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 Good morning. My name is Sean. If you're a guest here with us, I'm one of the pastors of Trinity

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 Cambridge Church, and I have the privilege of bringing God's Word to you on most Sundays.

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 And today, as Ruth read from, we're in Jeremiah 2, 1 to 4, 4, but because it's a long passage,

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 I didn't read, we didn't read the whole thing. But that means as I'm preaching, because I'm

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 preaching from the whole passage, I will be reading extended portions of it from God's Word.

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 And so I really encourage you to open your Bibles if you haven't already. Don't rely,

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 because I'm not going to be putting the main passage of Scripture on the screen. And I know

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 some of you guys might find that a little bit frustrating. Like, why doesn't he just preach?

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 Why does he have to keep going back to the Bible and read all this? Just tell us what it says. But

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 that it's a strong conviction of mine that it's God's Word that is efficacious unto our salvation,

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 not my words. And my words are just unpacking God's Word so that the effect of God's Word bears on us.

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 And that's why in 1 Timothy, in Paul's letter to Timothy, Paul says,

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 devote yourselves to the public reading of Scripture and to exhortation and to teaching.

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 Not just to exhortation and teaching, to the reading of Scripture, because it's God's Word that is

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 effective in changing our lives. So please be patient with me. I'll refer you back to Scripture

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 and go with me and read with me as I go. You've all heard the phrase, oh, it's nothing personal.

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 And ironically, sometimes people say that to you before they hurl their most personal criticisms at you.

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 As if merely saying it's not personal now gives them the license to vent all of their frustrations and anger.

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 And sometimes we think of our offenses against God, our sins, in the same exact way. We think of sin in

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 this abstract, impersonal terms. And we say, oh, it's nothing personal, God. I love you and I think

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 you're great, but I really can't resist this. I really need this right now. And we sin.

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 But today's passage talks about sin in concrete and intensely personal terms. Sin is not an

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 abstract. It's always personal. It's an offense against. To sin is to choose something or someone

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 instead of God and to take concrete steps away from God. And for that reason, all who sin must truly,

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 genuinely, wholeheartedly return to God. That's the main point of this passage. That those who have turned

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 away from the Lord must return to Him wholeheartedly. And we'll see that in two parts. First, we'll talk

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 about how Israel turned away in chapter 2. And then we'll talk about how Israel should return to Him

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 in chapters 3 and the beginning in 4. In chapter 1, we saw the word of the Lord come to Jeremiah to call

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 him and consecrate him and then commission him as a prophet to the nations. And then here in chapter 2,

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 we begin to see Jeremiah's obedience to God's commission. So read verses 1 to 3 with me.

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 The word of the Lord came to me saying,

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 Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride,

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 how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

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 Israel was holy to the Lord,

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 the first fruits of His harvest.

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 All who ate of it incurred guilt.

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 But disaster came upon them,

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 declares the Lord.

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 In their youth, this is a picture of Israel.

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 Israel was devoted to God.

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 The word devoted is the same word that is used to describe God's covenant love toward His people,

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 His steadfast love, His loving kindness.

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 As they should be, Israel was once loyal to God and faithful to God.

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 They once loved Him like a bride who loves her husband and follows him anywhere he's willing to go.

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 Like a bride, Israel followed God out of Egypt into the wilderness to a land not sown,

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 to a land that is not until before.

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 This is a beautiful image of a bride giving herself complete to her husband

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 and leaving her household to start a new place, in a new place, a new life together.

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 That's what Israel was like to God, a bride for Him.

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 And yet, and they were holy to the Lord, it says,

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 consecrated to belong exclusively to Him.

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 And they were the first fruits of His harvest.

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 First fruits was a stipulation in the Old Testament

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 where all the first fruits of your produce and livestock

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 were supposed to be given to the Lord as an offering of thanksgiving.

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 And so by recognizing giving a portion, the first fruits of your produce to God,

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 you recognize that all that you have ultimately came from God.

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 And so that first fruit was considered sacred, devoted to the Lord,

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 His special portion, symbolizing that everything belongs to Him.

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 And Israel was that first fruit for God,

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 meaning that there would be in the future, the rest of the fruits would come,

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 all the nations, people would come from all nations to be saved by Him.

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 But Israel was the first fruits, and because of His special possession,

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 all who tampered with the first fruits that belonged to God,

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 all who messed with Israel,

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 incurred guilt and invited the wrath of God.

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 That's the picture of intimacy and trust we find here.

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 But that is a thing of the past.

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 The present state of things is quite different.

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 Read verses 4 to 7 with me.

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 Follow with me as I read.

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 Hear the word of the Lord.

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 O house of Jacob and all the clans of the house of Israel,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 What wrong did your fathers find in me,

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 that they went far from me,

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 and went after worthlessness,

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 and became worthless?

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 They did not say,

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 Where is the Lord,

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 who brought us up from the land of Egypt,

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 who led us in the wilderness,

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 in a land of deserts and pits,

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 in a land of drought and deep darkness,

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 in a land that none passes deep,

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 where none dwells.

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 And I brought you into a plentiful land

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 to enjoy its fruits and its good things.

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 But when you came in,

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 you defiled my land

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 and made my heritage an abomination.

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 At this point of Jeremiah's ministry,

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 the northern kingdom of Israel

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 has already been conquered by Assyria,

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 but some of them would have taken refuge

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 in the southern kingdom of Judah,

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 and that's where Jeremiah is based

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 and is ministering.

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 And so Jeremiah's here,

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 he's addressing all the clans

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 of the house of Israel,

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 and asked them a rhetorical question,

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 What wrong did your fathers find in me,

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 that they went far from me?

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 This is God speaking.

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 Of course, the answer is nothing.

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 There was no wrong in God.

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 God was always faithful to them.

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 No one has found fault with God,

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 because God has been faultless with them,

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 yet still they found fault.

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 Yet still they went far from him.

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 And because they went after worthlessness,

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 they themselves became worthless.

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 The spelling and pronunciation in Hebrew

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 of the word worthless

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 is very much the same as the word Baal,

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 who is the main pagan god,

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 the Canaanite deity.

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 And so every time in these passages

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 and throughout Jeremiah,

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 you hear phrases and words like worthless

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 or unprofitable, good for nothing, useless,

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 those are all kind of references to Baal.

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 Saying that you abandoned me,

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 the true God who saved you,

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 and you went after worthless things,

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 and in worshiping worthless things,

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 you became worthless yourself.

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 And then look in verse 8 with me.

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 All Israel forsook the Lord, it says.

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 And not just the people,

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 all the leaders of Israel.

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 It says in verse 8,

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 The priests did not say,

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 Where is the Lord?

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 They didn't search for him.

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 Those who handled the law did not know me.

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 The shepherds transgressed against me.

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 The prophets prophesied by Baal

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 and went after things that do not profit.

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 Again, Baal, right?

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 The priests who are responsible for seeking the Lord

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 did not ask, Where is the Lord?

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 The scribes and Levites who are responsible

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 for teaching about God themselves

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 did not know God.

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 And the shepherds are metaphors for kings

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 and rulers of Israel.

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 And these rulers, these shepherds,

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 did not lead people in God's way,

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 but they themselves transgressed the ways of God,

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 went across the boundaries

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 that were forbidden to them.

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 And finally, even the prophets

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 who are supposed to speak by the Lord

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 and reveal His will,

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 prophesied by Baal instead.

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 For this reason,

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 God must bring His charge against them.

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 And this is what He says in verse 9 to 13.

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 He contends with them.

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 Therefore, I still contend with you,

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 declares the Lord,

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 and with your children's children

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 I will contend.

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 For cross to the coast of Cyprus and sea,

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 or send to Kedar and examine with care.

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 See if there has been such a thing.

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 Has a nation changed its gods,

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 even though they are no gods?

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 But my people have changed their glory

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 for that which does not profit.

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 Be appalled, O heavens, at this.

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 Be shocked.

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 Be utterly desolate, declares the Lord.

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 For my people have committed two evils.

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 They have forsaken me,

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 the fountain of living waters,

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 and hewed out cisterns for themselves,

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 broken cisterns that can hold no water.

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 The main thrust of God's contention is this.

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 Israel, what Israel has done,

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 is so wicked,

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 so treacherous,

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 that it has not been done

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 in the history of any nation around them.

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 Nations in the ancient Near East

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 were polytheistic,

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 so they might add deities

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 to their pantheon of deities.

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 They might reorder their deities

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 in their prominence,

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 but they never changed their gods.

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 They never abandoned the gods

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 that their ancestors worshipped completely.

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 Yet Israel

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 have abandoned the one true God.

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 They have changed their God

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 and worshipped idols.

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 And then God specifies their offense

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 to two parts in verse 13.

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 My people have committed two evils.

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 They have forsaken me,

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 the fountain of living waters,

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 and hewed out cisterns for themselves,

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 broken cisterns that can hold no water.

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 Many people in this geographic area

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 where Jeremiah is writing from

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 did not have access to living waters.

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 So living water is referenced

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 to a live water source.

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 It could be a river

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 or it could be a spring

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 that spews forth water.

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 And because most people

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 didn't have access to such living water,

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 they had to resort to rainwater.

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 And the way they saved rainwater

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 is by digging a cistern

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 into these rocky lime hills.

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 They would dig a cistern out,

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 hew it out,

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 and then they would plaster the walls

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 with lime plaster

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 to make sure that the water

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 doesn't leak.

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 And then they would use irrigation

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 to direct the water,

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 the rainwater,

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 into the cistern

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 and store it for further use.

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 But such cisterns

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 frequently developed leaks

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 and cracks,

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 and it drained

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 the very life source

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 of their people

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 who were depending on them.

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 So this is an image

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 that's very familiar

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 to God's people.

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 And God says to them,

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 I am the fountain

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 of living waters.

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 Yet you have abandoned me

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 to hew out broken cisterns

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 that can hold no water.

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 Let that image

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 just be etched indelibly

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 on your minds.

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 God is the fountain

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 of living waters.

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 The God is the eternal life.

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 And only He can satisfy you.

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 We were created

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 for eternity

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 to glorify God

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 and to enjoy Him forever.

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 And nothing less than that

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 can ever satisfy us.

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 whatever else

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 you might turn to

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 for joy,

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 for purpose,

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 for fulfillment,

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 whether it's other gods

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 or success,

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 job,

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 wealth,

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 charitable work,

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 beauty,

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 fitness,

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 or power,

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 whatever it might be.

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 It doesn't matter

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 how good these things are

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 in and of themselves.

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 If you turn to them

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 for your ultimate fulfillment,

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 if you turn to them

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 as your ultimate goal in life,

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 they will turn out

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 to be broken cisterns

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 that can hold no water.

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 It might seem like

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 it's working for you

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 for a little while,

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 but it's just a matter of time

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 and you'll discover

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 a crack here,

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 a leak there,

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 and find that

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 your cistern is empty

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 and that your life

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 is running dry.

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 The same has happened

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 to Israel at this point

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 and we see the consequences

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 of their idolatry

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 in verses 14 to 19.

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 Follow with me

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 as I read.

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 Is Israel a slave?

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 Is he a home-born servant?

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 Why then has he become a prey?

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 The lions have roared against him.

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 They have roared loudly.

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 They have his land a waste.

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 His cities are in ruins

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 without inhabitant.

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 Moreover,

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 the men of Memphis

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 and Tapanis

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 have shaved the crown

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 of your head.

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 Have you not

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 brought upon yourself

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 by forsaking the Lord your God

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 when he led you in the way?

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 And now,

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 what do you gain

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 by going to Egypt

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 to drink the waters of the Nile?

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 Or what do you gain

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 by going to Assyria

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 to drink the waters

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 of the Euphrates?

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 Your evil will chastise you

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 and your apostasy

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 will reprove you.

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 Know and see

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 that it is evil

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 and bitter for you

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 to forsake the Lord your God.

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 The fear of me

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 is not in you,

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 declares the Lord God of hosts.

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 God has bestowed

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 great honor in Israel

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 by calling them

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 in Exodus 4.22

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 the firstborn son.

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 And he rescued them

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 out of their slavery in Egypt.

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 But by turning to

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 these idolatrous pagan nations,

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 to the broken cisterns

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 that can hold no water,

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 instead of turning to God

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 the fountain of living waters,

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 these people

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 have enslaved themselves

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 all over again.

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 And so God asks them,

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 is Israel indeed a son?

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 Is Israel indeed free?

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 Why then are they wasted

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 and enslaved to other nations?

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 Even the Nile of the Egyptians,

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 the famed Euphrates

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 of the Assyrians,

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 are just broken cisterns

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 that can hold no water.

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 So don't turn to them,

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 turn to me.

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 And then using a series

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 of hard-hitting images,

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 and this is how personally

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 God takes this,

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 God describes the apostasy

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 in verses 20 to 25.

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 First, he describes it

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 in verse 20 this way,

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 For long ago I broke your yoke

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 and burst your bonds,

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 but you said,

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 I will not serve.

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 God freed them

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 from their slavery,

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 but still they said,

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 No, we will not serve the Lord.

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 We will serve these idols instead.

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 And then this analogy

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 is used of prostitution.

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 Yes, on every high hill

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 and under every green tree,

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 you bow down like a whore.

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 Baal, the Canaanite idol,

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 was considered a god

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 of rain and fertility.

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 And so because of that,

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 those who worshipped Baal

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 performed sexual rituals

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 at local shrines

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 that were located

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 on the high hills.

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 And even though

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 they had been freed

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 by the sovereign Lord,

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 these Israelites

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 sprawled themselves out

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 under leafy trees

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 like a common harlot.

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 Then the second analogy

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 is in verses 21 to 22.

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 God says,

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 He planted them

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 as a choice vine,

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 holy of pure seed,

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 to bear grapes

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 of the highest quality,

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 sweet grapes

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 that can yield premium wine.

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 Yet,

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 they became like a wild vine

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 that yields bitter fruit.

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 And they stain themselves

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 with scents

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 that not even soap

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 can wash them clean.

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 And then in verse 23,

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 God compares Israel

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 to a restless she-camel.

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 He says,

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 How can you say

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 I am not unclean?

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 I have not gone

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 after the Baals.

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 Look at your way

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 in the valley.

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 Know what you have done.

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 A restless young camel

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 running here and there.

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 The word Baal here

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 is important

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 because even though

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 Baal is one Canaanite God,

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 there were many centers

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 of Baal worship.

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 It's almost as if

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 there are many Baals.

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 And Israelites,

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 as if worshipping Baal

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 wasn't enough

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 in one place,

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 they worshipped him

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 at every high hill,

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 under every green tree.

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 And in their idolatry,

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 they were like a restless

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 young camel running

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 here and there.

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 It's a well-known fact

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 among cultures

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 that use camels

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 that a young female camel

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 is very skittish and jumpy.

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 And so they are considered

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 very unreliable for riding.

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 They kind of run around,

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 jig-jag like this,

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 like,

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 and very fickle.

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 And so God's comparing Israel

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 to this she-camel

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 that goes from one camel

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 to another.

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 And according to verse 24,

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 Israel was also like

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 a wild donkey

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 used to the wilderness,

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 in her heat,

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 sniffing the wind,

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 who can restrain lust.

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 A wild female donkey,

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 when in heat,

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 almost becomes violent.

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 Sniff the wind,

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 trying to pick up

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 the scent of the male donkey

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 from their urine.

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 When she does catch the scent,

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 she races down the wilderness

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 in trying to find

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 this male donkey.

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 And so because of that,

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 God says,

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 none who seek her

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 need weary themselves.

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 In her month,

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 they will find her.

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 There was no need

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 for the adherents of Baal

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 to plant alatize

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 because Israel

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 was so eager

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 to chase after Baals

00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:17.219
 like a wild donkey

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 whose lusts

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 cannot be restrained.

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 And that God commands

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:23.439
 Israel in verse 25,

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 keep your feet

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 from going unshod

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 and your throat

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 from thirst.

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 Don't let your sandals

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 wear out

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 and your throats

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 parched

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 from going after

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 these idols.

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 Return to me.

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 But Israel responds,

00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:36.019
 it is hopeless,

00:17:36.679 --> 00:17:37.939
 for I have loved

00:17:37.939 --> 00:17:38.659
 foreigners,

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 and after them

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 I will go.

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 Given Israel's

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 stubborn refusal

00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.120
 to repent

00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:49.019
 of their idolatry,

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:50.240
 God denounces

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:51.740
 and derides,

00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:52.380
 really mocks

00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:53.000
 the futility

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:53.580
 of their idols

00:17:53.580 --> 00:17:55.360
 in verses 26 to 28.

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 Read with me,

00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:57.600
 verses 26 to 28,

00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:58.160
 chapter 2.

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 As a thief

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 is shamed

00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:01.660
 when caught,

00:18:02.560 --> 00:18:03.380
 so the house

00:18:03.380 --> 00:18:03.820
 of Israel

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 shall be shamed.

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 They,

00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.220
 their kings,

00:18:06.320 --> 00:18:06.779
 their officials,

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.440
 their priests,

00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:08.120
 and their prophets

00:18:08.120 --> 00:18:09.299
 who say to a tree,

00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.700
 you are my father

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:12.200
 and to a stone

00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:13.740
 you gave me birth,

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 for they have

00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.920
 turned back to me

00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:17.380
 and looked at their face.

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 But in the time

00:18:19.100 --> 00:18:19.900
 of their trouble,

00:18:20.080 --> 00:18:20.580
 they say,

00:18:20.660 --> 00:18:22.140
 arise and save us.

00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:23.720
 But where are your gods

00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.840
 that you made for yourself?

00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:26.640
 Let them arise

00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.799
 if they can save you

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.799
 in your time of trouble.

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 For where are your gods,

00:18:32.080 --> 00:18:32.600
 O Judah?

00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:39.039
 Is this something

00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.939
 bothering you guys?

00:18:41.439 --> 00:18:42.439
 Should I just grab a mic,

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.039
 hand out a mic?

00:18:45.419 --> 00:18:46.159
 I'll just keep going.

00:18:48.959 --> 00:18:50.879
 So this is really ironic

00:18:50.879 --> 00:18:53.719
 because in Canaanite worship,

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.299
 idolatry,

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.359
 on the high hills,

00:18:55.699 --> 00:18:56.319
 they would usually have

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.939
 two symbols.

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 One would be a tree

00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:00.799
 that is supposed

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:02.059
 to represent

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:04.500
 a male deity

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:06.100
 or a female deity.

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.559
 It would be a stone

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.860
 representing a male deity.

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:11.080
 And so they're turning,

00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:12.180
 so it's ironic

00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:13.440
 that people made

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.000
 in God's image

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.039
 are turning to these creatures

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:15.600
 and saying,

00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.059
 oh,

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.380
 this tree,

00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:18.940
 you are my father.

00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.960
 And then to a stone

00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.740
 who gave me birth.

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:23.960
 And there's bitter irony here.

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:26.220
 Jeremiah is using satire

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:27.180
 because notice that

00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:28.620
 even though the tree

00:19:28.620 --> 00:19:29.980
 is supposed to represent

00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:33.319
 the female deity,

00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.859
 they turn to a tree

00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.279
 and say,

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:36.180
 you are my father.

00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:38.420
 Even the stone

00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:39.380
 is supposed to represent

00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:40.220
 the female deity,

00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:41.180
 they turn to the stone

00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:41.500
 and say,

00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:42.759
 you gave me birth.

00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:44.099
 So God's painting

00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.759
 this picture

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:46.120
 of Israelites' idolatry

00:19:46.120 --> 00:19:46.660
 and pointing out

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:47.779
 the absurdity of it.

00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:48.900
 They are devoted

00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:49.620
 to these idols

00:19:49.620 --> 00:19:50.299
 and as devoted

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.980
 they have been,

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:52.440
 they're still utterly confused.

00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:53.759
 They have no idea

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.480
 what they're doing.

00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:55.500
 They're turning to sticks

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.220
 and stones,

00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:56.839
 literally,

00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:58.079
 and saying,

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:59.039
 you are my father,

00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.980
 you are my mother.

00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.960
 And then even then,

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:04.360
 they say in verse 27,

00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:05.819
 when times of trouble come,

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.079
 they say to God,

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:09.319
 arise and save us.

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:12.259
 Like an adulterous wife

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:14.220
 who returns to her husband

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:16.579
 only when she runs out of money.

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.920
 Or like a rebel,

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:24.299
 a son who calls his father

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 only when he is in trouble

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 with the law

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 and needs to be bailed out of jail.

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 When they are in trouble,

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:33.500
 Israel still cries out to God,

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:35.019
 arise and save us.

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 But God will not be mocked

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 by such hypocrisy.

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 And he says in verse 28,

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 but where are your gods

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:45.200
 that you made for yourself?

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 Let them arise

00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:49.360
 if they can save you

00:20:49.360 --> 00:20:51.019
 in your time of trouble.

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 For as many as your cities

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:54.580
 are your gods,

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 O Judah.

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 There are as many idols in Judah

00:20:58.360 --> 00:20:59.660
 as there are cities.

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 Why don't you ask one of them

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.519
 to save you?

00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:05.160
 Statement is dripping with irony.

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 Can the gods you have made

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.720
 with your own hands

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:09.000
 really save you?

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:11.019
 It's easy for us

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:12.299
 to dismiss these kinds

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:13.019
 of idolatry

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:14.680
 as something of the past,

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:16.279
 as superstitions of people,

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.740
 of gullible people

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.599
 in the ancient world.

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 And idolatry

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:23.480
 have not diminished

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.119
 over the years.

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:26.500
 We may not worship

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.440
 sticks and stones,

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:29.079
 but we too worship

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:30.339
 the work of our own hands.

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.400
 And instead of

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:34.220
 worshiping the God

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:35.000
 who created us,

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:38.140
 we may not worship

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:40.000
 the work of our own hands.

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 Hopefully that's better.

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.460
 Let's not let ourselves

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.980
 off the hook

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:03.279
 as we look at the idolatry

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.900
 of these Israelites

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.859
 because he's saying

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:06.059
 that as much as they

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.619
 have worshipped

00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.539
 the works of their own hands,

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.359
 we too worship

00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:09.599
 the work of our own hands

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.619
 because instead of

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.559
 worshipping the God

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.479
 who created us

00:22:12.479 --> 00:22:13.259
 in his image,

00:22:13.399 --> 00:22:14.399
 we often worship

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:15.539
 a God whom we have

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.740
 fashioned in our own image.

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.819
 We reduce God

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.719
 to amulets,

00:22:20.439 --> 00:22:20.939
 pendants,

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.859
 and talismans

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:23.539
 as if we can put God

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.219
 in our pockets

00:22:24.219 --> 00:22:25.059
 and carry him around

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.500
 with us

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:25.979
 and use him

00:22:25.979 --> 00:22:26.639
 when we want.

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:28.759
 We reduce God

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.439
 to rituals,

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.139
 formulas,

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.299
 and legal requirements

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.419
 as if we can

00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:33.399
 manipulate God

00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:34.019
 by performing

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.859
 the right rituals,

00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:37.259
 saying the right things,

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:39.619
 pressing the right buttons.

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.119
 Instead of doing

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.920
 the things

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:44.000
 that God

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:45.079
 purposed

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:46.660
 and God

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.519
 prioritizes,

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:49.220
 we ask

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.019
 God

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.039
 to align himself

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:52.039
 to our purposes

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.839
 and priorities.

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.779
 Instead of letting

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.640
 God's word

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.680
 challenge us

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.799
 and change

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.799
 our perspectives,

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.839
 we do elaborate

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:02.879
 interpretive acrobatics

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:04.240
 and water down

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.960
 God's word

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:06.060
 to avoid

00:23:06.060 --> 00:23:07.000
 the clear teaching

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.520
 of scripture

00:23:07.520 --> 00:23:10.000
 and make it

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.840
 suit our whims

00:23:10.840 --> 00:23:11.280
 and wishes.

00:23:12.280 --> 00:23:13.860
 We pay lip service

00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:14.400
 to God

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.520
 but give our hearts

00:23:15.520 --> 00:23:16.020
 to the idols

00:23:16.020 --> 00:23:16.640
 of this world

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:18.420
 to fame

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.220
 and acclaim

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.360
 to beauty

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:21.220
 to wealth

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:23.140
 to comfort

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:24.360
 to power.

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:25.639
 God

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:26.899
 It's no different

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.699
 from worshiping

00:23:27.699 --> 00:23:28.599
 sticks and stones.

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.919
 It's no wonder

00:23:31.919 --> 00:23:32.619
 that such

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.699
 a domesticated

00:23:33.699 --> 00:23:34.179
 God

00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:35.719
 can't do us

00:23:35.719 --> 00:23:36.319
 any good.

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:38.500
 And after we do this,

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.719
 we are surprised

00:23:39.719 --> 00:23:41.759
 that our spiritual

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.399
 lives lack

00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:43.000
 vitality.

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.259
 And after living

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.799
 as we have

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.619
 no need

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.119
 for God,

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.379
 when crises come,

00:23:48.439 --> 00:23:49.019
 we turn to God

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.459
 for help

00:23:49.459 --> 00:23:50.679
 and God asks

00:23:50.679 --> 00:23:51.279
 us,

00:23:51.439 --> 00:23:52.179
 where are your

00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:52.819
 gods?

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.960
 that you

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.579
 have made

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.259
 for yourself.

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.619
 Let them arise

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.700
 if they can save you.

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.579
 And then

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.000
 in verses

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:02.179
 29 to 37,

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.200
 God continues

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.899
 his charge

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:04.599
 and expresses

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:06.099
 his grievance

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:09.019
 comparing Israel

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.939
 to a bride

00:24:09.939 --> 00:24:10.779
 that forgets

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.679
 the attire

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.460
 that marks her

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.480
 as a bride,

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:13.939
 someone who is

00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:14.859
 betrothed to someone.

00:24:15.679 --> 00:24:16.419
 Israel likewise

00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:17.439
 has been unfaithful

00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:18.299
 and Israel has become

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:19.519
 an expert in wickedness

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.039
 that they are now

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.919
 even teaching

00:24:20.919 --> 00:24:21.960
 prostitutes.

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:25.019
 So that's how

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:26.139
 Israel has turned

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.720
 away.

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:29.480
 It sounds pretty bad.

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.919
 I'm sorry it's so heavy

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:31.659
 for the first part

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.039
 of the sermon.

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.799
 But there's hope

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.799
 because God calls

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.500
 us to return.

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.599
 And that's the second

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.919
 part of the sermon.

00:24:39.439 --> 00:24:40.659
 Chapter 3,

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.639
 verses 1,

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:43.059
 and all the way

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.639
 to chapter 4,

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:44.079
 verse 4,

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.639
 it tells us how

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:45.980
 Israel should return

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:47.299
 to the Lord.

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:50.919
 And King Josiah

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.759
 did begin

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.359
 a nationwide

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:53.039
 reformation

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.619
 during his reign

00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:54.220
 and that's a time

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.740
 when Jeremiah

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.539
 is ministering.

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.960
 But much of Israel's

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.399
 repentance,

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.119
 it turns out,

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:59.039
 was short-lived

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.639
 and it wasn't

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.240
 really genuine.

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.440
 And so God

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.579
 addresses that situation

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:04.019
 here in verses 1-5

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.859
 of chapter 3.

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.799
 Follow along with me.

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:08.099
 If a man divorces

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.619
 his wife

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.299
 and she goes

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.740
 from him

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.279
 and becomes

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.299
 another man's wife,

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:12.019
 will he return

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.399
 to her?

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:14.220
 Would not that land

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.440
 be greatly polluted?

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.980
 You have played

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.460
 the whore

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.380
 with many lovers

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.000
 and would you

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:20.000
 return to me?

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.240
 Declares the Lord.

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.259
 Lift up your eyes

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.299
 to the bare heights

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.019
 and see.

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.100
 Where have you

00:25:26.100 --> 00:25:27.420
 not been ravished?

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.980
 By the wayside

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.539
 you have sat

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.380
 awaiting lovers

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:31.120
 like an Arab

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:31.940
 in the wilderness.

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.180
 You have polluted

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.680
 the land

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.940
 with your vile whoredom.

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.860
 Therefore,

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:36.640
 the showers

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.440
 have been withheld

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:38.660
 and the spring rain

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.460
 has not come.

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.240
 Yet you have

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.860
 the forehead

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.460
 of a whore.

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.400
 You refuse

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:43.240
 to be ashamed.

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:44.080
 Have you not

00:25:44.080 --> 00:25:45.080
 just now

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.779
 called to me?

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:46.939
 My father,

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:47.919
 you are the friend

00:25:47.919 --> 00:25:48.539
 of my youth.

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:50.119
 Will he be angry forever?

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:51.240
 Will he be indignant

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.819
 to the end?

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.960
 Behold,

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:54.139
 you have spoken

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:55.960
 but you have done

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:57.079
 all the evil

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.839
 that you could.

00:25:59.439 --> 00:26:00.299
 Chapter 3,

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:00.879
 verse 1

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.879
 is referring to

00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:03.039
 Deuteronomy 24,

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.879
 1-4

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:05.079
 which forbids

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:06.039
 a man

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.740
 who divorced

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.319
 his wife

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.740
 from remarrying her

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:10.179
 if she had

00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:11.759
 in the intervening period

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.619
 been married

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.460
 and divorced

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.839
 or widowed

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.839
 from a second husband.

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.460
 If the woman

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.659
 had not remarried

00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.619
 in the intervening period

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.720
 it would be

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.559
 a happy reconciliation

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.319
 for her to return

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.819
 to her husband.

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.939
 But because

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:23.279
 the woman

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.319
 had remarried

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.359
 and then subsequently

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:25.899
 been divorced

00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:26.379
 or widowed

00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:27.819
 for her to get back

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.599
 with her husband

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.460
 was tantamount

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.179
 to adultery.

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:31.619
 And so that command

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.740
 in Deuteronomy 24

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:34.379
 outlawed

00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.339
 basically prevented

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.679
 serial divorce

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:37.460
 and remarriage

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.699
 that could be used

00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:39.159
 as a form

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:40.279
 of legal adultery.

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.879
 right?

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.000
 Well I've divorced

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.920
 and you can take

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.619
 back your own wife

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.240
 you can pass

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.059
 along wives

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.720
 among yourselves

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:47.000
 among immoral men

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.779
 and so that's

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.220
 what the law

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.660
 prevented

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.440
 and so if

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.200
 that's the case

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.019
 even with this

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.879
 human marriage

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:54.680
 God asks Israel

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.559
 you who have

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.559
 whored with many

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:56.920
 idols

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.460
 can you just

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.180
 return to me

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:59.740
 in this glib

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.680
 casual way?

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.220
 This is a serious

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.039
 matter that requires

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.879
 true repentance

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.799
 and transformation.

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:07.019
 Israel has been

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:08.720
 like an Arab

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.379
 in the wilderness

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:10.259
 so this is

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.460
 a proverbial

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.379
 expression from

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:12.839
 this time

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.680
 an Arab waits

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.359
 in the wilderness

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:15.159
 a marauder

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:16.299
 waits for the

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:17.079
 caravans to come

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.779
 to raid them

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.879
 in the same way

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:20.099
 Israel has waited

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:21.000
 for lovers to come

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.779
 by to pounce

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.200
 on them

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:23.639
 and yet

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.619
 will they return

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.539
 this casually

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.099
 to the Lord?

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:28.139
 Then in verse 4

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.980
 Jeremiah shifts

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.559
 metaphors

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.139
 and compares

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:31.579
 Israel's relationship

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.099
 to God

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.740
 with the relationship

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.480
 between a son

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.099
 and a father

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:35.759
 after being afflicted

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.539
 with droughts

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.160
 and recognizing

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.980
 that their devotion

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.700
 to Baal

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.299
 the so-called

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.000
 God of rain

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.900
 has been futile

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:42.559
 Israel says to God

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.460
 glibly

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.339
 my father

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.480
 you are the friend

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.039
 of my youth

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.920
 will he be angry

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.359
 forever?

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.180
 Will he be indignant

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.740
 to the end?

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.940
 But God knows

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:51.240
 that Israel's insincere

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:52.559
 because what they have said

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.640
 and what they are doing

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.980
 does not line up

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.759
 so he says

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:57.099
 behold you have spoken

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.279
 but you have done

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.960
 all the evil

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.599
 that you could

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.660
 and their evil deeds

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.339
 have belied

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:02.559
 the smooth words

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.359
 that they speak

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:06.199
 and not only Israel

00:28:06.199 --> 00:28:07.079
 Judah has fallen

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:08.639
 into the same trap

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.779
 and Israel

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.559
 at least

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.119
 you know

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.939
 didn't have anyone

00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:12.919
 to go before them

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.419
 to show them

00:28:13.419 --> 00:28:13.899
 that this will be

00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.439
 the consequence

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:15.339
 of their evil doing

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:16.879
 but Judah had Israel

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.579
 going before them

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.599
 they should have known better

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.859
 yet Judah has

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:22.159
 one-upped really Israel

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:23.339
 in their wickedness

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.659
 and they have not

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.379
 returned to God

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:26.019
 but they have instead

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.639
 returned to him

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:27.399
 as it says in verses

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:28.079
 8 to 10

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:29.439
 in pretense

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:30.799
 they have not returned

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:32.219
 with their whole heart

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:34.819
 and so God says

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:36.559
 in verses 12 to 14

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:39.019
 return

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:41.120
 faithless Israel

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:43.140
 declares the Lord

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:45.200
 I will not look on you

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.940
 in anger

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:47.279
 for I am merciful

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.640
 declares the Lord

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:50.960
 I will not be angry forever

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:52.360
 only acknowledge

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.360
 your guilt

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:54.519
 that you rebelled

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.519
 against the Lord

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.180
 your God

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.140
 and scattered

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.819
 your favors

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.559
 among foreigners

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.880
 under every green tree

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:01.420
 and that you have not

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.600
 obeyed my voice

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:03.580
 declares the Lord

00:29:03.580 --> 00:29:04.580
 return

00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:06.320
 oh faithless children

00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:07.320
 declares the Lord

00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:09.360
 for I am your master

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:10.900
 I will take you

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.920
 one from a city

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:13.200
 and two from a family

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.759
 and I will bring you

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.920
 to Zion

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:17.880
 notwithstanding

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:19.019
 the earlier teaching

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:20.360
 that a man

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:21.019
 may not

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.820
 remarry

00:29:21.820 --> 00:29:22.800
 his ex-wife

00:29:22.800 --> 00:29:23.200
 who was

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.220
 remarried

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.279
 in the intervening period

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.600
 Jeremiah declares

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.259
 that God

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.039
 is still

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.100
 willing to take

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:29.900
 Israel back

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:31.080
 as his spiritual bride

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:33.259
 and this passage

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.060
 really beautifully

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:35.440
 captures God's mercy

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.840
 and grace

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.400
 towards sinners

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.480
 because God says

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.460
 over and over again

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.000
 return

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.759
 he used the language

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.340
 return

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:41.759
 oh faithless Israel

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.560
 return

00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:43.800
 oh faithless children

00:29:43.800 --> 00:29:45.560
 for I am your master

00:29:45.560 --> 00:29:46.500
 the word master

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.560
 is Baal

00:29:47.560 --> 00:29:48.080
 in Hebrew

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.720
 he's saying no

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:50.160
 I am your true master

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.440
 not Baal

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.400
 and so God is

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.640
 and he exhorts them

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.660
 to return repeatedly

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:55.740
 in chapter 322

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.940
 he says it again

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.540
 return

00:29:57.540 --> 00:29:59.019
 oh faithless sons

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.700
 I will heal

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.799
 your faithlessness

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.779
 and then again

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.619
 in chapter 4

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.180
 verse 1

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:04.519
 if you return

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.220
 oh Israel

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.240
 declares the Lord

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.819
 to me

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.660
 you should

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.519
 return

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:10.139
 the words

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:10.680
 return

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:12.099
 and faithless

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:13.279
 actually come from

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.920
 the same

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:15.099
 Hebrew root word

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:16.359
 so the two words

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.599
 form a poetic wordplay

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.619
 that reveals

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.539
 God's gracious

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.519
 character

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.519
 it's as if

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.099
 he's saying

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.619
 to us

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.779
 saying to Israel

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.599
 come back

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.279
 to me

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:26.139
 backsliders

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:27.800
 return

00:30:27.800 --> 00:30:27.980
 return

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.520
 to me

00:30:28.520 --> 00:30:29.259
 you who have

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.140
 turned away

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.960
 from me

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:32.900
 God gives us

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.940
 a second chance

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:35.500
 God calls us

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.220
 to himself

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.700
 not when we are

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.700
 faithful to him

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.800
 but when we are

00:30:39.800 --> 00:30:41.040
 still unfaithful

00:30:41.040 --> 00:30:43.280
 while we're in

00:30:43.280 --> 00:30:44.060
 the middle

00:30:44.060 --> 00:30:44.820
 of our adultery

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:48.180
 he calls us

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.580
 to himself

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:49.520
 not when we are

00:30:49.520 --> 00:30:50.460
 remorseful

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.620
 repenting

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.180
 of our sins

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:53.100
 but while we are

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.920
 still rebellious

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.800
 he calls out

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.339
 to us

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.940
 when we are

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.559
 still in our

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:56.879
 sins

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.980
 and backsliding

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:59.000
 headlong

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.720
 away from

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.099
 God

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:00.700
 he calls

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:00.940
 to us

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.539
 come back

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.039
 to me

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:04.379
 return

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:05.119
 to me

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:08.759
 and not only

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.299
 does it reveal

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.099
 God's heart

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.720
 for us

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.419
 that word

00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:11.980
 return

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.919
 which is used

00:31:12.919 --> 00:31:13.980
 16 times

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.700
 just in chapter

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.539
 3 alone

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.899
 perfectly captures

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:18.139
 what our response

00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:18.500
 to God

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.019
 should be

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.899
 in order

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.700
 to return

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.379
 to God

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:23.579
 we must

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.180
 trace

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.340
 our path

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:26.420
 and renounce

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.759
 all of our

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.539
 sinful ways

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:30.259
 we can't

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.200
 simply continue

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.740
 in sin

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.180
 and say

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.620
 to God

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:32.920
 God

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.660
 I return

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.060
 to you

00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:34.480
 I'm here

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:37.000
 because every

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.940
 sin is a step

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:39.140
 away from God

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.080
 you can't take

00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:42.500
 a step forward

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.980
 and backwards

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.799
 at the same time

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:45.200
 but when it comes

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.580
 to sin

00:31:45.580 --> 00:31:46.039
 and repentance

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.840
 going backward

00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:47.460
 is sometimes

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.580
 the best way

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.140
 forward

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:50.960
 C.S. Lewis

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.980
 illustrates this

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.500
 in his book

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.440
 Mere Christianity

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.039
 he says

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:55.700
 we all want

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.299
 progress

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.940
 but progress

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.580
 means getting

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:59.420
 nearer to the

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.100
 place where you

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.720
 want to be

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:02.080
 and if you have

00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:02.860
 taken a wrong

00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:03.240
 turning

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.820
 then to go

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.279
 forward

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.680
 does not

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.059
 get you

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.720
 any nearer

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.759
 if you're

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.299
 on the wrong

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.640
 road

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.080
 progress

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.700
 means doing

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.120
 an about

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.420
 turn

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:09.940
 and walking

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.519
 back

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.299
 to the right

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.620
 road

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.120
 and in that

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.500
 case

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.000
 the man

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.440
 who turns

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.759
 back

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.320
 soonest

00:32:14.320 --> 00:32:14.620
 is the

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:15.480
 most progressive

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.940
 man

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:17.880
 there's nothing

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.380
 progressive

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:19.039
 about being

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.580
 pigheaded

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:20.259
 and refusing

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.680
 to admit

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.220
 a mistake

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.500
 and I think

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.019
 if you look

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.519
 at the present

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.059
 state of the

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.240
 world

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.680
 it's pretty

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.120
 plain

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:25.799
 that humanity

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.299
 has been

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.799
 making some

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.460
 big mistake

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.799
 we're on

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.240
 the wrong

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.620
 road

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.700
 and if that

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.140
 is so

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.900
 we must

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.559
 go

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.519
 back

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:35.200
 going back

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.880
 is the

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.200
 quickest

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.160
 way

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:38.200
 on

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:41.400
 that's

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.000
 what it

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.339
 means

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.339
 to repent

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.299
 of our sins

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.960
 and to believe

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.360
 in Jesus

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:45.819
 Christ

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:48.059
 you turn

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.639
 from

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.500
 your sins

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.779
 away

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.159
 from your

00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:50.399
 sins

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:50.779
 and you

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.019
 turn

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.559
 toward

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.379
 God

00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:53.119
 in faith

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.359
 and you

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:53.639
 cling

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.039
 to him

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.700
 and for

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.099
 those of

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.379
 you who

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:55.700
 are not

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.079
 yet a

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.299
 follower

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.759
 of Jesus

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.359
 this is

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.700
 how you

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.039
 become

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.480
 a follower

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:58.839
 of Jesus

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.200
 Christ

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.579
 how you

00:32:59.579 --> 00:32:59.799
 become

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.220
 a Christian

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.439
 you might

00:33:01.439 --> 00:33:01.879
 be an

00:33:01.879 --> 00:33:02.220
 honest

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.599
 person

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:02.859
 that's

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.139
 trying

00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:03.559
 to live

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:03.819
 a good

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.139
 life

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.679
 but that's

00:33:04.679 --> 00:33:05.019
 not

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.359
 good

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:05.700
 enough

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:07.819
 you might

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.139
 be

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:10.339
 imagine

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.619
 this

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.000
 think about

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.279
 this

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.759
 imagine

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.259
 a very

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.000
 dutiful

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.819
 wife

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.399
 right

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:16.240
 she

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.880
 fulfills

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.580
 all

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:18.220
 the

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.519
 things

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.720
 that

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.200
 society

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.500
 might

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.000
 expect

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.180
 her

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:21.060
 to do

00:33:21.060 --> 00:33:21.320
 as a

00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:21.440
 good

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.740
 wife

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.800
 she

00:33:22.800 --> 00:33:23.140
 raises

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.360
 her

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:23.620
 children

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:23.960
 well

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:25.720
 she's

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:25.840
 an

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:26.259
 amazing

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.720
 chef

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:26.880
 who

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.200
 prepares

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.420
 a meal

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:27.860
 for all

00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:27.980
 her

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.259
 household

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.500
 so that

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.700
 they are

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:28.960
 well

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.280
 fed

00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:30.280
 and

00:33:30.280 --> 00:33:30.700
 in the

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:30.860
 midst

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:31.180
 of all

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.420
 of that

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.540
 she

00:33:31.540 --> 00:33:31.740
 still

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:31.900
 has

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:32.160
 time

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.340
 to

00:33:32.340 --> 00:33:32.620
 get

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:32.880
 some

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.160
 extra

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.519
 income

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.880
 to

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.580
 help

00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:35.080
 supplement

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:35.320
 the

00:33:35.320 --> 00:33:35.500
 income

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:35.840
 that her

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:36.440
 husband

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:36.780
 brings

00:33:36.780 --> 00:33:36.980
 in

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:38.380
 she

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:38.580
 does

00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:39.160
 everything

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:39.560
 well

00:33:39.560 --> 00:33:40.700
 except

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.960
 she

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.560
 doesn't

00:33:42.560 --> 00:33:43.240
 love

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.860
 her

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.479
 husband

00:33:44.479 --> 00:33:47.539
 in fact

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:47.699
 she

00:33:47.699 --> 00:33:47.939
 doesn't

00:33:47.939 --> 00:33:48.099
 even

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.579
 acknowledge

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:48.899
 him

00:33:48.899 --> 00:33:51.500
 if you

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.719
 were to

00:33:51.719 --> 00:33:52.000
 observe

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.359
 her life

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:52.619
 you would

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:52.919
 not even

00:33:52.919 --> 00:33:53.099
 know

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.399
 that her

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:53.740
 husband

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.559
 exists

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.500
 when you

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.919
 ask her

00:33:55.919 --> 00:33:56.479
 why she

00:33:56.479 --> 00:33:56.839
 does all

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.059
 of these

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.240
 things

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.399
 she

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:57.740
 simply

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:57.979
 says

00:33:57.979 --> 00:33:58.139
 it's

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.259
 just

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.419
 the

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:58.599
 right

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:58.779
 thing

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.199
 to do

00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:02.539
 she

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:02.740
 is

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:02.980
 not

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.259
 doing

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.640
 any

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:03.840
 of

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:04.080
 this

00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:04.319
 for

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.500
 her

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.840
 husband

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.380
 she

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.519
 is

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:05.720
 doing

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:05.880
 it

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.039
 for

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.660
 herself

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.440
 she

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.600
 is

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:07.799
 doing

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:07.940
 it

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.179
 for

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.679
 her

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.000
 children

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.179
 she

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.320
 is

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:09.519
 doing

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.720
 it

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.199
 for

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.980
 others

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:13.460
 do you

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.579
 think

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:13.760
 she

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:13.880
 is

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:13.980
 a

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.119
 good

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.519
 wife

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:17.159
 absolutely

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.599
 not

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:21.119
 she

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.320
 is

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.679
 derelict

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.000
 in her

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.659
 primary

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.099
 duty

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.840
 to

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.320
 love

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.800
 and

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:24.920
 to

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.360
 belong

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.699
 to

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.039
 and

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.199
 to

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.599
 support

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:26.800
 her

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.079
 husband

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:29.579
 god

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.039
 created

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.599
 us

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.019
 his

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.340
 people

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.500
 are

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.920
 supposed

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.059
 to

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.119
 be

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.239
 a

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.579
 bride

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:32.860
 for

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.099
 him

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.779
 he

00:34:33.779 --> 00:34:34.139
 created

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.299
 us

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:34.380
 to

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:34.500
 have

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.599
 a

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.119
 relationship

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.420
 with

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.579
 him

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.900
 and

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.159
 that's

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.299
 our

00:34:36.299 --> 00:34:36.860
 ultimate

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.599
 eternal

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.460
 divinely

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.099
 ordained

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.000
 purpose

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.480
 he

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.940
 designed

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.259
 us

00:34:41.259 --> 00:34:41.480
 to

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:41.880
 know

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.279
 him

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:42.659
 and

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:42.819
 to

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.360
 trust

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.739
 him

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.119
 and

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.259
 to

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.799
 love

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:45.199
 him

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.900
 and

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.039
 he

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.679
 pledged

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.039
 his

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.480
 people

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:47.739
 as

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:47.840
 a

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.099
 bride

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.299
 for

00:34:48.299 --> 00:34:48.679
 himself

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.059
 yet

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.279
 we

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.539
 have

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.119
 refused

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.319
 to

00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:50.920
 acknowledge

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.279
 him

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.420
 in

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.559
 our

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:51.920
 ways

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.360
 and

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.500
 we

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.679
 have

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.019
 lived

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.279
 not

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.480
 for

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.699
 him

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:53.840
 but

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.000
 for

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.600
 ourselves

00:34:54.600 --> 00:34:55.800
 and

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:55.980
 in

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.200
 doing

00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:56.480
 so

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:56.640
 we

00:34:56.640 --> 00:34:56.760
 have

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.220
 effectively

00:34:57.220 --> 00:34:57.600
 turned

00:34:57.600 --> 00:34:57.760
 to

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.000
 other

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.500
 lovers

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.220
 have

00:34:59.220 --> 00:34:59.440
 committed

00:34:59.440 --> 00:34:59.860
 adultery

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.260
 against

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.680
 God

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:02.180
 that

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:03.000
 prideful

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.760
 unbelief

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.860
 that

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.460
 refusal

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:05.800
 to

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.280
 acknowledge

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.579
 God

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:06.920
 is at

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.100
 the

00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:07.340
 root

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.579
 of

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.019
 all

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.579
 sin

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.380
 and

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.720
 that's

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:10.059
 why

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.400
 every

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.720
 sin

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.039
 is a

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.420
 personal

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:11.820
 affront

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.019
 to

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.300
 God

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:13.860
 and

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.000
 if

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.079
 you

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.160
 are

00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:14.380
 not

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.519
 yet

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.660
 a

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:14.880
 follower

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.059
 of

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.500
 Christ

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.100
 that

00:35:16.100 --> 00:35:17.100
 describes

00:35:17.100 --> 00:35:17.519
 you

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.300
 now

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:19.120
 and

00:35:19.120 --> 00:35:19.260
 you

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.519
 must

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.920
 repent

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.280
 of

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.440
 your

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.840
 sins

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.120
 and

00:35:21.120 --> 00:35:21.680
 believe

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:22.260
 in

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.579
 Jesus

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.019
 for

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.500
 salvation

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:25.240
 and

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.380
 that

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.579
 means

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:25.760
 a

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.079
 fresh

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.780
 start

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.380
 a

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.559
 new

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:27.960
 beginning

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:29.140
 look

00:35:29.140 --> 00:35:29.260
 at

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.500
 chapter

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:29.960
 4

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.300
 verses

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:30.579
 3

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:30.700
 to

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:30.860
 4

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.059
 with

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.740
 me

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.340
 God

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:32.680
 says

00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:33.519
 break

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:33.880
 up

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.059
 your

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.539
 fallow

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:34.920
 ground

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.140
 and

00:35:35.140 --> 00:35:36.079
 sow

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.420
 not

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.660
 among

00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:37.160
 thorns

00:35:37.160 --> 00:35:38.460
 circumcise

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.740
 yourselves

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.180
 to the

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.380
 Lord

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.780
 remove

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.000
 the

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.420
 foreskin

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.559
 of

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:40.680
 your

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.059
 hearts

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.280
 O

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:41.480
 men

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.640
 of

00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:41.900
 Judah

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.140
 and

00:35:42.140 --> 00:35:43.079
 inhabitants

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.360
 of

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:43.720
 Jerusalem

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:44.579
 lest

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.800
 my

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.140
 wrath

00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:45.360
 go

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.640
 forth

00:35:45.640 --> 00:35:45.840
 like

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.240
 fire

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:46.460
 and

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.740
 burn

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:46.940
 with

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.200
 none

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.400
 to

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.700
 quench

00:35:47.700 --> 00:35:47.820
 it

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.079
 because

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.280
 of

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:48.519
 your

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:48.880
 evil

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.360
 deeds

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:51.680
 a

00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:51.960
 fallow

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.260
 ground

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.280
 soil

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.180
 a

00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:55.460
 ground

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.640
 that

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:55.800
 has

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.039
 never

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.300
 been

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.600
 tilled

00:35:56.600 --> 00:35:56.900
 before

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.460
 and

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.600
 a

00:35:57.600 --> 00:35:57.860
 land

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.039
 that

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.160
 is

00:35:58.160 --> 00:35:58.500
 tilled

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:58.620
 of

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:58.780
 course

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:58.920
 is

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.240
 easier

00:35:59.240 --> 00:35:59.460
 to

00:35:59.460 --> 00:35:59.780
 farm

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.079
 but

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.340
 a

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.480
 land

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:00.600
 that

00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:00.700
 is

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:01.000
 tilled

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.220
 also

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:01.500
 more

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:01.880
 readily

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.600
 grows

00:36:02.600 --> 00:36:03.280
 thorns

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.500
 and

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:03.940
 thistles

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.640
 and

00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:04.780
 so

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.180
 often

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:05.700
 Israelite

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.019
 farmers

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.260
 were

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:06.600
 sowing

00:36:06.600 --> 00:36:06.860
 on

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.240
 thorns

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:08.519
 and

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.780
 so

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:09.039
 here

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.260
 by

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:09.720
 saying

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.620
 break

00:36:10.620 --> 00:36:10.800
 up

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:10.940
 your

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.200
 fallow

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:11.400
 ground

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.559
 and

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:11.920
 sow

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.340
 not

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:12.640
 among

00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:13.079
 thorns

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.440
 he's

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.660
 saying

00:36:13.660 --> 00:36:13.840
 the

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.059
 same

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.360
 thing

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.579
 he's

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.760
 saying

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:15.079
 you

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:16.140
 can't

00:36:16.140 --> 00:36:16.460
 just

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.519
 change

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.699
 what

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:17.800
 you

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.099
 have

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.579
 you

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:18.739
 need

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:18.880
 a

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.300
 complete

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:19.699
 new

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.159
 start

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:23.039
 it

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.340
 means

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:24.759
 if

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:24.880
 we

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.039
 want

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.199
 to

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.360
 turn

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.480
 to

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.599
 the

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:25.820
 Lord

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:27.259
 it's

00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:27.500
 not

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:27.759
 enough

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:27.920
 to

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.079
 get

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.219
 a

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:28.360
 little

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.019
 modification

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.360
 here

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.519
 and

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.699
 there

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:29.820
 in

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:29.940
 our

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.219
 lives

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.420
 a

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.579
 little

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.320
 alteration

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:31.579
 here

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:31.739
 and

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:31.960
 there

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.539
 we

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:32.940
 need

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.780
 not

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.059
 a

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:34.300
 mere

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:35.219
 reformation

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.420
 of

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.619
 some

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:35.920
 aspects

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.059
 of

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.159
 our

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.420
 life

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.719
 we

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:36.840
 need

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:36.960
 a

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.440
 complete

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:38.539
 transformation

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:41.219
 God

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:41.480
 says

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:42.500
 circumcise

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.039
 yourselves

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.239
 to

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:43.380
 the

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:43.599
 Lord

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:43.980
 but

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.159
 lest

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.259
 you

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:44.619
 think

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:44.759
 that

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:44.940
 he's

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.239
 merely

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:45.659
 referring

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:45.900
 to

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.300
 the

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.639
 physical

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.219
 circumcision

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:47.480
 that

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:47.779
 marked

00:36:47.779 --> 00:36:47.940
 the

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.119
 Jewish

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.440
 people

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:48.639
 as

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:48.980
 God's

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.219
 own

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.759
 he

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:50.139
 adds

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.519
 remove

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.739
 the

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.219
 foreskin

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.400
 of

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:51.539
 your

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.099
 hearts

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:54.059
 external

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.619
 conformity

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:54.739
 to

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:54.940
 God

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.079
 is

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.320
 not

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.659
 enough

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:55.940
 going

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.119
 to

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.559
 church

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:56.779
 is

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.039
 not

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.380
 enough

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.639
 doing

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:57.960
 good

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.300
 deeds

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.460
 is

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.779
 not

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.119
 enough

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.380
 you

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.500
 need

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.579
 to

00:36:59.579 --> 00:36:59.800
 become

00:36:59.800 --> 00:36:59.940
 a

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.119
 new

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.639
 person

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:00.860
 in

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:00.980
 order

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.059
 to

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.199
 be

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.639
 saved

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.259
 you

00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:02.400
 need

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.519
 a

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.019
 changed

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.699
 heart

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:03.899
 and

00:37:03.899 --> 00:37:04.259
 that's

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.559
 why

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:04.799
 it's

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:05.399
 impossible

00:37:05.399 --> 00:37:06.199
 for us

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:06.299
 to

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:06.599
 return

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:06.799
 to

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.159
 God

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.599
 on

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.719
 our

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:08.019
 own

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:09.559
 that's

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:09.739
 not

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.019
 something

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.239
 that

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:10.379
 we

00:37:10.379 --> 00:37:10.539
 can

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:10.779
 do

00:37:10.779 --> 00:37:10.899
 in

00:37:10.899 --> 00:37:11.019
 our

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.239
 own

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:11.779
 strength

00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:12.519
 despite

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.179
 God's

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.480
 offer

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:13.619
 of

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:13.960
 forgiveness

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.199
 and

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.359
 his

00:37:14.359 --> 00:37:14.980
 restoration

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.679
 Israel

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:15.960
 and

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.139
 Judah

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.559
 never

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.019
 fully

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.359
 return

00:37:17.359 --> 00:37:17.519
 to

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:17.739
 God

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:17.919
 they

00:37:17.919 --> 00:37:18.399
 become

00:37:18.399 --> 00:37:18.899
 repeat

00:37:18.899 --> 00:37:19.559
 offenders

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.079
 over

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.500
 and over

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.919
 again

00:37:20.919 --> 00:37:21.299
 committing

00:37:21.299 --> 00:37:21.639
 this

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:22.279
 adultery

00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:23.639
 and we

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:24.119
 likewise

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.399
 are

00:37:24.399 --> 00:37:25.019
 incapable

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.899
 of being

00:37:25.899 --> 00:37:26.339
 faithful

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:26.559
 to

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:26.719
 God

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:26.960
 because

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.299
 of our

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:27.819
 hearts

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:29.759
 which

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:29.939
 are

00:37:29.939 --> 00:37:30.339
 fickle

00:37:30.339 --> 00:37:30.519
 and

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.119
 incorrigible

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:32.119
 so

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.259
 then

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:32.599
 how

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:32.920
 can

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.079
 we

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.279
 be

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:33.679
 saved

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:36.980
 Paul

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.480
 picks up

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.679
 this

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:38.059
 idea

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.440
 of the

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:39.000
 circumcision

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.279
 of the

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:39.599
 heart

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.519
 in

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:40.980
 Romans

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.460
 chapter

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:41.779
 2

00:37:41.779 --> 00:37:42.239
 29

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:46.960
 and

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.079
 he

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.319
 says

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.739
 but a

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:48.059
 Jew

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.739
 is one

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:49.559
 inwardly

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:49.900
 and

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.579
 circumcision

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.059
 is a

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.319
 matter

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:51.839
 of the

00:37:51.839 --> 00:37:52.299
 heart

00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:53.179
 by the

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.799
 spirit

00:37:53.799 --> 00:37:54.500
 not

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.000
 by the

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.299
 ladder

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.920
 and

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.139
 later

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.339
 in

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:56.559
 chapter

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:56.940
 3

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.099
 of

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.480
 Romans

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.159
 he

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.539
 says

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:59.019
 that

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.239
 there

00:37:59.239 --> 00:37:59.360
 is

00:37:59.360 --> 00:37:59.500
 no

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.139
 distinction

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.699
 between

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:00.900
 the

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.440
 circumcised

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.779
 Jew

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.119
 and the

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.859
 uncircumcised

00:38:02.859 --> 00:38:03.420
 Gentile

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:03.859
 because

00:38:03.859 --> 00:38:04.359
 circumcision

00:38:04.359 --> 00:38:04.619
 is a

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:04.819
 matter

00:38:04.819 --> 00:38:05.039
 of the

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.279
 heart

00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:05.420
 and

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.519
 then

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:05.639
 he

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:05.859
 says

00:38:05.859 --> 00:38:06.139
 this

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.639
 all

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:06.920
 have

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.480
 sinned

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.039
 and fall

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.460
 short

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:08.719
 of the

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:08.960
 glory

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.400
 of God

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:09.900
 and are

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.460
 justified

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:11.119
 by his

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.639
 grace

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.159
 as a

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.519
 gift

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.980
 through

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.119
 the

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.559
 redemption

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:14.039
 that is

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.440
 in

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:14.940
 Christ

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.400
 Jesus

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:15.900
 whom

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.199
 God

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:16.500
 put

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:16.920
 forward

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.239
 as a

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:17.920
 propitiation

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.359
 by his

00:38:18.359 --> 00:38:18.639
 blood

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.159
 to be

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.659
 received

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.059
 by

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.719
 faith

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:22.420
 Jesus

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:22.880
 is the

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.139
 one

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.759
 who

00:38:23.759 --> 00:38:23.960
 can

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.819
 circumcise

00:38:24.819 --> 00:38:25.019
 your

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.400
 heart

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:27.099
 Jesus

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.500
 is the

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:27.699
 one

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:27.819
 who

00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:27.980
 can

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.339
 redeem

00:38:28.339 --> 00:38:28.739
 us

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:28.940
 from

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.440
 slavery

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.220
 Jesus

00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:30.679
 is the

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:30.920
 one

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.059
 who

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.179
 can

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:31.639
 atorn

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:31.980
 for

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.240
 our

00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.780
 sins

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.400
 and

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.900
 Jesus

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:35.539
 accomplished

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:36.039
 this

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:37.539
 because

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:37.820
 he

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.200
 became

00:38:38.200 --> 00:38:38.380
 the

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:38.599
 good

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:38.940
 shepherd

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.159
 that

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:39.440
 lays

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.700
 down

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:39.900
 his

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.280
 life

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:40.780
 for

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:41.000
 his

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.220
 sheep

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:41.860
 as he

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:42.139
 said

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.380
 in

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:42.740
 John

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:46.400
 he

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:46.780
 was the

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:47.059
 shepherd

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.619
 after God's

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:47.860
 own

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.159
 heart

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.360
 that

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.700
 God

00:38:48.700 --> 00:38:49.980
 promised

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.659
 he

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:50.760
 will

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.159
 return

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.480
 to

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.699
 that

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.079
 final

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.539
 promise

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:52.740
 in

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 chapter

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.440
 3

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 verses

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.780
 15

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 to

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 18

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 go

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:56.019
 back

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 with

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 me

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 to

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.519
 chapter

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:56.840
 3

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.079
 verses

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.480
 15

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:57.639
 to

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 18

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 this

00:38:59.240 --> 00:38:59.360
 is

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 how

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 we

00:38:59.619 --> 00:38:59.820
 know

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.079
 how

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.579
 God

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:00.960
 saves

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.179
 how

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.460
 God

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.740
 intends

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:01.880
 to

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.079
 save

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.199
 us

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:02.340
 through

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:02.719
 Jesus

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:03.380
 he

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:03.460
 says

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:03.599
 and

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:03.699
 I

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:03.840
 will

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.079
 give

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:04.240
 you

00:39:04.240 --> 00:39:04.840
 shepherds

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:05.079
 after

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.280
 my

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:05.500
 own

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:05.800
 heart

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.179
 who

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.320
 will

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.679
 feed

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 you

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 with

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 knowledge

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:07.619
 and

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.159
 understanding

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.579
 and

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 when

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:08.820
 you

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 have

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.760
 multiplied

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.019
 and

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.179
 been

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 fruitful

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:10.840
 in

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 the

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.219
 land

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 in

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 not

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 be

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:20.539
 made

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 again

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.440
 at

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.619
 that

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:21.980
 time

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.440
 Jerusalem

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:22.760
 shall

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 be

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.159
 called

00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:23.380
 the

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:23.800
 throne

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.000
 of

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 the

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:24.380
 Lord

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:24.760
 and

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 all

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 nations

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.679
 shall

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 gather

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 to

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:26.460
 it

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 to

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:26.900
 the

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.179
 presence

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.320
 of

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.440
 the

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:27.639
 Lord

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:27.860
 in

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 Jerusalem

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:28.460
 and

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:28.639
 they

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:28.880
 shall

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 no

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.400
 more

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:30.000
 stubbornly

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.300
 follow

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 their

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:30.780
 own

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 evil

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:31.500
 heart

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:32.159
 in

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 those

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:32.940
 days

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.159
 the

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:33.400
 house

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.579
 of

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:33.840
 Judah

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.119
 shall

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.619
 join

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:34.820
 the

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.079
 house

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:35.260
 of

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.639
 Israel

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:36.159
 and

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:36.639
 together

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 they

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:37.500
 shall

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.900
 come

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.219
 from

00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:38.380
 the

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:38.639
 land

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:38.760
 of

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:38.880
 the

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.099
 north

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.240
 to

00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:39.360
 the

00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:39.639
 land

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:39.800
 that

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:39.940
 I

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.240
 gave

00:39:40.240 --> 00:39:40.440
 your

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:40.880
 fathers

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.360
 for

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:41.679
 a

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.220
 heritage

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:44.579
 these

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.220
 shepherds

00:39:45.220 --> 00:39:45.380
 that

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:45.539
 God

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.920
 promised

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.159
 these

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.559
 rulers

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:46.900
 after

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:47.240
 God's

00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:47.460
 own

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:47.780
 heart

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.000
 that's

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 a

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.360
 phrase

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 that's

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:48.880
 derived

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.300
 from

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:49.559
 how

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:49.880
 God

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.579
 described

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:50.980
 David

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.179
 as

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:51.280
 a

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.440
 man

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:51.639
 after

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:51.800
 his

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:51.960
 own

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.280
 heart

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:53.099
 this

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.220
 is

00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:53.320
 a

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:53.700
 prophecy

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:53.880
 of

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.019
 a

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.260
 true

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.679
 king

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.039
 in

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.280
 the

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:55.500
 line

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:55.619
 of

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:55.820
 David

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.000
 that

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.119
 will

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:56.380
 come

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:56.500
 and

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.700
 that

00:39:56.700 --> 00:39:56.900
 was

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.240
 Jesus

00:39:57.240 --> 00:39:57.440
 who

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:57.539
 was

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.639
 the

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:57.860
 new

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.320
 David

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.780
 the

00:39:58.780 --> 00:39:59.200
 ultimate

00:39:59.200 --> 00:39:59.760
 Davidic

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.139
 king

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.380
 he

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:00.639
 was

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.099
 the

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.360
 one

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:01.539
 who

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:01.639
 was

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:01.980
 fully

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.320
 after

00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:02.659
 God's

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:02.840
 own

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.160
 heart

00:40:03.160 --> 00:40:03.880
 and

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.000
 he

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.420
 came

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:05.660
 as

00:40:05.660 --> 00:40:05.860
 a

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.140
 shepherd

00:40:06.140 --> 00:40:06.320
 he

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:06.600
 said

00:40:06.600 --> 00:40:07.059
 he

00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:07.180
 is

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:07.300
 the

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:07.539
 good

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:07.880
 shepherd

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.079
 that

00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:08.280
 lays

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.440
 down

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:08.559
 his

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:08.780
 life

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:08.920
 for

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.160
 sheep

00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:09.340
 in

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:09.600
 John

00:40:09.600 --> 00:40:09.900
 10

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:10.260
 and

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.380
 he

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.740
 died

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:10.860
 on

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.000
 the

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.360
 cross

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:11.559
 for

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:11.740
 our

00:40:11.740 --> 00:40:12.120
 sins

00:40:12.120 --> 00:40:13.059
 because

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.260
 he

00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:13.500
 knew

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.660
 that

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:13.840
 we

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:14.039
 could

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.380
 not

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:15.019
 earn

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.160
 and

00:40:15.160 --> 00:40:15.440
 attain

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:15.640
 this

00:40:15.640 --> 00:40:16.039
 righteousness

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.360
 that

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:16.500
 we

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:16.820
 need

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:16.960
 on

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.100
 our

00:40:17.100 --> 00:40:17.400
 own

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:18.039
 Jesus

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.440
 died

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:18.660
 for

00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:18.960
 our

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.280
 sins

00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:19.600
 and

00:40:19.600 --> 00:40:19.840
 gave

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:20.100
 his

00:40:20.100 --> 00:40:20.519
 perfect

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.000
 righteousness

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.320
 to

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:21.480
 us

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:21.579
 on

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:21.720
 the

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:22.019
 cross

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.440
 and

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:22.579
 he

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:22.960
 rose

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.480
 again

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.880
 and

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.380
 sent

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:24.579
 his

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:24.740
 Holy

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:33.039
 the

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.340
 covenant

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:33.500
 of

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:33.600
 the

00:40:33.600 --> 00:40:33.760
 Lord

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:33.920
 will

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.059
 be

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.220
 no

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:34.579
 more

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.640
 at

00:40:35.640 --> 00:40:35.780
 that

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.100
 time

00:40:36.100 --> 00:40:36.460
 Jerusalem

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.680
 shall

00:40:36.680 --> 00:40:36.800
 be

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.019
 called

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.220
 the

00:40:37.220 --> 00:40:37.519
 throne

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:37.700
 of

00:40:37.700 --> 00:40:37.820
 the

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:38.059
 Lord

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:38.780
 the

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.220
 ark

00:40:39.220 --> 00:40:39.700
 which

00:40:39.700 --> 00:40:40.460
 represented

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:40.640
 the

00:40:40.640 --> 00:40:40.920
 presence

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.079
 of

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.340
 God

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.900
 Israelites

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:43.000
 envisioned

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.200
 the

00:40:43.200 --> 00:40:43.400
 ark

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:43.620
 as

00:40:43.620 --> 00:40:43.840
 the

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.300
 footstool

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:44.480
 of

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.720
 God

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:45.340
 they

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:45.559
 believed

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:45.720
 that

00:40:45.720 --> 00:40:45.880
 the

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.100
 throne

00:40:46.100 --> 00:40:46.260
 of

00:40:46.260 --> 00:40:46.460
 God

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:46.660
 was

00:40:46.660 --> 00:40:46.800
 in

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:47.059
 heaven

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.519
 and

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:47.720
 the

00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:48.160
 footstool

00:40:48.160 --> 00:40:48.320
 of

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:48.500
 God

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.700
 was

00:40:48.700 --> 00:40:48.880
 on

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.320
 earth

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:51.519
 and

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:51.740
 by

00:40:51.740 --> 00:40:52.240
 God's

00:40:52.240 --> 00:40:52.640
 what

00:40:52.640 --> 00:40:52.800
 is

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:52.960
 God

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:53.220
 saying

00:40:53.220 --> 00:40:53.360
 now

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:53.460
 he

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:53.519
 is

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:53.620
 saying

00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:53.820
 the

00:40:53.820 --> 00:40:54.440
 footstool

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:54.660
 will

00:40:54.660 --> 00:40:54.780
 be

00:40:54.780 --> 00:40:54.940
 no

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.280
 more

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:56.000
 because

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.160
 the

00:40:56.160 --> 00:40:56.600
 very

00:40:56.600 --> 00:40:57.460
 throne

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:57.780
 of

00:40:57.780 --> 00:40:58.180
 God

00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:58.720
 will

00:40:58.720 --> 00:40:58.960
 be

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.280
 in

00:40:59.280 --> 00:40:59.440
 our

00:40:59.440 --> 00:40:59.840
 midst

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:01.240
 that's

00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:01.420
 in

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.720
 Jesus

00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:02.260
 Christ

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:05.040
 and

00:41:05.040 --> 00:41:05.220
 he

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:05.700
 reigns

00:41:05.700 --> 00:41:05.880
 from

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:06.040
 the

00:41:06.040 --> 00:41:06.519
 cross

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:10.040
 he

00:41:10.040 --> 00:41:10.840
 ascends

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:11.260
 his throne

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:11.540
 on the

00:41:11.540 --> 00:41:11.720
 cross

00:41:11.720 --> 00:41:12.040
 dies

00:41:12.040 --> 00:41:12.240
 for

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.420
 our

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:12.640
 sins

00:41:12.640 --> 00:41:12.780
 and

00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:12.940
 he

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.360
 rises

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:14.040
 victoriously

00:41:14.040 --> 00:41:14.300
 now

00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:14.519
 he's

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:14.780
 seated

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:16.100
 at

00:41:16.100 --> 00:41:16.240
 the

00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:16.560
 father's

00:41:16.560 --> 00:41:16.760
 right

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:17.000
 hand

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.140
 in

00:41:17.140 --> 00:41:17.380
 heaven

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:18.600
 and

00:41:18.600 --> 00:41:18.780
 he

00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:18.980
 is

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.460
 beckoning

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.220
 us

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:20.420
 to

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:20.720
 come

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:20.980
 if

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.380
 you

00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:22.640
 are

00:41:22.640 --> 00:41:22.880
 not

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.120
 yet

00:41:23.120 --> 00:41:23.300
 a

00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:23.519
 follower

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:23.680
 of

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:24.040
 Christ

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:25.699
 I want

00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:25.800
 to

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:26.119
 invite

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.400
 you

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:26.860
 to

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.259
 this

00:41:27.259 --> 00:41:28.920
 remind

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:29.199
 you

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:29.440
 again

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:29.619
 that

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:29.860
 he's

00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:30.019
 the

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.360
 fountain

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:30.860
 of

00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:31.179
 living

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:31.679
 waters

00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:32.320
 that

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:32.639
 rather

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:32.840
 than

00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:33.119
 hewing

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:33.320
 out

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.659
 broken

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:34.099
 cisterns

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.219
 that

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:34.340
 can

00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:34.599
 hold

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:34.800
 no

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.079
 water

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.219
 that

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:35.320
 you

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:35.440
 should

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.779
 come

00:41:35.779 --> 00:41:36.380
 to

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:36.699
 him

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:38.759
 in

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:38.980
 John

00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:39.279
 4

00:41:39.279 --> 00:41:39.699
 14

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:39.980
 Jesus

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.300
 says

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:40.539
 this

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:40.679
 to

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:41.119
 Samaritan

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.320
 woman

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:41.559
 whoever

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:42.139
 drinks

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:42.340
 of

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.500
 the

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:42.820
 water

00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:43.039
 that

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.199
 I

00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:43.380
 will

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:43.599
 give

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:43.820
 him

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:44.239
 will

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:44.599
 never

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:44.900
 be

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:45.360
 thirsty

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:45.759
 again

00:41:45.759 --> 00:41:46.639
 the

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:46.940
 water

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.119
 that

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.239
 I

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:47.380
 will

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:47.599
 give

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:47.739
 him

00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:47.880
 will

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.259
 become

00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:48.480
 in

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.739
 him

00:41:48.739 --> 00:41:49.000
 a

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.420
 spring

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:49.659
 of

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:50.039
 water

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.760
 welling

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:50.980
 up

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.420
 to

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:51.980
 eternal

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:53.179
 life

00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:59.559
 I

00:41:59.559 --> 00:41:59.679
 don't

00:41:59.679 --> 00:41:59.940
 know what

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.059
 you're

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.320
 turning

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:00.599
 to

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:00.940
 if you're

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.199
 not a

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:01.340
 follower

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.820
 of Christ

00:42:01.820 --> 00:42:03.500
 what

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:03.800
 broken

00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:04.420
 cisterns

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:04.720
 that

00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:04.860
 you

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.220
 have

00:42:05.220 --> 00:42:05.820
 in

00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:05.960
 your

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:06.400
 life

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:09.000
 but

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.160
 you

00:42:09.160 --> 00:42:09.460
 must

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.920
 come

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.260
 to

00:42:10.260 --> 00:42:10.780
 Christ

00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:11.519
 he's

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:11.640
 the

00:42:11.640 --> 00:42:11.900
 only

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.260
 one

00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:12.480
 that

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:12.660
 can

00:42:12.660 --> 00:42:13.000
 give

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.240
 you

00:42:13.240 --> 00:42:13.480
 this

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:14.100
 wellspring

00:42:14.100 --> 00:42:14.500
 that's

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:15.019
 eternal

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:17.380
 it

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:17.620
 doesn't

00:42:17.620 --> 00:42:17.880
 matter

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:18.180
 how

00:42:18.180 --> 00:42:18.420
 much

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:18.539
 you

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:18.660
 have

00:42:18.660 --> 00:42:18.980
 sinned

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.080
 it

00:42:19.080 --> 00:42:19.280
 doesn't

00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:19.500
 matter

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:19.800
 how

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:20.100
 much

00:42:20.100 --> 00:42:20.320
 you

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.660
 have

00:42:20.660 --> 00:42:23.559
 fallen

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:23.920
 back

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.080
 and

00:42:24.080 --> 00:42:24.240
 turned

00:42:24.240 --> 00:42:24.480
 away

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:24.700
 from

00:42:24.700 --> 00:42:24.920
 him

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:26.780
 and

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:27.220
 this

00:42:27.220 --> 00:42:27.880
 this

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:28.180
 passage

00:42:28.180 --> 00:42:28.519
 teaches

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:28.660
 it

00:42:28.660 --> 00:42:28.860
 clearly

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.059
 that

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:29.600
 God's

00:42:29.600 --> 00:42:29.720
 not

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:30.059
 asking

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:30.160
 you

00:42:30.160 --> 00:42:30.260
 to

00:42:30.260 --> 00:42:30.440
 come

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:30.840
 halfway

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:31.019
 and

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.180
 meet

00:42:31.180 --> 00:42:31.380
 him

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:32.380
 if

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:32.480
 you're

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.579
 an

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:32.940
 unbeliever

00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:33.240
 God's

00:42:33.240 --> 00:42:33.380
 not

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:33.680
 asking

00:42:33.680 --> 00:42:33.800
 you

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:33.900
 to

00:42:33.900 --> 00:42:34.099
 come

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.500
 halfway

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:34.619
 and

00:42:34.619 --> 00:42:34.700
 meet

00:42:34.700 --> 00:42:34.760
 him

00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:35.019
 he's

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.340
 come

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:35.980
 all

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.200
 the

00:42:36.200 --> 00:42:36.599
 way

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:39.039
 every

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:39.640
 gift

00:42:39.640 --> 00:42:39.780
 in

00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:39.900
 your

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.160
 life

00:42:40.160 --> 00:42:40.519
 everything

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:41.059
 that

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.200
 is

00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:41.599
 beautiful

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:41.980
 and

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.280
 good

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:42.480
 and

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:42.860
 glorious

00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:43.420
 in

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:43.539
 your

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:43.800
 life

00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:44.059
 is

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:44.200
 a

00:42:44.200 --> 00:42:44.420
 gift

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:44.700
 from

00:42:44.700 --> 00:42:44.960
 God

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.180
 that's

00:42:45.180 --> 00:42:45.460
 intended

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.680
 to

00:42:45.680 --> 00:42:45.980
 point

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.160
 you

00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:46.340
 to

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:46.519
 the

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:46.780
 Lord

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:49.500
 and

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:49.780
 every

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.220
 sin

00:42:50.220 --> 00:42:50.360
 that

00:42:50.360 --> 00:42:50.440
 you

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:50.559
 have

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:50.780
 committed

00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:51.160
 against

00:42:51.160 --> 00:42:51.380
 him

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:51.720
 God

00:42:51.720 --> 00:42:52.099
 has

00:42:52.099 --> 00:42:52.760
 offered

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:53.240
 forgiveness

00:42:53.240 --> 00:42:53.559
 and

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:53.920
 paved

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.240
 the way

00:42:54.240 --> 00:42:54.380
 for

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:54.440
 you

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:54.559
 to

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:54.720
 come

00:42:54.720 --> 00:42:54.860
 to

00:42:54.860 --> 00:42:55.019
 him

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:55.180
 through

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:55.500
 Jesus

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:56.019
 Christ

00:42:56.019 --> 00:42:56.719
 he's

00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:56.960
 come

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.299
 all

00:42:57.299 --> 00:42:57.460
 the

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:57.619
 way

00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:57.819
 for

00:42:57.819 --> 00:42:58.219
 you

00:42:58.219 --> 00:42:58.659
 and

00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:58.799
 you

00:42:58.799 --> 00:42:58.960
 are

00:42:58.960 --> 00:42:59.259
 still

00:42:59.259 --> 00:42:59.619
 turning

00:42:59.619 --> 00:42:59.819
 your

00:42:59.819 --> 00:43:00.139
 back

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.299
 to

00:43:00.299 --> 00:43:00.599
 him

00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:01.079
 and

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:01.259
 not

00:43:01.259 --> 00:43:01.440
 your

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:01.960
 face

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:06.019
 turn

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.559
 return

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:06.839
 to

00:43:06.839 --> 00:43:07.079
 him

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:09.299
 and

00:43:09.299 --> 00:43:09.819
 drink

00:43:09.819 --> 00:43:10.319
 deeply

00:43:10.319 --> 00:43:10.639
 from

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:10.799
 the

00:43:10.799 --> 00:43:11.000
 living

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.359
 water

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:14.680
 and

00:43:14.680 --> 00:43:14.820
 for

00:43:14.820 --> 00:43:15.079
 brothers

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:15.280
 and

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:15.539
 sisters

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:15.820
 in

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.180
 Christ

00:43:16.180 --> 00:43:17.599
 I

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:17.900
 urge

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.039
 you

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.280
 also

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:18.480
 to

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:18.800
 come

00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:19.519
 to

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:20.000
 the

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.500
 waters

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:21.559
 stop

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:22.640
 seeking

00:43:22.640 --> 00:43:23.200
 to

00:43:23.200 --> 00:43:23.700
 save

00:43:23.700 --> 00:43:24.360
 yourselves

00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:25.640
 with

00:43:25.640 --> 00:43:25.780
 your

00:43:25.780 --> 00:43:26.099
 own

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:26.340
 good

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:26.820
 works

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:29.340
 come

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:29.539
 to

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:29.920
 Jesus

00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:30.280
 for

00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:30.800
 strength

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:30.980
 and

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.440
 stop

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:31.960
 trying

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.220
 to

00:43:32.220 --> 00:43:32.760
 serve

00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:33.000
 and

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.380
 live

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:33.500
 and

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:33.840
 obey

00:43:33.840 --> 00:43:34.039
 in

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.180
 your

00:43:34.180 --> 00:43:34.519
 own

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:35.079
 strength

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.920
 return

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:36.460
 again

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:36.960
 and

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.380
 again

00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:37.620
 to

00:43:37.620 --> 00:43:37.840
 this

00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:38.200
 fountain

00:43:38.200 --> 00:43:38.460
 of

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:38.700
 living

00:43:38.700 --> 00:43:39.140
 water

00:43:39.140 --> 00:43:39.480
 when

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:39.640
 you

00:43:39.640 --> 00:43:39.880
 feel

00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:40.440
 discouraged

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:40.700
 when

00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:40.820
 you

00:43:40.820 --> 00:43:41.140
 feel

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:41.339
 that

00:43:41.339 --> 00:43:41.460
 you

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:41.859
 failed

00:43:41.859 --> 00:43:42.139
 God

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:42.480
 again

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:42.799
 when

00:43:42.799 --> 00:43:42.920
 you

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:43.099
 feel

00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:43.319
 like

00:43:43.319 --> 00:43:43.420
 you

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:43.960
 disappointed

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:44.379
 him

00:43:44.379 --> 00:43:45.339
 when

00:43:45.339 --> 00:43:45.460
 you

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:45.659
 feel

00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:45.920
 like

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.319
 giving

00:43:46.319 --> 00:43:46.759
 up

00:43:46.759 --> 00:43:48.920
 return

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.379
 again

00:43:49.379 --> 00:43:49.679
 and

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:50.079
 again

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:50.259
 to

00:43:50.259 --> 00:43:50.440
 this

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:50.699
 fountain

00:43:50.699 --> 00:43:50.980
 because

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.239
 there

00:43:51.239 --> 00:43:51.420
 is

00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:51.819
 grace

00:43:51.819 --> 00:43:52.099
 enough

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.259
 for

00:43:52.259 --> 00:43:52.480
 you

00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:53.539
 there

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:53.699
 is

00:43:53.699 --> 00:43:54.179
 mercy

00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:54.960
 enough

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.179
 for

00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:55.420
 you

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:55.619
 and

00:43:55.619 --> 00:43:56.079
 only

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.359
 by

00:43:56.359 --> 00:43:56.699
 drinking

00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:57.219
 deeply

00:43:57.219 --> 00:43:57.839
 of

00:43:57.839 --> 00:43:58.079
 this

00:43:58.079 --> 00:43:58.359
 living

00:43:58.359 --> 00:43:58.659
 water

00:43:58.659 --> 00:43:58.839
 can

00:43:58.839 --> 00:43:58.980
 we

00:43:58.980 --> 00:43:59.400
 have

00:43:59.400 --> 00:43:59.619
 the

00:43:59.619 --> 00:43:59.960
 spiritual

00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:00.400
 life

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:00.900
 the

00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:01.199
 vigor

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.460
 and

00:44:01.460 --> 00:44:02.139
 vitality

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:02.819
 to

00:44:02.819 --> 00:44:03.159
 love

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:03.599
 and

00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:03.900
 obey

00:44:03.900 --> 00:44:04.059
 him

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.159
 in

00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:04.319
 this

00:44:04.319 --> 00:44:04.599
 life

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:07.440
 please

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:07.739
 close

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:08.159
 your eyes

00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:08.460
 with

00:44:08.460 --> 00:44:08.719
 me

00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:09.139
 and

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:09.779
 reflect

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 for a

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 try to

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 picture

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 God

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 beckoning

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 you

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 to

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 come

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 and

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 try to

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 reflect

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 on what

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 it is

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 that is

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 holding

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 you

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 back

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 the

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 broken

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 systems

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 that

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 you

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 keep

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 returning

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 to

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 and

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 after

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 you

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 have

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 reflected

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 for some

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 moment

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 we'll

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 pray

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 spend

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 our

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:31.779
 time

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 praying

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 together

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 as

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 the

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 body

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 of

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 Christ