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 Well, we take up this morning the glorious topic of what has been called the doctrines of grace.

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! That is how it is that God saves sinners.

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 And these truths are to the saints of God of sweetest savor.

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 They furnish a display of the glory of God arrayed in its most ravishing vestment and vesture.

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 To view these unfolding is to cry out with the apostle,

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 Oh, the depths of the riches!

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 And while we might begin our view from any number of its gleaming facets,

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 I think it fruitful first to frame these truths of God's gracious work of salvation

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 in the wider view of His supreme sovereignty.

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 That is, God's all-encompassing rule and governance over all and in all,

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 the vast realm of His creation.

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 All that was, is, and is to come is ruled by the scepter of His pleasure

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 and follows infallibly the dictates of His will.

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 And here the setting fits the gem it holds,

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 His general sovereignty, His sovereignty and salvation.

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 The frame, almost as much as the portrait it encloses,

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 is a wonder to behold.

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 So we shall proceed by unfolding this glorious truth of God's all-encompassing sovereignty

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 as witnessed in the scriptures.

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 And like travelers upon a scenic path,

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 who on occasion cannot but pause

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 on some outlook to take in the rapturous vista

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 and burst forth in wonder and praise,

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 we'll sprinkle our path

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 with some reactions

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 of fellow travelers

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 who behold these truths like sparkling stars

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 in the firmament.

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 So, embarking,

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 let us entrust ourselves

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 to our sure guide.

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 Let's pray.

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 Come Holy Spirit

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 and soften our hearts

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 as we open Your Word.

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 Settle our convictions

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 and so strengthen our comfort

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 and deepen our joy

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 that Christ,

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 the Alpha and Omega,

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 might be exalted.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So one,

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 Scripture's witness

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 and saints' wonder.

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 To enter Scripture

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 is to inhabit a world

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 in which God reigns

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 and His purposes prevail.

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 Where all reflects

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 the unfolding of His will.

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 The unwavering conviction

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 is woven through Scripture's fabric

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 from beginning to end.

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 For from Him

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 are all things,

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 writes the Apostle

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 in Romans 11.

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 That is to say,

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 all things

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 find their ultimate source

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 in God.

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 All things

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 issue ultimately

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 from His will

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 and good pleasure.

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 God, we are told,

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 works all things

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 after the counsel

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 of His own will.

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 Ephesians 1, 11.

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 All things?

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 I mean,

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 as in every single thing?

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 Yes.

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 Consider things

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 first in the realm

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 of inanimate nature.

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 Now, no Hebrew

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 worshiper of Yahweh

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 would ever say,

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 hey, look,

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 it happened to rain.

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 for all knew

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 that God

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 sends the rain

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 and that the snows

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 fall by His command.

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 As Elihu testifies,

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 for the snow,

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 he says,

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 falls on the earth.

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 Likewise,

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 the downpour

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 is His mighty downpour.

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 Job 37, 6.

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 By the breath of God,

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 the ice is given

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 and the broad waters

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 are frozen fast.

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 He, God,

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 loads the thick clouds

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 with moisture.

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 The clouds scatter

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 His lightning.

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 They turn around

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 and around

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 by His guidance

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 to accomplish

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 all that He commands them

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 on the face

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 of the inhabitable world.

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 Job 37, 10 through 12.

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 The forces of nature

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 in their observed regularities

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 are not operating

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 simply out of some law

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 intrinsic to them.

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 They move by the command

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 of the Most High.

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 The sun,

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 the moon,

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 the stars

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 act in accordance with,

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 as Scripture says,

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 a fixed order

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 that God has established

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 by His own covenant.

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 The Lord of hosts

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 has established it.

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 Jeremiah 31, 35,

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 33, 20,

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 and on and on

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 throughout the Scriptures.

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 Thus it is

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 in the realm

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 of inanimate nature.

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 So also

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 in the realm

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 of animate nature.

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 Isaiah 46, 11 says,

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 He, God,

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 calls the bird of prey

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 from the east.

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 Even the two

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 for a penny sparrows,

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 Jesus reminds us,

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 that not one

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 will fall to the ground

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 without your Father's will.

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 Matthew 10, 29.

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 And remember the story

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 of Jonah.

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 God appointed

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 the great fish,

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 117,

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 and appointed

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 the worm

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 to eat

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 the shade-giving

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 gourd

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 which God had

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 appointed

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 to grow

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 and spring up.

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 Such appointment

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 also orders

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 the rise

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 and fall

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 of nations.

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 All the intricacies

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 of the flux

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 of national territory,

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 which imperial power

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 prevails

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 and which people

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 is consumed.

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 God, quote,

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 determined

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 their appointed times

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 and their boundaries

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 of their habitation.

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 Acts 17, 26.

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 And from the great surges

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 of geopolitical realms

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 to the most trivial,

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 seemingly random events,

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 nothing springs

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!

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 Nothing springs

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 from chance.

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 Even the numbers

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 we roll on a die,

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 God's wisdom

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 determines.

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 Proverbs 16, 33.

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 The lot

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 is cast

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 into the lap,

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 but the decision

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 is wholly

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 from the Lord.

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 It was not random

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 that Achan,

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 Saul,

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 Jonah,

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 Matthias

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 drew the short straw.

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 It reflected

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 God's determination.

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 And this reality

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 of God's

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 ordaining

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 all things

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 encompasses

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 all human

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 choices

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 also.

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 Proverbs 16, 9.

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 The heart of a man

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 plans his way,

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 but the Lord

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 directs his steps.

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 Proverbs 20, 24.

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 A man's steps

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 are ordered

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 by the Lord.

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 I know,

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 O Lord,

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 says the prophet Jeremiah,

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 that the way of a man

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 is not in himself,

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 that it is not in man

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 who walks

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 to direct his steps.

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 Jeremiah 10, 23.

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 Now,

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 the heart

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 in Scripture

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 means the

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 affectional,

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 volitional

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 center

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 from which spring

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 our attractions,

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 our aversions,

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 all of our choices.

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 The heart

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 determines

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 what we desire

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 and abhor,

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 and hence

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 is the seat

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 of all action.

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 And it is

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 precisely here

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 that God

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 exercises

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 sovereignty.

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 Psalms 33,

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 14 through 15

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 tells us,

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 God looks down

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 from his throne,

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 quote,

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 on all the

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 inhabitants

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 of the earth

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 and fashions

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 the hearts

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 of them

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 all.

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 Why,

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 even the one

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 who you would

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 think to have

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 maximal autonomy,

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 to make

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 unconstrained

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 choices,

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 a king.

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 Of such

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 an emblem

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 of independence

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 and power,

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 we are told

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 the king's heart

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 is as a stream

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 of water

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 in the hand

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 of the Lord.

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 He,

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 the Lord,

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 turns it

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 whatever way

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 he will.

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 Proverbs 21, 1.

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 Again,

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 this is

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 throughout

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 scripture,

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 Ezra 6, 22,

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 the Lord

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 turned the heart

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 of the king

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 of Assyria.

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 Again and again,

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 we could multiply

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 examples.

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 And of course,

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 the king

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 is simply

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 a paradigm

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 case

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 of what is

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 true

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 of all.

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 Many are the

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 plans of a man's

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 heart,

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 but the counsel

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 of the Lord,

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 it will stand.

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 Proverbs 19,

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 21.

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 So utterly

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 does God

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 control the

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 hearts of mankind

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 that he can

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 tell the Israelites

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 that if they

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 obediently appear

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 before him

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 in the sanctuary

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 of Jerusalem,

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 leaving their

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 lands unprotected

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 and vulnerable

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 to looting

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 and conquest,

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 he would

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 preserve them.

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 And how

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 would God

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 accomplish this?

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 By making

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 it such

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 that their

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 enemies

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 would not

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 eye their

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 land with

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 envy.

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 and seek

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 to seize

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 it in this

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 golden opportunity.

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 He would

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 displace

00:10:15.259 --> 00:10:16.560
 covetousness

00:10:16.560 --> 00:10:18.180
 with contentment

00:10:18.180 --> 00:10:19.740
 and malice

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 with goodwill

00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:21.680
 in their

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 enemies'

00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:23.680
 hearts.

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 Exodus 34,

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 23 and 24.

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 John Calvin

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 writes in his

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 commentary on

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 this verse,

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 this was a

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 remarkable proof

00:10:34.780 --> 00:10:35.320
 of God's

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 providence.

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 Another word

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 for sovereignty

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 basically.

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 for how

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 could it be

00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:41.860
 that their

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 enemies,

00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:42.960
 who were

00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:44.060
 ever watching

00:10:44.060 --> 00:10:45.000
 for opportunities

00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:46.340
 of plunder,

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 should remain

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 quiet when

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 they knew that

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 all the men

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 were gone

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 from home?

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 The only

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 answer is that

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 God restrained

00:10:54.620 --> 00:10:55.299
 their cupidity

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 and by his

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 secret power

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 bridled their

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 lusts so that

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 they dared

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 not move.

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 Here,

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 therefore,

00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:04.159
 we see how

00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:04.980
 the Lord holds

00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:05.659
 the hearts of

00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:06.139
 men in his

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 hand and

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 bends them

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 according to

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 his will.

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 Stephen

00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:12.159
 Charnock,

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 the author of

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 that great,

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 The Existence

00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:14.399
 and Attributes

00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:15.500
 of God,

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 echoes this

00:11:17.019 --> 00:11:17.500
 conviction.

00:11:18.379 --> 00:11:18.779
 He writes,

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 God is present

00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:22.460
 in every

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 motion,

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 yet distinct

00:11:24.659 --> 00:11:25.419
 from every

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 creature.

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 He orders

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 all,

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 directs all,

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 and none

00:11:30.819 --> 00:11:31.759
 can move a

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 hand or

00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:34.120
 tongue without

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 his permission.

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 So,

00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:38.539
 the uniform

00:11:38.539 --> 00:11:39.580
 testimony of

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 Scripture is

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 that all

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 things are

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 ordered and

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 governed by

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 the sovereign

00:11:45.100 --> 00:11:46.060
 will of God,

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 from the

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 movement of

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 the spheres

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 in their

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 vaults above

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 to the hidden

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 impulses of

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 the human

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 heart within.

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 It is

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 truly an

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 awesome

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 truth.

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 I believe,

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 proclaimed Spurgeon,

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 that every

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 particle of

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 dust that

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 dances in

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 the sunbeam

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 does not

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 move an

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 atom more

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 or less

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 than God

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 wishes.

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 That every

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 particle of

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 spray that

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 dashes against

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 the steamboat

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 has its

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 orbit as

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 well as

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 the sun

00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:23.699
 in the

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 heavens.

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 That the

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 chaff from

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 the hand of

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 the winnower

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 is steered

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 as the

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 stars in

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 their courses.

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 the

00:12:32.699 --> 00:12:33.399
 creeping of

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 an aphid

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 over the

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 rosebud

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 is as

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 much fixed

00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:37.960
 as the

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 march of

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 the

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 devastating

00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:40.580
 pestilence.

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 The fall

00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:43.819
 of seer

00:12:43.819 --> 00:12:44.600
 leaves from

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 a poplar

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 is as

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 fully

00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:47.659
 ordained

00:12:47.659 --> 00:12:48.779
 as the

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 tumbling

00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:49.500
 of an

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 avalanche.

00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:53.559
 Jonathan

00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:54.000
 Edwards

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 agrees

00:12:54.899 --> 00:12:56.620
 and asserts

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 the same

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 degree of

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 minute

00:12:58.980 --> 00:13:00.539
 granularity

00:13:00.539 --> 00:13:01.600
 to God's

00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:02.000
 sovereign

00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:02.779
 decrees.

00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:04.440
 He writes,

00:13:04.920 --> 00:13:05.740
 not one

00:13:05.740 --> 00:13:06.879
 mote of

00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:07.940
 dust

00:13:07.940 --> 00:13:09.580
 errs

00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:10.620
 from the

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 path that

00:13:11.420 --> 00:13:11.879
 God has

00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:12.259
 appointed

00:13:12.259 --> 00:13:12.560
 it.

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 Whoa,

00:13:16.379 --> 00:13:17.379
 whoa,

00:13:17.700 --> 00:13:18.840
 okay,

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 but what

00:13:20.060 --> 00:13:20.539
 if that

00:13:20.539 --> 00:13:21.060
 mote of

00:13:21.060 --> 00:13:21.659
 dust

00:13:21.659 --> 00:13:23.080
 goes in

00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:23.840
 your eye?

00:13:25.420 --> 00:13:25.840
 And

00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:26.399
 Spurgeon

00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.060
 mentions,

00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:28.080
 as you

00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:28.240
 know,

00:13:28.340 --> 00:13:29.040
 that part

00:13:29.040 --> 00:13:29.660
 of God's

00:13:29.660 --> 00:13:30.020
 sovereign

00:13:30.020 --> 00:13:30.800
 disposals

00:13:30.800 --> 00:13:31.520
 involves

00:13:31.520 --> 00:13:32.759
 pestilence

00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:34.860
 and avalanche.

00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:36.340
 Are you

00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:37.620
 saying that

00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:38.639
 God decrees

00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:39.500
 even the

00:13:39.500 --> 00:13:40.800
 bad things?

00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:42.520
 The Chicago

00:13:42.520 --> 00:13:43.180
 fire,

00:13:43.560 --> 00:13:44.040
 the Lisbon

00:13:44.040 --> 00:13:44.600
 earthquake,

00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:45.800
 the collapse

00:13:45.800 --> 00:13:46.100
 of the

00:13:46.100 --> 00:13:46.960
 Twin Towers?

00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:49.720
 Unflinchingly,

00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:50.080
 Alex,

00:13:50.180 --> 00:13:50.580
 you have plenty

00:13:50.580 --> 00:13:50.840
 of room

00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:51.220
 anywhere you

00:13:51.220 --> 00:13:51.460
 want.

00:13:52.820 --> 00:13:53.500
 Unflinchingly,

00:13:54.640 --> 00:13:55.560
 the scriptures

00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:56.579
 do not

00:13:56.579 --> 00:13:57.059
 taper

00:13:57.059 --> 00:13:57.799
 God's

00:13:57.799 --> 00:13:58.239
 sovereign

00:13:58.239 --> 00:13:58.639
 will,

00:13:59.000 --> 00:13:59.679
 even a

00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:00.379
 whisker's

00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:00.859
 breadth,

00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:02.279
 when it

00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:02.919
 concerns

00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:03.319
 such

00:14:03.319 --> 00:14:04.219
 calamities.

00:14:06.219 --> 00:14:07.500
 Does evil

00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:08.299
 befall a

00:14:08.299 --> 00:14:09.059
 city unless

00:14:09.059 --> 00:14:09.719
 the Lord

00:14:09.719 --> 00:14:10.479
 has done

00:14:10.479 --> 00:14:10.799
 it?

00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:12.059
 declares

00:14:12.059 --> 00:14:12.659
 Amos the

00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:13.019
 prophet,

00:14:13.239 --> 00:14:13.939
 3, 6.

00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:16.259
 I am

00:14:16.259 --> 00:14:17.019
 the Lord

00:14:17.019 --> 00:14:17.639
 and there

00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:18.259
 is no

00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:18.659
 other.

00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:20.059
 I form

00:14:20.059 --> 00:14:20.699
 light,

00:14:20.700 --> 00:14:22.040
 I create

00:14:22.040 --> 00:14:22.600
 darkness,

00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:23.920
 I make

00:14:23.920 --> 00:14:24.520
 welfare,

00:14:24.920 --> 00:14:25.320
 and I

00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:25.960
 create

00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:26.660
 woe.

00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:27.960
 I am

00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:28.759
 the Lord

00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.580
 who does

00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:30.500
 all these

00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:31.280
 things.

00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:32.700
 Isaiah

00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:33.640
 45, 7.

00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:36.720
 Wait a

00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:36.860
 minute,

00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:37.420
 you protest.

00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:38.560
 There's a

00:14:38.560 --> 00:14:39.100
 lot of

00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:39.860
 carnage

00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:40.400
 that comes

00:14:40.400 --> 00:14:41.000
 from evil.

00:14:41.300 --> 00:14:41.480
 I mean,

00:14:41.560 --> 00:14:41.980
 think of

00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.520
 Gaza.

00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:43.420
 Babies

00:14:43.420 --> 00:14:43.960
 and small

00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:44.600
 children

00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:45.740
 were won

00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:47.160
 with hunger.

00:14:48.900 --> 00:14:49.420
 Yes,

00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:50.919
 the scriptures

00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:51.339
 are no

00:14:51.339 --> 00:14:51.979
 stranger to

00:14:51.979 --> 00:14:52.679
 that reality.

00:14:53.199 --> 00:14:53.439
 Jeremiah

00:14:53.439 --> 00:14:54.199
 writes with

00:14:54.199 --> 00:14:55.139
 horror and

00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.799
 sorrow.

00:14:56.959 --> 00:14:57.579
 My eyes

00:14:57.579 --> 00:14:58.439
 are spent

00:14:58.439 --> 00:14:59.379
 with weeping.

00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:00.259
 My soul

00:15:00.259 --> 00:15:00.599
 is in

00:15:00.599 --> 00:15:01.000
 tumult.

00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:01.919
 My heart

00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:02.579
 is poured

00:15:02.579 --> 00:15:03.079
 out in

00:15:03.079 --> 00:15:04.059
 grief because

00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:05.360
 infants and

00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:07.059
 babies faint

00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:07.759
 in the

00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:08.479
 streets of

00:15:08.479 --> 00:15:09.019
 the city.

00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:10.620
 Lamentations

00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:11.259
 2, 11.

00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:13.399
 Yet he

00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:14.519
 knows even

00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:16.959
 here God

00:15:16.959 --> 00:15:18.319
 is supremely

00:15:18.319 --> 00:15:19.339
 sovereign.

00:15:19.419 --> 00:15:20.500
 He

00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:21.120
 continues,

00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.179
 who has

00:15:22.179 --> 00:15:22.719
 commanded

00:15:22.719 --> 00:15:24.159
 and it

00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:24.879
 came to

00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:26.360
 pass unless

00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:27.059
 the Lord

00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:27.839
 has ordained

00:15:27.839 --> 00:15:28.139
 it.

00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:29.740
 Is it

00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:30.279
 not from

00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:30.779
 the mouth

00:15:30.779 --> 00:15:31.079
 of the

00:15:31.079 --> 00:15:31.839
 Most High

00:15:31.839 --> 00:15:33.319
 that good

00:15:33.319 --> 00:15:34.419
 and evil

00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:35.159
 come?

00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:36.740
 Lamentations

00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:37.860
 3, 37

00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:38.559
 and 38.

00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:40.879
 But let's

00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:41.899
 go straight

00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:42.699
 to the

00:15:42.699 --> 00:15:43.000
 limit

00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:43.659
 case.

00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.339
 What

00:15:45.339 --> 00:15:45.779
 would you

00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:46.659
 say has

00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:47.039
 been the

00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:48.099
 most utterly

00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:49.320
 horrendous

00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:50.580
 evil ever

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.519
 perpetrated

00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:52.379
 on this

00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:52.800
 earth?

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.120
 The

00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.500
 Holocaust?

00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:56.139
 Ethnic

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:56.639
 cleansing?

00:15:57.180 --> 00:15:57.980
 The wholesale

00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:58.500
 commercial

00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.379
 slaughter of

00:15:59.379 --> 00:15:59.899
 babies in

00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:00.340
 the womb?

00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:02.820
 God

00:16:02.820 --> 00:16:16.220
 sends his

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:18.040
 son to

00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:18.600
 seek and

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.320
 save us

00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:20.820
 and we

00:16:20.820 --> 00:16:21.360
 hate him

00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:22.180
 and kill

00:16:22.180 --> 00:16:22.420
 him.

00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:24.259
 Away with

00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.480
 him.

00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:26.480
 Crucify him.

00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:28.680
 our evil

00:16:28.680 --> 00:16:29.700
 does not

00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:30.139
 extend

00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:30.940
 beyond that.

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.659
 But did

00:16:33.659 --> 00:16:34.039
 God's

00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:34.420
 sovereignty

00:16:34.420 --> 00:16:35.220
 determine it

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 to be so?

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 Yes.

00:16:39.800 --> 00:16:40.300
 And Peter,

00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:40.920
 as Peter

00:16:40.920 --> 00:16:41.440
 told the

00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:41.779
 Jerusalem

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.259
 crowd,

00:16:42.680 --> 00:16:43.360
 this man,

00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:44.139
 Jesus,

00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:46.580
 delivered up

00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:47.220
 by the

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 predetermined

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.639
 plan and

00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.460
 foreknowledge

00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:51.000
 of God,

00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:52.360
 you nailed

00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:52.860
 to the

00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.259
 cross.

00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:55.000
 Acts 2, 23.

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 Not even

00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:00.240
 evil is

00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:01.299
 exempt from

00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:02.299
 the grip of

00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:02.799
 God's

00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:04.119
 sovereign sway.

00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:05.500
 His

00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:06.539
 governance is

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.160
 all

00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:08.059
 comprehensive.

00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:09.700
 For

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.839
 from him

00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:12.599
 are all

00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:13.460
 things.

00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.559
 Romans 11.

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.319
 He works

00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:17.420
 all things

00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.140
 after the

00:17:18.140 --> 00:17:18.799
 counsel of

00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:19.519
 his own

00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.019
 will.

00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:22.519
 None of

00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:23.259
 the trials

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:24.440
 and sufferings

00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:25.160
 that befall

00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:27.059
 fall outside

00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:28.220
 God's

00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:28.580
 reign.

00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.580
 All

00:17:31.580 --> 00:17:32.400
 events

00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:33.680
 are under

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 the control

00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:34.980
 of providence

00:17:34.980 --> 00:17:35.779
 or sovereignty,

00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:36.660
 writes Spurgeon.

00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:38.220
 Consequently,

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:39.460
 all of the

00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:40.259
 trials

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:42.720
 of our

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.519
 outward life

00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.700
 are traceable

00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:45.259
 at once

00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:45.660
 to the

00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:46.080
 great

00:17:46.080 --> 00:17:47.380
 first cause.

00:17:47.380 --> 00:17:50.740
 out of

00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.360
 the golden

00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:52.040
 gate of

00:17:52.040 --> 00:17:52.760
 God's

00:17:52.760 --> 00:17:53.320
 ordinance,

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.500
 the armies

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.260
 of trial

00:17:55.260 --> 00:17:56.400
 march forth

00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:57.420
 in array,

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 clad in

00:17:58.780 --> 00:17:59.480
 their iron

00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:01.120
 armor and

00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:01.740
 armed with

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:03.280
 weapons of

00:18:03.280 --> 00:18:03.680
 war.

00:18:05.080 --> 00:18:05.820
 Or as

00:18:05.820 --> 00:18:06.320
 Thomas

00:18:06.320 --> 00:18:07.280
 Watson

00:18:07.280 --> 00:18:08.480
 tersely

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.100
 puts it,

00:18:10.060 --> 00:18:10.480
 whoever

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.900
 brings

00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:13.260
 an affliction,

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.460
 it is

00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:15.120
 God

00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:15.779
 who

00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:16.119
 sends

00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:16.379
 it.

00:18:21.379 --> 00:18:22.099
 So

00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:22.439
 there's

00:18:22.439 --> 00:18:22.979
 scripture's

00:18:22.979 --> 00:18:23.459
 witness

00:18:23.459 --> 00:18:24.219
 and

00:18:24.219 --> 00:18:24.500
 saints

00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:24.919
 wonder.

00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:28.839
 Persisting

00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:29.559
 puzzles

00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.119
 properly

00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:30.599
 pondered.

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.959
 Now,

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:33.399
 in the

00:18:33.399 --> 00:18:33.979
 presence of

00:18:33.979 --> 00:18:34.219
 this

00:18:34.219 --> 00:18:35.059
 truth of

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.500
 God's

00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.199
 all

00:18:36.199 --> 00:18:37.099
 encompassing

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:37.679
 sovereignty,

00:18:38.159 --> 00:18:38.779
 scripturally

00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.359
 revealed,

00:18:40.679 --> 00:18:41.219
 worshipping

00:18:41.219 --> 00:18:42.059
 minds have

00:18:42.059 --> 00:18:42.439
 wondered,

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:45.019
 how could

00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.259
 these

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.799
 things be

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.180
 so?

00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.220
 For

00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:49.200
 by very

00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:49.840
 natural,

00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.299
 for some

00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:54.160
 very natural

00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:54.620
 puzzles

00:18:54.620 --> 00:18:55.700
 appear for

00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.259
 the thoughtful

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.480
 who seek to

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.080
 bring together

00:18:58.080 --> 00:18:58.680
 in harmony

00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.259
 the truth

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.759
 of God's

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.120
 sovereignty

00:19:00.120 --> 00:19:01.160
 with other

00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:02.500
 verities to

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.080
 which scripture

00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:03.880
 bears witness.

00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:04.960
 It's good to

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:05.200
 have an

00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:05.600
 integration

00:19:05.600 --> 00:19:06.220
 instinct.

00:19:07.580 --> 00:19:08.080
 They are

00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:08.900
 perhaps

00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:10.100
 percolating

00:19:10.100 --> 00:19:10.620
 in your

00:19:10.620 --> 00:19:11.120
 minds

00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:11.740
 already.

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:14.539
 two

00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.160
 perhaps

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:16.420
 are most

00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:16.860
 prominent

00:19:16.860 --> 00:19:18.220
 and pressing

00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:19.640
 and deserving

00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:20.740
 of passing

00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.200
 at least

00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:21.600
 comment.

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:22.960
 First,

00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:25.500
 if God

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.220
 is sovereign

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:27.500
 over all,

00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:29.279
 how is

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.759
 he not

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.519
 implicated

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:32.120
 in evil?

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.920
 And,

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.680
 second,

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.820
 if God

00:19:35.820 --> 00:19:36.519
 is sovereign

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.799
 over us,

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:40.019
 how have

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.559
 we the

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.039
 freedom

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:42.399
 for moral

00:19:42.399 --> 00:19:43.099
 agency?

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.440
 Now,

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:45.899
 there is a

00:19:45.899 --> 00:19:46.339
 right way

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.740
 to raise

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.440
 these questions

00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:48.220
 and a

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.899
 wrong way.

00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:50.639
 The right

00:19:50.639 --> 00:19:51.799
 way is

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:52.179
 that of

00:19:52.179 --> 00:19:52.919
 Mary at

00:19:52.919 --> 00:19:53.480
 the angel's

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:53.980
 revelation

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.500
 that she

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.200
 would bear

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:55.779
 a son,

00:19:55.919 --> 00:19:56.240
 God's

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.659
 Messiah.

00:19:56.659 --> 00:19:58.879
 How can

00:19:58.879 --> 00:19:59.399
 these things

00:19:59.399 --> 00:19:59.839
 be?

00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:01.559
 It was

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.019
 asked out

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.460
 of a heart

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:02.980
 of faith

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.599
 and submission.

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:04.500
 There was

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.299
 no rejecting

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:06.679
 disbelief.

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:08.140
 not so

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:08.519
 with

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.420
 Zachariah.

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.019
 His words

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.580
 were exactly

00:20:10.580 --> 00:20:11.060
 the same

00:20:11.060 --> 00:20:11.700
 as Mary's,

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.340
 but not

00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:13.000
 his heart,

00:20:13.320 --> 00:20:14.039
 for his

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.420
 was an

00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:14.920
 unbelieving

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.640
 heart for

00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.060
 which he

00:20:16.060 --> 00:20:17.100
 was rebuked.

00:20:18.080 --> 00:20:18.680
 So,

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.120
 let us

00:20:19.120 --> 00:20:19.640
 proceed in

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.180
 our puzzles

00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:21.259
 with the

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.900
 submissive

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.539
 humble

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.019
 heart of

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.340
 Mary.

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.140
 So,

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.620
 first,

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.600
 if all

00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:29.400
 comes about

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:30.120
 at God's

00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:30.740
 decree,

00:20:32.060 --> 00:20:32.900
 how is

00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:33.500
 he not

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.320
 implicated

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:35.779
 in evil?

00:20:37.919 --> 00:20:38.899
 How are

00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.279
 we to

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:40.259
 think of

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.659
 God's

00:20:40.659 --> 00:20:41.559
 ordaining

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.639
 evil?

00:20:43.939 --> 00:20:44.460
 Surely

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.079
 this is

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.379
 out of

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:45.839
 character

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.240
 with a

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.679
 good and

00:20:46.679 --> 00:20:47.579
 holy God

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.619
 who is

00:20:48.619 --> 00:20:49.519
 light and

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:49.839
 in whom

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.220
 there is

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:51.240
 no darkness,

00:20:51.419 --> 00:20:52.000
 1 John

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.839
 1.5.

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.259
 The

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:54.619
 scriptures

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:55.619
 have not

00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:56.679
 one whisker

00:20:56.679 --> 00:20:57.779
 of ambiguity

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.279
 as to

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.759
 God's

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.259
 utter

00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:00.700
 unblemished

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.200
 goodness.

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:04.140
 He is

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.860
 never

00:21:04.860 --> 00:21:05.740
 the

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.539
 accomplice

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:07.740
 to evil.

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.100
 As

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:09.779
 Moses sang

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.019
 to the

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.440
 assembled

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:10.920
 Israel

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.120
 in

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.580
 Deuteronomy

00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:12.080
 32,

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.539
 3,

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.000
 and 4,

00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:13.779
 ascribe

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.420
 greatness

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.140
 to our

00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:15.660
 God the

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.180
 Rock.

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:16.940
 His

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.660
 work is

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:18.319
 perfect

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.360
 and all

00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:19.960
 his ways

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.720
 are just.

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:21.880
 A

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.360
 God of

00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:23.299
 faithfulness

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:24.140
 without

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:25.360
 iniquity,

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.460
 just

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:26.900
 and

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:27.640
 upright

00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:28.740
 is he.

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:29.880
 Or

00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:30.060
 the

00:21:30.060 --> 00:21:30.400
 prophet

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:31.180
 Habakkuk

00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:31.340
 in

00:21:31.340 --> 00:21:32.040
 1.13.

00:21:32.760 --> 00:21:33.220
 You,

00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:33.620
 God,

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.200
 are of

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.820
 purer

00:21:34.820 --> 00:21:35.680
 eyes

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.480
 than

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.680
 to

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.160
 see

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.800
 evil

00:21:37.800 --> 00:21:38.760
 and

00:21:38.760 --> 00:21:39.080
 cannot

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.840
 look

00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:40.900
 upon

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.500
 wrong.

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.460
 In the

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:42.800
 sense of

00:21:42.800 --> 00:21:43.300
 look with

00:21:43.300 --> 00:21:44.240
 complacency,

00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:44.800
 that's

00:21:44.800 --> 00:21:45.080
 okay,

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.700
 no problem.

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.340
 The

00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:47.860
 sixth-wing

00:21:47.860 --> 00:21:48.860
 cherubim

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.380
 who,

00:21:49.540 --> 00:21:49.820
 covering

00:21:49.820 --> 00:21:50.100
 their

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:50.740
 eyes in

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.060
 God's

00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:51.440
 presence,

00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:52.300
 call to

00:21:52.300 --> 00:21:52.600
 each

00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:52.880
 other

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:53.620
 perpetually,

00:21:54.060 --> 00:21:54.620
 holy,

00:21:55.040 --> 00:21:55.700
 holy,

00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:56.480
 holy,

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.140
 Isaiah

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.600
 6.

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:59.119
 The

00:21:59.119 --> 00:21:59.480
 assembled

00:21:59.480 --> 00:21:59.980
 host of

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.279
 heavens

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.099
 swell

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.539
 with the

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:01.959
 chorus,

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.339
 Revelation

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:03.639
 15.3,

00:22:03.959 --> 00:22:04.599
 great and

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.619
 amazing are

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.339
 your deeds,

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.419
 O Lord

00:22:07.419 --> 00:22:07.759
 God

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.299
 Almighty,

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:10.059
 just and

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:11.119
 true are

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:12.299
 all of

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.299
 your ways.

00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:15.199
 So,

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:17.059
 in light

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.559
 of this

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.219
 brilliant

00:22:18.219 --> 00:22:18.980
 splendor

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:20.299
 of unadulterated

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:21.179
 goodness and

00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:21.939
 unsullied

00:22:21.939 --> 00:22:22.740
 uprightness,

00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:23.579
 we naturally

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.299
 find ourselves

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.139
 arrested

00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:26.400
 to read,

00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:27.680
 is it

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.080
 not from

00:22:28.080 --> 00:22:28.440
 the mouth

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:28.660
 of the

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.060
 Most High

00:22:29.060 --> 00:22:29.460
 that good

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.000
 and evil

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.480
 come?

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:32.220
 And I

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:33.000
 form light

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.280
 and I

00:22:33.280 --> 00:22:33.580
 create

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:34.000
 darkness,

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.580
 I make

00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:35.000
 well-being

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.360
 and I

00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:35.780
 create

00:22:35.780 --> 00:22:36.580
 calamity,

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.500
 I am

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:37.940
 the Lord

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.520
 who does

00:22:38.520 --> 00:22:39.220
 all these

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.660
 things,

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.020
 Isaiah

00:22:40.020 --> 00:22:41.020
 45.7.

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:42.840
 How are

00:22:42.840 --> 00:22:43.060
 we to

00:22:43.060 --> 00:22:43.520
 understand

00:22:43.520 --> 00:22:43.780
 these

00:22:43.780 --> 00:22:44.160
 statements?

00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.140
 I don't

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.320
 know,

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:46.720
 I'll see

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:46.900
 it at

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.259
 no price.

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.780
 Well,

00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:51.360
 the beginning

00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:52.259
 of wisdom

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.140
 here,

00:22:53.280 --> 00:22:53.980
 I believe,

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:55.019
 is to

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.559
 recognize

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.700
 a vital

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.740
 distinction.

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.200
 It's

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.759
 indicated in

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.460
 the remarkable

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.240
 utterance

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.120
 of Joseph

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:04.059
 recorded

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.039
 in Genesis

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:06.779
 50.20.

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.099
 Referring

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.380
 to his

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.779
 brothers

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.339
 selling him

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.980
 into slavery

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.700
 and his

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.120
 ending up

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.500
 in Egypt,

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.079
 he states,

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.339
 you intended

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.740
 it for

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.259
 evil,

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.579
 but God

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.200
 intended

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.140
 it for

00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:17.700
 good.

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.140
 So,

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.099
 notice how

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.920
 in Joseph's

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.279
 mind,

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.720
 the action

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.740
 was brought

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:25.059
 about both

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:26.000
 by his

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.440
 brothers

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.900
 and by

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.579
 God.

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.500
 But,

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.700
 and this

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.860
 is vital,

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.539
 the differentiated

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.740
 actors had

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.579
 different

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:38.059
 motives and

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:39.319
 purposes in

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.100
 and for

00:23:40.100 --> 00:23:41.220
 the action.

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.960
 The brothers

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.519
 intended it

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.039
 for evil,

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.779
 God intended

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.700
 it for

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.059
 good.

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:48.119
 Now,

00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:49.200
 this duality

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.599
 is instructive

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.179
 in guiding

00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:51.960
 our thinking.

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.700
 In each

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.599
 action,

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.440
 we must

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.460
 see a

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:57.960
 dual

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:59.440
 reference.

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.319
 There is

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.200
 an intention

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.519
 with respect

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.379
 to the

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:04.960
 creature,

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.619
 the created

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.240
 ones,

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.940
 who is

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.299
 acting,

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.720
 whoever the

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.159
 created one

00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:09.740
 is acting,

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.779
 Satan,

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.839
 villains,

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.659
 sinners,

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.440
 often

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.340
 perfidious,

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.920
 which may

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.240
 or may

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.200
 not prevail.

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.320
 But,

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.700
 there is

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.720
 also an

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.299
 intention

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.799
 of the

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.480
 creator,

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.759
 whose

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.340
 intentions

00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:26.039
 and purposes

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:27.519
 will always

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.039
 obtain.

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.940
 His

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.500
 intentions

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:32.360
 are always

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:33.640
 and necessarily

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.980
 good and

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:36.019
 holy and

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.759
 glorious,

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.980
 reflecting

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.180
 his character.

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.519
 As

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.180
 Jonathan Edwards

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.720
 writes,

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.279
 it's a

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.480
 little

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.920
 archaic

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.380
 grammar,

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.039
 but you'll

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:46.340
 get the

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:46.720
 point.

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.360
 Men

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:50.640
 will,

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.420
 sorry,

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.519
 men do

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.279
 will

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.279
 sin

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:56.039
 as

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:57.000
 sin.

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.980
 And so

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.360
 are the

00:24:59.360 --> 00:25:00.120
 authors and

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.920
 actors of

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.160
 it.

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:02.500
 They love

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.740
 it as

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.799
 sin

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:06.100
 and for

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.759
 the evil

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.740
 ends and

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.259
 purposes.

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.799
 God

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.420
 don't

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.060
 will

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.659
 sin

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.399
 as

00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:13.259
 sin

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:15.599
 or

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:15.799
 for

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.079
 the

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.399
 sake

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:16.679
 of

00:25:16.679 --> 00:25:17.299
 anything

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.940
 evil.

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:19.859
 Though

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.159
 it be

00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:20.399
 his

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:20.899
 pleasure

00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.679
 so

00:25:21.679 --> 00:25:21.960
 to

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.279
 order

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.799
 things

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.099
 that

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.299
 he

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.799
 permitting

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.559
 sin

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:24.799
 will

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.139
 come

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.379
 to

00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:26.119
 pass,

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:27.500
 he

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.859
 doeth

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.059
 it

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.759
 for

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.019
 the

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.279
 sake

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.460
 of

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.619
 the

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:29.980
 great

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.500
 good

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.000
 that

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.259
 by

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.659
 his

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.480
 disposal

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.679
 shall

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.019
 be

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.299
 the

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.960
 consequence.

00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:36.299
 Now

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.519
 that's

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:36.779
 Edwards,

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.119
 it's a

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.220
 little

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.379
 bit

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.039
 dense.

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.279
 Maybe

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.440
 I'll

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:39.619
 just

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:39.879
 read

00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:39.980
 it

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.399
 again

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:40.660
 because

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:40.819
 this

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.379
 is

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:42.139
 really

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:42.899
 really

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.579
 helpful

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:45.440
 distinction

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.980
 to have.

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.160
 Men

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.639
 do

00:25:47.639 --> 00:25:48.000
 will

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.519
 sin

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.160
 as

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.759
 sin

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.839
 and

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.000
 so

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.119
 are

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.259
 the

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.579
 authors

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:51.779
 and

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.079
 actors

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.279
 of

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.480
 it.

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.139
 They

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:53.799
 love

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.019
 it

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.920
 as

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.720
 sin

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.779
 and

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:56.920
 for

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.200
 evil

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.440
 ends

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.579
 and

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:57.940
 purposes.

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:58.980
 But

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.420
 God

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.460
 doesn't

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:00.879
 don't

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.259
 will

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.799
 sin

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.299
 as

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.779
 sin

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.859
 or

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.039
 for

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.259
 the

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.460
 sake

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.599
 of

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:04.879
 anything

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:05.240
 evil.

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.299
 Though

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.440
 it

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:06.559
 be

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:06.779
 his

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.180
 pleasure

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.500
 so

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:07.639
 to

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:07.879
 order

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.220
 things

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.440
 that

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.600
 he

00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:09.160
 permitting

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.860
 sin

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.060
 will

00:26:10.060 --> 00:26:10.320
 come

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:10.520
 to

00:26:10.520 --> 00:26:10.900
 pass

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.340
 for

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.600
 the

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:11.980
 sake

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.200
 of

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.360
 the

00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:12.640
 great

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.200
 good

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.760
 that

00:26:13.760 --> 00:26:14.040
 by

00:26:14.040 --> 00:26:14.340
 his

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:15.000
 disposal

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.700
 shall

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:15.840
 be

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:15.980
 the

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.460
 consequence.

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.600
 Get that?

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.380
 Very

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.900
 helpful.

00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:20.480
 Very

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:20.860
 helpful.

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.340
 It's

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:21.580
 from his

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:21.900
 Freedom of

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.180
 the Will,

00:26:22.280 --> 00:26:23.200
 page 408

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.120
 and 9.

00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:26.440
 Long

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.680
 book,

00:26:26.760 --> 00:26:27.080
 but worth

00:26:27.080 --> 00:26:27.260
 it.

00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:30.140
 Now

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.680
 what can

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.260
 make some

00:26:31.260 --> 00:26:31.560
 of the

00:26:31.560 --> 00:26:32.080
 language

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:32.760
 about

00:26:32.760 --> 00:26:33.320
 this

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:34.440
 jarring

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.580
 is that

00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:35.800
 the

00:26:35.800 --> 00:26:36.600
 outcomes

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.039
 of

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.299
 these

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.859
 dual

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.539
 intended

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.139
 acts,

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.099
 Joseph

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.419
 being

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:40.659
 sold

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:40.819
 as

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:40.959
 a

00:26:40.959 --> 00:26:41.219
 slave

00:26:41.219 --> 00:26:41.399
 and

00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:41.559
 sent

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.679
 to

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:42.039
 Egypt,

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.679
 are

00:26:42.679 --> 00:26:43.179
 described

00:26:43.179 --> 00:26:44.639
 from

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:44.859
 the

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.279
 vantage

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.659
 point

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:45.879
 of

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.119
 our

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:47.039
 experience

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.419
 of

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:47.759
 them.

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.459
 We

00:26:49.459 --> 00:26:50.119
 experience

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.579
 them

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:50.759
 as

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.139
 evil

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:52.839
 and

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.039
 they

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.299
 are

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.039
 rightly

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.559
 so

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.199
 described.

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.059
 Joseph

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.439
 being

00:26:56.439 --> 00:26:56.719
 sold

00:26:56.719 --> 00:26:57.099
 by his

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.439
 brothers

00:26:57.439 --> 00:26:58.019
 was

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.659
 evil.

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.500
 They

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.879
 intended

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.079
 it

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.219
 for

00:27:00.219 --> 00:27:00.500
 evil

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.939
 and

00:27:00.939 --> 00:27:01.240
 Joseph

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.939
 experienced

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:02.359
 it

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.759
 as

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.079
 evil.

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.619
 So

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:03.799
 it

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.079
 makes

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.419
 sense

00:27:04.419 --> 00:27:04.619
 that

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:04.759
 we

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:04.939
 would

00:27:04.939 --> 00:27:05.339
 call

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.519
 it

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.099
 evil.

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:06.959
 As

00:27:06.959 --> 00:27:07.240
 indeed

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.399
 it

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.919
 is.

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:08.919
 What

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.179
 else

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.339
 would

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:09.480
 we

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.740
 call

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:09.959
 it?

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.839
 And

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:10.980
 what

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.159
 other

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:11.599
 vantage

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:11.899
 point

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.059
 would

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.219
 we

00:27:12.219 --> 00:27:12.480
 have

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.639
 to

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.259
 describe

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.579
 it

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.119
 than

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.339
 our

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.000
 own?

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.019
 And

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.319
 we

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:17.819
 see

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.099
 and

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.939
 experience

00:27:18.939 --> 00:27:19.219
 it

00:27:19.219 --> 00:27:19.480
 as

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.039
 affliction,

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.779
 calamity,

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.459
 and

00:27:21.459 --> 00:27:22.000
 evil.

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.939
 But

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:25.559
 God

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.000
 is

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.419
 in

00:27:26.419 --> 00:27:26.899
 it

00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:28.019
 and

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.439
 so

00:27:28.439 --> 00:27:28.719
 we

00:27:28.719 --> 00:27:29.179
 may

00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:29.779
 and

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.179
 must

00:27:30.179 --> 00:27:30.799
 say

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:32.019
 does

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.459
 fire

00:27:32.459 --> 00:27:32.959
 consume

00:27:32.959 --> 00:27:33.159
 a

00:27:33.159 --> 00:27:33.419
 city

00:27:33.419 --> 00:27:33.919
 and

00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.079
 do

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.319
 not

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.839
 I

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.480
 God

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.919
 do

00:27:35.919 --> 00:27:36.240
 it?

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.599
 God

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.740
 is

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:50.480
 in it

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.659
 and

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:52.119
 ordains

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.379
 it

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:52.679
 but

00:27:52.679 --> 00:27:52.819
 in

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.119
 his

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.619
 case

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.240
 for

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.899
 good.

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:55.959
 See

00:27:55.959 --> 00:27:56.079
 the

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.299
 coming

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.719
 together

00:27:56.719 --> 00:27:56.980
 of

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.419
 the

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.639
 dual

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.059
 actors

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:59.480
 think

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.679
 of it

00:27:59.679 --> 00:27:59.839
 this

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.079
 way

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.519
 I

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.759
 I'm

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:00.919
 trying

00:28:00.919 --> 00:28:01.000
 to

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.199
 remember

00:28:01.199 --> 00:28:01.399
 which

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:01.819
 Puritan

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.359
 he

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.699
 talks

00:28:02.699 --> 00:28:02.960
 about

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.179
 God

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:04.799
 uses

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.379
 Satan

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.740
 as

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.000
 his

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.859
 drudge

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:08.980
 imagine

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.759
 Satan

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:09.879
 there

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:09.980
 it

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.139
 says

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.659
 I

00:28:10.659 --> 00:28:11.240
 hate

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.659
 God's

00:28:11.659 --> 00:28:12.099
 elect

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:13.019
 I

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.359
 am

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.619
 going

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:13.819
 to

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.279
 destroy

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.579
 them

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:14.980
 so

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.179
 he

00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:15.539
 takes

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:15.799
 the

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.240
 flail

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.720
 and

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:16.839
 he

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.099
 goes

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.519
 after

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.359
 God's

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.899
 professed

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.240
 people

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.579
 with

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:19.799
 a

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.220
 flail

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.419
 and

00:28:20.419 --> 00:28:20.659
 he's

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:20.819
 just

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.439
 flailing

00:28:21.439 --> 00:28:22.139
 away

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:23.379
 and

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:23.919
 aiming

00:28:23.919 --> 00:28:24.099
 to

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.500
 destroy

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:24.740
 them

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.259
 and

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.399
 we

00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:25.819
 feel

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.259
 the

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.619
 harsh

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.599
 we're

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:27.779
 under

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:27.939
 the

00:28:27.939 --> 00:28:28.399
 flail

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:29.239
 Satan

00:28:29.239 --> 00:28:29.399
 is

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:29.919
 flail

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:31.859
 but

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.019
 in

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.279
 doing

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.699
 so

00:28:32.699 --> 00:28:33.079
 he

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.679
 just

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:34.219
 manages

00:28:34.219 --> 00:28:34.559
 to

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.000
 achieve

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.459
 God's

00:28:35.459 --> 00:28:35.839
 purpose

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.859
 which

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.079
 is

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.699
 separating

00:28:37.699 --> 00:28:38.179
 the

00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:38.639
 grain

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:38.859
 from

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.059
 the

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.559
 chaff

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.159
 and

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:41.199
 purifying

00:28:41.199 --> 00:28:42.779
 the

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.379
 wheat

00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:44.099
 so

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.459
 Satan

00:28:44.459 --> 00:28:44.639
 the

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:44.979
 drudge

00:28:44.979 --> 00:28:45.099
 is

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.239
 just

00:28:45.239 --> 00:28:45.459
 going

00:28:45.459 --> 00:28:45.779
 away

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.000
 just

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.539
 hammering

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.739
 trying

00:28:46.739 --> 00:28:46.859
 to

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.419
 destroy

00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:48.939
 and

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.179
 that's

00:28:49.179 --> 00:28:49.299
 his

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.539
 evil

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:49.959
 intent

00:28:49.959 --> 00:28:50.179
 and

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:50.339
 it's

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.579
 evil

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:50.719
 and

00:28:50.719 --> 00:28:50.839
 we

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.359
 experience

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.519
 it

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.619
 as

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:51.779
 evil

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.000
 oh

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.199
 my

00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:52.539
 goodness

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.779
 I'm

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:52.919
 being

00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.379
 battered

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:53.519
 I'm

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.679
 being

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.159
 battered

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:54.319
 I'm

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.000
 under

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.199
 the

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.000
 but

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.439
 God

00:28:57.439 --> 00:28:57.579
 is

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:57.939
 achieving

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.099
 his

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.279
 good

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.759
 purpose

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.899
 of

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.719
 refining

00:29:00.719 --> 00:29:00.959
 and

00:29:00.959 --> 00:29:01.859
 purifying

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.419
 and

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:03.159
 winnowing

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:03.739
 the wheat

00:29:03.739 --> 00:29:04.059
 from the

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.519
 chaff

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.219
 so

00:29:05.219 --> 00:29:05.399
 these

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:05.679
 things

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.339
 come

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:07.159
 together

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:08.419
 so

00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:08.679
 there's

00:29:08.679 --> 00:29:08.819
 our

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.119
 first

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.599
 puzzle

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.059
 hopefully

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.479
 a little

00:29:10.479 --> 00:29:10.759
 bit

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.500
 illuminated

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.939
 our

00:29:12.939 --> 00:29:13.279
 second

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.659
 puzzle

00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:14.179
 is

00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:16.059
 if

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.959
 God's

00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:17.519
 sovereign

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.239
 decree

00:29:18.239 --> 00:29:19.619
 ordains

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.119
 all

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.639
 things

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.079
 including

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.479
 human

00:29:21.479 --> 00:29:22.179
 actions

00:29:22.179 --> 00:29:23.419
 how

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:23.779
 can

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.099
 we

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.519
 rightly

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.759
 be

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.279
 accountable

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.719
 for

00:29:25.719 --> 00:29:25.959
 them

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:28.380
 well

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.579
 let's

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:28.819
 take

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.200
 for

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.640
 guidance

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:29.980
 in

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.220
 this

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.600
 puzzle

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:31.480
 the

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.799
 biblical

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.340
 case

00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:32.799
 of

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.319
 God's

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:33.900
 ordaining

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.240
 the

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.900
 Assyrian

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.600
 empire

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.380
 to

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:37.519
 scourge

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.380
 apostate

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.940
 Israel

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.700
 for her

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.539
 disobedience

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:42.500
 God

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.740
 describes

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.640
 Assyria

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.100
 as

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:46.079
 vividly

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.720
 Isaiah

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.019
 10

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.400
 5

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.920
 the

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.519
 rod

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.539
 of

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.940
 my

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.539
 anger

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.660
 the

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.360
 axe

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.680
 with

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:52.940
 which

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.279
 I

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.799
 hew

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.639
 the

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.339
 saw

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:56.019
 I

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.819
 wield

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:58.799
 that

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.200
 is

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.319
 God

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.539
 manipulates

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.619
 Assyria

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.740
 as one

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.159
 would

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.639
 an

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.659
 inanimate

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.599
 tool

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:08.139
 deploying

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.839
 them for

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.220
 his

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.720
 errand

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.079
 of

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.599
 judgment

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.259
 so you

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.480
 can see

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:11.720
 oh

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.240
 how can

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.319
 he

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.500
 hold

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.619
 that

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.099
 if

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.480
 he's

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.659
 just

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:14.319
 how

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.559
 that

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:17.440
 as

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:17.579
 he

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.000
 writes

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:19.420
 against

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.680
 a

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.119
 godless

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.539
 nation

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.779
 I

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.200
 send

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.440
 him

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.960
 Assyria

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.519
 against

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.740
 the

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.019
 people

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.160
 of

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:23.319
 my

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.599
 wrath

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:23.940
 I

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.480
 command

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.819
 him

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.960
 to

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.400
 take

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.019
 and

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.180
 to

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.619
 seize

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:27.940
 and

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.079
 to

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.480
 plunder

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.880
 and

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.059
 to

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.460
 tread

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:29.779
 them

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.240
 down

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.500
 like

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.660
 the

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.180
 mire

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.359
 in

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:31.539
 the

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.200
 streets

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:36.980
 but

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:39.140
 and

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.640
 this

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:39.940
 is

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.119
 the

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.420
 critical

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.759
 point

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:40.920
 to

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.480
 recognize

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:43.420
 God

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:43.920
 does

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.339
 not

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.880
 need

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.220
 to

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:46.000
 sow

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:47.539
 evil

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.360
 into

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:48.579
 the

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.220
 Assyrian

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.880
 hearts

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:51.819
 for

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.019
 them

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.220
 to

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.579
 act

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:52.860
 in

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.120
 this

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.539
 role

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.819
 their

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.319
 hearts

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.160
 are

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.940
 already

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:58.120
 remorseless

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:59.099
 cruel

00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:00.079
 grasping

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:01.019
 already

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:02.079
 with the

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.640
 disposition

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.400
 to enact

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.339
 cruel

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:05.319
 rapacious

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.480
 villainies

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:08.599
 God

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:08.819
 need

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.059
 not

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.380
 teach

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.539
 the

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.019
 Assyrians

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.319
 new

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:10.759
 tricks

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.839
 to

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.099
 use

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.359
 them

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:13.879
 cruelly

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:15.619
 neither

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:15.900
 get

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.059
 them

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.200
 to

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.379
 act

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.359
 contrary

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.960
 to

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.160
 their

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.079
 habituated

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.720
 evil

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:21.180
 they

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.680
 are

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.480
 self

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.259
 made

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:24.579
 accomplished

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.879
 experts

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.559
 in

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 evil

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:29.379
 as

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 the

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.779
 next

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.259
 verse

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.920
 testifies

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 of the

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.700
 Assyrians

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.140
 verse

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 seven

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.339
 it

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.599
 is

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:33.960
 in

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.299
 their

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.039
 heart

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.599
 to

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 destroy

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 do

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.640
 you see

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:37.980
 that

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:39.660
 and

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.039
 so

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.700
 after

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.079
 using

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.579
 Assyria

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:41.960
 to

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.359
 accomplish

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.659
 his

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:42.960
 purpose

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.180
 of

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.700
 disciplining

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:43.879
 his

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.220
 wayward

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.579
 people

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.159
 God

00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:45.599
 turns

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.059
 and

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:46.480
 judges

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.759
 the

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.420
 Assyrians

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.980
 for their

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.359
 pride

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:48.539
 and

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.059
 cruelty

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:50.980
 when

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.399
 I

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.519
 or sorry

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.960
 when the

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.240
 Lord

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.920
 has

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.399
 finished

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:54.639
 his

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:54.920
 work

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.099
 on

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.299
 Mount

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.779
 Zion

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.420
 disciplining

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:56.619
 his

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:57.000
 people

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.839
 he

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.159
 the

00:31:58.159 --> 00:31:58.339
 Hebrew

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.579
 says

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.079
 I

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.559
 I

00:31:59.559 --> 00:31:59.740
 the

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.000
 Lord

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.440
 will

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.039
 punish

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.460
 the

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.059
 arrogant

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.579
 heart

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.099
 of the

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.379
 king

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:03.500
 of

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.200
 Assyria

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.899
 verse

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.280
 12

00:32:05.280 --> 00:32:07.320
 and

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:07.580
 God

00:32:07.580 --> 00:32:08.460
 rightly

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.100
 judges

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.680
 wicked

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.160
 hearts

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.540
 that

00:32:10.540 --> 00:32:11.120
 sin

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.960
 willingly

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:13.400
 it's

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:13.620
 no

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.220
 excuse

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:15.320
 for

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:15.540
 their

00:32:15.540 --> 00:32:16.060
 sin

00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:16.420
 that

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:16.740
 God

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.220
 used

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.480
 them

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.640
 to

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.120
 accomplish

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.440
 his

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.860
 purpose

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:20.820
 in

00:32:20.820 --> 00:32:21.080
 our

00:32:21.080 --> 00:32:21.560
 sin

00:32:21.560 --> 00:32:22.000
 we

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.320
 make

00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:23.200
 real

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.040
 choices

00:32:24.040 --> 00:32:24.519
 and

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.740
 are

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.420
 accountable

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.900
 for

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.160
 them

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:27.360
 God

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.640
 need

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:27.900
 not

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.780
 introduce

00:32:28.780 --> 00:32:29.660
 sin

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.000
 into

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.340
 our

00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:30.800
 actions

00:32:30.800 --> 00:32:31.320
 like

00:32:31.320 --> 00:32:31.540
 some

00:32:31.540 --> 00:32:31.740
 sort

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:31.900
 of

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.640
 exogenous

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.640
 seed

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:35.740
 our

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.040
 sin

00:32:36.040 --> 00:32:36.220
 is

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.780
 native

00:32:36.780 --> 00:32:37.380
 to

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:37.600
 our

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:37.960
 own

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.540
 hearts

00:32:38.540 --> 00:32:38.960
 and

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.480
 home

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.020
 grown

00:32:40.020 --> 00:32:41.640
 when

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:41.880
 we

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.320
 sin

00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:42.840
 we

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.259
 sin

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.380
 heartily

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:46.140
 our

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.440
 whole

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:46.800
 hearts

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:46.980
 are

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.120
 in

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.320
 our

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.700
 sin

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:50.360
 and

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:51.100
 I

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:51.400
 think

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.600
 we

00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.020
 know

00:32:52.020 --> 00:32:52.840
 in

00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.000
 our

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.460
 honest

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.040
 moments

00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:55.120
 that

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.280
 our

00:32:55.280 --> 00:32:55.780
 choices

00:32:55.780 --> 00:32:56.340
 are

00:32:56.340 --> 00:32:57.320
 authentically

00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:57.880
 our

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.259
 own

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:59.600
 and

00:32:59.600 --> 00:32:59.820
 to

00:32:59.820 --> 00:33:00.180
 seek

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.420
 to

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:00.840
 wriggle

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:01.160
 out

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.280
 of

00:33:01.280 --> 00:33:02.020
 responsibility

00:33:02.020 --> 00:33:02.880
 by

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.400
 blaming

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:04.160
 God's

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.800
 sovereignty

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:06.259
 that's

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.540
 mere

00:33:06.540 --> 00:33:07.280
 evasion

00:33:07.280 --> 00:33:08.140
 and

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.519
 will

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:08.920
 not

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.680
 stand

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.480
 in

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.640
 the

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.000
 judgment

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:15.500
 now

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.700
 there

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.200
 is no

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.420
 doubt

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.680
 much

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.100
 mystery

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.480
 here

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.980
 and

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.120
 how

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.320
 could

00:33:19.320 --> 00:33:19.420
 it

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.600
 not

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:19.820
 be

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.220
 so

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:22.560
 for

00:33:22.560 --> 00:33:22.860
 we

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.080
 can

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:23.360
 merely

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:23.860
 grasp

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.120
 the

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.720
 fringes

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:24.860
 of

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.000
 his

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.540
 ways

00:33:25.540 --> 00:33:27.780
 and

00:33:27.780 --> 00:33:28.120
 how

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.940
 indeed

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.360
 should

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:29.519
 we

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.060
 expect

00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:30.920
 otherwise

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:32.300
 for

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.519
 how

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.660
 are

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:32.820
 we

00:33:32.820 --> 00:33:33.019
 to

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:34.480
 apprehend

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.640
 let

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:34.860
 alone

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:35.840
 comprehend

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:37.039
 the

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.300
 way

00:33:37.300 --> 00:33:37.480
 of

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.660
 an

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.300
 infinite

00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:38.960
 person

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:40.060
 relating

00:33:40.060 --> 00:33:40.279
 to

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.840
 finite

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.539
 persons

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.460
 the

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.060
 creator

00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:43.980
 with

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.160
 his

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:44.480
 image

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.740
 bearing

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.240
 creatures

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.759
 if

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:46.960
 there

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.060
 were

00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:47.220
 no

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.580
 mystery

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:48.019
 here

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:49.080
 it

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.320
 would

00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:49.560
 not

00:33:49.560 --> 00:33:49.740
 only

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:49.980
 be

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.620
 surprising

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:51.019
 I

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.279
 think

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.380
 it

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:51.500
 would

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.820
 probably

00:33:51.820 --> 00:33:52.100
 be

00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:52.779
 suspicious

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:55.839
 the

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.359
 regenerate

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:56.759
 heart

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.660
 shall

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.460
 respond

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.200
 in

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.420
 a

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:00.019
 resting

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:01.180
 rejoicing

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.180


00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.279
 at the

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.899
 supreme

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:03.619
 sovereignty

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.240
 and

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.740
 all

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.379
 governance

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:06.359
 of

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:06.720
 God!

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.460
 It

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.639
 is

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.099
 perhaps

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.360
 the

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.679
 mark

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.159
 of

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.320
 the

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.219
 unregenerate

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:12.059
 if

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.219
 the

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.860
 response

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.079
 is

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.340
 one

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.480
 of

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.239
 rankling

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:15.179
 and

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.719
 rejection!

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:17.619
 John

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:17.820
 Paul

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.300
 Sartre

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.980
 writes

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.279
 how

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:19.739
 as

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.059
 a

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.199
 little

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.559
 boy

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.159
 he

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.920
 hated

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.440
 the

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.740
 very

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.380
 thought

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.960
 of

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.320
 God

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.800
 as

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.079
 one

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.360
 whose

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.639
 very

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.260
 being

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:26.900
 must

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.519
 impinge

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.900
 upon

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.119
 his

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.400
 own

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:29.320
 absolute

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:30.300
 sovereignty

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.740
 and

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:31.340
 utter

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.880
 freedom

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.420
 to be

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:32.639
 the

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.240
 supreme

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.940
 dictator

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.420
 of

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.659
 his

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.119
 life

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:37.579
 as

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.700
 he

00:34:37.700 --> 00:34:37.940
 later

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.460
 expressed

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 it

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:38.800
 in

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:38.940
 a

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.500
 syllogism

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.280
 if

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.740
 God

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.340
 exists

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.019
 I

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.440
 am

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.860
 not

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.519
 free

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.659
 but

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.059
 I

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.800
 am

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.599
 free

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.320
 therefore

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.760
 God

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.400
 cannot

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:49.159
 exist

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:51.519
 such

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:51.679
 is

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:51.839
 the

00:34:51.839 --> 00:34:52.159
 common

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.699
 corrupted

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.139
 heart

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:54.039
 human

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.619
 instinct

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.379
 which

00:34:55.379 --> 00:34:55.920
 imagines

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.399
 itself

00:34:56.399 --> 00:34:57.679
 enthroned

00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.339
 and

00:34:58.339 --> 00:34:58.699
 carrying

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:58.980
 the

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.319
 sovereign

00:34:59.319 --> 00:34:59.899
 scepter

00:34:59.899 --> 00:35:00.639
 in

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:00.799
 its

00:35:00.799 --> 00:35:01.339
 mock

00:35:01.339 --> 00:35:02.159
 majesty

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:03.559
 we

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.399
 vainly

00:35:04.399 --> 00:35:04.879
 imagine

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 it

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.460
 so

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.699
 for

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:06.899
 we

00:35:06.899 --> 00:35:07.259
 fancy

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.799
 ourselves

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:08.059
 the

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.519
 center

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.279
 of

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 all

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.440
 with

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 all

00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.219
 else

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.759
 orbiting

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.759
 around

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.319
 us

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:15.039
 I'm

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.399
 reminded

00:35:15.399 --> 00:35:15.719
 of an

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.039
 incident

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.719
 recounted

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:16.879
 in

00:35:16.879 --> 00:35:17.279
 naval

00:35:17.279 --> 00:35:18.159
 lore

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:19.639
 one

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:19.919
 dark

00:35:19.919 --> 00:35:20.219
 night

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:21.799
 a

00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:22.359
 battleship

00:35:22.359 --> 00:35:22.539
 is

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.000
 plowing

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.259
 through

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.439
 the

00:35:23.439 --> 00:35:23.699
 open

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.039
 sea

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.219
 at

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.459
 full

00:35:24.459 --> 00:35:24.759
 speed

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:25.059
 ahead

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.500
 when

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:25.639
 a

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.819
 light

00:35:25.819 --> 00:35:26.139
 appeared

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.719
 approaching

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.819
 dead

00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:28.219
 ahead

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:29.839
 the

00:35:29.839 --> 00:35:30.159
 admiral

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.599
 signaled

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:30.599


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 Change

00:35:31.399 --> 00:35:31.559
 your

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 course

00:35:31.879 --> 00:35:32.099
 ten

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.379
 degrees

00:35:32.379 --> 00:35:32.539
 to

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:32.679
 the

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.000
 north

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:34.319
 only

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:34.519
 to

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:34.879
 receive

00:35:34.879 --> 00:35:35.159
 back

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.339
 the

00:35:35.339 --> 00:35:35.639
 signal

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.480
 you

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.119
 change

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.519
 your

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.959
 course

00:35:37.959 --> 00:35:38.319
 ten

00:35:38.319 --> 00:35:38.599
 degrees

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:38.739
 to

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:38.859
 the

00:35:38.859 --> 00:35:39.199
 north

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:40.279
 taken

00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:40.779
 aback

00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:41.599
 the

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:41.959
 commander

00:35:41.959 --> 00:35:42.419
 signaled

00:35:42.419 --> 00:35:43.199
 I

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:43.599
 am

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:43.779
 an

00:35:43.779 --> 00:35:44.179
 admiral

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:44.459
 in

00:35:44.459 --> 00:35:44.619
 his

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.259
 majesty's

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:45.480
 royal

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.899
 navy

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.740
 change

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.039
 your

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.559
 course

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:48.059
 ten

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.500
 degrees

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.760
 only

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:49.920
 to

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.240
 receive

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:50.519
 back

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:50.700
 the

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.000
 signal

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.920
 I'm

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.000
 an

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.180
 able

00:35:52.180 --> 00:35:52.480
 bodied

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.820
 seaman

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.019
 in

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.160
 his

00:35:53.160 --> 00:35:53.660
 majesty's

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:53.900
 navy

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.619
 you

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:54.960
 change

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.200
 your

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.639
 course

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:57.420
 now

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.099
 irate

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.660
 at

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:58.780
 the

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.619
 impertinence

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.280
 the

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.579
 admiral

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:00.980
 signaled

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.579
 I

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:01.940
 am

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.200
 a

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:03.039
 battleship

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.700
 you

00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:04.380
 change

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.760
 your

00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:05.300
 course

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:05.760
 ten

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.139
 degrees

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.320
 to

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:06.420
 the

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.740
 north

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:08.280
 back

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.519
 came

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.660
 the

00:36:08.660 --> 00:36:08.940
 signal

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.639
 no

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.780
 you

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.119
 change

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.300
 your

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:11.579
 course

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:11.780
 ten

00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:12.059
 degrees

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.200
 to

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.300
 the

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.579
 north

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.340
 I

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:13.680
 am

00:36:13.680 --> 00:36:13.820
 a

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.200
 lighthouse

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:18.219
 some

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:19.000
 realities

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:20.239
 one

00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:21.179
 uniquely

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:22.099
 in

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.480
 virtue

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.879
 of

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.079
 what

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.219
 it

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.659
 is

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.599
 and

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:24.899
 cannot

00:36:24.899 --> 00:36:25.199
 but

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.519
 be

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.839
 the

00:36:26.839 --> 00:36:27.319
 supreme

00:36:27.319 --> 00:36:28.019
 reality

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:29.939
 it

00:36:29.939 --> 00:36:30.299
 or let

00:36:30.299 --> 00:36:30.480
 us

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:30.679
 say

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.079
 he

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.960
 does

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.199
 not

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:32.599
 adjust

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:32.879
 to

00:36:32.879 --> 00:36:33.319
 us

00:36:33.319 --> 00:36:34.539
 we

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.419
 adjust

00:36:35.419 --> 00:36:35.719
 to

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.019
 him

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:37.179
 it

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.399
 could

00:36:37.399 --> 00:36:37.599
 not

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:37.779
 be

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.219
 otherwise

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:39.980
 that

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.679
 supreme

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.339
 reality

00:36:41.339 --> 00:36:41.919
 the

00:36:41.919 --> 00:36:42.459
 all

00:36:42.459 --> 00:36:43.119
 governing

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.639
 mighty

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.159
 God

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.659
 is

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:44.859
 the

00:36:44.859 --> 00:36:45.500
 sovereign

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.939
 ruler

00:36:45.939 --> 00:36:46.199
 of

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.379
 his

00:36:46.379 --> 00:36:46.939
 creation

00:36:46.939 --> 00:36:47.619
 and

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:47.919
 he

00:36:47.919 --> 00:36:48.379
 works

00:36:48.379 --> 00:36:48.799
 all

00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:49.399
 things

00:36:49.399 --> 00:36:50.559
 according

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.259
 to

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.500
 his

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.799
 will

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:53.959
 and

00:36:53.959 --> 00:36:54.159
 that

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.519
 God

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.459
 works

00:36:55.459 --> 00:36:56.179
 all

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.699
 things

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.539
 according

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.099
 that

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.500
 sorry

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:58.879
 and

00:36:58.879 --> 00:36:59.299
 that

00:36:59.299 --> 00:36:59.899
 God

00:36:59.899 --> 00:37:00.779
 works

00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:01.000
 all

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.239
 things

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.559
 according

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:01.759
 to

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:01.939
 his

00:37:01.939 --> 00:37:02.239
 will

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:03.419
 anchors

00:37:03.419 --> 00:37:04.059
 the

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.719
 assurance

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.339
 that

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:05.839
 all

00:37:05.839 --> 00:37:06.480
 things

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.059
 he

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.820
 infallibly

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.240
 works

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:08.719
 together

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.360
 for

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.599
 the

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:09.940
 good

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.159
 of

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.519
 those

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.719
 who

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:11.079
 love

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:11.480
 him

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:14.480
 as

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:14.800
 Jonathan

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.099
 Edwards

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.500
 writes

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.579
 every

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.519
 atom

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:18.219
 in the

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.719
 universe

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.760
 is

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.380
 managed

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.679
 by

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.400
 Christ

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:22.420
 so

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.619
 as

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:22.719
 to

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:22.880
 be

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.420
 most

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.679
 to

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:23.840
 the

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.380
 advantage

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.380
 of

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:25.519
 the

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.039
 Christian

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:27.099
 isn't

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.260
 that

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.719
 wonderful

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.579
 think

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:28.860
 about

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.260
 that

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:30.280
 every

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:30.840
 atom

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.039
 in

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.219
 the

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.639
 universe

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.099
 is

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.480
 managed

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:32.760
 by

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.240
 Christ

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:33.820
 so

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.019
 as

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.139
 to

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.300
 be

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:34.699
 most

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:34.880
 to

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.019
 the

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.500
 advantage

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.659
 of

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:35.780
 the

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:36.199
 Christian

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:38.579
 and

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:38.719
 the

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:39.119
 good

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.579
 in the

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:39.799
 all

00:37:39.799 --> 00:37:40.039
 things

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.219
 for

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.500
 good

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:40.659
 here

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.039
 referenced

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.219
 in

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:41.359
 the

00:37:41.359 --> 00:37:41.679
 scripture

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.599
 Romans

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.799
 8

00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:43.139
 28

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.879
 is

00:37:43.879 --> 00:37:44.079
 the

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.460
 good

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:44.639
 of

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:44.879
 the

00:37:44.879 --> 00:37:45.639
 salvation

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:46.019
 of

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.199
 his

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.599
 people

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:48.019
 and

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.339
 how

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:49.019
 this

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.719
 saving

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.139
 good

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:51.079
 unfolds

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:51.219
 for

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:51.399
 his

00:37:51.399 --> 00:37:51.759
 people

00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:52.419
 is

00:37:52.419 --> 00:37:53.279
 encompassed

00:37:53.279 --> 00:37:53.639
 in

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:53.759
 the

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:54.179
 doctrines

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.319
 of

00:37:54.319 --> 00:37:54.739
 grace

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:55.419
 to

00:37:55.419 --> 00:37:55.759
 which

00:37:55.759 --> 00:37:56.039
 we

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.239
 shall

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:56.759
 return

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:57.519
 next

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:57.839
 week

00:37:57.839 --> 00:37:58.159
 Lord

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.500
 willing

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.079
 when

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.319
 we

00:37:59.319 --> 00:37:59.699
 shall

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.439
 see

00:38:00.439 --> 00:38:01.099
 that

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:02.019
 all

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.359
 of

00:38:02.359 --> 00:38:02.960
 God's

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.359
 sovereign

00:38:03.359 --> 00:38:04.019
 ways

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:05.199
 end

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:06.000
 in

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.519
 saints

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.480
 celestial

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.139
 joys

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:09.219
 all

00:38:09.219 --> 00:38:09.439
 of

00:38:09.439 --> 00:38:09.859
 God's

00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.219
 sovereign

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.779
 ways

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:11.519
 end

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.199
 in

00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:12.539
 saints

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.119
 celestial

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.639
 joys

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.879
 let's

00:38:14.879 --> 00:38:15.119
 pray

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:18.899
 Lord

00:38:18.899 --> 00:38:19.239
 these

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.960
 truths

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.579
 are highly

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.079
 exalted

00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:23.500
 and

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.799
 deeply

00:38:23.799 --> 00:38:24.319
 mysterious

00:38:24.319 --> 00:38:24.779
 that we

00:38:24.779 --> 00:38:24.900
 have

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.099
 dealt

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.319
 with

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:25.579
 here

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.739
 we

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:27.059
 ask

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:27.360
 Lord

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:27.559
 for

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:27.679
 your

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:27.880
 Holy

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.299
 Spirit

00:38:28.299 --> 00:38:28.699
 to

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:28.960
 render

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.239
 them

00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:29.539
 unto

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.039
 us

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.860
 such

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.139
 that

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.460
 our

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.920
 hearts

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.119
 will

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.460
 become

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:34.079
 holier

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:35.400
 which

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:35.559
 is

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.719
 your

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.019
 greatest

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.460
 pleasure

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:38.460
 and

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.779
 that

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.500
 our

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:39.920
 lives

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.239
 too

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:40.699
 would

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:40.960
 become

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.420
 holier

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:42.579
 which

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:42.719
 is

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:42.880
 your

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.199
 greatest

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:43.579
 honor

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:44.960
 and

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.099
 we

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.400
 ask

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:45.599
 it

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.059
 for

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.199
 the

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.500
 glory

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:46.819
 sake

00:38:46.819 --> 00:38:46.980
 of

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.380
 Christ

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:48.519
 amen

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:50.480
 I

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.699
 think

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.199
 team

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.480
 we

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:52.000
 have

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.380
 probably

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:52.699
 a few

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:53.079
 minutes

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:53.960
 for

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.320
 any

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:56.420
 questions

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.860
 or

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.300
 comments

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:57.559
 that you

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:57.900
 have

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.480
 I

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:58.679
 tried

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:58.759
 to

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:58.840
 go

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:58.940
 as

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.139
 long

00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.239
 as

00:38:59.239 --> 00:38:59.340
 I

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.659
 possibly

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.019
 could

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.259
 to

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.619
 avert

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:02.860
 the

00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:03.860
 hazard

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.079
 of

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:04.380
 this

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:04.840
 but

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:05.199
 alas

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:05.360
 here

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:05.519
 we

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.780
 are

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:05.960
 I

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.119
 got

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:06.500
 excited

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.639
 and

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:06.840
 spoke

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.219
 quickly

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:08.980
 so

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.759
 if

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:10.320
 anyone

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.860
 has

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.039
 any

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.480
 comments

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:11.699
 I

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:12.320
 be

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:12.539
 happy

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:12.679
 to

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:12.980
 try

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.159
 or

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:14.000
 I

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.280
 I

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.880
 pled

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.079
 with

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.300
 Nick

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:15.460
 to

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:15.579
 be

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:15.679
 in

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:15.780
 the

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.079
 back

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.360
 just

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.519
 in

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.780
 case

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.000
 I

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.380
 come

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:17.539
 up

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:17.820
!

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:20.420
 Matt

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:20.679
 already

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.039
 fled

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.300
 so

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.519
 I

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:23.480
 don't

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.619
 know

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:23.759
 if

00:39:23.759 --> 00:39:23.880
 it's

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:24.239
 as much

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:24.380
 a

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:24.820
 question

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:26.159
 how

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.340
 would

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:26.440
 you

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:26.880
 describe

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.199
 you

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.759
 talked

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:28.099
 about

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:28.500
 how

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.480
 even

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.000
 the

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.400
 particle

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:30.619
 of

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:30.960
 dust

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.599
 is

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:33.320
 in

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.699
 control

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:33.940
 and I

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.019
 don't

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.179
 think

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.320
 any

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:34.440
 of

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:34.559
 us

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:34.800
 doubt

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.039
 that

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.360
 but

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:38.099
 eons

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.500
 ago

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.280
 God

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:39.519
 set

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:39.719
 these

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:39.940
 things

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.099
 in

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.400
 motion

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:40.719
 and

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:41.059
 said

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:42.420
 there

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:42.739
 are

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:43.000
 things

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.259
 like

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:43.820
 gravity

00:39:43.820 --> 00:39:44.320
 and

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:45.139
 extremes

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.139


00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.820
 to

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:50.219
 control

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:51.579
 the dust

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.019
 particle

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.239
 and

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.639
 rain

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:52.800
 and

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.099
 snow

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.239
 and

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:53.539
 ice

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:53.820
 melt

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.380
 so

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:54.679
 how

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:54.820
 would

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:54.940
 you

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.119
 kind

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.599
 of

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:56.179
 yeah

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.280
 yeah

00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:56.480
 yeah

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.099
 so

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:59.099
 you're

00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.679
 right

00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:00.039
 Chris

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:01.539
 it is

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:02.239
 the fashion

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:02.780
 to

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:03.679
 think

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:04.539
 about

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:05.519
 these

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:07.579
 dynamics

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.239
 of nature

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:09.300
 we

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:09.699
 describe

00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:09.880
 them

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.699
 as

00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:11.440
 laws

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:11.820
 because

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:12.840
 we

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.219
 see

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:13.420
 the

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:14.360
 consistency

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:15.000
 of

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.539
 their

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.000
 relation

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.160
 and

00:40:16.160 --> 00:40:16.599
 operation

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:16.980
 the

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.539
 dynamics

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:18.180
 and

00:40:18.180 --> 00:40:18.300
 it's

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:18.500
 very

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:18.960
 tempted

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.400
 to

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:20.000
 imagine

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:21.519
 that

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.480
 their

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:23.019
 nature

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.360
 and

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:23.880
 power

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.400
 and

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:27.360
 dispositions

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.500
 are

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:28.840
 something

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.220
 that is

00:40:29.220 --> 00:40:29.900
 simply

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.860
 intrinsic

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.860
 to

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.380
 them

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:33.420
 but

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:33.559
 I

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:33.820
 don't

00:40:33.820 --> 00:40:34.220
 think

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:34.420
 that

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:34.620
 this

00:40:34.620 --> 00:40:34.760
 is

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:34.920
 the

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.099
 way

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.320
 the

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:35.640
 scripture

00:40:35.640 --> 00:40:36.320
 talks

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:36.660
 about

00:40:36.660 --> 00:40:36.980
 these

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.360
 things

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:37.880
 and

00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:38.019
 I

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:38.340
 don't

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:38.599
 think

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:38.740
 that

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:38.920
 it's

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.240
 just

00:40:39.240 --> 00:40:40.240
 metaphorical

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:40.920
 language

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.519
 I

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:41.800
 do

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:42.320
 think

00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:42.920
 that

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.579
 God

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.099
 does

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:44.719
 directly

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:45.639
 ordain

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:46.019
 all

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.420
 things

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:46.940
 so

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:47.779
 the

00:40:47.779 --> 00:40:48.039
 scripture

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.480
 thinks

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:48.719
 about

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:48.980
 these

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.299
 things

00:40:49.299 --> 00:40:49.659
 as

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:50.380
 covenant

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:51.079
 relationships

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:51.719
 so

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:52.159
 imagine

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.440
 God

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:52.719
 having

00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:52.960
 a

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:53.480
 covenant

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:54.360
 relationship

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:55.440
 with

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:55.719
 every

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:55.980
 atom

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.199
 in the

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:56.579
 universe

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:57.279
 as

00:40:57.279 --> 00:40:58.139
 Jonathan

00:40:58.139 --> 00:40:58.400
 Edwards

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.699
 talks

00:40:58.699 --> 00:40:58.920
 about

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.319
 what

00:40:59.319 --> 00:40:59.579
 is

00:40:59.579 --> 00:40:59.739
 a

00:40:59.739 --> 00:41:00.019
 covenant

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.639
 relationship

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.380
 it's

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:01.619
 where

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:01.839
 there

00:41:01.839 --> 00:41:02.219
 is

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:02.599
 one

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:02.779
 that

00:41:02.779 --> 00:41:03.440
 commands

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.679
 and

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:03.880
 one

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.059
 that

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.900
 obeys

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.460
 that's

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:05.559
 a

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:05.739
 covenant

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:06.139
 relationship

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:06.619
 so

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:06.719
 I

00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:06.819
 think

00:41:06.819 --> 00:41:06.940
 the

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.139
 Bible

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:07.639
 thinks

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.039
 about

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.539
 this

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:09.159
 as

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:10.019
 actually

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:10.819
 a

00:41:10.819 --> 00:41:11.219
 relationship

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:11.539
 of

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:12.219
 command

00:41:12.219 --> 00:41:12.659
 and

00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:13.319
 obedience

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:14.580
 so

00:41:14.580 --> 00:41:14.760
 that's

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:14.840
 a

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:14.940
 little

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.260
 different

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:15.519
 isn't

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:16.019
 it

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.400
 now

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:17.000
 things

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.220
 on

00:41:17.220 --> 00:41:17.360
 the

00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:17.680
 surface

00:41:17.680 --> 00:41:17.960
 might

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:18.120
 look

00:41:18.120 --> 00:41:18.300
 the

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.500
 same

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:18.820
 way

00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:19.519
 say

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:19.700
 you

00:41:19.700 --> 00:41:20.160
 imagine

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:21.700
 the

00:41:21.700 --> 00:41:22.580
 guard

00:41:22.580 --> 00:41:23.080
 in front

00:41:23.080 --> 00:41:23.340
 of the

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:23.680
 tomb

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:23.860
 of the

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.140
 unknown

00:41:24.140 --> 00:41:24.880
 soldier

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.940
 and

00:41:25.940 --> 00:41:26.280
 you

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:28.660
 see

00:41:28.660 --> 00:41:29.220
 what

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:29.460
 seems

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:29.780
 to be

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:30.280
 he's

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:31.160
 marching

00:41:31.160 --> 00:41:31.539
 to the

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:31.760
 north

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:31.900
 and

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.039
 then

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:32.360
 spins

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:32.660
 around

00:41:32.660 --> 00:41:32.780
 and

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:33.160
 marches

00:41:33.160 --> 00:41:33.460
 to the

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.760
 south

00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:33.940
 and

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.059
 then

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.320
 spins

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:34.640
 around

00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:34.980
 and

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.039
 you

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.160
 might

00:41:35.160 --> 00:41:36.019
 describe

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.400
 it

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:36.500
 and

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:36.640
 you've

00:41:36.640 --> 00:41:36.800
 worked

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:36.940
 out

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.059
 a

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.380
 formula

00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:37.940
 and

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:38.059
 you

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:38.539
 might

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:38.760
 think

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:38.920
 well

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.140
 this

00:41:39.140 --> 00:41:39.280
 is

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:39.780
 governed

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 by

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.179
 a

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.500
 law

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.119
 here

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.900
 it's

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 absolutely

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:42.920
 consistent

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:43.699
 and

00:41:43.699 --> 00:41:43.920
 you

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.179
 might

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:44.759
 think

00:41:44.759 --> 00:41:44.980
 that

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.699
 mechanistically

00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:46.400
 that

00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:46.719
 that

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 is

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 simply

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:49.159
 expressing

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 the

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:49.759
 nature

00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:50.059
 and

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:50.579
 character

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.280
 of

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:52.119
 that

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:53.099
 soldier

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:54.059
 that

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 is

00:41:54.179 --> 00:41:54.360
 just

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:54.519
 governed

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 by

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 a

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:55.079
 law

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:56.280
 and

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:56.759
 you

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:56.960
 could

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.119
 be

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:57.380
 forgiven

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:57.579
 for

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 thinking

00:41:57.820 --> 00:41:58.039
 that

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.320
 way

00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:58.539
 and

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:59.500
 that's

00:41:59.500 --> 00:41:59.579
 a

00:41:59.579 --> 00:41:59.699
 good

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:00.179
 description

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:01.259
 but

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:01.599
 actually

00:42:01.599 --> 00:42:01.860
 you'd

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 be

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:02.539
 wrong

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.559
 he

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:03.739
 was

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.280
 actually

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:04.900
 doing

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:05.099
 that

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:05.360
 order

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 in

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:06.300
 response

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:06.480
 to

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 a

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 command

00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:07.699
 he

00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:07.860
 was

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 under

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.659
 command

00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:09.639
 same

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:09.920
 sort

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.000
 of

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:10.279
 motion

00:42:10.279 --> 00:42:11.059
 you

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.139
 know

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:11.619
 you're

00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:11.759
 not

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:11.900
 going

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.000
 to

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.299
 see

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 the

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:12.819
 difference

00:42:12.819 --> 00:42:13.279
 when

00:42:13.279 --> 00:42:13.400
 your

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:13.759
 telescope

00:42:13.759 --> 00:42:14.019
 or

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.139
 your

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:14.519
 microscope

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:15.920
 but

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.119
 there

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:16.259
 is

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 a

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 real

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 difference

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 so

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 that's

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:18.440
 how

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:18.699
 I

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:18.920
 think

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:19.079
 of it

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:19.179
 I

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:19.420
 do

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:19.639
 not

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:19.980
 think

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.440
 that

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:20.639
 there

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:20.900
 is

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:21.400
 any

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:22.900
 efficacy

00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:23.519
 any

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:23.779
 sort

00:42:23.779 --> 00:42:23.940
 of

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.659
 autonomous

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:25.940
 efficacy

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 in

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:28.079
 anything

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.659
 apart

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:28.920
 from

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:29.179
 God

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.859
 sustaining

00:42:29.859 --> 00:42:30.599
 so

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.319
 except

00:42:31.319 --> 00:42:31.579
 the

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:31.839
 Lord

00:42:31.839 --> 00:42:32.119
 build

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.259
 a

00:42:32.259 --> 00:42:32.539
 house

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:32.779
 they

00:42:32.779 --> 00:42:32.960
 that

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.279
 labor

00:42:33.279 --> 00:42:33.579
 labor

00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:33.759
 in

00:42:33.759 --> 00:42:33.940
 vain

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.099
 who

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 build

00:42:34.319 --> 00:42:34.480
 it

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:34.940
 except

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.159
 the

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:35.460
 Lord

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:36.000
 keep

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.159
 a

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:36.299
 city

00:42:36.299 --> 00:42:36.480
 and

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.139
 except

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:40.519
 you

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:40.900
 keep

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:41.059
 a

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.359
 pilot

00:42:41.359 --> 00:42:41.779
 light

00:42:41.779 --> 00:42:42.279
 lit

00:42:42.279 --> 00:42:42.920
 in

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:43.099
 my

00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:43.539
 furnace

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:43.839
 it

00:42:43.839 --> 00:42:44.019
 will

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 not

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 light

00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:45.420
 so

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:45.739
 does that

00:42:45.739 --> 00:42:45.960
 help

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:46.279
 Chris

00:42:46.279 --> 00:42:46.739
 yeah

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:47.239
 yes

00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:50.619
 yeah

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:54.619
 yeah

00:42:54.619 --> 00:42:55.000
 yeah

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:57.119
 yeah

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 yeah

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 huh

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 yeah

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00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:43.179
 the most violent thing that ever happened in the universe when man first disobeyed God.

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:44.179
 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:45.259
 Everything followed.

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:46.099
 Yes, interesting.

00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:50.759
 I see that in terms of the consequentiality of that act.

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:56.920
 Absolutely, absolutely disastrous and devastating.

00:43:58.239 --> 00:44:00.319
 And yeah, one could argue.

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:03.480
 I mean, maybe it's a little bit like, you know, the little kid grabs a toothpaste, you

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:05.619
 know, interested in measuring things.

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:09.199
 Well, I wonder how long the worm is inside the little toothpaste tube, you know, all

00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:09.679
 of the house.

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:13.559
 It's really, and you know, it took a little effort to get the thing out.

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:20.440
 But boy, to get it back into the tube, that's, maybe that's even a little bit harder too.

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:25.139
 And, you know, so is redemption greater than the fall in terms of its consequentiality?

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:27.039
 I don't know, we can debate that.

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:28.759
 But I see your point.

00:44:28.799 --> 00:44:30.819
 You can't speak about the covenant of redemption.

00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:31.500
 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:31.980
 I will.

00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:33.659
 I will.

00:44:33.779 --> 00:44:34.059
 I will.

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.739
 That's coming up.

00:44:34.739 --> 00:44:36.179
 Yeah, that's coming up.

00:44:36.319 --> 00:44:36.839
 Yeah, Tyler.

00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:42.339
 Just to come for this, one of my favorite quotes from John Newton, who I love, is he said,

00:44:42.419 --> 00:44:46.879
 isn't it a comfort to know that hands that look pierced for you are the same hands that

00:44:46.879 --> 00:44:47.639
 God always does?

00:44:48.859 --> 00:44:55.119
 And the idea that, like, even in our own lives, we have these chance encounters where, like,

00:44:55.119 --> 00:45:00.519
 maybe there's like these random events, like we met someone who introduced us, someone

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:02.199
 that shared a gospel with us.

00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:05.099
 And, you know, I can think of my own life or something like that.

00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:05.360
 Yeah.

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:11.400
 I think that's kind of like God is providentially putting these things in our lives that, for

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:14.039
 us, it just seems like, oh, it's some guy around the street.

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:17.039
 And he invited me to a Bible study or something like that.

00:45:17.219 --> 00:45:22.159
 And, but all these things are like God bringing his people to himself.

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:27.860
 And it is kind of a, it's a comfort to know, not only the good and the bad, but these things

00:45:27.860 --> 00:45:29.340
 that God is working on a lot.

00:45:29.340 --> 00:45:30.019
 Yeah.

00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:30.019


00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:31.019
 Absolutely.

00:45:31.260 --> 00:45:31.400
 Yeah.

00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:31.519
 Yeah.

00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:38.860
 I think I, when I think of these issues, I think more about underneath everything is the

00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:40.640
 character and person of God.

00:45:40.640 --> 00:45:50.539
 And his, his original intention was to create creation and to be like that, you know, to join

00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:51.720
 this group of his life.

00:45:51.720 --> 00:45:56.120
 To give, just simply be a reflection of who he is.

00:45:56.119 --> 00:46:04.139
 And I think that underneath all of the problems of creation is this fundamental purpose in

00:46:04.139 --> 00:46:08.559
 the God that I think the end seems to be, what is his intention when I have an internal

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:16.000
 family as well to reflect back, to enjoy the things that I want to share with him?

00:46:16.380 --> 00:46:21.659
 So I think that helps round out this issue of evil entering what was good.

00:46:21.659 --> 00:46:29.619
 And his intention is always to be accomplished, but that sin will be repeated and his original

00:46:29.619 --> 00:46:31.399
 purpose is good to be repeated.

00:46:31.759 --> 00:46:32.379
 His sovereignty.

00:46:32.719 --> 00:46:33.039
 Yes.

00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:33.440
 Yes.

00:46:33.779 --> 00:46:34.239
 Amen.

00:46:34.619 --> 00:46:35.000
 Amen.

00:46:35.239 --> 00:46:35.519
 Yeah.

00:46:35.619 --> 00:46:36.099
 Thank you.

00:46:36.379 --> 00:46:36.539
 Yeah.

00:46:36.739 --> 00:46:45.119
 Just to complicate what Ralph said a little bit, how do we account for God's sovereignty in

00:46:45.119 --> 00:46:46.059
 the fall of the man?

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:52.179
 You know, I feel like, you know, there's solutions that are pretty glib, right?

00:46:52.339 --> 00:46:57.099
 Like, like for a while I was like, oh yeah, Felix Coulter, that pretty much covered it.

00:46:57.179 --> 00:46:59.279
 And I'm like, ah, there's a problem with that too.

00:46:59.839 --> 00:47:03.819
 You know, like, you know what I'm saying?

00:47:04.819 --> 00:47:06.599
 No, I've never thought of that problem before.

00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:07.440
 Say more.

00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:08.099
 No, no, no, no.

00:47:08.099 --> 00:47:08.319
 I'm dead.

00:47:08.799 --> 00:47:08.940
 Yeah.

00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:10.659
 What was he doing in the garden?

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:13.779
 I know, I know, I know what you're saying.

00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:14.079
 Yeah.

00:47:14.079 --> 00:47:24.799
 Um, uh, uh, I, I, I think that that's, uh, one of the most difficult, difficult problems

00:47:24.799 --> 00:47:25.940
 to, to solve.

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:35.139
 Uh, you just, um, uh, and, and, and I wonder if part of it, and this, this won't answer it

00:47:35.139 --> 00:47:39.579
 and it's going to take longer than we would have to do a decent job on that.

00:47:39.579 --> 00:47:48.659
 But, but one of the interesting things when we're trying to account for the origin of sin

00:47:48.659 --> 00:47:59.239
 and the way we think of an account means, um, you need to offer a rational explanation for

00:47:59.239 --> 00:47:59.739
 this thing.

00:47:59.819 --> 00:48:00.940
 That's what we think.

00:48:01.099 --> 00:48:06.119
 Well, that's what we mean when we say an account, give a satisfying account, give a rational

00:48:06.119 --> 00:48:08.539
 explanation, which is a little bit difficult.

00:48:08.539 --> 00:48:09.380
 Is it not?

00:48:09.719 --> 00:48:18.739
 When scripture among its themes is the, the ultimate irrationality of evil.

00:48:18.739 --> 00:48:25.039
 So that, you know, that, that, that kind of puts us trying to swim against a current that's

00:48:25.039 --> 00:48:27.259
 pretty, pretty fierce.

00:48:27.659 --> 00:48:35.859
 So, um, it's, I, I wonder if there's ever going to be an account that we could render here

00:48:35.859 --> 00:48:40.299
 below that is going to be satisfying to us.

00:48:40.300 --> 00:48:48.340
 Uh, you know, I feel like, as, uh, the woman of Samaria told you, the well is deep and you

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 have nothing to draw with, you know, the well is deep here and I have very little to draw

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00:48:52.620 --> 00:48:58.539
 Uh, uh, so, but yes, it's, it's worth raising that and we might do a whole series sometime

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 on that very question.

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 Yes, yes, yes.

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00:49:28.519 --> 00:49:32.940
 And, and then, and what you said about, you know, well, the most violent thing, right?

00:49:32.940 --> 00:49:34.940
 Uh, why did that things happen to good people?

00:49:34.940 --> 00:49:36.980
 Well, that only happened once and he volunteered.

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 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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 So if, well, how will God not along with his only son give us all things, we have to trust

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 him.

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 Yeah.

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 No matter, it doesn't matter why so much to me anymore, why the tree is there, where

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 it comes from, as long as that has been on my side.

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 On my side?

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 Yes.

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00:50:01.519 --> 00:50:02.519
 That's good, Josh.

00:50:02.519 --> 00:50:03.519
 Yeah.

00:50:03.519 --> 00:50:04.519
 Deuteronomy 24, 24.

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 The secret of the Lord remains with the Lord.

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 What he has revealed.

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 That is for us, our children and our children's children.

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 And what he has revealed is what is to make us wise unto salvation.

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 And that's where we're going to turn from here.

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 We should probably close at this point.

00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:17.519
 Thank you, team.

00:50:17.519 --> 00:50:24.519
 Lord willing, we'll see you next week where we will pick up with, um, uh, uh, uh,

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 a beginning before we had our beginning talking about God's everlasting or his eternal ancient

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 choice.

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 Uh, so see you next week if you're able to make it.

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 Thanks.

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 So feel free, we've got a few minutes at those of our start and you guys can just get out

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