WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.339 Habakkuk. Now, you've probably heard that Habakkuk is one of the minor prophets. Just a reminder that that is a minor because of its size, not because of the importance of its message. 00:00:12.859 --> 00:00:21.379 And Sam will be preaching a little while from Habakkuk chapter 2. So I'm going to read from verse 4 right to the end of the chapter. 00:00:21.379 --> 00:00:30.640 If you have a church-read Bible, it's on page 941. It's one of those books in the Bible where I have to use the index myself. 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:37.399 It doesn't come very quickly when I'm leafing it through. So index, it's there for a good reason. 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:44.039 But 941 if you're reading from the church Bible. So I'm going to read from verse 4. 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:56.460 See, the enemy is puffed up. His desires are not upright, but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness. 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:07.259 Indeed, wine betrays him. He is arrogant and never at rest, because he is as greedy as the grave, and like death, is never satisfied. 00:01:07.259 --> 00:01:13.200 He gathers to himself all the nations and takes captives all the peoples. 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:14.800 Verse 6. 00:01:15.580 --> 00:01:19.040 Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, 00:01:19.860 --> 00:01:24.680 Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion? 00:01:25.240 --> 00:01:26.900 How long must this go on? 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:29.880 Will not your creditors suddenly arise? 00:01:30.260 --> 00:01:32.400 Will they not wake up and make you tremble? 00:01:32.940 --> 00:01:34.580 Then you will become their prey. 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:39.980 Because you have plundered many nations, the peoples who are left will plunder you. 00:01:39.980 --> 00:01:42.400 For you have shed human blood. 00:01:43.100 --> 00:01:46.040 You have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them. 00:01:47.300 --> 00:01:53.939 Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, setting his nest on high to escape the clutches of ruin. 00:01:54.520 --> 00:02:00.880 You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life. 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:06.199 The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it. 00:02:07.539 --> 00:02:11.460 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by injustice. 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:17.060 Has not the Lord determined that the people's labour is only fuel for the fire, 00:02:17.460 --> 00:02:20.219 that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing? 00:02:20.219 --> 00:02:27.060 For the earth is filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters covers the sea. 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:32.780 Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbours, pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk, 00:02:32.979 --> 00:02:35.060 so that he can gaze on their naked bodies. 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.240 You will be filled with shame instead of glory. 00:02:38.740 --> 00:02:39.719 Now is your turn. 00:02:40.219 --> 00:02:42.120 Drink and let your nakedness be exposed. 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:46.139 The cup from the Lord's right hand is coming around to you, 00:02:46.460 --> 00:02:48.560 and disgrace will cover your glory. 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:52.479 The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, 00:02:52.640 --> 00:02:55.180 and your destruction of animals will terrify you, 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:57.199 for you have shed human blood. 00:02:57.819 --> 00:03:01.360 You have destroyed lands and cities, and everyone in them. 00:03:02.659 --> 00:03:05.480 Of what value is an idol carved by the craftsman, 00:03:05.640 --> 00:03:07.500 or an image that teaches lies? 00:03:07.939 --> 00:03:10.580 For the one who makes a trust in his own creation, 00:03:11.099 --> 00:03:13.000 he makes idols that cannot speak. 00:03:13.860 --> 00:03:15.580 Woe to him who says to the wood, 00:03:15.580 --> 00:03:18.000 Come to life, or to the lifeless stone, 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:18.560 Wake up! 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:20.460 Can it give guidance? 00:03:21.020 --> 00:03:22.639 It is covered with gold and silver. 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:24.080 There is no breath in it. 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:26.520 The Lord is in his holy temple. 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:30.580 Let all the earth be silent before him. 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:33.500 Let me just pray for Sam before he comes up. 00:03:33.500 --> 00:03:36.819 Father, as we have just read this passage, 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:38.599 there is much that we have read, 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:40.259 and we wonder what does that mean. 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:43.259 But I thank you that you have raised up people like Sam 00:03:43.259 --> 00:03:46.740 to study your word, to be a student of your word, 00:03:46.860 --> 00:03:51.219 to bring the message from this passage to us. 00:03:51.219 --> 00:03:56.639 We thank you indeed that we do not look at these verses by ourselves. 00:03:56.979 --> 00:03:59.939 You have given us your Holy Spirit to help and to guide us. 00:04:00.259 --> 00:04:02.620 You have given your spirit to Sam. 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:06.379 And I thank you that he desires to be a workman, 00:04:06.460 --> 00:04:10.139 approved unto you, correctly handling the word of truth. 00:04:10.139 --> 00:04:12.519 I pray indeed as he preaches, 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:16.399 that he too would be excited at the hope that there is in this passage, 00:04:16.939 --> 00:04:22.060 and the desire that, thank you for the desire he has to teach, to share. 00:04:22.419 --> 00:04:26.319 And I pray indeed that our hearts would be open to understanding, 00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:31.199 to discipline, to encouragement, to learning, 00:04:31.339 --> 00:04:35.039 that we would be changed by your word for the very word of God. 00:04:35.459 --> 00:04:36.319 In Jesus' name. 00:04:36.779 --> 00:04:37.120 Amen. 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:37.259 Amen. 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:38.240 Thank you, Sam. 00:04:40.139 --> 00:04:50.379 Thank you very much, Jonathan. 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:51.439 And good morning, everybody. 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:57.680 Let me just pray as we begin. 00:04:57.919 --> 00:04:58.319 Thank you. 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:05.719 Our Heavenly Father, help us this morning 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:10.280 to heed your warning where we need to heed it, 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:14.860 to take encouragement where we lack it. 00:05:15.860 --> 00:05:18.440 Help us to hear what you want us to hear 00:05:18.440 --> 00:05:21.580 from your eternal word this day. 00:05:22.980 --> 00:05:23.380 Amen. 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:28.900 Back in June, a group of us lads from church 00:05:28.900 --> 00:05:30.220 went on a walk 00:05:30.220 --> 00:05:31.920 in Kerry. 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:33.820 It was on the old road to Kinmare. 00:05:33.960 --> 00:05:34.940 Some of you may know that one. 00:05:36.860 --> 00:05:38.980 And it's pretty remote out there. 00:05:39.220 --> 00:05:39.360 Okay. 00:05:39.500 --> 00:05:43.280 It's on the hills between Killarney and Kinmare. 00:05:43.420 --> 00:05:45.680 It's completely uninhabited, this area. 00:05:46.660 --> 00:05:48.140 And there are a few points in this trail 00:05:48.140 --> 00:05:54.140 where you're walking through these deep, dark valleys, 00:05:54.139 --> 00:05:58.620 and you can get discouraged. 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:01.599 You can begin to wonder 00:06:01.599 --> 00:06:04.039 if you're ever going to make it to the end of the path. 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:06.740 You're in the middle of nowhere. 00:06:06.740 --> 00:06:12.780 And you're down in these steep gullies. 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:16.319 But then way in the distance, 00:06:17.019 --> 00:06:18.340 just in the horizon, 00:06:18.460 --> 00:06:20.939 you see the top of Torque Mountain. 00:06:22.960 --> 00:06:24.060 And you remember 00:06:24.060 --> 00:06:25.639 that at the bottom of that mountain 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:26.960 is the car park. 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:30.480 And your car is there. 00:06:30.579 --> 00:06:31.439 And whenever you get there, 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:32.639 you'll be able to take off 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:34.560 your soaking wet hiking boots. 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:36.639 And you'll be able to collapse 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:37.660 into that comfortable, 00:06:38.220 --> 00:06:39.939 air-conditioned vehicle 00:06:39.939 --> 00:06:41.519 and drive home. 00:06:43.180 --> 00:06:46.100 The end of the journey is in sight 00:06:46.100 --> 00:06:48.079 when you see that mountain. 00:06:49.139 --> 00:06:51.759 Fixing your gaze on that 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:54.800 gives you hope to carry on 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:57.139 through the valley of darkness. 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:00.759 Now, last week, if you were here, 00:07:00.840 --> 00:07:03.319 we read about the pain and injustice 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:05.180 that surrounded Habakkuk 00:07:05.180 --> 00:07:06.599 on every side. 00:07:06.779 --> 00:07:06.939 Okay? 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:08.639 It was like he was walking 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:11.599 through this steep, dark valley. 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:12.579 And in chapter 1, 00:07:12.659 --> 00:07:14.639 we noticed that he didn't see 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:15.740 any hope at all. 00:07:17.180 --> 00:07:19.259 And the main question raised was, 00:07:20.219 --> 00:07:21.480 where is God 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:24.500 in the valley of injustice and pain? 00:07:24.659 --> 00:07:26.279 And how can he be sovereign 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:28.459 over all of this evil? 00:07:28.459 --> 00:07:31.319 And then we read 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:34.359 in chapter 2, verse 5, 00:07:35.039 --> 00:07:36.479 God's ultimate answer 00:07:36.479 --> 00:07:37.180 to that question. 00:07:37.259 --> 00:07:37.879 It was this. 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:41.019 The righteous will live 00:07:41.019 --> 00:07:42.419 by faith. 00:07:44.919 --> 00:07:46.219 Now, if that was all 00:07:46.219 --> 00:07:47.379 that God had to say, 00:07:48.740 --> 00:07:50.459 it might seem too simple 00:07:50.459 --> 00:07:51.919 an answer or too vague. 00:07:53.060 --> 00:07:54.879 I mean, faith in what? 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:56.219 We might ask. 00:07:56.699 --> 00:07:57.980 Live by faith in 00:07:57.980 --> 00:08:00.759 my innate strength 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:01.800 to somehow push 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:02.659 through this pain? 00:08:03.980 --> 00:08:05.360 Or faith in the latest 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:06.879 mindfulness techniques 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:08.659 to stay positive 00:08:08.659 --> 00:08:10.659 when everything around us 00:08:10.659 --> 00:08:11.240 is crumbling? 00:08:13.379 --> 00:08:14.959 Well, in today's passage, 00:08:15.420 --> 00:08:16.860 we read the rest of God's answer. 00:08:18.100 --> 00:08:19.439 And he tells us 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:20.159 that our faith 00:08:20.159 --> 00:08:21.800 is to be placed 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:22.860 in him alone. 00:08:24.180 --> 00:08:25.100 More specifically, 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.199 in what he is going to do 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:29.500 in the future. 00:08:30.840 --> 00:08:31.639 He gives us 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:34.060 three amazing realities 00:08:34.060 --> 00:08:35.200 on which to fix 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.060 the eyes of our faith. 00:08:37.580 --> 00:08:38.919 It's as if God points out 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:40.899 three mountains of hope 00:08:40.899 --> 00:08:42.639 on the horizon 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:44.720 as we walk through 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:45.440 that valley 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:47.460 of injustice and pain. 00:08:47.899 --> 00:08:49.860 And those three future realities 00:08:49.860 --> 00:08:50.820 are as follows. 00:08:50.820 --> 00:08:52.879 God's justice 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:53.960 will be done. 00:08:55.060 --> 00:08:55.920 God's glory 00:08:55.920 --> 00:08:57.220 will be restored. 00:08:58.260 --> 00:08:59.300 And God's name 00:08:59.300 --> 00:09:01.340 will be revered. 00:09:01.460 --> 00:09:02.640 By looking forward 00:09:02.640 --> 00:09:03.480 in faith 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:06.080 to those future realities, 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:08.800 we can keep walking 00:09:08.800 --> 00:09:10.300 through the valley 00:09:10.300 --> 00:09:11.400 of injustice 00:09:11.400 --> 00:09:12.879 and pain. 00:09:12.980 --> 00:09:14.080 So let's begin 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:15.020 with that first 00:09:15.020 --> 00:09:16.680 mountain of hope. 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:18.340 God's justice 00:09:18.340 --> 00:09:20.420 will be done. 00:09:20.419 --> 00:09:21.279 And this is the main 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:21.759 emphasis 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:23.419 of this passage. 00:09:23.699 --> 00:09:24.579 God pronounces, 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:26.620 I'm counting six judgments 00:09:26.620 --> 00:09:27.979 over the nation 00:09:27.979 --> 00:09:29.219 of Babylon. 00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:30.199 Okay, 00:09:30.259 --> 00:09:31.299 they were going to come 00:09:31.299 --> 00:09:32.240 and conquer 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:34.099 Israel and Judah. 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:36.799 And God says, 00:09:36.939 --> 00:09:37.120 well, 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:38.219 you are also 00:09:38.219 --> 00:09:39.779 going to be judged. 00:09:40.259 --> 00:09:41.240 But we also need 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:41.779 to take this 00:09:41.779 --> 00:09:42.679 into account ourselves. 00:09:42.959 --> 00:09:43.599 God is not just 00:09:43.599 --> 00:09:44.639 pronouncing judgment 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:45.539 on Babylon. 00:09:45.539 --> 00:09:47.559 it's also for anybody 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:48.480 anywhere 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:49.360 who lives 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:50.219 in these waves. 00:09:50.319 --> 00:09:50.879 So we need 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:51.939 to listen up. 00:09:52.719 --> 00:09:53.039 And I think 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:53.819 these six judgments 00:09:53.819 --> 00:09:54.719 could be categorized 00:09:54.719 --> 00:09:55.299 in two ways. 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:56.039 The first kind 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:56.860 are natural 00:09:56.860 --> 00:09:57.899 consequences 00:09:57.899 --> 00:09:59.459 for our sinful 00:09:59.459 --> 00:10:00.079 choices 00:10:00.079 --> 00:10:01.120 in the present. 00:10:02.219 --> 00:10:03.179 And then the latter 00:10:03.179 --> 00:10:03.539 kind 00:10:03.539 --> 00:10:04.819 are all about 00:10:04.819 --> 00:10:06.360 God's future 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:06.919 judgments, 00:10:07.079 --> 00:10:08.039 his direct 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:09.199 intervention, 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:10.139 putting all 00:10:10.139 --> 00:10:10.980 injustice 00:10:10.980 --> 00:10:11.659 and sin 00:10:11.659 --> 00:10:13.019 to a stop. 00:10:14.139 --> 00:10:14.639 So we're going 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:15.060 to run through 00:10:15.060 --> 00:10:16.500 these fairly quickly. 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:17.620 And first, 00:10:17.700 --> 00:10:18.480 let's take the judgments 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:19.800 that are happening 00:10:19.800 --> 00:10:20.840 in the here 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:21.379 and now. 00:10:21.580 --> 00:10:22.200 And I phrase 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:23.340 these as questions 00:10:23.340 --> 00:10:24.340 to kind of 00:10:24.340 --> 00:10:25.200 help us 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:26.259 think about them 00:10:26.259 --> 00:10:26.980 for ourselves 00:10:26.980 --> 00:10:27.560 more so 00:10:27.560 --> 00:10:28.560 rather than just, 00:10:28.940 --> 00:10:29.759 oh, that was for Babylon 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:30.720 back then. 00:10:31.420 --> 00:10:32.039 So number one, 00:10:33.259 --> 00:10:34.139 are you greedy? 00:10:36.139 --> 00:10:36.360 Well, 00:10:36.379 --> 00:10:37.240 the natural judgment 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:37.800 is this. 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:39.279 You will never 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:40.600 be satisfied. 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:41.379 Look at verse 00:10:41.379 --> 00:10:42.560 four and five. 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:44.519 See, 00:10:45.100 --> 00:10:45.700 the enemy 00:10:45.700 --> 00:10:47.040 is puffed up. 00:10:47.540 --> 00:10:48.320 His desires 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:49.860 are not upright. 00:10:50.500 --> 00:10:51.300 And look at verse five. 00:10:51.740 --> 00:10:52.080 Indeed, 00:10:52.800 --> 00:10:53.800 wine betrays him. 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:54.659 He is arrogant 00:10:54.659 --> 00:10:55.899 and never arrest 00:10:55.899 --> 00:10:57.639 because he is as greedy 00:10:57.639 --> 00:10:58.399 as the grave 00:10:58.399 --> 00:10:59.060 and like death 00:10:59.060 --> 00:11:00.820 is never satisfied. 00:11:02.899 --> 00:11:03.460 Now, 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:04.200 greed is one of those 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:05.360 acceptable sins 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:06.180 in our society, 00:11:06.180 --> 00:11:06.720 is it not? 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:09.000 We may not need 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:09.460 a new car. 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:11.060 But we like 00:11:11.060 --> 00:11:11.639 the look of that one. 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:14.340 Whether it's 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:15.220 a luxurious 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:16.379 holiday 00:11:16.379 --> 00:11:17.759 or that latest phone 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:18.980 or an unnecessary 00:11:18.980 --> 00:11:19.800 item of clothing, 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:21.639 we slip into greed 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:23.019 so easily, 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:23.560 don't we? 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:25.060 Be warned. 00:11:26.779 --> 00:11:27.639 The greedy 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:28.340 will never 00:11:28.340 --> 00:11:29.060 be satisfied. 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:31.500 All those things 00:11:31.500 --> 00:11:32.580 will 00:11:32.580 --> 00:11:33.779 betray us. 00:11:33.779 --> 00:11:37.179 Here's a second judgment. 00:11:38.659 --> 00:11:39.360 Do you steal? 00:11:41.220 --> 00:11:41.699 Well, 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:42.720 the natural judgment 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:43.539 for that is this. 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:45.120 You will face 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:46.480 the consequences. 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:48.779 Look at verse six. 00:11:50.439 --> 00:11:51.319 Woe to him 00:11:51.319 --> 00:11:52.980 who piles up 00:11:52.980 --> 00:11:54.120 stolen goods 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:55.419 and makes himself 00:11:55.419 --> 00:11:55.980 wealthy 00:11:55.980 --> 00:11:57.199 by extortion. 00:11:57.319 --> 00:11:57.819 How long 00:11:57.819 --> 00:11:58.699 must this go on? 00:11:58.700 --> 00:11:59.500 Well, 00:11:59.500 --> 00:12:02.120 here's the warning. 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:03.360 Verse seven. 00:12:04.020 --> 00:12:05.360 Will not your creditors 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:06.320 suddenly arise? 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:08.340 Will not they wake up 00:12:08.340 --> 00:12:09.280 and make you tremble? 00:12:10.220 --> 00:12:11.200 Then you 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:12.180 will become 00:12:12.180 --> 00:12:13.100 their prey. 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:16.240 Stop 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:17.040 stealing. 00:12:18.680 --> 00:12:19.520 There will 00:12:19.520 --> 00:12:20.480 be painful 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:20.700 consequences. 00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:23.660 You will 00:12:23.660 --> 00:12:24.759 be found out 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:25.379 sooner 00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:26.780 than later. 00:12:26.779 --> 00:12:28.919 and have to 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:29.759 face the full 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:30.259 penalty 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:31.100 of that. 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:31.519 Listen 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:32.720 to God's 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:33.439 warning. 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:35.259 Here's a third one. 00:12:36.439 --> 00:12:36.959 Do you get 00:12:36.959 --> 00:12:37.459 rich 00:12:37.459 --> 00:12:38.360 by cheating 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:38.980 others? 00:12:40.959 --> 00:12:41.240 Well, 00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:41.720 the natural 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:42.600 judgment is this. 00:12:42.699 --> 00:12:43.639 You will be 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:44.299 shamed 00:12:44.299 --> 00:12:45.399 and ruined. 00:12:47.100 --> 00:12:47.860 Look at verse nine. 00:12:48.699 --> 00:12:49.299 Woe to him 00:12:49.299 --> 00:12:49.740 who builds 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:50.139 his house 00:12:50.139 --> 00:12:50.879 by unjust 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:51.279 gain, 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:51.959 setting his 00:12:51.959 --> 00:12:52.620 nest on high 00:12:52.620 --> 00:12:53.240 to escape 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:54.100 the clutches 00:12:54.100 --> 00:12:55.059 of ruin. 00:12:56.779 --> 00:12:58.500 cheating at work 00:12:58.500 --> 00:12:59.419 or in school 00:12:59.419 --> 00:13:00.059 is really 00:13:00.059 --> 00:13:00.799 common today. 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:02.039 It's almost 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:02.539 accepted 00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:03.579 that you're 00:13:03.579 --> 00:13:04.419 going to 00:13:04.419 --> 00:13:05.159 act in that 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:05.539 way to 00:13:05.539 --> 00:13:06.559 get ahead. 00:13:07.459 --> 00:13:08.299 Hear God's 00:13:08.299 --> 00:13:08.799 warning of 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:09.319 judgment in 00:13:09.319 --> 00:13:09.759 verse 10. 00:13:09.839 --> 00:13:10.100 He says, 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:10.539 you have 00:13:10.539 --> 00:13:11.059 plotted the 00:13:11.059 --> 00:13:11.399 ruin of 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:12.139 many peoples, 00:13:12.740 --> 00:13:13.139 shaming 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:13.819 your own 00:13:13.819 --> 00:13:14.500 house and 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.259 forfeiting 00:13:15.259 --> 00:13:16.539 your life. 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:18.899 Be warned. 00:13:18.899 --> 00:13:22.539 Because every 00:13:22.539 --> 00:13:23.000 time you 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:23.319 look at 00:13:23.319 --> 00:13:23.899 your wealth 00:13:23.899 --> 00:13:25.179 or your 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:25.819 achievements 00:13:25.819 --> 00:13:27.319 you've gained 00:13:27.319 --> 00:13:27.539 at the 00:13:27.539 --> 00:13:28.120 expense of 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:28.379 others, 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:28.899 you will 00:13:28.899 --> 00:13:29.740 feel shame 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:31.100 for all 00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:31.539 the people 00:13:31.539 --> 00:13:32.259 you exploited 00:13:32.259 --> 00:13:33.299 to get 00:13:33.299 --> 00:13:33.600 there. 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:37.899 Here's the 00:13:37.899 --> 00:13:38.480 fourth judgment. 00:13:40.439 --> 00:13:41.059 Do you 00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:41.439 look to 00:13:41.439 --> 00:13:41.939 idols 00:13:41.939 --> 00:13:42.980 for life 00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:43.960 or for 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:44.360 guidance? 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:46.559 You will 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:47.000 not find 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:47.179 it. 00:13:47.179 --> 00:13:49.899 Verse 19. 00:13:50.219 --> 00:13:50.500 Have a look 00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:50.759 down at 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:50.939 that. 00:13:54.139 --> 00:13:54.799 Woe to 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:55.519 him who 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:56.079 says to 00:13:56.079 --> 00:13:56.439 wood, 00:13:56.939 --> 00:13:57.319 come to 00:13:57.319 --> 00:13:57.719 life, 00:13:58.639 --> 00:13:59.000 or to 00:13:59.000 --> 00:13:59.419 lifeless 00:13:59.419 --> 00:13:59.819 stone, 00:14:00.219 --> 00:14:00.779 wake up. 00:14:02.379 --> 00:14:03.099 Can it 00:14:03.099 --> 00:14:03.799 give 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:04.539 guidance? 00:14:07.179 --> 00:14:07.919 You know, 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.659 we are all 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:10.419 guilty of 00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:11.399 giving created 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:13.639 things God 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:15.159 status in 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:15.740 our lives. 00:14:15.740 --> 00:14:17.360 gods of 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:17.680 money, 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:18.740 family, 00:14:19.220 --> 00:14:19.659 romance, 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:20.259 comfort, 00:14:20.379 --> 00:14:21.680 whatever it 00:14:21.680 --> 00:14:22.399 is that you 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:23.700 set up as 00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:24.480 that ultimate 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:25.019 thing, 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:27.000 rely on it 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:27.940 for life 00:14:27.940 --> 00:14:29.019 and happiness. 00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:30.200 Hear God's 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:31.279 warning in 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:32.320 verse 19. 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:33.259 It is 00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:33.879 covered with 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:34.360 gold and 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:34.620 silver. 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.299 There is 00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:37.940 no breath 00:14:37.940 --> 00:14:38.460 in it. 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:40.460 God's 00:14:40.460 --> 00:14:41.139 love. 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:41.620 Those idols 00:14:41.620 --> 00:14:42.160 we have 00:14:42.160 --> 00:14:42.860 will always 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:43.639 betray us. 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:44.320 They'll never 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:44.940 give us what 00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:45.420 we're truly 00:14:45.420 --> 00:14:46.139 looking for. 00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:49.480 Now the 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:50.820 last two 00:14:50.820 --> 00:14:51.240 judgments, 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:51.960 and these 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:52.920 involve God's 00:14:52.920 --> 00:14:54.240 direct intervention 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:55.120 at the end 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.700 of time. 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.139 Number five. 00:15:00.100 --> 00:15:00.580 Are you 00:15:00.580 --> 00:15:01.220 building an 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:02.400 empire through 00:15:02.400 --> 00:15:02.879 injustice? 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:06.160 God will 00:15:06.160 --> 00:15:06.879 destroy it. 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:09.080 look with 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:09.299 me at 00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:09.840 verse 12. 00:15:11.439 --> 00:15:11.980 Woe to 00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:13.080 him who 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:14.259 builds a 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:15.039 city with 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:16.100 bloodshed and 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:17.379 establishes a 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:18.559 town by 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:19.419 injustice. 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:22.519 And it's 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:23.519 acceptable in 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:24.439 our society 00:15:24.439 --> 00:15:26.960 to build our 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:27.860 own comfortable 00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:28.720 little kingdoms 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:30.220 where we live 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:30.820 in luxury. 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.559 We don't 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:33.799 really have to 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:34.279 care about 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:35.100 anybody else. 00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:37.879 be warned. 00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:40.540 If that's 00:15:40.540 --> 00:15:40.860 what we 00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:41.399 live for, 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:43.019 we're 00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.580 building up 00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:44.639 treasure that 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.200 will ultimately 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:45.899 be destroyed. 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.460 Look at 00:15:48.460 --> 00:15:49.100 verse 13. 00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:50.580 Has not 00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.180 the Lord 00:15:51.180 --> 00:15:51.800 Almighty 00:15:51.800 --> 00:15:52.860 determined that 00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:53.480 the people's 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:54.420 labor is only 00:15:54.420 --> 00:15:55.259 fuel for the 00:15:55.259 --> 00:15:56.139 fire, that 00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:56.860 the nations 00:15:56.860 --> 00:15:58.420 exhaust themselves 00:15:58.420 --> 00:15:59.540 for nothing? 00:15:59.539 --> 00:16:04.539 And here's 00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:04.939 the final 00:16:04.939 --> 00:16:06.419 judgment to 00:16:06.419 --> 00:16:06.719 come. 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:09.339 Are you 00:16:09.339 --> 00:16:09.699 shaming 00:16:09.699 --> 00:16:10.919 others to 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.679 increase your 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:12.019 glory? 00:16:13.459 --> 00:16:14.599 God will 00:16:14.599 --> 00:16:15.299 bring shame 00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:16.219 and destruction 00:16:16.219 --> 00:16:17.179 on you. 00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:20.339 we get this 00:16:20.339 --> 00:16:21.519 terrible picture 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:23.339 in verse 15 00:16:23.339 --> 00:16:25.019 of a nation 00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:25.359 who gets 00:16:25.359 --> 00:16:25.859 their neighbors 00:16:25.859 --> 00:16:28.379 drunk in 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:28.739 order to 00:16:28.739 --> 00:16:29.319 strip them 00:16:29.319 --> 00:16:29.639 of their 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:30.159 clothing, 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:32.219 to bring 00:16:32.219 --> 00:16:33.279 shame on 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:34.559 them and 00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:35.319 boost their 00:16:35.319 --> 00:16:35.939 own glory. 00:16:36.099 --> 00:16:36.379 Now you 00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:36.859 might say 00:16:36.859 --> 00:16:37.279 that is 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:38.219 repulsive. 00:16:38.219 --> 00:16:39.639 I would 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.559 never do 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:40.979 that. 00:16:42.979 --> 00:16:43.919 Yet how 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:44.719 quick are we 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.759 to drag 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.700 up the 00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:47.440 failings of 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:48.120 others behind 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:48.680 their backs? 00:16:50.800 --> 00:16:51.399 Shaming 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.779 them to 00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.560 our friends, 00:16:53.800 --> 00:16:54.279 all the 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.420 while boosting 00:16:55.420 --> 00:16:56.100 our own 00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:57.480 glory in 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.160 comparison. 00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:00.460 Listen to 00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:01.139 God's warning 00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:01.980 in verse 16. 00:17:02.420 --> 00:17:03.420 You will 00:17:03.420 --> 00:17:04.019 be filled 00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.819 with shame 00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.319 instead of 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:05.680 glory. 00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.500 Now it's 00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:07.200 your turn. 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.180 Drink and 00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:08.819 let your 00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.900 nakedness be 00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.500 exposed. 00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:11.079 The cup 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.339 from the 00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:11.839 Lord's right 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.200 hand is 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.680 coming around 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.559 to you and 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.519 disgrace will 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:15.599 cover your 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:16.379 glory. 00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:21.639 And as I 00:17:21.639 --> 00:17:22.220 look up at 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:22.859 that list 00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:23.480 there, I'm 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:23.980 convicted. 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:27.359 I'm guilty. 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:30.160 It's not 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:30.720 just something 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.319 for Babylon 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:32.339 two and a 00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:32.720 half thousand 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.139 years ago. 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.480 No. 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.379 This is a 00:17:36.379 --> 00:17:36.779 picture of 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.779 my heart and 00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:38.160 this is a 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:38.559 picture of 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:39.200 your heart 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:40.019 at its 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:41.059 very worst. 00:17:42.859 --> 00:17:43.519 And that's 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:43.900 frightening. 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:46.519 God's 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:56.779 judgment is 00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.740 coming and 00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.759 we won't 00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.579 have any 00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.359 defense. 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.139 But that is 00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:04.559 not the end 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:05.079 of the story. 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:08.819 because 600 00:18:08.819 --> 00:18:09.919 years after 00:18:09.919 --> 00:18:10.460 Habakkuk 00:18:10.460 --> 00:18:11.159 wrote of 00:18:11.159 --> 00:18:11.379 these 00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:11.779 judgments, 00:18:12.199 --> 00:18:12.579 Jesus, 00:18:13.139 --> 00:18:13.939 the righteous 00:18:13.939 --> 00:18:15.119 judge himself 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:16.240 entered into 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:16.799 our world 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:17.819 and he 00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.879 suffered the 00:18:18.879 --> 00:18:19.500 judgment that 00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:20.699 we deserved 00:18:20.699 --> 00:18:21.220 on the 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:21.639 cross. 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.240 And now 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:24.699 anybody who 00:18:24.699 --> 00:18:25.439 sees the 00:18:25.439 --> 00:18:26.379 ugliness of 00:18:26.379 --> 00:18:26.859 their sin, 00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:28.799 repents of 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.519 it and looks 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:30.359 in faith to 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:30.839 Christ, 00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:31.919 can know 00:18:31.919 --> 00:18:33.199 full forgiveness 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:34.400 and pardon. 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:37.059 And that's 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:38.059 how God's 00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:38.779 future judgment 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.420 can be a 00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:39.799 source of 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:41.140 hope for 00:18:41.140 --> 00:18:42.100 us and 00:18:42.100 --> 00:18:42.500 something that 00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.180 we no longer 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:43.779 dread. 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.620 Because on 00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:46.000 that day, 00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:47.039 every wrong 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.519 will be put 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:47.840 right. 00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:50.000 Injustice and 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:51.180 suffering has 00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:51.920 an end 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.480 date. 00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:54.880 And that is 00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:55.460 the first 00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:56.860 mountain of 00:18:56.860 --> 00:18:57.400 hope that we 00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.319 fix our gaze 00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:59.819 on as we 00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.519 walk through 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.600 the valley of 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.019 injustice. 00:19:02.219 --> 00:19:02.579 Now here's 00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:03.059 the second. 00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:05.939 God's glory 00:19:05.939 --> 00:19:07.240 will be 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:08.240 restored. 00:19:09.219 --> 00:19:09.740 Tucked away 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.139 in the middle 00:19:10.139 --> 00:19:10.699 of all these 00:19:10.699 --> 00:19:11.159 judgments, 00:19:11.439 --> 00:19:11.939 we find 00:19:11.939 --> 00:19:12.579 another 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.199 incredible 00:19:13.199 --> 00:19:14.379 reason to 00:19:14.379 --> 00:19:14.839 hope. 00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.559 Now we 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.079 did look at 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.759 verses 12 to 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.539 13 earlier 00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.259 and we saw 00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.759 that God 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.740 was condemning 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:23.139 those who 00:19:23.139 --> 00:19:23.899 build their 00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:24.819 own glory 00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:25.519 through 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.000 injustice. 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.980 I'm not 00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.519 sure how many 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.019 of you watched 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.559 the opening 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.539 ceremony of 00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.079 the Olympics 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.680 in Paris. 00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.639 It was a 00:19:33.639 --> 00:19:34.059 long night. 00:19:34.659 --> 00:19:34.879 It was a 00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:35.119 bit of a 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:35.759 commitment to 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.079 get to the 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.460 end of it. 00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:39.039 But during 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:40.059 the ceremony 00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:41.559 ten golden 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:43.440 statues of 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.119 influential 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:46.099 French women 00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:47.240 were elevated 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.899 above the 00:19:47.899 --> 00:19:48.480 River Seine 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.379 as hundreds 00:19:49.379 --> 00:19:50.079 of millions 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:50.539 of people 00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:50.940 around the 00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.339 globe 00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:52.799 watched on. 00:19:54.879 --> 00:19:55.619 One of 00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:56.000 them was a 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.639 statue of a 00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:57.980 French government 00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.799 minister who 00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.440 legalized 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.920 abortion in 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.680 1974. 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:05.059 Her efforts 00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.620 paved the 00:20:05.620 --> 00:20:06.259 way for the 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.860 killing of 00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:07.579 one million 00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:09.360 innocent babies 00:20:09.360 --> 00:20:09.920 in the womb 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.700 in the 50 00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.559 years since 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:11.940 then in 00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.240 France. 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.660 Hers is a 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.299 glory built 00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:17.680 through 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:19.259 injustice. 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:19.460 Jesus. 00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.660 And it's 00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:23.000 not just 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:23.420 extreme 00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.180 examples like 00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.460 that. 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.160 Everywhere you 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:28.140 look around 00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:30.420 you, you 00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:30.960 see people 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.460 building their 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:32.039 own glory, 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:32.759 not God's. 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:32.879 love. 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.839 It simply 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.480 comes natural 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:36.879 to us, 00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.200 doesn't it? 00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.039 Listen to 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.019 how the 00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.859 apostle Paul 00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.740 describes this 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.960 in Romans 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.460 chapter 1. 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:45.839 You can read 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.039 on the 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.279 screen. 00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.539 For since 00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.339 the creation 00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:49.619 of the 00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:49.980 world, 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.079 God's 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:52.059 invisible 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.799 qualities, 00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:54.180 his eternal 00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:55.619 power and 00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:56.660 divine nature 00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:58.140 have been 00:20:58.140 --> 00:20:59.660 clearly seen, 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:02.220 being understood 00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:03.799 from what 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:04.180 has been 00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.600 made. 00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:07.299 So the 00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:08.600 people are 00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.019 without 00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:10.360 excuse. 00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:12.220 There's no 00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.920 excuse for 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.079 us. 00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:14.680 We know 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.519 that God 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:17.600 must exist. 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.960 Verse 21, 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.960 for although 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.680 they knew 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.059 God, 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.819 they neither 00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.759 gave glory 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.620 to him as 00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:25.940 God, 00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.779 nor gave 00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.339 thanks to 00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.600 him. 00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:28.980 But their 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.779 thinking became 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.420 futile, 00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.460 and their 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:31.960 foolish 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.940 hearts were 00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.480 darkened. 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.079 That's a 00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:37.059 description of 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.920 our society 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.340 today. 00:21:40.100 --> 00:21:41.000 We look 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.400 around and 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:42.240 see all the 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.299 amazing evidences 00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:44.539 of God in 00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.019 each other, 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:45.819 in his 00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.340 creation, 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:48.220 but we 00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.960 fail to give 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.500 him glory. 00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.620 Instead, 00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.120 we build up 00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.519 our own. 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:54.840 We make 00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.900 much of 00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.660 ourselves, 00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:57.980 and not 00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.400 much of 00:21:59.400 --> 00:21:59.700 God. 00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.900 Don't 00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.780 you long 00:22:03.780 --> 00:22:04.600 to live 00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:04.960 in a 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.940 world where 00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.800 everyone, 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.759 everywhere 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.720 gives glory 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.759 to God 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.620 alone for 00:22:10.620 --> 00:22:11.340 who he 00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:11.740 is. 00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.480 And what's 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:16.240 amazing is 00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.580 that God 00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:17.759 actually promises 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.720 this very 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.460 thing in 00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.759 verse 14. 00:22:21.040 --> 00:22:21.600 Have a look 00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:21.940 at it with 00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.220 me. 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.360 Instead of 00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:23.820 the false 00:22:23.820 --> 00:22:24.800 glory of 00:22:24.800 --> 00:22:25.340 people, 00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:27.280 look at this, 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.059 verse 14, 00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.819 the earth 00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.579 will be 00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.619 filled with 00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.619 the knowledge 00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.299 of the 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:33.180 glory of 00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.619 the Lord 00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.980 as the 00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.519 waters 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:37.059 cover the 00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.359 sea. 00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:37.899 What a 00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:38.720 magnificent 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.720 picture. 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.619 Almost too 00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:42.500 beautiful to 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.180 even imagine. 00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.339 God 00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:46.099 describes his 00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:47.879 glory in 00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:48.920 Exodus 33 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.639 as his 00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:50.680 eternal 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.619 goodness. 00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.460 It is 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.500 God in 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.319 all his 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.400 majestic 00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:58.960 perfections 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:01.240 being seen, 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:03.079 being savored 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:04.019 on every 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:05.420 square inch 00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:07.279 of that 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:08.019 new 00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.859 heavens 00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.799 and earth 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.420 to come. 00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.380 Revelation 00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.460 21 says 00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:14.819 that that 00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.779 future city 00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.539 does not 00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.279 need the 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.779 sun or 00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.200 the moon 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.720 to shine 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:18.980 on it 00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.359 for the 00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:20.400 glory of 00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.039 God 00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:23.000 gives it 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:24.099 life and 00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.799 the Lamb 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.460 is its 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:25.859 lamp. 00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:27.299 All of 00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.639 God's 00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.480 resplendent 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:28.879 glory, 00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:31.039 praised and 00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.599 enjoyed 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.779 forever by 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.519 all of the 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:33.980 redeemed 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:36.099 from every 00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.879 nation. 00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.559 There will 00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.139 be no 00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:41.539 one in 00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:41.919 that new 00:23:41.919 --> 00:23:42.379 heavens and 00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:43.299 earth who 00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.799 does not 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.339 give glory 00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:45.019 to God 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.359 for who 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.759 he is. 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.059 And we 00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.440 don't have 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:47.960 the words 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.379 to do this 00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:48.720 heavenly 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.460 picture any 00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.899 justice, 00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.440 but what I 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:51.039 will ask you 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.460 is this, 00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.460 don't you 00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.180 long to be 00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.440 there. 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:57.000 where God's 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.720 glory fills 00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:59.180 up everyone 00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:01.220 and everything. 00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.059 Or have 00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.600 we become 00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:05.840 so numb 00:24:05.840 --> 00:24:06.799 to its 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.740 absence in 00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.460 our society 00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:10.840 that we 00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.200 don't even 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.559 care? 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.180 You know, 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.720 earlier we 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.680 sang some 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.620 amazing words 00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:20.019 in one of 00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.400 the songs 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.799 called All 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.180 My Days, 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.779 and here 00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.160 they are, 00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.480 I long 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.060 to be 00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:25.000 where the 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.860 praise is 00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.660 never ending, 00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.560 yearn to 00:24:28.560 --> 00:24:29.580 dwell where 00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:30.279 the glory 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:31.779 never fades, 00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.279 where countless 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.880 worshippers 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.320 will share 00:24:34.320 --> 00:24:35.060 one song 00:24:35.060 --> 00:24:36.340 and cries 00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:37.259 of worthy 00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.420 will honour 00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.299 the Lamb. 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.740 Don't you 00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.240 long for 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.759 that too? 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:44.720 we say 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:46.480 come quickly, 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.460 Lord Jesus, 00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:49.299 right every 00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.099 wrong, 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:52.420 restore God's 00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.579 glory again. 00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.200 It's a glory 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.039 that we lost 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:56.579 sight of 00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.079 in Eden, 00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:58.039 but it's 00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.720 coming back. 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.640 The earth 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.359 will be 00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:02.400 filled with 00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.079 the knowledge 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:04.140 of the 00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:05.900 glory of 00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.339 the Lord. 00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:09.399 and here's 00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.759 the thing, 00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.039 it's a 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.439 glory 00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:14.399 that's 00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:14.759 actually 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.339 reflected 00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.039 in us, 00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:16.699 in the 00:25:16.699 --> 00:25:17.099 lives of 00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.579 every 00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.799 spirit-led 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.279 believer. 00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:19.799 Listen to 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.259 what the 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.919 Apostle Paul 00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.740 says in 00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.480 2 Corinthians 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.339 3.18, 00:25:23.419 --> 00:25:23.659 it's on 00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.039 the screen, 00:25:24.459 --> 00:25:24.859 and we 00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.679 all who 00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:26.399 with unveiled 00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:27.919 faces reflect 00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.679 the Lord's 00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.459 glory are 00:25:29.459 --> 00:25:30.359 being transformed 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:31.220 into his 00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.899 image with 00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.839 ever-increasing 00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.259 glory. 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:34.980 So here's 00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.220 the deal, 00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.879 if you are 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:37.220 in Christ 00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.620 today, 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.500 you are a 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.780 mirror, 00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.140 reflecting 00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:40.840 God's 00:25:40.840 --> 00:25:41.700 glory to 00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.160 others. 00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.280 And yes, 00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:43.920 a cloudy 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.800 reflection it 00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.380 may be, 00:25:46.020 --> 00:25:46.800 but as you 00:25:46.800 --> 00:25:47.240 walk with 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.680 the Spirit, 00:25:47.780 --> 00:25:48.080 it gets 00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:49.260 clearer and 00:25:49.260 --> 00:25:49.660 clearer. 00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.380 You are 00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:51.400 being transformed 00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:53.000 into God's 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.780 likeness with 00:25:53.780 --> 00:25:54.960 ever-increasing 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.480 glory. 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.340 You are 00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:57.040 part of 00:25:57.040 --> 00:25:57.660 the promise 00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.380 of the 00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.880 knowledge of 00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.180 God's 00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.460 glory filling 00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.860 the earth 00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.320 again. 00:26:03.080 --> 00:26:03.500 And that 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.960 means that 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.440 the choices 00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.100 that we make, 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:06.099 the words 00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.519 we say, 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:06.980 they really 00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.319 matter. 00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.619 Because God's 00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.740 glory is 00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.819 ultimately at 00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.619 stake in the 00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.259 way we live 00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.899 our lives. 00:26:14.939 --> 00:26:15.299 Do our 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.779 lives make 00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.899 much of 00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.939 him or 00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:18.199 do they 00:26:18.199 --> 00:26:18.699 make much 00:26:18.699 --> 00:26:19.419 of us? 00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.039 When your 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.379 family, 00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.000 your colleagues, 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.619 your classmates 00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.159 are looking 00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:23.559 at you, 00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:24.379 do they get 00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:25.000 a glimpse 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.500 of the 00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.139 goodness of 00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.539 God? 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.339 Do they 00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.500 see his 00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.959 glory? 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.079 The closer 00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.559 we walk 00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:31.899 with him, 00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:33.420 the more 00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.680 we're 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.160 transformed 00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.759 into his 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.259 likeness, 00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.480 the more 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.200 others see 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.820 God's 00:26:37.820 --> 00:26:38.580 glory in 00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:38.960 us. 00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.140 That's an 00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.440 awesome 00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.560 privilege and 00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:42.400 a responsibility, 00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:42.920 isn't it? 00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.720 So let us 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.360 be diligent, 00:26:46.060 --> 00:26:46.820 both in our 00:26:46.820 --> 00:26:47.720 hope for that 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.759 new heavens 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.480 and earth, 00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.380 where the 00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:50.880 knowledge of 00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.700 God's glory 00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.640 will fill 00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.620 everyone, 00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.420 everywhere, 00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.360 but also in 00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:55.780 the here and 00:26:55.780 --> 00:26:56.019 now. 00:26:57.300 --> 00:26:57.820 Let's be 00:26:57.820 --> 00:26:58.500 diligent in 00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.120 our desire 00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:00.219 to reflect 00:27:00.219 --> 00:27:01.219 God's 00:27:01.219 --> 00:27:01.979 glory. 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.099 And that's 00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.439 the second 00:27:04.439 --> 00:27:04.939 hope that we 00:27:04.939 --> 00:27:05.779 fix our 00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.279 eyes on, 00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:07.479 in that 00:27:07.479 --> 00:27:09.079 valley of 00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.579 injustice. 00:27:10.699 --> 00:27:11.279 God's 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.119 glory is 00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.639 going to 00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.399 be restored. 00:27:13.699 --> 00:27:14.319 What a 00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.179 wonderful 00:27:15.179 --> 00:27:15.519 hope. 00:27:16.239 --> 00:27:16.619 And there 00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.000 is one 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.439 last 00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:18.699 mountain of 00:27:18.699 --> 00:27:19.019 hope I 00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.419 believe that 00:27:19.419 --> 00:27:19.699 we are 00:27:19.699 --> 00:27:21.159 given in 00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.699 this passage 00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:22.019 and it 00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.579 is this. 00:27:24.219 --> 00:27:24.819 God's 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:26.119 name will 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:27.079 be revered. 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:29.539 we read 00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:29.859 in verse 00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.899 19 earlier 00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.539 that God 00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.259 proclaims 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.980 judgment on 00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.579 those who 00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:35.240 worship idols 00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.639 of their 00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.460 own making. 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:39.179 The people 00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:40.460 on earth 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.359 might spend 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.839 all their 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.699 days worshipping 00:27:42.699 --> 00:27:42.960 at the 00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.519 idols of 00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.179 power, 00:27:44.439 --> 00:27:44.859 sex, 00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.379 money, 00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:46.079 comfort, 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.279 but verse 00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.899 20, 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.679 look at 00:27:48.679 --> 00:27:49.000 this, 00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.899 the Lord 00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.839 is in 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.659 his holy 00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:54.139 temple. 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.480 Let all 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.940 the earth 00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.319 be silent 00:27:58.319 --> 00:28:00.180 before him. 00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.440 Here is 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.839 the hope, 00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.640 friends. 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.460 One day 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.960 when King 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:08.059 Jesus returns, 00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.259 there will 00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:10.779 be universal 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.940 silence 00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:13.799 before him. 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.920 In a 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.220 moment, 00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.460 every person 00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.299 from every 00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.759 nation 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:19.980 will see 00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.880 God 00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:22.339 exactly 00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:23.299 for who 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.740 he is. 00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:25.400 every 00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.799 mouth 00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.400 that 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.279 mocked 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.500 him 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:27.980 and 00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.359 cursed 00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:28.700 him 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.140 will 00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.319 be 00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.859 silenced. 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.480 Every 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.960 tongue 00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.359 that 00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.880 denied 00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.480 his 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.099 existence 00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.480 will 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:34.640 be 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.140 hushed. 00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.380 On 00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:37.599 that 00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:37.880 day, 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.059 we will 00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.240 see 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.740 everything 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.120 in this 00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.420 world 00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.440 exactly 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.099 for what 00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.500 it is. 00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.519 He 00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.720 will 00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.299 show up 00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.740 all the 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.019 false 00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.400 idols 00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:46.680 that we 00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.140 ever ran 00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.420 after. 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.700 we 00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:48.820 will 00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:48.980 be 00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.440 rendered 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:49.900 utterly 00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.440 speechless 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.980 by his 00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:52.200 perfect 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.200 judgments. 00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:53.560 In a 00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:53.800 split 00:28:53.800 --> 00:28:54.120 second, 00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.500 we will 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.840 know 00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:55.360 that he 00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:55.519 was 00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:55.860 right 00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.320 about 00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:56.900 everything 00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.620 all 00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:57.960 along. 00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:00.019 No 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.240 one 00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.420 will 00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.640 even 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.360 consider 00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:02.100 uttering 00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:02.560 a 00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:03.120 word 00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.380 in 00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:03.880 defense 00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.060 of 00:29:04.060 --> 00:29:04.220 their 00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.640 own 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.320 moral 00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:06.300 purity 00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:06.560 that 00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:06.759 will 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.380 crumble 00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:09.060 in 00:29:09.060 --> 00:29:09.640 comparison 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.580 to 00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:10.820 his 00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:11.240 holiness. 00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.539 We 00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:13.880 will 00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.340 all 00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:14.640 be 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.380 silent 00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:16.960 before 00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.820 God 00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:18.620 in 00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:18.800 his 00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:19.100 temple. 00:29:21.780 --> 00:29:22.660 For 00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.160 some, 00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.540 this 00:29:24.540 --> 00:29:24.700 will 00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.100 be 00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:27.080 a 00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.500 silence 00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.760 of 00:29:27.760 --> 00:29:28.160 terror. 00:29:30.540 --> 00:29:31.420 Their 00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.840 sin 00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.240 will be 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.480 laid 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.760 bare 00:29:32.760 --> 00:29:34.520 with 00:29:34.520 --> 00:29:34.840 no 00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:35.480 excuses. 00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.840 And 00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.260 that is 00:29:39.260 --> 00:29:40.040 tragic 00:29:40.040 --> 00:29:40.380 beyond 00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:40.820 words. 00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.780 But 00:29:43.780 --> 00:29:43.940 for 00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.260 those 00:29:44.260 --> 00:29:44.520 who are 00:29:44.520 --> 00:29:44.840 united 00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.059 to 00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.599 Christ, 00:29:46.199 --> 00:29:47.819 there 00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.199 is no 00:29:48.199 --> 00:29:48.559 terror. 00:29:49.939 --> 00:29:50.179 This 00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:50.319 will 00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.639 be a 00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.039 silence 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.359 of 00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.159 holy 00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:53.099 awe. 00:29:54.419 --> 00:29:55.259 Because 00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.559 our 00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.039 judgment 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:57.199 has been 00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:57.720 taken 00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:59.159 by the 00:29:59.159 --> 00:29:59.439 judge 00:29:59.439 --> 00:29:59.959 himself, 00:30:00.159 --> 00:30:00.399 Jesus 00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:00.939 Christ. 00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.099 So 00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.720 take 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.339 heart 00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.980 because 00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.679 God's 00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.059 name 00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.899 will 00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.339 be 00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.019 revered. 00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.099 All 00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.339 who 00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.879 reject 00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.199 him 00:30:10.199 --> 00:30:10.699 now 00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:11.679 and 00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:11.819 who 00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.179 seem 00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:12.359 to 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.539 have 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:12.699 the 00:30:12.699 --> 00:30:12.959 upper 00:30:12.959 --> 00:30:13.419 hand 00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:15.700 will 00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.240 one 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.539 day 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.080 bow 00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:17.440 the 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:17.700 knee 00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:17.920 and 00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.539 confess 00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:18.820 that 00:30:18.820 --> 00:30:19.160 Jesus 00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.460 is 00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.759 Lord. 00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.779 And 00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.259 let us 00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.940 practice 00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.980 silence 00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.539 before 00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:25.920 him. 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.039 That 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.580 holy 00:30:27.580 --> 00:30:28.140 reverence 00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.620 for who 00:30:28.620 --> 00:30:29.060 he is. 00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:29.539 We 00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.860 don't have 00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.240 to wait 00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.039 until the 00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.380 day of 00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:31.640 judgment 00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.060 to do 00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:32.279 this. 00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:32.440 We 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.620 have 00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.019 access 00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.320 to 00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:33.560 his 00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:34.019 holy 00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.960 presence 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.680 anywhere, 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.680 any 00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:37.360 time. 00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:37.820 And how 00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.279 is that 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.740 possible? 00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.099 Here's 00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.299 how. 00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.779 We 00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:44.019 are 00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.779 his 00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.179 temple. 00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.460 You see, 00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.579 when Habakkuk 00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:47.220 wrote this, 00:30:47.399 --> 00:30:47.759 he had to 00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.159 go to the 00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:48.500 physical 00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.559 temple in 00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.039 the Jerusalem 00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.099 building to 00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.539 meet with 00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:51.779 God. 00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.139 That's where 00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.759 God dwelt 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.339 at that 00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:53.639 time. 00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.079 But God 00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.879 does not 00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:56.359 dwell in 00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:56.799 that kind 00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.299 of temple 00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.960 anymore. 00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.879 In the 00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:00.379 New Testament, 00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.819 we learn 00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.599 that God's 00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.159 redeemed 00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:04.099 people from 00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:05.059 every nation 00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:06.099 are his 00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.779 temple. 00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.259 That means 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.759 that God 00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.559 has chosen 00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.000 for his 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.659 Holy Spirit 00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.279 to dwell, 00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:12.819 not in a 00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.059 building, 00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.460 in his 00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.019 people. 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.319 And because 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:19.939 he is at 00:31:19.939 --> 00:31:20.419 work in 00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:20.599 us, 00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.299 everywhere we 00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.539 go, 00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.099 we have 00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.700 access to 00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.279 his glory 00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.599 at any 00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.159 moment. 00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.439 And you 00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:27.879 and I, 00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.879 we desperately 00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:30.240 need times 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.419 in our day 00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:31.819 where we 00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.419 cut out 00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:32.919 the noise. 00:31:34.659 --> 00:31:35.220 Laptop, 00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:35.939 phone, 00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.439 work, 00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:36.919 family, 00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:38.380 and we 00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:38.840 practice 00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.640 silence 00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.440 before our 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.720 God. 00:31:42.320 --> 00:31:42.900 A time 00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.500 to open 00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.840 up his 00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:45.880 word and 00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.360 let him 00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:47.700 speak right 00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.160 into our 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.600 hearts. 00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.660 To really 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.360 meditate on 00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:51.720 what he's 00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.039 saying, 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.480 to confess 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.039 our sin 00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.600 and to 00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.240 worship him 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.300 in response. 00:31:56.820 --> 00:31:57.480 We need 00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.480 silence 00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:00.100 before God. 00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:00.560 We don't 00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:00.800 have to 00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:01.060 wait. 00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:03.059 God's 00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:04.019 name 00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.679 so that's 00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:05.159 the third 00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:05.839 mountain of 00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:07.119 hope that 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.559 we fix 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.960 our eyes 00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.200 on. 00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.139 God's 00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:10.759 name will 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:12.399 be revered. 00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:13.319 All the 00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.220 earth will 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:15.039 be silent 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:16.200 before him. 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.980 And we 00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.359 are the 00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.859 temple of 00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.259 his Holy 00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.599 Spirit. 00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:19.980 We are 00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.539 enabled 00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.839 right now 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:23.220 to live 00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.899 lives of 00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.339 holy 00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:24.960 reverence 00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:26.259 before him. 00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:29.500 To finish, 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:29.900 we are 00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.160 going to 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.920 sing a 00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.339 song in 00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.619 a few 00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:31.900 minutes 00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.319 called 00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.740 Living 00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.099 Hope. 00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.460 And this 00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.680 is a 00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.079 song which 00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.700 proclaims 00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.379 Christ's 00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:37.839 victory 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:39.180 over death 00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:40.859 and our 00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.599 victory also 00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.039 in him. 00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.559 And there's 00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.039 one line, 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.859 whenever we 00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.279 sing this 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.799 song, it 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.259 just gets 00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.779 me every 00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.460 single time. 00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.160 And it's 00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.420 this, 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.480 the work 00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.200 is finished, 00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:54.379 the end 00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:54.920 is written, 00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:57.220 Jesus 00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.700 Christ, 00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.300 my living 00:32:59.300 --> 00:32:59.720 hope. 00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:00.080 You know 00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:00.380 we have 00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.779 such an 00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.240 unusual 00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.060 gift as 00:33:02.060 --> 00:33:02.420 Christians. 00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:05.140 We know 00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.519 the end 00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:05.740 of the 00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.080 story. 00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.980 The books 00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.380 of our 00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.080 lives may 00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:11.019 have many 00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.840 chapters that 00:33:11.840 --> 00:33:12.360 we cannot 00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:13.259 read yet, 00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.980 many surprises, 00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.900 ups and 00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.480 downs, but 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.039 I'll tell you 00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.560 one thing, we 00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:19.160 can flick any 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.580 time we 00:33:19.580 --> 00:33:20.420 want to 00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.880 that last 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.200 chapter. 00:33:23.800 --> 00:33:24.480 In the 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.779 end, 00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:26.640 Jesus wins 00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:28.600 and we 00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:29.680 are united 00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.259 to him. 00:33:30.340 --> 00:33:30.519 His 00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:30.980 victory 00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:32.300 is ours. 00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.019 His 00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.480 story 00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.880 is our 00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.279 story. 00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.840 Here's how 00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:40.380 that final 00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.259 chapter reads. 00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.460 God's 00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:44.820 justice 00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.779 will be 00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.019 done 00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:47.920 and we 00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.240 don't need 00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.560 to fear 00:33:48.560 --> 00:33:48.779 it. 00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.380 God's 00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:52.460 glory will 00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.100 be restored 00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.099 God's 00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:55.539 name will 00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:55.779 be 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:57.159 revered by 00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.639 all. 00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:58.639 God's 00:33:58.639 --> 00:34:00.539 name will 00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.639 be revered 00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.519 by all 00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:04.419 and we 00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:05.019 will live 00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.019 in awe 00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.539 of his 00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.179 holiness 00:34:07.179 --> 00:34:08.759 forever. 00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:08.980 forever. 00:34:11.040 --> 00:34:11.660 So, 00:34:12.160 --> 00:34:13.140 as you 00:34:13.140 --> 00:34:14.260 walk through 00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.860 the valley 00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.680 of injustice 00:34:15.680 --> 00:34:17.160 and suffering, 00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.320 keep your 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.300 eyes firmly 00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:22.020 fixed on 00:34:22.020 --> 00:34:22.820 those three 00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:24.740 mountains of 00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.000 hope. 00:34:25.100 --> 00:34:25.660 They are a 00:34:25.660 --> 00:34:26.640 gift from 00:34:26.640 --> 00:34:27.540 God to 00:34:27.540 --> 00:34:29.580 you to 00:34:29.580 --> 00:34:30.220 help you 00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.960 walk each 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.960 day through 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.560 that valley 00:34:32.560 --> 00:34:33.780 on your 00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:35.480 way to 00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.000 the new 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:37.199 heavens and 00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.539 earth, 00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.639 the city 00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.360 that he 00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.900 has prepared 00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:41.219 for those 00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:41.579 who love 00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:41.820 him. 00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.559 Let's 00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:44.760 pray. 00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:55.660 Lord, 00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:55.940 we 00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:57.260 confess 00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:58.900 we are 00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.720 so quick 00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.740 to despair 00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:01.540 at the 00:35:01.540 --> 00:35:02.040 injustice 00:35:02.040 --> 00:35:03.940 and suffering 00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:05.200 that surrounds 00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:05.520 us. 00:35:05.620 --> 00:35:06.260 It's real 00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:08.160 and it 00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:08.660 hurts. 00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.560 Lord, 00:35:12.660 --> 00:35:13.040 we need 00:35:13.040 --> 00:35:13.740 a fresh 00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:15.500 vision of 00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.119 the hope 00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:17.319 which you 00:35:17.319 --> 00:35:17.879 have laid 00:35:17.879 --> 00:35:18.359 up for 00:35:18.359 --> 00:35:18.799 us. 00:35:20.879 --> 00:35:21.959 Make it 00:35:21.959 --> 00:35:22.879 wonderfully 00:35:22.879 --> 00:35:24.799 real to 00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:25.479 our hearts 00:35:25.479 --> 00:35:27.019 this day. 00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.819 And 00:35:29.819 --> 00:35:30.359 together we 00:35:30.359 --> 00:35:30.619 say, 00:35:30.779 --> 00:35:31.219 come, 00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:32.479 Lord Jesus, 00:35:33.399 --> 00:35:34.979 bring justice 00:35:34.979 --> 00:35:35.819 to the 00:35:35.819 --> 00:35:36.299 oppressed, 00:35:36.859 --> 00:35:37.979 fill the 00:35:37.979 --> 00:35:39.159 earth with 00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.939 the knowledge 00:35:39.939 --> 00:35:40.679 of your 00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.299 glory, 00:35:42.319 --> 00:35:43.299 and silence 00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:44.539 every 00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:46.180 mouth of 00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:46.640 the enemy. 00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:48.039 We long 00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.460 for this 00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.740 day. 00:35:50.140 --> 00:35:50.580 Let us 00:35:50.580 --> 00:35:51.160 not be 00:35:51.160 --> 00:35:51.660 content 00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:53.260 without it. 00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.000 Help us 00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.320 to be 00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.880 ready for 00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.120 it. 00:35:57.680 --> 00:35:58.260 In Jesus' 00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:58.880 name we 00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.140 pray. 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.300 Amen. 00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.420 Amen. 00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.519 The musicians 00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.019 come up. 00:36:04.580 --> 00:36:05.080 We will sing 00:36:05.080 --> 00:36:05.480 that song 00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.039 together now. 00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:07.840 Living hope. 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.440 And please use 00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.940 this as an 00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.519 opportunity to 00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.080 respond to 00:36:10.080 --> 00:36:11.300 what God 00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:11.539 has been 00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:11.960 singing to 00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.720 you today 00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:12.940 through 00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.340 his word. 00:36:15.120 --> 00:36:15.480 Thank you. 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:17.620 Amen. 00:36:17.620 --> 00:36:18.480 Amen. 00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:18.660 Amen. 00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.019 Amen. 00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.039 Amen. 00:36:19.060 --> 00:36:19.420 Amen. 00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:20.940 Amen. 00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.019 Amen. 00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.560 Amen. 00:36:21.560 --> 00:36:22.240 Amen. 00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:22.960 Amen. 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.380 Amen. 00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:24.940 Amen. 00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.420 Amen. 00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.360 Amen.