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 Please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to Genesis chapter 19.

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! Genesis chapter 19.

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 And when you found it, if you would stand in honor of the reading of God's word.

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 Genesis chapter 19 this morning.

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 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom.

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 And when Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth and said,

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 My lords, please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet.

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 Then you may rise up early and go on your way.

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 And they said, No, we will spend the night in the town square.

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 But he pressed them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house.

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 And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

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 But before they lay down, the men of the city and the men of Sodom, both young and old,

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 all the people to the last man, surrounded the house.

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 And they called to Lot, Where are the men who came to you tonight?

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 Bring them out to us that we may know them.

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 Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him, and said,

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 I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.

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 Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man.

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 Let me bring them out to you and do to them as you please.

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 Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.

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 But they said, Stand back.

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 And they said, This fellow came to sojourn, and he has become the judge.

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 Now we will deal worse with you than with them.

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 Then they pressed hard against the man Lot and drew near to break the door down.

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 But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door.

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 And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house,

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 both small and great, so that they wore themselves out, groping for the door.

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 Then the men said to Lot, Have you anyone else here?

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 Sons-in-laws, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, bring them out of the place.

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 For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord,

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 and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.

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 So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters,

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 Up, get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city.

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 But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

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 As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here,

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 lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.

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 But he lingered.

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 So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him.

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 And they brought him out and set him outside the city.

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 And as they brought him out, one said, Escape for your life.

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 Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley.

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 Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.

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 And Lot said to them, Oh no, my lords.

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 Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight,

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 and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life.

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 But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die.

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 Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one.

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 Let me escape there.

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 Is it not a little one?

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 And my life will be saved.

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 He said to him, Behold, I grant you this favor also,

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 that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

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 Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.

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 Therefore, the name of the city was called Zoar.

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 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

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 Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

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 And he overthrew those cities and all the valley and all the inhabitants of the cities

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 and what grew on the ground.

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 But Lot's wife behind him looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

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 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord,

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 and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley.

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 And he looked, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.

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 So it was that when God destroyed the cities of the valley,

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 God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow

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 when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.

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 Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters,

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 for he was afraid to live in Zoar.

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 So he lived in a cave with his two daughters,

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 and the firstborn said to the younger,

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 Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come into us

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 after the manner of all the earth.

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 Come, let us make our father drink wine,

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 and we will lie with him that we may preserve offspring from our father.

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 So they made their father drink wine that night,

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 and the firstborn went in and lay with her father.

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 He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

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 The next morning the firstborn said to the younger,

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 Behold, I lay last night with my father.

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 Let us make him drink wine tonight also,

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 then you go in and lie with him,

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 that we may preserve offspring from our father.

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 So they made their father drink wine that night also,

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 and the younger arose and lay with him,

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 and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

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 Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father.

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 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab.

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 He is the father of the Moabites to this day.

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 The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ami.

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 He is the father of the Ammonites to this day.

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 The grass withers, the flower fades.

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 The word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Father God,

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 our sin is dark and it is deep.

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 Lord, it affects every part of us.

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 It affects our mind.

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 It affects our desires.

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 It affects our will.

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 It affects our flesh.

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 All of it is by nature corrupted by sin,

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 and we just see it so clearly here in our passage.

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 So Lord, we thank you even for the song that we sang this morning,

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 that our sins are many, but your mercy is more.

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 Lord, we thank you for Christ, who is the Savior of sinners,

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 and the grace that you've shown us in him.

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 So Lord, help us now, Father, to see our sin clearly,

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 and to see your grace for us in Christ afresh this morning.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 The Bible is not shy about the reality of such a thing called sin.

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 We had two chapters in the Garden of Eden,

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 a long time ago now.

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 Two chapters in this garden paradise

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 where there was perfect relationship between man and wife,

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 perfect relationship between mankind and God,

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 perfect harmony between all things.

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 There's no sin, there's no shame, there's no guilt, there's no death.

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 In Genesis chapter 3,

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 comes, sin enters the world,

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 that crucial Jenga piece is pulled out,

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 and the tower comes crumbling down to the ground.

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 Now, we don't really like to talk about our sin.

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 You know, one of the blessings and challenges

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 of preaching through books of the Bible,

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 like we're doing now through Genesis,

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 is that I really can't pass over passages

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 that are hard or uncomfortable, can I?

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 We have to deal with God's Word as it stands.

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 We need to open it up and see it as it's written,

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 as uncomfortable as it may be.

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 This passage, as uncomfortable as it may be,

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 is a vivid illustration of the seriousness

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 and the ugliness of sin,

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 but not just sin in general,

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 and not just sin out there.

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 I hope what we'll see as we go through this together

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 is that this is a picture of our sin.

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 This is the seriousness and the darkness

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 and the ugliness of our sin.

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 We need to hold passages like this up like a mirror

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 so that we see ourselves in these passages.

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 It's important that we do this

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 because it's only against this dark, black backdrop of our sin

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 that we can see the light of the grace of the glory of God

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 shine forth clearly in the gospel of Christ.

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 So let's take a look.

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 Genesis chapter 19.

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 And what we'll see here this morning is three sins of Sodom.

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 Three sins of Sodom.

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 This will be our outline this morning if you're taking notes.

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 First,

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 First, we see sinful actions here.

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 Sinful actions.

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 And we can think about this in two categories.

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 Kevin DeYoung was helpful for me

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 in thinking through these two categories this week.

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 The first is social sin.

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 Look there with me, starting in verse 1.

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 Verse 1 says that

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 the two angels came to Sodom in the evening

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 and here's Lot sitting in the gate of Sodom.

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 Now notice the progression that Lot's made here

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 over the past several weeks.

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 You notice this?

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 At first, Lot lived near Sodom.

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 And then we saw him living in Sodom.

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 And now he's like the welcoming committee at the gate.

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 He's there right there,

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 the first thing you see when you come to the town of Sodom.

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 He has fully ingrained himself here in the community.

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 Lot sees these two angels coming,

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 these two men,

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 and he rises to meet them.

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 He bows himself down.

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 He invites them to come stay at his house,

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 but they politely decline.

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 They say, no, we're going to go stay instead.

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 Lot's head in the town square.

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 It's almost like you can see the alarm bells in Lot's mind

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 as they say this.

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 He says, no, no, no, no, no, no.

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 Whatever you do, don't do that.

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 He insists, you must come stay with me.

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 So, instead, they turn aside.

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 They come to him.

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 They go to his house.

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 And what we see happen here is that Lot,

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 just like Abraham before him in chapter 18,

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 Lot plays host to these two men.

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 He is a good, hospitable, welcoming host to these two guests.

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 He makes them a feast.

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 He bakes them bread.

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 He feeds them.

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 He gives them shelter.

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 He gives them food.

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 And all together, he is, I would say,

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 incredibly hospitable to these two men that he just met, isn't he?

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 And this is a good thing.

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 This is an important concept for Christians.

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 Christians are called to be hospitable.

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 And that word, when you break it down,

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 it simply means love of strangers.

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 It's not quite like Southern hospitality,

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 as you might read about in Southern Living magazine

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 or anything like that.

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 You don't have to make a pot of sweet tea

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 and set out the pies and make sure the house is clean.

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 It's not that type of hospitality.

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 It is simply welcoming others into your life,

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 into your home, providing shelter,

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 providing love and care for strangers.

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 And Christians are called to do this

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 because we understand that God has loved us.

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 When we were strangers and aliens from the household of God,

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 God has shown hospitality to us.

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 So Lot here, he's doing what all Christians are called to do.

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 He's going out of his way to love and to serve and to protect

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 and to show hospitality to others.

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 That's Lot.

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 But the men of Sodom, on the other hand,

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 are not as hospitable, are they?

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 And verse 4 says,

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 Before they lay down the men of the city,

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 the men of Sodom, young and old,

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 all the people to the last man,

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 they surround the house.

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 And Lot here, he protects them,

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 he shelters them,

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 but the men of Sodom,

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 they obviously,

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 they don't care about the well-being of these two men,

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 do they?

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 They want to use them for their own selfish purposes.

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 At a very minimum,

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 this is social sin on a social level.

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 In fact, Ezekiel 16,

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 if you go read in Ezekiel chapter 16,

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 it talks about Sodom,

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 it references this instance,

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 and it says about their sin,

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 that they had excess of food,

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 they had prosperous ease,

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 but they did not aid the poor and the needy.

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 So that's one issue.

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 But that's not the only issue, is it?

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 Now, it never ceases to amaze me,

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 as you read commentaries,

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 and kind of try to dig down into passages like this,

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 how modern critical scholars and commentators

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 can just twist themselves up,

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 all into different sorts of knots,

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 trying to avoid the obvious meaning of a passage.

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 Right?

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 And they try to explain it away,

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 any way they can,

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 to get around something that they don't like.

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 So, some scholars will read this,

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 and argue that, well,

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 social sin is the only issue going on here in Sodom.

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 It's just sin on a social level.

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 But of course,

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 we see another issue here, don't we?

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 There's also a second issue,

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 sexual sin.

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 Sexual sin.

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 The men here surround the house,

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 all the men, by the way,

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 young and old,

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 to the very last one,

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 they all surround the house,

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 they cry out to Lot,

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 bring those two men out here,

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 that we may know them.

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 That's sexual language.

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 They don't want to have a conversation

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 with these two men.

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 They want to get to know them

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 in an intimate way.

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 They surround the place,

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 they bang on the door,

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 they demand that Lot give up these two guests,

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 so that they can have their way with them.

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 Well, clearly, this is sexual sin.

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 And again, some would argue,

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 well, the sin here,

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 it must be that,

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 well, this is a group.

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 It's a group issue.

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 It's not a loving,

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 one-on-one,

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 committed relationship,

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 and so that's what's wrong here.

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 It's not the proper context

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 for sexual expression,

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 and we would agree with that, right?

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 That is true.

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 Yes, we agree.

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 God has designed sexual expression

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 for a committed,

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 one-to-one relationship

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 within the boundaries of marriage.

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 That's the context.

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 But that's not all that's going on here.

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 Still, some would say,

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 well, the sin here is that it's forceful.

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 It's aggressive.

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 It's selfish.

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 They're forcing this on these people

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 that they don't want it.

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 That's what's wrong here.

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 It's aggressive.

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 And again,

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 we would agree.

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 That is true as well.

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 God has designed sexual expression

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 to be mutual

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 and enjoyable for both partners.

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 It's an opportunity to serve,

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 not to just take.

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 But again,

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 that is not all that's going on here,

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 is it?

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 And you know,

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 often when you read comments like this,

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 it's ignoring

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 the pretty obvious

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 but uncomfortable truth

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 in this passage,

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 which is this.

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 It is also true,

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 alongside all the others,

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 it is also true

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 that the homosexual nature

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 of this sin

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 is wicked.

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 What begs these men,

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 don't act so wickedly,

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 take my daughters instead,

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 which is just a terrible thought, right?

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 I can't even imagine that.

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 But it is interesting,

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 isn't it,

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 that in Lot's calculations,

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 it would be less wicked

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 to take the daughters

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 than it would be

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 to take these two men.

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 He understands that

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 in the eyes of God,

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 same-sex relations

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 is especially sinful.

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 Jude chapter 7,

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 Jude verse 7 rather,

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 Jude verse 7,

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 says,

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 Sodom and Gomorrah

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 and the nearby towns

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 indulged in sexual immorality

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 and pursued unnatural desire,

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 it says.

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 And so we have to ask,

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 don't we,

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 well, what does that mean?

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 What is that unnatural desire?

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 And again,

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 yet again,

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 modern critics will say,

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 well,

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 it was unnatural

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 because these were two angels.

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 That's the issue.

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 It's unnatural

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 for men to have relations

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 with angels.

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 That's the unnatural disaster.

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 But ask yourself,

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 do you really think

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 these men of Sodom

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 knew that these were two angels?

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 All they knew

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 was that two new guys

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 had come to town.

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 That's it.

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 We have to be clear

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 where the Bible is clear.

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 Amen?

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 Church,

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 we have to be clear

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 where the Bible is clear.

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 And while our culture

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 may be very confused

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 on some of these topics,

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 the Bible is not.

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 Oh,

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 this is not a murky issue

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 in the Bible.

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 We may take issue

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 with what the Bible says.

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 We may disagree

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 with what the Bible

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 clearly says,

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 but we need to understand

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 what the Bible

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 clearly says.

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 The Bible's not unclear

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 about this.

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 Romans chapter 1

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 is not unclear at all,

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 is it?

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 Talking about those

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 who suppress the truth

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 about God,

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 here's what he says.

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 He says,

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 women exchanged

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 natural relations

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 for those that are

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 contrary to nature,

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 and the men likewise

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 gave up natural relations

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 with women

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 and were consumed

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 with passion

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 for one another.

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 Men committing

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 shameless acts

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 with men

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 and receiving

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 in themselves

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 the due penalty

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 for their error.

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 Friend,

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 we need to be clear

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 on this

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 because the Bible

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 is clear on this.

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 God has designed

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 sexual expression

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 to exist

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 only within

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 the boundaries

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 of one man

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 and one woman

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 in the covenant

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 of marriage.

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 Anything outside

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 of those good boundaries

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 is sinful

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 and wicked

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 in the eyes of God.

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 Our statement of faith

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 as a church,

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 this is what we confess

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 to believe

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 as a church family.

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 We have an article

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 in it at the very end

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 that I think really

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 clarifies this issue

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 for us well.

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 This is the understanding

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 of the church universal

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 for the past 2,000 years.

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 It says,

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 we believe that marriage

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 is the uniting

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 of one man

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 and one woman

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 before God

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 in covenant commitment

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 for a lifetime.

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 That God has established

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 marriage

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 as his only intended channel

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 for human sexual expression

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 and procreation.

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 and that God calls

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 all unmarried people

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 to celibacy

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 and devotion

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 to himself.

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 It goes on.

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 Departures

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 from God's design

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 for human sexuality

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 including

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 adultery,

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 fornication,

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 homosexual behavior,

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 and all other forms

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 of sexual immorality

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 as defined by scripture

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 are sinful.

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 You hear that broad category?

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 Don't stop there.

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 Keep reading.

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 In these matters,

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 God offers forgiveness

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 and restoration

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 for sin

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 through his son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And Christians

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 should always act

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 in the spirit of love

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 towards all people

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 without compromising

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 their loyalty

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 to Christ

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 and his truth.

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 Friend,

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 we believe

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 any departure

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 from God's design

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 for human sexuality

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 is sinful.

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 But praise God,

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 we also believe

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 there is hope

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 for sinners

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 like us.

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 We believe

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 Jesus stands

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 with arms open

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 wide,

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 ready and willing

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 to receive

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 and to forgive

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 and to wash clean

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 sinners of all kinds.

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 the hope

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 that we hold

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 out to the world,

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 the hope

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 that we hold

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 out to sinners

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 like us

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 is the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And we don't

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 hold that hope

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 out as those

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 who are superior

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 in any way

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 to any sinner

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 on the earth.

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 We call out,

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 repent

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 and believe

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 the gospel

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:53.079
 of Jesus Christ

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 and you too,

00:19:54.379 --> 00:19:55.019
 like me,

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:55.839
 you too

00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.759
 can be saved.

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 how often

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 when we

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 hold out

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 that hope

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 and that good news,

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 how often

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 is that message

00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:07.420
 not well received,

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:07.879
 church?

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.099
 So second,

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:10.980
 second,

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 we see here

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 sinful attitudes.

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 Look there

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 again to verse 9.

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 See,

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 the men of the city

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 are pressing hard

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.539
 against Lot,

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 they're going to break

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 down the door

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 and just going to go

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.740
 get those two angels,

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 but look here

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 at this act of mercy,

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 the two angels,

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 they reach out

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 their hands,

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 they bring Lot

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 back into the house

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 with them,

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 they shut the door,

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 they rescue Lot,

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 they strike all these

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 men with blindness.

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 It was a sort of

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 partial judgment here.

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 Partial judgment

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 and partial salvation.

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 But Lot's not

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 out of the woods yet.

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 The men of the city

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 are still,

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 even after being blinded,

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 they're still groping

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 at the door,

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 still chasing after

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 the desires of their flesh.

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 So these men,

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 the angels here,

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 they give a warning

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.440
 to Lot.

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 They say,

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 have you anybody else

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 here?

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 Sons-in-laws,

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 daughters,

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 anybody else

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 that you have

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 in the city,

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 bring them out

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:05.120
 of this place

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 because we're about

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 to destroy this place.

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 What's the warning?

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 Judgment is coming.

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 Judgment is coming soon.

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 It is imminent

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 and you need

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 to get yourself ready.

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 That's the warning.

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 How similar is that

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 to the message

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 that we proclaim?

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 We proclaim

00:21:26.939 --> 00:21:28.119
 salvation

00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:29.179
 in the name

00:21:29.179 --> 00:21:29.980
 of Jesus.

00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.519
 But we need

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.199
 to ask again,

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:31.980
 well salvation

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.959
 from what?

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:35.299
 We proclaim

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:35.799
 that Jesus

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.859
 is the Savior.

00:21:37.199 --> 00:21:37.679
 Well Savior

00:21:37.679 --> 00:21:38.519
 from what?

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.679
 Why do I need

00:21:39.679 --> 00:21:40.419
 to be saved?

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.039
 What am I being

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.859
 saved from?

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:42.399
 Well,

00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.779
 we hold out

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.899
 Jesus Christ

00:21:44.899 --> 00:21:46.019
 as the Savior

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.839
 of sinners

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:48.259
 who saves us

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.379
 from the wrath

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:50.399
 of God

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:51.220
 that we have

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.980
 earned for our sin.

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.740
 We proclaim

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.640
 the bad news.

00:21:57.080 --> 00:21:58.380
 Judgment is coming

00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:59.320
 and we are

00:21:59.320 --> 00:22:00.740
 deserving of judgment,

00:22:00.800 --> 00:22:01.820
 every last one of us.

00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:03.960
 But we hold out

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.780
 the good news

00:22:04.780 --> 00:22:06.300
 that Christ,

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.100
 Jesus,

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.900
 God has made

00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:09.300
 a way of salvation

00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:10.480
 in Christ.

00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:12.000
 And we have

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.740
 to have both

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.280
 as we proclaim

00:22:13.280 --> 00:22:13.759
 the gospel,

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.200
 don't we?

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:17.819
 But that bad news

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:19.940
 is not popular

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.920
 to put it lightly,

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:21.400
 is it?

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.299
 Look there

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.980
 to verse 14.

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.600
 And here,

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.400
 I want us to see,

00:22:25.860 --> 00:22:26.759
 we see the first

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:28.019
 of three sinful

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:29.279
 attitudes here.

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:30.059
 These are sinful

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:31.319
 reactions to this

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:31.660
 warning.

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 And I wonder

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.759
 if you've ever

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.700
 run into any of these

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.840
 as you talk

00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.580
 about the gospel,

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.160
 as you talk

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.960
 about salvation,

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:38.120
 as you share

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.600
 the gospel

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:39.240
 with others.

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.380
 Three sinful

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:40.819
 attitudes.

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:41.640
 The first is

00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.340
 from Lot's

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:42.980
 sons-in-law.

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.059
 He goes out

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.380
 to them,

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.160
 verse 14,

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.680
 and he says,

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.279
 Up!

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.980
 Get out of this

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.460
 place!

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:50.160
 The Lord is about

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.460
 to destroy the city!

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:53.640
 But he seemed

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.860
 to his sons-in-law

00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:56.960
 to be jesting.

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 It's a joke.

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.319
 That's the first

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.440
 sinful attitude

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.340
 towards the warning.

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 It's all just

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.440
 a big joke.

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.080
 This isn't actually

00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.600
 going to happen.

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.360
 Are you kidding me?

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.299
 You're just some

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.880
 religious maniac.

00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:10.680
 That's hilarious.

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.059
 What are you

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.519
 talking about?

00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:12.140
 There's no judgment

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.480
 coming.

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:14.339
 My life is

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:14.779
 great.

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.559
 I got all the

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.259
 money I need.

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.259
 I'm happy.

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:18.860
 I can do

00:23:18.860 --> 00:23:19.640
 whatever I want.

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.799
 Some people

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.319
 just hear this

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.860
 and they laugh

00:23:21.860 --> 00:23:22.400
 it off.

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.720
 You're just

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.279
 some religious

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.160
 nut talking

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.819
 about judgment.

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.259
 It's one

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.880
 response.

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.700
 It's another

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.259
 here in verse

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.680
 15.

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.039
 Look here.

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.980
 Morning comes

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:32.360
 and Lot

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:33.420
 is still there.

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.180
 The sun

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.920
 comes up

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.880
 and judgment

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.500
 is coming.

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:37.880
 The angels

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.799
 have warned him

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.400
 but he doesn't

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:40.360
 really seem to be

00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:40.880
 in any sort of

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.120
 hurry,

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.519
 does he?

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.279
 The angels

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.599
 go.

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.319
 They're urging

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.740
 Lot,

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.480
 get up,

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.360
 get your wife,

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.180
 get your daughters,

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.339
 get out of here.

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:48.980
 Judgment

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.680
 is coming.

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.759
 How does he

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.240
 respond?

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:52.940
 Verse 16.

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.259
 It says he

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.220
 lingered.

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.660
 The second

00:23:58.660 --> 00:24:00.259
 sinful response

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.059
 to this warning

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:02.079
 is it's not

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.779
 urgent.

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.500
 I hear you.

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.559
 This warning

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.440
 may be real.

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.579
 Maybe it is,

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.299
 maybe it's not,

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.879
 but I have

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.460
 all the time

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.119
 in the world.

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.839
 It's not

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.259
 urgent.

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:13.720
 I can go

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.099
 about my

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.639
 business as

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.059
 usual.

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.480
 I'll get

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.299
 around to it

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.839
 when I get

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.639
 around to it.

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.200
 This repentance

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.779
 business,

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.099
 sure,

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:19.559
 I hear you.

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:19.960
 That's good.

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.639
 I'll get to it.

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.559
 Let me live

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.480
 my life first.

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.539
 The truth is,

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:25.740
 friend,

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.460
 you do not

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:26.960
 know when

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.399
 you will meet

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:27.720
 God.

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.159
 You do not

00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:31.619
 know when

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.079
 you'll die.

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.659
 You do not

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:36.079
 know when

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:36.659
 you will stand

00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:37.179
 before the

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:37.599
 judge.

00:24:39.199 --> 00:24:40.079
 You do not

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.579
 know when

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.139
 Christ will

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.539
 return.

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.859
 And it is

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.439
 foolish to

00:24:44.439 --> 00:24:45.079
 just linger

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.559
 in your sin

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.439
 and to linger

00:24:47.439 --> 00:24:47.839
 with that

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:49.019
 warning somewhere

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.579
 there in the

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:49.980
 back of your

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.579
 mind thinking

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.139
 I'll get

00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:51.939
 around to it

00:24:51.939 --> 00:24:52.919
 eventually when

00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:53.419
 I'm ready.

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.579
 God may be

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.059
 ready before

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.579
 you are.

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.879
 Don't linger.

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.419
 Lot here

00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:01.960
 lingers,

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.579
 but thankfully

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:04.079
 the Lord is

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:05.199
 merciful to him.

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.500
 See,

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.099
 the men

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.880
 seize him

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.119
 and his

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.559
 wife and

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.859
 his two

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.400
 daughters by

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:08.859
 the hand.

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.779
 They bring

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.339
 him out,

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:10.720
 the Lord

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.460
 being merciful

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.140
 to him.

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.940
 They bring

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.200
 him out,

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.559
 they set

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.059
 him outside

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.579
 the city

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.599
 and as

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.059
 they brought

00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:16.519
 them out,

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.180
 one said,

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.799
 this warning

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.160
 again,

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.039
 escape for

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.660
 your life.

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.779
 Don't stop,

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:22.480
 don't look back.

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.440
 Don't stop

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.000
 anywhere in the

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.339
 valley.

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.099
 Escape to the

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.420
 hills,

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.220
 lest you get

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.880
 swept away.

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.180
 They bring

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.880
 Lot out and

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.359
 he goes and

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:31.460
 he settles in

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.000
 the land of

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.559
 Zoar.

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.839
 And again,

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.460
 this is a

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.860
 small picture

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.740
 of salvation,

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.360
 isn't it?

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.279
 God's

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:41.039
 elect is

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.200
 plucked out

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.860
 of the

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.340
 fire,

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.519
 preserved from

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.039
 judgment,

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.680
 kicking and

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.259
 screaming it

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.880
 seems in

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.440
 Lot's case,

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.160
 but God by

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.779
 his grace,

00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:50.480
 he shows

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.160
 mercy to

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.400
 him,

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.539
 he rescues

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:52.960
 him from

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.440
 the judgment

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.000
 to come.

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.440
 This is a

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.900
 picture of

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.440
 salvation,

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.120
 isn't it?

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.740
 But we

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.600
 also see a

00:25:58.600 --> 00:25:59.240
 picture of

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.019
 judgment,

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.759
 the opposite

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.539
 side of the

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.579
 same coin

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.019
 here in

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.779
 verse 23.

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.659
 Lot makes

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:05.240
 it safely

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.700
 out,

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.460
 and the

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.259
 Lord rained

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.920
 on Sodom

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.500
 and Gomorrah

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.579
 sulfur and

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.399
 fire from

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:11.899
 the Lord

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:12.339
 out of

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.659
 heaven.

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.119
 And he

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.799
 overthrew

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.579
 those cities

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.779
 and all

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.379
 the valley

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:17.819
 and all

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.480
 the inhabitants

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.899
 of the

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.399
 cities and

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:20.319
 everything that

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.759
 grew on

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.299
 the ground,

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:21.879
 Sodom and

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.359
 Gomorrah

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:23.440
 and everyone

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.159
 in them,

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.039
 everything in

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.240
 them,

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.139
 they're all

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.819
 judged for

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.399
 their sin.

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:30.280
 the wrath

00:26:30.280 --> 00:26:31.140
 of God

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:32.120
 is poured

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:33.600
 out against

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.380
 their sin.

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.840
 It's just a

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:36.300
 terrible thought.

00:26:38.800 --> 00:26:39.400
 Friend,

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.040
 as we read

00:26:40.040 --> 00:26:40.460
 this,

00:26:40.840 --> 00:26:41.860
 don't make

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.700
 the mistake

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.660
 of reading

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.360
 this just

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:44.780
 as a

00:26:44.780 --> 00:26:46.060
 history lesson

00:26:46.060 --> 00:26:48.060
 of something

00:26:48.060 --> 00:26:48.519
 that happened

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.140
 way back

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.640
 then in

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.019
 Genesis

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.220
 that has

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.720
 nothing to

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.060
 do with

00:26:52.060 --> 00:26:52.500
 your life

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.940
 now,

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.920
 as if God

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.300
 has maybe

00:26:54.300 --> 00:26:54.640
 somehow

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.220
 mellowed

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.840
 out towards

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.460
 sin now.

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.740
 He's kind

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.059
 of calm

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.680
 down here

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:57.880
 in the

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.380
 New Testament.

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.799
 He's not

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.380
 as angry

00:26:59.380 --> 00:26:59.960
 towards our

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.599
 sin anymore.

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.960
 2 Peter

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.660
 tells us

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.039
 that the

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.440
 Lord

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.460
 turned the

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:06.920
 cities of

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.420
 Sodom and

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:07.759
 Gomorrah

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.460
 to ashes

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:10.059
 and condemned

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.539
 them to

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.380
 extinction,

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.259
 making them

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.519
 an example

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:16.200
 of what

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.680
 is going

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.319
 to happen

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:17.900
 to the

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.640
 ungodly.

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:20.920
 Jude,

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.319
 again,

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.799
 says something

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.180
 similar.

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.440
 Again,

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.099
 in verse 7,

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:23.640
 it says,

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.140
 Sodom and

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.500
 Gomorrah,

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.140
 they serve

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.779
 as an

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.539
 example.

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:28.500
 by undergoing

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.279
 a punishment

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.099
 of eternal

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.980
 fire.

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.019
 So,

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.440
 we should

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.799
 ask,

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.279
 shouldn't we?

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:34.480
 Well,

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.819
 an example

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.519
 for whom?

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.400
 An example

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.359
 of what?

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.799
 And I think

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.099
 you know

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.620
 the answer,

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.000
 don't you?

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.680
 This terrible

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.519
 judgment here

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.000
 in Genesis

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.839
 chapter 19,

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.900
 fire and

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.259
 sulfur,

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.940
 complete

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.720
 destruction,

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.759
 all of this

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.220
 is a

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.120
 partial

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:51.059
 pointer,

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.880
 a picture,

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:52.720
 is an

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:54.000
 example of

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.420
 an even

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.259
 greater

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.200
 destruction

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:57.059
 yet to

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.819
 come upon

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.539
 the wicked

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.420
 at the

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.980
 return of

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.519
 Christ.

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.099
 We ought

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.740
 to grieve

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.579
 this truth,

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.559
 church.

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.619
 Does that

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.119
 sit heavy

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.539
 with you?

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.519
 Look around

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.700
 yourself and

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.339
 ask,

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.039
 is our

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:18.059
 nation any

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.640
 better off

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.140
 than Sodom?

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:24.480
 Are we

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:24.900
 morally

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.720
 superior in

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.460
 any way

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.920
 to the

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.220
 men of

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.580
 Sodom?

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.200
 Are we

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.860
 better off

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.200
 than this

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.800
 nation that

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.120
 God

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:35.500
 poured out

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.600
 His wrath

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.200
 and destroyed

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.800
 with fire?

00:28:40.800 --> 00:28:41.600
 Billy Graham

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:43.080
 wrote in a

00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:43.560
 book about

00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:44.280
 the moral

00:28:44.280 --> 00:28:44.840
 decay of

00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.380
 this nation.

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.700
 This was

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.340
 years ago.

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:49.860
 And when

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.500
 His wife

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.700
 Ruth read

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:51.840
 it,

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.340
 she said,

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.660
 you know,

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.020
 if God

00:28:53.020 --> 00:28:53.560
 doesn't punish

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.000
 America,

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.380
 He's going

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.680
 to have to

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.380
 apologize to

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:55.759
 Sodom and

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.100
 Gomorrah.

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.259
 God will

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.940
 judge America

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:05.360
 and every

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:05.900
 other nation

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.759
 of the

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.580
 earth that

00:29:08.580 --> 00:29:09.680
 remains in

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.320
 rebellion

00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:11.620
 against the

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:11.900
 Lord.

00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:14.200
 The wicked

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.540
 of the

00:29:14.540 --> 00:29:15.120
 earth are

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:16.600
 storing up

00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.800
 wrath for

00:29:17.800 --> 00:29:18.960
 themselves by

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.579
 rebelling

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.259
 against the

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.779
 Lord and

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.860
 pursuing their

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.620
 flesh,

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.900
 pursuing

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.720
 unnatural

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.620
 desire,

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.980
 suppressing

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.620
 the truth

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.380
 about God

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:29.120
 and worshiping

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.600
 and serving

00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:30.600
 created things

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:31.480
 rather than

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.180
 the Creator.

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.480
 But you,

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.200
 Christian,

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.660
 like Lot,

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.920
 do not belong

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.640
 to this fallen

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.100
 nation.

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.840
 Praise God.

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.759
 You,

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.460
 Christian,

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:44.160
 like Lot,

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.940
 by the grace

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.799
 of God

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.340
 alone,

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.179
 are being

00:29:47.179 --> 00:29:48.599
 plucked out

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.240
 of this

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.619
 place.

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.019
 You do

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:51.039
 not belong

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.679
 here.

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.399
 You may

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.519
 live in a

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.240
 wicked city

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.779
 in a wicked

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.199
 world,

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.659
 but you are

00:29:55.659 --> 00:29:56.139
 not a

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.859
 citizen of

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.399
 this place

00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:57.919
 ultimately.

00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.259
 And when

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.679
 judgment

00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.539
 comes,

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.039
 you,

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.579
 like Lot,

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:02.919
 will be

00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.579
 preserved and

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.179
 sheltered in a

00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:04.579
 place of

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:04.939
 safety,

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.659
 covered by

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:05.959
 the blood

00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:06.579
 of Christ.

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:06.639
 Christ.

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:10.359
 But,

00:30:10.439 --> 00:30:10.779
 Christian,

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.779
 as you

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.960
 are journeying

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.740
 out,

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:16.279
 we must

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.919
 not make

00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:17.579
 the mistake

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.240
 of Lot's

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.779
 wife.

00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.299
 Look there

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:21.199
 to verse 26.

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.079
 This is the

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.960
 third sinful

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.960
 attitude here.

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.379
 The angels

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.779
 gave this

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.159
 command,

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.099
 don't look

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.659
 back.

00:30:28.699 --> 00:30:29.859
 Verse 26,

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.619
 but Lot's

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.099
 wife,

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.079
 behind him,

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:33.699
 she looked

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.199
 back.

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:35.799
 and she

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.580
 became a

00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.500
 pillar of

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.039
 salt.

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:40.559
 The sons-in-law

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.140
 said it's not

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.900
 that serious,

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.360
 Lot said it's

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:44.460
 not that urgent,

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.039
 and Lot's

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.460
 wife,

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:45.940
 by her

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.620
 actions,

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.380
 third sinful

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:47.980
 response,

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.640
 she says,

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.200
 it's not

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.880
 really what I

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.340
 want.

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:53.160
 Do I really

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:54.039
 want to be

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.640
 delivered from

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.220
 this city of

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.480
 sin?

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:58.160
 This is my

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.480
 home.

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.440
 Now,

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.860
 you probably

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.360
 know what the

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:01.980
 shortest verse

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.460
 of the Bible

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.759
 is.

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:03.140
 What is it?

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.960
 Jesus wept,

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.380
 right?

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.819
 John 11,

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.259
 35.

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.980
 There's one

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.460
 that's not

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:10.580
 too far off

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:10.940
 from that,

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.819
 Luke 17,

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.259
 32.

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.759
 Anybody know

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.160
 what it is?

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.100
 Remember

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.920
 Lot's wife.

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.559
 Remember

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.480
 Lot's

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.640
 wife.

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.000
 And what's

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.680
 the context?

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.340
 Again,

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:23.840
 it's the

00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.740
 return of

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.319
 Christ.

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.140
 Here's what

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.539
 he says,

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.319
 just as it

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.860
 was in the

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.380
 days of

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:29.720
 Lot,

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.160
 they were

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.720
 eating and

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.080
 drinking,

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.440
 they were

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.080
 buying and

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:32.420
 selling,

00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:33.100
 planting and

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.420
 building,

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.220
 but on

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.800
 that day

00:31:34.800 --> 00:31:35.279
 when Lot

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.600
 went out

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:36.259
 from Sodom,

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.100
 fire and

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.920
 sulfur rained

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.460
 from heaven

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.080
 and destroyed

00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:39.620
 them all,

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.860
 so will it

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.560
 be on the

00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:42.000
 day when

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.360
 the Son

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:42.759
 of Man

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.340
 is revealed.

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.060
 On that

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:45.400
 day,

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.800
 let the

00:31:45.800 --> 00:31:46.180
 one who

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.420
 is on

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.160
 the housetop

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.480
 with his

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.880
 goods in

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.320
 the house

00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:49.039
 not come

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.380
 down to

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.779
 take them

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.180
 away,

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:51.220
 and likewise

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.700
 let the

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.060
 one who

00:31:52.060 --> 00:31:52.279
 is in

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.740
 the field

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.380
 not turn

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.820
 back.

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.640
 Remember

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.259
 Lot's

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.720
 wife.

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.060
 Whoever

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:57.840
 seeks to

00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:58.240
 preserve

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.940
 his life

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.400
 will lose

00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.640
 it,

00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.640
 but

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:00.900
 whoever

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.360
 loses

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.680
 his

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.160
 life

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:03.240
 will

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.560
 keep

00:32:03.560 --> 00:32:03.880
 it.

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:05.920
 He

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.060
 says

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.259
 something

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.580
 similar

00:32:06.580 --> 00:32:06.900
 in Luke

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.280
 9

00:32:07.280 --> 00:32:08.280
 verse 32,

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.840
 no one

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.280
 who puts

00:32:09.280 --> 00:32:09.820
 his hands

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:10.120
 to the

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.480
 plow

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:10.860
 and looks

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.480
 back

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.600
 is fit

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:13.180
 for the

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.520
 kingdom

00:32:13.520 --> 00:32:15.040
 of God.

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.060
 You know,

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.520
 when someone

00:32:16.520 --> 00:32:17.740
 is saved

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.360
 by the grace

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:18.880
 of God,

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.540
 what happens

00:32:19.540 --> 00:32:19.940
 to them

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.540
 is they're

00:32:20.540 --> 00:32:21.600
 brought out

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.340
 of belonging

00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:22.860
 to the

00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:23.120
 kingdom

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.700
 of darkness.

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.120
 They no

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:25.820
 longer belong

00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:26.140
 here.

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:27.440
 They are

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.200
 plucked

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.780
 out

00:32:28.780 --> 00:32:29.420
 and with

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.900
 that they

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.780
 are brought

00:32:30.780 --> 00:32:31.820
 out of

00:32:31.820 --> 00:32:32.720
 slavery to

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.020
 sin.

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.759
 These old

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.420
 patterns of

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.220
 sinful behavior

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:37.140
 and sinful

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:38.020
 actions and

00:32:38.020 --> 00:32:38.840
 sinful attitude

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.800
 sinful everything

00:32:39.800 --> 00:32:41.040
 we no longer

00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:42.300
 belong to

00:32:42.300 --> 00:32:42.600
 it.

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.860
 We no longer

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.640
 belong to

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.160
 this fallen

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.620
 world.

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:48.120
 But sometimes

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:50.040
 our eyes

00:32:50.040 --> 00:32:50.759
 can be

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:52.180
 drawn back

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:54.020
 and we can

00:32:54.020 --> 00:32:54.520
 say in our

00:32:54.520 --> 00:32:54.900
 hearts,

00:32:55.020 --> 00:32:55.759
 is this really

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.299
 what I want?

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.480
 This is the

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.119
 Israelites in

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.519
 the wilderness

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.079
 looking back

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.519
 to Egypt

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.279
 and saying

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.740
 was it so

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.259
 bad there?

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.220
 Church,

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.559
 as we

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.000
 journey

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.019
 towards our

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:08.339
 final salvation

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:09.619
 we must

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.619
 keep our

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.960
 eyes fixed

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:13.259
 on Christ.

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.720
 Do not

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.859
 look back.

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.119
 Church,

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.460
 we've been

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.900
 warned,

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.680
 clearly this

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.160
 world is

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:23.379
 one day

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.180
 going to be

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:25.000
 consumed

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.960
 with fire.

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.380
 Those who

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:26.740
 are still

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.019
 in their

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.579
 sins will

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.799
 suffer God's

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.420
 wrath in

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.759
 hell,

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:31.400
 but those

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:31.960
 who are in

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.599
 Christ will

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:33.240
 be plucked

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.980
 out and

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.920
 redeemed by

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.420
 the grace

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.960
 of God.

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.460
 Don't make

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.299
 this mistake

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.119
 of thinking

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.559
 it's not

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.339
 serious,

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.160
 it's not

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.720
 urgent,

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.480
 and don't

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.059
 look back

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.740
 and longing

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.480
 for anything

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.019
 that you've

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.599
 been redeemed

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.160
 from.

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.339
 We see here

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:49.579
 in verse

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.140
 27,

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.680
 Abraham,

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.420
 the sun

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.980
 comes up,

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.299
 Abraham

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.159
 comes out,

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.419
 he gets

00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:54.839
 his morning

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.339
 coffee,

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.740
 he looks

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:57.259
 down out

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.559
 towards

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.980
 Sodom,

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.639
 and behold

00:33:58.639 --> 00:33:59.480
 the smoke

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.059
 of the land

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.500
 went up

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.859
 like the

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:02.299
 smoke of

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.799
 a furnace.

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.259
 He had

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:04.099
 prayed in

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:04.960
 chapter 18,

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.639
 the Lord

00:34:06.639 --> 00:34:07.139
 had agreed

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.419
 if there

00:34:07.419 --> 00:34:07.919
 were even

00:34:07.919 --> 00:34:09.119
 ten righteous

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.820
 people in

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.320
 that city,

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.699
 he would

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.539
 save the

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.199
 whole place

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.559
 for their

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:12.860
 sake.

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.059
 Well,

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.279
 he got

00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:13.679
 his answer,

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:13.900
 didn't

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.059
 he?

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.019
 So we

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.579
 see sinful

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.300
 actions,

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:19.980
 sinful

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.559
 attitudes,

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:22.219
 and we're

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.860
 left wondering,

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.340
 aren't we?

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.079
 Hopefully this

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.539
 gets a little

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.019
 better from

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.199
 here,

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:25.480
 right?

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.880
 Hopefully

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.199
 there's a

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:28.719
 positive end

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:28.980
 to this

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.360
 story.

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.079
 I got

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.599
 bad news

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.019
 for you.

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.880
 Third,

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.380
 we see

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.019
 sinful

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:36.400
 aftermath.

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.000
 If you

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.519
 thought that

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:39.719
 we were

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:39.840
 going to

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.039
 get a

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.279
 happy

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:40.840
 conclusion

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.159
 to all

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.460
 of this,

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.779
 sadly,

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:41.960
 you're

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.059
 going to

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.159
 be

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.619
 disappointed.

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:42.860
 Look

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.079
 there to

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.259
 verse

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.659
 30.

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:44.799
 You know,

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.099
 it's

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.460
 interesting,

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.039
 Lot doesn't

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.519
 stay in

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.159
 Zoar long,

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:47.539
 does he?

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:49.139
 And we

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.579
 don't have

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.039
 an explanation

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.119
 of why

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.860
 he left

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.460
 outside of,

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.000
 we just

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.219
 know that

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.440
 he was

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.039
 afraid,

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.420
 is what

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.840
 it says.

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:55.739
 And my

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:56.719
 best guess,

00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:57.059
 and this

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.320
 is a

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.639
 guess,

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.219
 my guess

00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.579
 is that

00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.420
 maybe he

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.159
 realized the

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.579
 people in

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.079
 Zoar

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:03.420
 weren't much

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.960
 better off

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.219
 than those

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:04.599
 people in

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:04.880
 Sodom.

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.800
 And maybe

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.239
 he didn't

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:07.619
 want to be

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.239
 around if

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:08.820
 that fire

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.759
 came again.

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.699
 Zoar

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.000
 probably

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.840
 wasn't too

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.460
 far away,

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:13.759
 it's

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.400
 possible that

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.619
 they were

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.059
 probably into

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.380
 the same

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.980
 stuff over

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.360
 there,

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.340
 and so we're

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.940
 told that he

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.539
 escapes,

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.159
 he goes to

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.759
 the hills

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:20.320
 with his

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.020
 two daughters

00:35:21.020 --> 00:35:21.740
 and he

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:21.980
 thinks,

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:22.140
 man,

00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:22.680
 wickedness

00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:23.180
 won't find

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.680
 me here.

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.340
 I'm just

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.640
 going to

00:35:26.640 --> 00:35:27.120
 unplug,

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:27.740
 get off

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.280
 the grid,

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:29.460
 and we

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:29.800
 will be

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.560
 safe if I

00:35:30.560 --> 00:35:30.820
 can just

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.440
 get away

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.860
 and get

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.220
 away from

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:32.520
 all the

00:35:32.520 --> 00:35:32.940
 wickedness

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.400
 over there,

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.020
 wickedness

00:35:34.020 --> 00:35:34.780
 won't find

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.460
 me here.

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:36.480
 But you

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.820
 know the

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.100
 story,

00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:37.500
 you heard

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.660
 it.

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.840
 Daughters

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.440
 hatch up a

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:39.860
 plan to

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.480
 get offspring

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.160
 by their

00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:41.600
 father,

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.120
 so they

00:35:42.120 --> 00:35:42.960
 get him

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.340
 drunk,

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.780
 they take

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:44.200
 turns,

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:44.700
 they go

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.559
 both

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.779
 get

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:47.759
 themselves

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:48.219
 pregnant.

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.460
 And we're

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.639
 told,

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:49.960
 actually,

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.379
 this is the

00:35:50.379 --> 00:35:51.199
 origin story

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.639
 for two

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.879
 of Israel's

00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:53.179
 enemies,

00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:54.000
 the Moabites

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.719
 and the

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.279
 Ammonites

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:55.759
 were told,

00:35:55.899 --> 00:35:56.219
 and so the

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.659
 Israelites,

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.199
 they would

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.659
 read this

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.000
 and say,

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.179
 oh,

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.599
 that makes

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.039
 sense,

00:35:59.179 --> 00:35:59.399
 right?

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.759
 These guys,

00:36:00.839 --> 00:36:01.199
 I can't

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.819
 stand them,

00:36:01.859 --> 00:36:02.159
 that makes

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.519
 sense where

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:02.839
 they come

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.159
 from.

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:04.579
 No wonder.

00:36:05.939 --> 00:36:06.619
 But here,

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:08.000
 we see Lot

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.719
 has been

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.819
 redeemed.

00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:10.619
 He's been

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.919
 given a second

00:36:11.919 --> 00:36:12.480
 chance,

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:12.779
 he's been

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.359
 given a new

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.920
 beginning.

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.340
 This is a

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.340
 clean slate

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:17.079
 and a fresh

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:18.000
 start for Lot.

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.420
 He's been

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.300
 brought out

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:19.840
 of a sinful

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.340
 place,

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.700
 he's been

00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:21.160
 preserved

00:36:21.160 --> 00:36:21.920
 from God's

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.340
 judgment,

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.180
 he's been

00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:24.120
 shown God's

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:24.539
 mercy,

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.360
 and it kind

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.740
 of reminds

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:26.019
 you a little

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.480
 bit of Noah,

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:26.980
 doesn't it?

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.280
 You remember

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:28.720
 the story

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.120
 of Noah?

00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:30.960
 Noah and

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.519
 his family

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.300
 are preserved

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:33.000
 from the

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.559
 wrath of

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.880
 God.

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.840
 God destroys

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.599
 all the

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.039
 wickedness

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.320
 of the

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.660
 world,

00:36:37.120 --> 00:36:37.860
 washes it

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.500
 with judgment.

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.860
 Noah comes

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.140
 out,

00:36:40.220 --> 00:36:40.519
 they're given

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.140
 this new

00:36:41.140 --> 00:36:41.640
 start,

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:41.920
 and what

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.300
 happens

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.760
 immediately

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.320
 once Boots

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.559
 hit the

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:43.900
 ground.

00:36:45.640 --> 00:36:47.100
 Sin still

00:36:47.100 --> 00:36:48.140
 remains.

00:36:49.580 --> 00:36:50.480
 The aftermath

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.200
 of all of

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:52.240
 it is still

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:53.180
 sin.

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.539
 Lot thought

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:55.940
 that I can

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.240
 just go

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:56.740
 escape,

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:58.220
 and maybe I

00:36:58.220 --> 00:36:58.600
 can just get

00:36:58.600 --> 00:36:59.120
 out of here,

00:36:59.200 --> 00:36:59.840
 but we see

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.680
 maybe the

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:01.760
 location wasn't

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.460
 the main issue,

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:02.900
 was it?

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.519
 He's isolated

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.039
 out in the

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.320
 hills,

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.100
 nobody else

00:37:07.100 --> 00:37:07.559
 around,

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.420
 but they

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.380
 carried their

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:10.640
 sin with

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.159
 them.

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.960
 Sin still

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.900
 remains.

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.359
 You know,

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.099
 sometimes I

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.319
 think we

00:37:17.319 --> 00:37:17.659
 can fool

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.039
 ourselves

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.539
 into thinking

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:19.539
 that the

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.420
 solution to

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:21.279
 our problems

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:21.960
 is just a

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.579
 change,

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:22.879
 right?

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.639
 So we

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.619
 move jobs,

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.219
 we move

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:27.719
 cities,

00:37:28.379 --> 00:37:29.000
 we change

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.659
 our location,

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.339
 we change

00:37:30.339 --> 00:37:31.539
 our circumstance,

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.379
 we change

00:37:32.379 --> 00:37:33.179
 our surroundings,

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:33.839
 and all of

00:37:33.839 --> 00:37:34.359
 that may be

00:37:34.359 --> 00:37:34.599
 good.

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:34.980
 I think you

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.519
 would agree.

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.259
 it was good

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:36.840
 for Lot to

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.219
 move on

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.719
 from Sodom,

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:37.920
 right?

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:41.019
 But we

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.300
 need to

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.800
 recognize

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:44.500
 that unless

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:45.320
 the heart

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:46.400
 is changed,

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:46.960
 nothing

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.579
 changes.

00:37:50.759 --> 00:37:51.239
 Sin

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:52.280
 still

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:53.659
 remains.

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.079
 Unless

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:57.079
 your heart

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:58.179
 is changed,

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:59.159
 you'll bring

00:37:59.159 --> 00:37:59.659
 your sin

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.119
 with you

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:00.440
 to your

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.019
 new town,

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.340
 and your

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:02.000
 new job,

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.259
 and your

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:03.059
 new relationship,

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.559
 and your

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.280
 new church,

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:04.559
 and your

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.280
 new

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:06.040
 neighborhood,

00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:08.560
 sin must

00:38:08.560 --> 00:38:09.180
 be dealt

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.700
 with on

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.440
 a heart

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:11.120
 level.

00:38:13.600 --> 00:38:14.080
 Which

00:38:14.080 --> 00:38:14.540
 just shows

00:38:14.540 --> 00:38:14.900
 us that

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.360
 all of

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:15.820
 this from

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.460
 beginning to

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:16.800
 end,

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.400
 it shows

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:18.160
 us our

00:38:18.160 --> 00:38:19.440
 need for

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.360
 a redeemer.

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.600
 It shows

00:38:22.600 --> 00:38:22.940
 us our

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.340
 need for

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.860
 Christ.

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.000
 Church,

00:38:26.080 --> 00:38:26.360
 the bad

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:26.800
 news is

00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:27.700
 that all

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:28.240
 of us

00:38:28.240 --> 00:38:29.120
 are sinners,

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:29.460
 and we

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:29.980
 see the

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.380
 ugliness

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:30.740
 of our

00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:31.200
 sin here

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.680
 on full

00:38:31.680 --> 00:38:32.040
 display,

00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:32.480
 don't we?

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.880
 And we

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.900
 believe that

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.660
 our sin

00:38:35.660 --> 00:38:36.700
 has earned

00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:37.519
 us the

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:38.280
 wrath of

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:38.639
 God.

00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:38.920
 That's

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.380
 the bad

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.820
 news.

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.639
 The good

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:42.539
 news of

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.280
 the gospel

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:44.400
 is that

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.019
 Christ

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.720
 Jesus

00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:46.740
 came to

00:38:46.740 --> 00:38:47.579
 save

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:48.260
 sinners.

00:38:50.180 --> 00:38:50.800
 Jesus

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.519
 came to

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.680
 change us

00:38:52.680 --> 00:38:52.980
 from the

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.940
 inside out,

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.559
 and by

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.240
 his spirit

00:38:56.240 --> 00:38:56.559
 to give

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:56.820
 us a

00:38:56.820 --> 00:38:58.039
 new heart

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.940
 that's no

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.680
 longer bound

00:38:59.680 --> 00:39:00.480
 with shackles

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.000
 and chains

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.639
 to sin,

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:03.000
 that's free

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.940
 to love

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.300
 him and

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.679
 obey

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.059
 him and

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.579
 to seek

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:05.980
 him and

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.480
 pursue

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:07.380
 him with

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:07.719
 all of

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:08.179
 our heart

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.460
 and all

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:08.719
 of our

00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:09.199
 mind and

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.460
 all of

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:09.960
 our soul

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.320
 and all

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.559
 of our

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:11.099
 strength.

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.760
 Christ

00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:14.480
 came to

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.679
 bear the

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.659
 full wrath

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.199
 of God

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.860
 against our

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.320
 sin.

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:18.639
 Do you

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.719
 realize God

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.480
 poured out

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.360
 his wrath

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.039
 against Christ

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.340
 in your

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:22.780
 place?

00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:25.059
 This picture

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.639
 of judgment

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.119
 in Genesis

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.679
 19,

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:27.260
 the wrath

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:27.699
 of God,

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.199
 we see that

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:28.440
 and we say,

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.679
 oh,

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:29.900
 that's mean.

00:39:30.660 --> 00:39:30.940
 Do you

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.880
 understand Christ

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.740
 bore the

00:39:32.740 --> 00:39:33.200
 wrath of

00:39:33.200 --> 00:39:33.619
 God for

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:33.880
 you?

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:37.039
 So that by

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.500
 faith in

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.900
 him we

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.280
 would be

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:39.079
 washed

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.500
 clean,

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:41.280
 made new,

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:41.700
 no longer

00:39:41.700 --> 00:39:42.360
 called sinners

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:43.559
 but saints,

00:39:43.720 --> 00:39:44.119
 no longer

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:44.840
 belong to the

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.260
 kingdom of

00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:45.880
 darkness but

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:46.500
 belong to

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:46.980
 the kingdom

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:47.980
 of God.

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:49.579
 It's sobering

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:51.400
 when you read

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:52.039
 a passage like

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:54.619
 this to see

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.380
 the weight

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:56.559
 of our sin

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:56.920
 and the

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.639
 severity of

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:58.180
 God's judgment

00:39:58.180 --> 00:39:59.139
 against wickedness

00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:00.000
 but church,

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.519
 I hope you

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:01.000
 see it's

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.659
 against this

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:02.859
 black backdrop

00:40:02.859 --> 00:40:03.779
 that we see

00:40:03.779 --> 00:40:04.519
 the grace

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.440
 of God

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.579
 towards sinners

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.759
 in the gospel

00:40:07.759 --> 00:40:08.599
 shine so

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:09.000
 clearly.

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.319
 Have you

00:40:12.319 --> 00:40:12.719
 heard the

00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:13.059
 warning?

00:40:15.799 --> 00:40:16.579
 Have you

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:16.920
 heard the

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.480
 invitation

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.779
 this morning?

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:19.879
 Come to

00:40:19.879 --> 00:40:20.319
 Christ.

00:40:21.259 --> 00:40:22.099
 Come to

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:23.199
 Christ and

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:23.879
 be saved.

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:25.859
 Do not

00:40:25.859 --> 00:40:26.500
 turn back.

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.119
 Fix your

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:28.019
 eyes on

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.699
 Christ.

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:32.319
 God's

00:40:32.319 --> 00:40:32.559
 such a

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.179
 terrible story

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:33.619
 of sin.

00:40:33.779 --> 00:40:34.099
 You might

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.400
 wonder,

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:34.900
 maybe you'll

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.759
 get a happy

00:40:35.759 --> 00:40:36.259
 ending.

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:36.639
 No.

00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:39.480
 You might

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:39.819
 wonder,

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.599
 can it get

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.379
 any worse

00:40:41.379 --> 00:40:42.079
 than this?

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:42.599
 And actually,

00:40:42.739 --> 00:40:43.039
 yes,

00:40:43.359 --> 00:40:43.679
 church,

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.239
 it does.

00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:46.460
 I want to

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:46.859
 point you to

00:40:46.859 --> 00:40:47.480
 Matthew chapter

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.779
 11 as we

00:40:48.779 --> 00:40:49.119
 close.

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:51.699
 Jesus,

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.519
 in Matthew

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:53.579
 chapter 11,

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:55.279
 he condemns the

00:40:55.279 --> 00:40:56.339
 surrounding areas

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:57.320
 of Chorazin

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:58.120
 and Bethsaida.

00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:58.900
 And listen to

00:40:58.900 --> 00:40:59.500
 what he says.

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.720
 He says,

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.660
 woe to you,

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:03.300
 Chorazin,

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:04.940
 woe to you,

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.600
 Bethsaida,

00:41:06.140 --> 00:41:06.700
 for if the

00:41:06.700 --> 00:41:07.360
 mighty works

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:08.380
 done in you

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:09.160
 had been done

00:41:09.160 --> 00:41:09.940
 in Tyre and

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.420
 Sidon,

00:41:10.620 --> 00:41:11.180
 they would have

00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:11.880
 repented long

00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:12.980
 ago in sackcloth

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.559
 and ashes.

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:15.120
 But I tell you,

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:17.000
 it will be more

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:18.519
 tolerable on the

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.360
 day of judgment

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:20.660
 for the land

00:41:20.660 --> 00:41:21.420
 of Sodom

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:23.539
 than for you.

00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:26.559
 You hear that?

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:29.220
 It will be

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:30.920
 more tolerable

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:32.960
 on the day

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.599
 of judgment

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:35.539
 for Sodom

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:37.119
 than for you.

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:37.579
 Why?

00:41:39.260 --> 00:41:39.960
 The English

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.680
 Bishop J.C.

00:41:40.740 --> 00:41:41.559
 Ryle explains,

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.139
 he says,

00:41:42.220 --> 00:41:42.780
 it will prove

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:43.760
 more tolerable

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:44.480
 to have lived

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:45.159
 in Tyre,

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.119
 Sidon,

00:41:46.260 --> 00:41:47.079
 and Sodom

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:47.760
 than to have

00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:48.800
 heard the gospel

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:49.619
 in England

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:50.539
 and at last

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:51.839
 die unconverted.

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:52.579
 Do you get it?

00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:57.159
 As wicked

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:57.619
 as the men

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.099
 of Sodom

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.359
 were,

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:59.159
 Jesus says,

00:41:59.239 --> 00:41:59.799
 it will be

00:41:59.799 --> 00:42:01.219
 more tolerable

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:02.139
 for these

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:02.980
 great sinners

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:03.819
 on the day

00:42:03.819 --> 00:42:04.380
 of judgment

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:05.239
 than it will

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:06.239
 be for you

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:06.880
 who have

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:08.139
 heard the gospel

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:09.519
 again and

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:10.599
 again and

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:11.679
 again and

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:12.599
 again and

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:13.119
 have yet

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:14.299
 refused to

00:42:14.299 --> 00:42:14.940
 repent and

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.480
 believe.

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:19.980
 so hear it

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.300
 again,

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:20.960
 non-believer.

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:23.679
 The invitation

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.880
 to you,

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:26.460
 turn to

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:26.980
 Christ.

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:29.119
 Would you

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.619
 come to

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:30.179
 Christ in

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:30.579
 faith?

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:32.559
 Would you

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:33.480
 escape the

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:34.219
 wrath of God

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:34.679
 that you've

00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:35.079
 earned for

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:35.659
 your sin?

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.260
 Would you

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:37.900
 look to Him

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:38.659
 in faith and

00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:39.719
 trust that He

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:40.420
 has borne

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:41.159
 your penalty

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:42.039
 on the cross?

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.619
 Would you

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:45.019
 come to

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:45.440
 Christ?

00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:48.059
 And

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.519
 Christian,

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.460
 here's your

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:49.759
 call.

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:50.199
 Again,

00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:50.659
 I'll quote

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:51.739
 from J.C.

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:52.400
 Ryle in a

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:52.980
 sermon called

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:53.820
 Christ's

00:42:53.820 --> 00:42:54.239
 greatest

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:54.940
 trophy.

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:55.920
 He urges

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:56.219
 us,

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:56.619
 believer,

00:42:56.980 --> 00:42:57.360
 he says,

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.280
 tell the

00:42:58.280 --> 00:42:58.759
 young,

00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:00.360
 tell the

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:00.800
 poor,

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.280
 tell the

00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:02.800
 aged,

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:03.340
 tell the

00:43:03.340 --> 00:43:03.840
 ignorant,

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:04.579
 tell the

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:05.000
 sick,

00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:05.639
 tell the

00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:06.019
 dying,

00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:06.679
 tell them

00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:07.259
 all about

00:43:07.259 --> 00:43:07.759
 Christ.

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.539
 Tell them

00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:09.800
 of His

00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:10.579
 power and

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:10.920
 tell them

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:11.239
 of His

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:11.719
 love.

00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:12.880
 Tell them

00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:13.139
 of His

00:43:13.139 --> 00:43:14.199
 doings and

00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:14.599
 tell them

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:14.880
 of His

00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:15.519
 feelings.

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.299
 Tell them

00:43:16.299 --> 00:43:16.779
 what He

00:43:16.779 --> 00:43:17.239
 has done

00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:17.599
 for the

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:18.219
 chief of

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:18.639
 sinners.

00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:19.980
 Tell them

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.199
 what He

00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:20.579
 is willing

00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:21.000
 to do

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:21.339
 until the

00:43:21.339 --> 00:43:21.880
 last day

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:22.420
 of time.

00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:23.000
 Tell it

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.299
 to them

00:43:23.299 --> 00:43:24.360
 over and

00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:25.239
 over again.

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:25.980
 Never be

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.480
 tired of

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:27.000
 speaking of

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.480
 Christ.

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.380
 Say to

00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:29.960
 them broadly

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:30.639
 and fully,

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.839
 freely and

00:43:31.839 --> 00:43:32.779
 unconditionally,

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:34.179
 unreservedly

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:35.279
 and undoubtedly,

00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:36.759
 come unto

00:43:36.759 --> 00:43:37.799
 Christ as the

00:43:37.799 --> 00:43:38.579
 penitent thief

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:38.940
 did.

00:43:39.239 --> 00:43:39.799
 Come unto

00:43:39.799 --> 00:43:41.579
 Christ and

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:42.299
 you shall

00:43:42.299 --> 00:43:43.039
 be saved.

00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:45.940
 Father,

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:51.779
 as we

00:43:51.779 --> 00:43:52.219
 consider

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:53.860
 such things

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:54.400
 as this,

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:54.960
 judgment

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.619
 against our

00:43:55.619 --> 00:43:56.079
 sin,

00:43:56.219 --> 00:43:56.420
 Lord,

00:43:56.739 --> 00:43:57.219
 who can

00:43:57.219 --> 00:43:57.860
 stand before

00:43:57.860 --> 00:43:58.219
 a holy

00:43:58.219 --> 00:43:58.619
 God?

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:00.699
 None of

00:44:00.699 --> 00:44:01.039
 us on

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:01.420
 our own

00:44:01.420 --> 00:44:01.719
 right.

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:04.179
 We are

00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:05.219
 all sinful.

00:44:06.659 --> 00:44:07.159
 Lord,

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:07.460
 it's only

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:07.819
 by your

00:44:07.819 --> 00:44:08.539
 grace in

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:09.139
 Christ,

00:44:09.279 --> 00:44:10.119
 only by

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:11.039
 Christ Jesus

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:11.639
 alone,

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:12.659
 that can

00:44:12.659 --> 00:44:13.259
 a sinner be

00:44:13.259 --> 00:44:13.960
 counted righteous

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:14.360
 in your

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:14.659
 sight.

00:44:14.779 --> 00:44:15.340
 We praise

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:15.519
 you,

00:44:15.719 --> 00:44:15.800
 Lord,

00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:16.980
 for salvation

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:17.480
 from the

00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:18.000
 judgment to

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.300
 come.

00:44:19.759 --> 00:44:20.139
 And we

00:44:20.139 --> 00:44:20.559
 pray,

00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:21.139
 Lord,

00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:22.139
 would sinners

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:22.820
 turn to

00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:23.480
 Christ Jesus

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:24.000
 in faith

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.320
 and be

00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:24.719
 saved.

00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:26.079
 And we

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:26.500
 pray,

00:44:26.739 --> 00:44:26.860
 Lord,

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:27.239
 that this

00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:27.659
 church be

00:44:27.659 --> 00:44:28.340
 a beacon

00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:29.360
 of gospel

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:30.059
 hope to

00:44:30.059 --> 00:44:30.420
 the lost

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:30.800
 and dying

00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:31.480
 around us.

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:33.039
 We pray

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:33.300
 this in

00:44:33.300 --> 00:44:33.519
 Jesus'

00:44:33.679 --> 00:44:33.840
 name.

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:35.460
 Amen.