
 love for

00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:26.079
 scripture

00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:27.059
 even the

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:27.900
 moral laws

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:30.360
 we have to

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:31.019
 recognize that

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.840
 God prohibits

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.500
 things because

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.380
 he loves us

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:33.880
 and he wants

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.420
 our good

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.559
 he knows

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.159
 that those

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.740
 sins will

00:38:36.740 --> 00:38:37.740
 destroy us

00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:38.400
 and they will

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:39.039
 destroy the

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.440
 people that

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.860
 we love

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:42.220
 the second

00:38:42.220 --> 00:38:42.720
 temptation

00:38:42.720 --> 00:38:43.420
 is to

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:43.980
 compromise

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.599
 our view

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.079
 of the

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.340
 Bible

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:45.700
 in order

00:38:45.700 --> 00:38:46.440
 to excuse

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:47.179
 or allow

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.940
 for personal

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.280
 sin

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:51.700
 one time

00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:52.160
 I heard a

00:38:52.160 --> 00:38:52.640
 New Testament

00:38:52.640 --> 00:38:53.519
 scholar say

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:55.780
 that many

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.300
 people

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:56.940
 compromise

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.620
 their view

00:38:57.620 --> 00:38:58.160
 of scripture

00:38:58.160 --> 00:38:59.100
 in college

00:38:59.100 --> 00:39:00.920
 because they

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.560
 want to be

00:39:01.560 --> 00:39:02.000
 sexually

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.840
 promiscuous

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:06.519
 we've heard

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:07.120
 these stories

00:39:07.120 --> 00:39:08.080
 we've heard

00:39:08.080 --> 00:39:08.620
 stories of

00:39:08.620 --> 00:39:09.280
 people caught

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:10.160
 in adultery

00:39:10.160 --> 00:39:10.900
 or moving

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.860
 toward adultery

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.260
 and then

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:12.960
 it's amazing

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.740
 suddenly they

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:14.300
 find out that

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.620
 scripture

00:39:14.620 --> 00:39:15.820
 doesn't prohibit

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.240
 adultery

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:18.979
 people

00:39:18.979 --> 00:39:19.619
 conveniently

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.039
 ignore

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.479
 what the

00:39:20.479 --> 00:39:21.039
 what scripture

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.599
 says about

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:21.959
 the sin

00:39:21.959 --> 00:39:22.599
 of divorce

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:25.019
 people ignore

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.639
 what scripture

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.239
 teaches about

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.739
 loving our

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:27.279
 enemies

00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:28.919
 even our

00:39:28.919 --> 00:39:29.359
 political

00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:29.919
 enemies

00:39:29.919 --> 00:39:33.519
 but

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:34.779
 what we

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:35.059
 need to

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:35.419
 do

00:39:35.419 --> 00:39:36.239
 is follow

00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:36.819
 scripture

00:39:36.819 --> 00:39:37.399
 as the

00:39:37.399 --> 00:39:38.039
 absolute

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.879
 guide

00:39:38.879 --> 00:39:39.739
 to what

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.339
 God wants

00:39:40.339 --> 00:39:40.859
 from us

00:39:40.859 --> 00:39:43.500
 confess

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:45.039
 repent

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:46.300
 do not

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:46.699
 put up

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:47.159
 with any

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.440
 hidden

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.860
 sin

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.420
 that will

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.759
 weaken

00:39:48.759 --> 00:39:49.179
 you

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:50.900
 don't

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.619
 allow

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.139
 small

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:53.000
 compromises

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:54.820
 to grow

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.320
 and lead

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:55.719
 to bigger

00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:56.159
 ones

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:59.840
 in C.S.

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.300
 Lewis's

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.539
 book

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:01.059
 The Silver

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.659
 Chair

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:03.739
 Aslan

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:04.519
 who represents

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.099
 Jesus

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:06.779
 gives

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:07.279
 Eustace

00:40:07.279 --> 00:40:07.779
 and Jill

00:40:07.779 --> 00:40:08.820
 four signs

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.199
 that they

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.840
 must memorize

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.619
 and repeat

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:10.980
 in order

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.320
 to be

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.820
 successful

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:12.639
 on their

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:14.000
 adventurous

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.500
 journey

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:16.219
 and Aslan

00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:16.780
 makes Jill

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:17.480
 repeat these

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.179
 four signs

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:18.659
 over and

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:19.139
 over until

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.579
 she has

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:19.739
 them

00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:20.239
 memorized

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:21.760
 he warns

00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:22.099
 her that

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:22.539
 once they

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:22.920
 get into

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.380
 Narnia

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:24.760
 and the

00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:25.380
 adventure is

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:25.940
 confusing

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.659
 it will be

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.260
 easy to

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:27.760
 forget the

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:28.119
 signs

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:29.300
 and that

00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:29.639
 she must

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:30.139
 repeat them

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:30.960
 every morning

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.980
 every afternoon

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.599
 and every

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:32.980
 evening

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.400
 so that

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:33.780
 nothing

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:34.900
 can make

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.460
 her forget

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:35.780
 them

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:37.440
 but then

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:37.940
 as the

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.559
 children are

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:38.880
 on their

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:39.260
 adventure

00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:39.719
 they do

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:40.239
 forget the

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:40.519
 signs

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:42.079
 and it

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.440
 doesn't go

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:42.719
 well

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:43.859
 they run

00:40:43.859 --> 00:40:44.219
 into all

00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:44.599
 kinds of

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:45.179
 problems

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:46.480
 and danger

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.039
 and troubles

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.679
 because they

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:48.219
 have forgotten

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:49.019
 their instructions

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:49.799
 from Aslan

00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:52.159
 the man of

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:53.319
 God in this

00:40:53.319 --> 00:40:54.039
 story knew

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.839
 his instructions

00:40:54.839 --> 00:40:55.739
 he knew what

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.159
 God had

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:56.659
 commanded him

00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:57.079
 to do

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.419
 and he

00:40:57.419 --> 00:40:58.159
 repeated those

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.779
 instructions

00:40:58.779 --> 00:41:01.719
 but he

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:02.219
 compromised

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:04.019
 in a moment

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:05.539
 and it led

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.279
 to disaster

00:41:06.279 --> 00:41:08.899
 what do we

00:41:08.899 --> 00:41:09.179
 need to

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:09.579
 recite

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:11.919
 what have

00:41:11.919 --> 00:41:12.199
 we been

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:12.639
 told about

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.099
 the nature

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.679
 of scripture

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:15.239
 what do we

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:15.719
 need to

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:16.500
 allow to

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:17.599
 sink deep

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:18.440
 down in

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:19.099
 our hearts

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.679
 in order to

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:21.239
 fortify and

00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:22.379
 strengthen us

00:41:22.379 --> 00:41:23.099
 for the

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.759
 difficult days

00:41:23.759 --> 00:41:24.279
 to come

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:27.099
 I just want

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.399
 to end

00:41:27.399 --> 00:41:27.859
 today by

00:41:27.859 --> 00:41:28.679
 reciting a

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:29.279
 few key

00:41:29.279 --> 00:41:30.139
 verses of

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:30.559
 scripture

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:31.399
 about

00:41:31.399 --> 00:41:31.839
 scripture

00:41:31.839 --> 00:41:33.440
 and these

00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:33.879
 will be

00:41:33.879 --> 00:41:34.859
 our signs

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.399
 that we

00:41:35.399 --> 00:41:36.159
 recite

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:37.440
 and remember

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:38.779
 to strengthen

00:41:38.779 --> 00:41:39.500
 our hearts

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:40.059
 to accept

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.539
 the truth

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:40.799
 and the

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.159
 authority

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.719
 of God's

00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:42.019
 word

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:43.920
 numbers 23

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.379
 19

00:41:44.379 --> 00:41:45.279
 God is

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:46.179
 not man

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:46.759
 that he

00:41:46.759 --> 00:41:47.399
 should lie

00:41:47.399 --> 00:41:49.319
 or a son

00:41:49.319 --> 00:41:49.799
 of man

00:41:49.799 --> 00:41:50.259
 that he

00:41:50.259 --> 00:41:50.739
 should change

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:51.259
 his mind

00:41:51.259 --> 00:41:53.440
 Psalm

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:53.859
 19

00:41:53.859 --> 00:41:54.279
 7

00:41:54.279 --> 00:41:55.399
 the law

00:41:55.399 --> 00:41:55.819
 of the

00:41:55.819 --> 00:41:56.119
 Lord

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:57.039
 is perfect

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:58.599
 the testimony

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:59.079
 of the

00:41:59.079 --> 00:41:59.559
 Lord is

00:41:59.559 --> 00:41:59.960
 sure

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.940
 making wise

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.480
 the simple

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:03.980
 Psalm

00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.539
 119

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.059
 89

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:05.779
 forever

00:42:05.779 --> 00:42:06.460
 O Lord

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:07.139
 your word

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:07.940
 is firmly

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:08.579
 fixed

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:09.119
 in the

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.559
 heavens

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:11.719
 Proverbs

00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:12.099
 30

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.779
 verse 5

00:42:12.779 --> 00:42:13.299
 every

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:14.079
 word

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.799
 of God

00:42:14.799 --> 00:42:15.380
 proves

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:15.960
 true

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:18.320
 Isaiah

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:18.659
 40

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:19.199
 verse 8

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.759
 the grass

00:42:19.759 --> 00:42:20.320
 withers

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:21.279
 the flower

00:42:21.279 --> 00:42:21.860
 fades

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.519
 but the

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:22.860
 word

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.279
 of our

00:42:23.279 --> 00:42:23.679
 God

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:23.900
 will

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.400
 stand

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:25.139
 forever

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:27.299
 Matthew

00:42:27.299 --> 00:42:27.659
 5

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.079
 18

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.719
 for truly

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:29.219
 I say

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:29.539
 to you

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:29.840
 until

00:42:29.840 --> 00:42:30.219
 heaven

00:42:30.219 --> 00:42:30.440
 and

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:30.639
 earth

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.000
 pass

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.440
 away

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:32.019
 not

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.199
 an

00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:32.779
 iota

00:42:32.779 --> 00:42:33.299
 not

00:42:33.299 --> 00:42:33.980
 a dot

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.920
 will pass

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.260
 from the

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:35.579
 law

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:36.179
 until

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:36.659
 everything

00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:37.000
 is

00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:37.539
 accomplished

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:39.260
 John

00:42:39.260 --> 00:42:39.500
 10

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:39.920
 35

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.740
 scripture

00:42:40.740 --> 00:42:41.599
 cannot

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:41.960
 be

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.420
 broken

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:44.480
 John

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:45.000
 17

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.480
 17

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:45.940
 your

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:46.380
 word

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:46.679
 is

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.199
 truth

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:49.780
 2nd

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.559
 Timothy

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:50.900
 3

00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:51.400
 16

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:52.019
 all

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:52.539
 scripture

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:53.260
 is

00:42:53.260 --> 00:42:54.019
 breathed

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.199
 out

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:54.440
 by

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:54.900
 God

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:55.400
 and

00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:55.900
 profitable

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.240
 for

00:42:56.240 --> 00:42:56.780
 teaching

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.240
 for

00:42:57.240 --> 00:42:57.940
 reproof

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.380
 for

00:42:58.380 --> 00:42:58.900
 correction

00:42:58.900 --> 00:42:59.659
 and for

00:42:59.659 --> 00:43:00.119
 training

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:00.440
 in

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:00.900
 righteousness

00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:03.300
 Titus

00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:03.559
 1

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:03.880
 2

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:04.160
 in

00:43:04.160 --> 00:43:04.519
 hope

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:04.680
 of

00:43:04.680 --> 00:43:05.000
 eternal

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:05.599
 life

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:06.780
 which

00:43:06.780 --> 00:43:07.220
 God

00:43:07.220 --> 00:43:07.460
 who

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:07.760
 never

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:08.420
 lies

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:09.860
 promised

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:10.320
 before

00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:10.539
 the

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:10.880
 ages

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.420
 began

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:13.519
 Hebrews

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:13.980
 6

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.360
 18

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:14.780
 it

00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:14.940
 is

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.519
 impossible

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:16.280
 for

00:43:16.280 --> 00:43:16.680
 God

00:43:16.680 --> 00:43:16.940
 to

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.340
 lie

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:19.559
 2nd

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:19.840
 Peter

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:20.099
 1

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:20.559
 21

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:20.960
 for

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.320
 no

00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:21.920
 prophecy

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.579
 was

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:22.940
 ever

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.360
 produced

00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:23.579
 by

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:23.760
 the

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:23.920
 will

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.079
 of

00:43:24.079 --> 00:43:24.460
 man

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:25.019
 but

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.360
 men

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:25.700
 spoke

00:43:25.700 --> 00:43:25.940
 from

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:26.260
 God

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:26.500
 as

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:26.619
 they

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:26.780
 were

00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:27.099
 carried

00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:27.460
 along

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:27.639
 by

00:43:27.639 --> 00:43:27.800
 the

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:28.000
 Holy

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.460
 Spirit

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:31.720
 Amen

00:43:31.720 --> 00:43:32.400
 Let's

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:32.619
 pray

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:35.639
 Father

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:35.840
 you

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:35.980
 have

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:36.199
 given

00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:36.440
 us

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.659
 your

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:37.059
 holy

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:38.039
 and

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:38.740
 authoritative

00:43:38.740 --> 00:43:39.159
 word

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:42.380
 and

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:42.619
 it

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:42.840
 does

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.119
 not

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:43.460
 always

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:43.900
 match

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:44.220
 very

00:43:44.220 --> 00:43:44.639
 well

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:44.960
 with

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.179
 the

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:45.639
 culture

00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:46.280
 in

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:46.460
 which

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:46.699
 we

00:43:46.699 --> 00:43:47.119
 swim

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:48.800
 with

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:48.980
 the

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.460
 values

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:49.740
 that

00:43:49.740 --> 00:43:49.880
 are

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.280
 advanced

00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:50.639
 around

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:51.000
 us

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:51.240
 with

00:43:51.240 --> 00:43:51.400
 the

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:51.639
 way

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:51.820
 that

00:43:51.820 --> 00:43:51.980
 our

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:52.280
 friends

00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:52.500
 and

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:52.820
 neighbors

00:43:52.820 --> 00:43:53.599
 view

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:53.880
 the

00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:54.199
 world

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:54.400
 and

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:54.559
 their

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:54.980
 lives

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.139
 and

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:55.519
 us

00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:57.860
 and

00:43:57.860 --> 00:43:58.000
 so

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.160
 what

00:43:58.160 --> 00:43:58.320
 we

00:43:58.320 --> 00:43:58.539
 need

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:58.680
 is

00:43:58.680 --> 00:43:58.840
 the

00:43:58.840 --> 00:43:59.240
 renewing

00:43:59.240 --> 00:43:59.360
 of

00:43:59.360 --> 00:43:59.500
 our

00:43:59.500 --> 00:43:59.880
 minds

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:01.880
 and

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:02.000
 we

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.180
 pray

00:44:02.180 --> 00:44:02.380
 for

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.640
 that

00:44:02.640 --> 00:44:02.820
 we

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:03.140
 pray

00:44:03.140 --> 00:44:03.380
 that

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:03.519
 you

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:03.660
 would

00:44:03.660 --> 00:44:03.840
 give

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:04.039
 us

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:04.860
 a

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.960
 rock

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:06.480
 steady

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:07.160
 confidence

00:44:07.160 --> 00:44:07.539
 in

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:07.660
 the

00:44:07.660 --> 00:44:08.099
 authority

00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:08.300
 and

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:08.440
 the

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:08.660
 truth

00:44:08.660 --> 00:44:08.800
 of

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:08.960
 your

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:09.320
 word

00:44:09.320 --> 00:44:10.900
 so

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:11.140
 when

00:44:11.140 --> 00:44:11.280
 the

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:11.500
 bumps

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:11.860
 come

00:44:11.860 --> 00:44:12.260
 when

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:12.980
 when

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:15.120
 life

00:44:15.120 --> 00:44:15.360
 gets

00:44:15.360 --> 00:44:15.920
 confusing

00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:16.320
 when

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:16.500
 we

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:17.039
 face

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:18.680
 situations

00:44:18.680 --> 00:44:19.280
 that

00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:19.500
 are

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:19.800
 new

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:21.740
 that

00:44:21.740 --> 00:44:21.900
 we

00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:22.039
 will

00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:22.200
 know

00:44:22.200 --> 00:44:22.360
 that

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:22.480
 we

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:22.780
 stand

00:44:22.780 --> 00:44:22.940
 on

00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:23.120
 your

00:44:23.120 --> 00:44:23.780
 unchanging

00:44:23.780 --> 00:44:24.079
 and

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:24.599
 unerring

00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:24.960
 word

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:27.500
 we

00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:27.679
 pray

00:44:27.679 --> 00:44:27.860
 that

00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:27.960
 you

00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:28.099
 would

00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:28.500
 convince

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:28.720
 us

00:44:28.720 --> 00:44:28.860
 of

00:44:28.860 --> 00:44:29.099
 this

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:29.260
 that

00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:29.420
 your

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:29.820
 spirit

00:44:29.820 --> 00:44:30.139
 would

00:44:30.139 --> 00:44:30.619
 impress

00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:30.740
 it

00:44:30.740 --> 00:44:30.860
 on

00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:31.000
 our

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.360
 hearts

00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:32.579
 and

00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:32.699
 that

00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:32.800
 we

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:33.000
 would

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.199
 not

00:44:33.199 --> 00:44:33.820
 compromise

00:44:33.820 --> 00:44:35.599
 we

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 pray

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 this

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 in

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 your

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 name

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 amen