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 Well, good evening. I just want to read the first three verses of that again, but this time in the NIV.

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 It's a very, as we saw, it's a great picture, Amos chapter 8.

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 And these two translations, the ESV and the NIV, get different bits more helpfully than others.

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 So let me just read the first three verses and then I'll pray and then we'll have a look at it together.

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 This is what the sovereign Lord showed me, a basket of ripe fruit.

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 What do you see, Amos? He asked, a basket of ripe fruit.

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 I answered, then the Lord said to me, the time is ripe for my people Israel.

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 I will spare them no longer.

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 And that day, declares the sovereign Lord, the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.

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 Many, many bodies flung everywhere.

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 Silence.

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 Father God, we come here tonight, the end of a busy weekend, at the end of a busy day.

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 Father, with Monday crouching at the door, so many things that we could think about in this time.

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 But Lord, we pray you would send your spirit, that our minds would focus on what you're saying, that our ears would be open to your voice.

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 That our hearts would be soft.

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 Father, that we would benefit from this time.

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 And that we would see the real treasure trove of your word.

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 And that we might hear you.

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 And leave here loving Jesus more.

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 Father, help us.

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 We pray it in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So we're in Amos chapter 8.

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 It's our penultimate sermon in Amos.

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 Some of you will be mortified by that.

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 Some of you will be absolutely delighted.

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 For me, it's been a real joy.

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 I think we've started to see an area of the Bible that we seldom go into.

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 And my hope is that Amos will be a friend.

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 A friend who tells us hard truths about what life is like and what we need to be.

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 That he may go back on the shelf for a while.

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 But we'll have learned lots about him and understood his message perhaps a little bit more.

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 So next time he comes up in our personal devotions or in years to come where he's a sermon series,

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 we might be reacquainted with him and learn to love him more.

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 And it's been a very difficult book, if we're honest.

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 It's not been happy stuff.

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 It's been predominantly dark.

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 But don't worry.

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 Because Neil's going to make it all better next week.

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 So tonight the big message is when the room runs out,

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 when the room for repentance runs out.

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 And Amos has been dark.

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 It's been very, very dark.

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 It just seems like week after week on a dark winter's evening,

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 we've been trawling through judgment after judgment after judgment.

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 And there's been very little good news.

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 That really Israel is in God's crosshairs.

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 And it's been pretty mortifying to those that heard Amos the first time.

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 And pretty mortifying to us as we've gone through it again and again and again.

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 It's very easy, isn't it, as we've read it, to think,

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 well, Israel, why don't you just wake up?

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 Why don't you change your ways?

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 We can spend so long looking at them and what they've done wrong

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 and completely miss what God's been saying to us through this book.

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 Got to be very careful of deflection, of looking down on them

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 and missing what's going on in our own lives as far as this is going.

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 It's very easy, isn't it, to see the speck in Israel's eye

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 and totally miss the plank that is totally obscuring our vision

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 of what's really going on.

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 And it's been quite repetitive.

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 I'm sure we've got that.

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 Amos has been hitting the same things over and over again.

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 One day I'll remember my water.

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 It's been hitting exactly the same things,

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 that there's almost been a tediousness about it.

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 But just think how Amos feels.

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 He's been bringing the same stuff to the same people

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 day in, day out, week in, week out.

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 We come to chapter 8 and nothing's really changed.

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 He's preached a load of times to a load of people

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 and nothing's really altered.

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 Amos, as I'm sure we know, is from the south.

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 He's from Judah.

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 He comes from Tekoa.

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 That's just down near Bethlehem.

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 He's a mixed farmer who keeps both sheep.

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 We learn in chapter 1, verse 1.

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 And last week we learned that he also does sycamore fig trees.

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 He grows and looks after them.

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 And he comes to Israel during a time of great affluence.

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 Things are going great.

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 It's boom time in Israel.

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 Victories won.

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 Territory gained.

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 Bollinger flowing.

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 Caviar heaped high on the Bellinis.

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 This is a really good time in Israel.

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 And Amos is sent by God.

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 And he comes and he bursts their bubble.

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 Though prosperous on the outside, he says,

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 they are rotten on the inside.

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 The upper class are swinging from the chandeliers,

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 but the lower class are dying in the gutter.

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 It's a picture of exploitation.

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 It's a picture of utter chaos.

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 And the fabric of society is completely disintegrating around them.

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 And Amos comes speaking the roars of God in judgment

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 to his fickle and faithless people.

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 And we saw in week one, and we tried to repeat it,

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 that there's a combination code to Amos.

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 Can anyone tell me what the combination code is?

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 Good, Graham, you can stay another week.

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 The rest of you, we'll see.

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 8351.

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 And it stands for eight oracles of judgment.

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 That was week one.

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 Where we had six for the surrounding nations,

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 one for Judah,

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 and then Israel has been the target from then on.

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 The six nations are done for war crimes.

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 Judah is done for having the law,

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 but disobeying it.

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 And Israel is done for two major sins,

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 social injustice and hypocritical worship.

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 We then had three sermons of rebuke.

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 That was Mike Fernandez giving us Amos 3,

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 where it was very bleak,

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 but there was the hope of a remnant,

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 like the hind legs of a deer being rescued from a lion.

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 Then we had Ian take us through Amos chapter 4,

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 and again there was a little sprinkling of hope in there.

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 And then in chapter 5,

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 Amos is almost conducting Israel's funeral,

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 as they look to the future of this unrepentant people.

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 Then Graham helped us and did the second of the woes,

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 which comes at the end of those sermons of rebuke,

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 and then we have five visions of judgment.

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 That was John Shearer last week.

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 He gave us the first three.

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 And so today we come to the fourth vision of judgment.

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 The fourth vision of judgment,

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 and it's going to take up the whole of chapter 8.

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 And then Neil next week will give us

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 the last of the visions of judgment,

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 and then what we've all been waiting for,

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 ever since the introduction of Sermon 1 in chapter 1,

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 this wonderful oracle of salvation,

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 which is this beautiful building in the midst of a very dark

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 and dangerous town called Amos.

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 And so, we're ready to begin.

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 I love a legal drama.

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 I'm a big fan.

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 I love The Good Wife.

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 I'm a fan of suits.

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 I really like law and order.

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 I love all things to do with legal things.

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 I think if pastoral ministry doesn't work out,

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 I try and be some kind of legal secretary or something.

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 I love the films,

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 A Few Good Men,

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 and The Firm with a very young Tom Cruise.

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 And I enjoyed Aaron Brockovich,

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 and The Pelican Brief.

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 I even enjoyed Legally Blonde 1 and 2.

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 I love novels with a legal theme.

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 I'm a massive fan of To Kill a Mockingbird.

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 Although I haven't got round to reading the second one yet.

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 Has anyone read it?

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 Set a Watchman, the sequel?

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 Has anyone read it?

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 No?

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 Perhaps we could all read it together.

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 I like The Count of Monte Cristo.

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 I even quite enjoyed A Tale of Two Cities.

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 I did a university dissertation on crime and punishment by Dostoevsky.

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 My favourite Shakespeare is The Merchant of Venice,

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 which is very legal.

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 I like legal things.

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 And what I like about them is the whole genre is about parry and riposte.

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 Prosecution versus defence.

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 That kind of backward and forward arm wrestle,

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 as they try to outmaneuver each other,

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 as they try to get one up.

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 And in the midst of this,

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 there's plea bargaining and suing and counter-suing

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 and class actions and settlements

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 and pre-trial hearings.

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 I bet it's not really like that.

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 That's just how I imagine it.

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 But it's all against the clock.

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 Because when the time runs out,

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 you get these immortal words,

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 we're going to trial.

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 We're going to trial.

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 The time's run out.

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 It's time that we're going to meet in a courtroom

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 and we're going to put this right once and for all.

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 Chapter 8 of Amos is kind of like that moment.

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 That moment's been reached.

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 That God looks at his people and says,

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 we're going to trial.

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 I've given you seven chapters of repeated warnings

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 in order to try and shock you into repentance.

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 But you've not listened.

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 So the date is set.

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 The subpoena is issued.

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 The summons is in the post.

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 And so chapter 8 marks the turning point in Amos.

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 Chapters 1 to 7 have seen a succession of charges,

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 accusations and evidence presented

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 to try and get Israel to change their ways.

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 But in chapter 8, God says the clock's run out.

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 This is going on.

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 It's time to get our wigs on.

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 It's time to get a jury.

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 It's trying to get that little hammer thing.

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 This is court in session.

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 Israel will be defending themselves.

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 But their case is shot through from the start.

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 And so Israel's trial arrives with certainty.

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 God summons Israel to appear in his court.

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 And he does it in the most bizarre way

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 with the most bizarre vision.

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 God shows Amos a basket of ripe fruit

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 or literally a basket of summer fruits.

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 And you might think that's a good thing.

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 Oh, it must be so refreshing.

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 Oh, it must be time for Wimbledon

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 if we're getting the summer fruits out.

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 That's not what's going on here.

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 But,

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 this is a very clear and present warning to Israel.

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 The agricultural calendar of Israel

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 runs September to August.

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 And it's full.

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 It's not like here where we have some times called winter

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 where the ground's too hard to plant anything.

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 They have a very rigorous agricultural cycle.

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 It starts in September and November

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 where you harvest olive oil and olives.

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 In November and December,

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 you sow wheat and barley.

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 In January and March,

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 you're planting and harvesting chickpeas,

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 melons and cucumbers.

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 In April,

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 you pull the flax to make rope and other things.

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 In April,

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 you harvest the barley that you planted.

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 In June,

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 you harvest the wheat you planted.

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 In June and July,

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 you prune back your vines

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 because it's grape time.

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 And in August,

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 at the end of the year,

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 you have summer fruits.

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 Figs and pomegranates and berries.

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 And so when God says,

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 what do you see?

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 And Amos says,

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 I see a basket of summer fruit.

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 No one's in any doubt what that means.

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 It means the season's over.

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 It means the period's finished.

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 He had all this time to repent

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 and now it's over.

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 We've come to the end of the cycle.

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 We've come to the end of the line.

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 The space for grace,

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 the room for repentance,

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 the terminus of time has arrived.

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 There's also,

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 and again,

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 I take the commentators for this.

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 There's also a wordplay going on.

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 The word for summer fruits

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 is the word quiet

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 and the word for end is quick.

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 But I think in the northern

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 territory of Israel,

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 they shorten vowels

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 so it kind of sounds like quick and quick.

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 So the fact that they see

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 a basket of summer fruits,

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 a basket of the end

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 is really what's going on.

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 I think the NIV gets the closest with,

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 I saw a basket of ripe fruit

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 and Israel is ripe for repentance.

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 That seems to me to be quite alarming to a people.

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 What do you see about our judgment?

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 Well, it's like the end,

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 a big basket of the end coming.

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 I guess it's a bit like James 5.5.

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 You have fattened yourself

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 for the day of slaughter.

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 You are ripe.

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 You're full of iniquity

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 and it's time to be judged.

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 You're at the zenith of your rebellion.

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 You've been caught red-handed

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 and you must be judged.

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 And so this is not a nice vision.

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 This is a vision of the room

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 for repentance running out.

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 And so at the end of verse 2,

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 God says,

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 I will not pass by them.

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 I will spare them no longer.

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 I will never again pass by them.

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 And this would send shockwaves

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 if you were an Israelite

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 because you're looking back to a time.

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 You're looking back to a time of Passover

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 where God definitively did pass by.

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 That on the eve of the Exodus,

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 God was coming to Egypt to judge Egypt.

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 And the only safe place to be

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 would to be found in the shelter

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 and security that God offered

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 sheltering under the blood

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 of a firstborn lamb.

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 And so when God judged,

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 his people were safe,

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 but now his people are told,

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 I won't pass by.

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 There's no means of escape.

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 The space for grace,

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 the room for repentance

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 has run out.

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 There's no shelter,

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 no refuge,

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 no sanctuary.

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 God is coming.

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 And he's coming to judge.

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 Terrifying vision.

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 The future is not bright.

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 It is very bleak

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 and it's not orange.

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 It is crimson red.

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 And these summer fruits

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 would be particularly associated

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 with Sokot,

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 the feast of tabernacles.

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 The time at the end

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 of that agricultural calendar

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 where everyone would gather

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 in the temple,

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 bring their produce

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 and celebrate for seven days

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 God's goodness to them.

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 They would joyfully remember

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 the fact that they'd had a harvest

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 and that they would pray

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 and rejoice expectantly

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 at God's faithfulness

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 that next year

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 there would be another harvest.

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 So here in verse three,

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 when they're gathered

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 in the temple,

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 normally to sing

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 these songs of joy,

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 see what it says,

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 the songs in the temple

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 will turn to wailing.

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 Harvest festival

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 will no longer be

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 a joyous occasion.

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 And what is expected

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 to be joy in the future

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 is actually deafening silence

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 because

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 there is no future

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 for Israel.

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 The celebration of life

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 and fruitfulness

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 and abundance

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 turns to a terrifying picture

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 of death and destruction

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 and decimation.

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 Many, many bodies

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 flung everywhere

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 and

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 silence.

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 An ominous warning,

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 the clock

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 is ticking.

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 God is saying,

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 I've given you

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 countless opportunities

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 and yet you've carried on.

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 You've been like

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 that stiff-necked people

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 this morning.

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 You would not change.

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 I was pulling on the reins

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 and yet your trajectory

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 was set.

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 God has spoken

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 to his people

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 of judgment

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 for seven chapters

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 through Amos,

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 trying to shock them

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 into a response

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 of seeking mercy,

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 repenting of sin

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 and pleading for forgiveness.

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 They haven't moved

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 a muscle.

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 Did the sun

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 that melts the wax

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 has hardened their hearts?

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 Their hearts are hard.

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 And I wonder,

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 friends,

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 we must be very careful.

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 We must be very careful

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 about continuing

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 to ignore God's challenge

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 and warning in our lives.

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 Seven chapters,

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 God has been on

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 at these people

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 about this.

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 This is wrong

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 in your life.

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 The way you treat

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 the poor is wrong.

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 The way you come

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 to the temple

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 is wrong.

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 He's been putting

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 his finger

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 where they're going wrong

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 and they've carried

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 on regardless.

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 And rather than

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 just look at Israel

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 and go,

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 goodness,

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 what a slow bunch

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 of people.

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 What about us?

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 That in our own lives

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 we read God's word,

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 we hear God's word,

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 we walk with God,

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 but he puts

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 his finger

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 on areas of our lives

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 that are not right.

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 God's word,

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 God's word,

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 and this is a stark

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 warning that you

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 continue to ignore

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 him at your peril.

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 While he's still

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 speaking to you

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 about it,

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 there's hope,

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 but the room

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 for repentance

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 is not infinite.

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 Is it a behavior

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 we're entrenched

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 in,

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 an attitude

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 we're clinging to,

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 a past hurt

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 that you can't let go,

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 a sin you're feeding

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 and not fighting?

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 God has been

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 on their case

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 for ages.

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 He has been

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 so gracious

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 in flagging

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 their sin

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 up to them.

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 And yet they've

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 gone,

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 carried on.

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 They've ignored him.

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 They thought

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 they were getting

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 away with it.

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 They thought

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:01.220
 just because judgment

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 was delayed

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 it would never come

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 and God says

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 in chapter 8,

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 no,

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 it's coming.

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 The room

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 for repentance

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.819
 is ended

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 in your life

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 as you continue

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 to ignore

00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.579
 what God is saying

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 as I continue

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 to ignore

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 what God is

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:16.140
 challenging me on.

00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:18.299
 We're doing

00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:19.240
 serious damage

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:20.120
 to our relationship

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 with Jesus,

00:19:20.859 --> 00:19:21.620
 our effectiveness

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 in God's kingdom

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 and we may

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 even be storing

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 up trouble.

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 We read

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 repeatedly

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.779
 in 1 John,

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 didn't we,

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 that anyone

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 who continues

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 to sin

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:34.559
 neither loves

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 God nor

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 has seen

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 him.

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 And I wonder

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 how true

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.160
 that is

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 in our lives.

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 Will a day

00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.819
 come where

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 God stops

00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:43.140
 challenging us

00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:43.480
 to us

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 and he

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:44.740
 gives us

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 over to us?

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 He does it

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:49.079
 in Romans 1

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 and I pray

00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:49.980
 that he would

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:50.559
 never do it

00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:51.400
 in our lives

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 so our

00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:53.019
 conscience is

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.259
 seared

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 and we no

00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:54.299
 longer bother.

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:56.579
 the gospel

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.299
 knows nothing

00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:58.099
 of cheap grace.

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 It doesn't.

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 Jesus didn't

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.500
 die for us

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:01.960
 so we could

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.980
 continue regardless

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.519
 and have him

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.200
 like an insurance

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:05.500
 policy that we

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 can slap on the

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 desk at the end

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 and say,

00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:07.619
 well,

00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:10.559
 that the great

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:11.299
 love God has

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 shown us

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.440
 must invoke

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.500
 a response.

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 Faith in the

00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:15.740
 past,

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:16.279
 what Jesus

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.859
 has done,

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:17.659
 gives us

00:20:17.659 --> 00:20:18.440
 infinite hope

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:19.099
 for the future

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:20.259
 which must

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:21.960
 encourage us

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 to pursue

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.379
 holiness in the

00:20:23.379 --> 00:20:23.680
 present.

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:24.980
 Or else we're

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.460
 just playing

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.399
 at it.

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.240
 And so

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.740
 Israel's trial

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:34.000
 has arrived.

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.259
 Israel's trial

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:36.700
 is here

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.139
 but it's

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:38.440
 not going to

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:38.879
 go well

00:20:38.879 --> 00:20:39.339
 because the

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:40.019
 trial itself

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.519
 is a

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.339
 formality.

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 This would

00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:42.460
 be the worst

00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:43.240
 courtroom drama

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.899
 anyone's ever

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.579
 conceived.

00:20:45.159 --> 00:20:45.639
 From the

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.440
 opening credits

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.220
 everyone knows

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.659
 how it's going

00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:48.079
 to go.

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 No one in

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.799
 the jury

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:51.980
 is sitting

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.480
 on the edge

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.859
 of their

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.480
 seat waiting

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:53.779
 for the

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.119
 next bit

00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:54.599
 of evidence

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 no one

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.319
 in the

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:55.599
 public

00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:55.979
 gallery

00:20:55.979 --> 00:20:56.439
 is even

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 dreaming

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:56.979
 of

00:20:56.979 --> 00:20:57.539
 acquittal.

00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:01.759
 And so

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.259
 in verses

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.059
 4 to 6

00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:03.559
 we get

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:05.179
 the charges

00:21:05.179 --> 00:21:05.619
 read out,

00:21:05.679 --> 00:21:06.679
 the indictments

00:21:06.679 --> 00:21:07.479
 read out.

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.659
 These are

00:21:08.659 --> 00:21:09.119
 not new

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.639
 crimes.

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 These have

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:11.919
 been the

00:21:11.919 --> 00:21:12.519
 very things

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:12.879
 that God

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.179
 has been

00:21:13.179 --> 00:21:13.539
 on that

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.099
 case about

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.739
 since chapter

00:21:14.739 --> 00:21:15.199
 2.

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 God even

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.439
 uses the

00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:17.779
 same

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.459
 imagery,

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.079
 these twin

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.719
 sisters of

00:21:19.719 --> 00:21:20.699
 social injustice

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.700
 and hypocritical

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.100
 worship.

00:21:23.600 --> 00:21:24.160
 Look what's

00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:24.700
 mentioned.

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.680
 Verse 4

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.319
 trampling

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:26.660
 on the

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.220
 needy.

00:21:28.600 --> 00:21:29.580
 People going

00:21:29.580 --> 00:21:29.960
 to the

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.580
 cash machine

00:21:30.580 --> 00:21:30.960
 to get

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.160
 their

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.539
 hundreds

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.140
 out and

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:32.880
 not even

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.500
 going around

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.000
 the beggar

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.299
 on their

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:34.920
 way to do it

00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.259
 but just

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.900
 walking over

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.279
 the top

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.680
 of it.

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.440
 Keeping

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.140
 to oppress

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:39.519
 them.

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.380
 Keeping

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:41.980
 them down

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.319
 in the

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:42.799
 gutter.

00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:45.600
 Doing

00:21:45.600 --> 00:21:46.120
 away with

00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:46.899
 the poor.

00:21:48.159 --> 00:21:48.479
 It's not

00:21:48.479 --> 00:21:48.919
 bothering.

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.339
 Leaving

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.759
 them to

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.119
 their own

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:50.519
 devices.

00:21:50.679 --> 00:21:50.839
 No

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.359
 charity.

00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:52.059
 No

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.419
 social

00:21:52.419 --> 00:21:52.859
 justice.

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.099
 And

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:53.259
 them

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:54.059
 exterminating

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.479
 themselves

00:21:54.479 --> 00:21:54.799
 because

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.019
 they

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:56.079
 can't

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.719
 survive.

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.059
 The

00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:00.599
 dishonest

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.459
 trading is

00:22:01.459 --> 00:22:02.299
 unbelievable.

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.299
 Look

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:03.939
 halfway down

00:22:03.939 --> 00:22:04.619
 verse 5

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:04.899
 there.

00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:05.859
 Skimping

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.179
 on the

00:22:06.179 --> 00:22:06.619
 measure,

00:22:07.199 --> 00:22:07.579
 boosting

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.379
 the price,

00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:09.259
 cheating

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.079
 with dishonest

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:11.399
 scales and

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:12.199
 mixing in

00:22:12.199 --> 00:22:13.079
 the sweepings,

00:22:13.199 --> 00:22:13.879
 the chaff of

00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:14.439
 the wheat.

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.419
 That is

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:16.140
 quadruple

00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:16.759
 extortion,

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:17.140
 right?

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.880
 That is

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.380
 not giving

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:20.900
 people what

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.300
 they pay

00:22:21.300 --> 00:22:21.519
 for,

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.180
 asking them

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.560
 to pay

00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:23.259
 too much,

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.380
 measuring it

00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.980
 on scales

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.380
 that are

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:26.180
 stacked in

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.840
 the vendor's

00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.220
 favour,

00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.019
 and what

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.440
 they're paying

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:28.840
 for isn't

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.180
 even the

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.680
 real deal

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.200
 anyway.

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.480
 It's just

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.220
 the sweepings

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.519
 off the

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.060
 factory floor.

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.019
 Quadruple

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:36.440
 exploitation.

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.740
 Quadruple

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.360
 extortion.

00:22:40.100 --> 00:22:40.460
 And not

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.039
 just trading

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.600
 commodities,

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.400
 but trading

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.460
 people.

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.200
 Buying the

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.660
 poor with

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.019
 silver,

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.440
 taking

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.240
 advantage of

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.640
 people's

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.360
 destitution,

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.940
 buying them

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.480
 as slaves

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.880
 to ease

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.360
 the comfort

00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:51.680
 of your

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.279
 own lives,

00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:52.740
 but doing

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.279
 nothing for

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.620
 them.

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.279
 Even

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.880
 using a

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.279
 pair of

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:59.059
 sandals.

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:00.960
 What a

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.440
 way to look

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.740
 on the

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.120
 poor,

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:02.759
 to think,

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.059
 oh,

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.960
 buy these

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.319
 with my

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.900
 spare pair

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.880
 of Birkenstocks,

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.160
 come,

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.180
 come and

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.539
 be my

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:08.980
 slaves.

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:12.620
 social

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.200
 injustice

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.079
 woven into

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.480
 the very

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.120
 fabric of

00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:15.559
 Israelite

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.079
 society.

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.880
 This makes

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.559
 the subprime

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.160
 mortgage look

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.980
 almost ethical.

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.720
 Yet now

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.160
 the God

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.640
 whose heart

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.000
 beats

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.779
 specially for

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.240
 the widow,

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:24.680
 orphan,

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.440
 and stranger,

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.440
 that God

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.039
 who defines

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.640
 what pure

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.240
 and faultless

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:29.099
 religion is,

00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:29.900
 is going to

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.319
 roll up

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.740
 its sleeves

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.299
 and weigh

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.940
 into this

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.700
 iniquitous

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.860
 inequality.

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:35.259
 See,

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.939
 also there's

00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:36.919
 hypocritical

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.599
 worship at

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.479
 the beginning

00:23:38.479 --> 00:23:38.919
 of verse

00:23:38.919 --> 00:23:39.559
 five.

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.639
 When will

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.039
 the new

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.439
 moon be

00:23:42.439 --> 00:23:42.919
 over that

00:23:42.919 --> 00:23:43.339
 we may

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:44.199
 sell grain

00:23:44.199 --> 00:23:45.000
 and the

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.639
 Sabbath be

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.240
 ended that

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.639
 we may

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.359
 market wheat?

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.359
 People

00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:50.000
 sitting in

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.319
 church,

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:51.479
 not listening,

00:23:51.699 --> 00:23:52.799
 not taking

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.240
 part,

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.719
 but thinking,

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.259
 when can I

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.740
 start earning

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.399
 money again?

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.399
 This whole

00:23:57.399 --> 00:23:58.079
 religion thing

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.679
 has become an

00:23:58.679 --> 00:23:59.199
 incredible

00:23:59.199 --> 00:24:00.039
 inconvenience.

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:00.979
 It's halting

00:24:00.979 --> 00:24:01.679
 my commerce.

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:04.120
 stopping me

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.580
 getting my

00:24:04.580 --> 00:24:05.320
 produce to

00:24:05.320 --> 00:24:05.740
 market.

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.320
 Utterly

00:24:07.320 --> 00:24:07.880
 distracted,

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.820
 utterly

00:24:08.820 --> 00:24:09.900
 duplicitous.

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.500
 Yes,

00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:10.980
 we're there

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.440
 in body,

00:24:11.560 --> 00:24:11.840
 but our

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.360
 mind is

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:12.840
 thinking of

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.519
 the marketplace.

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.720
 It's a

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.240
 real grave

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.580
 warning,

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.019
 isn't it,

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.420
 to sitting

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.900
 in church,

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.440
 but just

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:19.860
 totally

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:20.299
 consumed

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.779
 with Monday

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.220
 morning.

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.759
 Totally

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.279
 consumed

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.799
 with this

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.200
 and that,

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.940
 being here

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:26.180
 to feed

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.820
 our spirits,

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.799
 but thinking

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.460
 it all about

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.100
 shopping and

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.360
 selling.

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:29.940
 That's what

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.480
 these people

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.940
 are doing.

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:34.779
 I'm sure

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.100
 that there's

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:35.740
 many husbands

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.200
 in here

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.480
 who will

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.060
 have that

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.720
 occasion where

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.380
 your wife is

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.120
 speaking and

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:40.580
 you've zoned

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.000
 out.

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.519
 Quite often

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.000
 she's telling

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.400
 you really

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.200
 important stuff

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.539
 and you've

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.140
 totally missed

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.360
 it.

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.460
 I wonder

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.920
 how many

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.620
 times we've

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:48.960
 been in

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.380
 church and

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:49.680
 God has

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.160
 been speaking

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.640
 to us and

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.039
 we've totally

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.700
 missed it

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.779
 because we're

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.240
 thinking about

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:53.620
 the Grand

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.240
 Prix or

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.539
 that meeting

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:57.539
 or that

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.299
 legal drama

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.680
 we were

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.120
 watching.

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.160
 I'm sure

00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:02.320
 that's what's

00:25:02.320 --> 00:25:02.720
 going on

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.040
 here.

00:25:06.040 --> 00:25:06.900
 The church

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.640
 attendance has

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.140
 become a

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:09.860
 chore.

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.860
 Doing the

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.540
 religious thing

00:25:13.540 --> 00:25:14.100
 has become a

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:15.140
 real inconvenience

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.740
 and really

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.700
 dented profits.

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.880
 God brings

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.580
 charges and

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:21.440
 Israel is not

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.240
 looking good.

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.060
 There's no

00:25:24.060 --> 00:25:24.800
 excuse,

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.040
 no mitigating

00:25:26.040 --> 00:25:26.880
 circumstances,

00:25:27.040 --> 00:25:28.019
 no legal loophole,

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:29.400
 no technicality.

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.599
 The charges

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.160
 are read out

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.359
 and the

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.160
 defense attorney

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.920
 stays seated.

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.319
 No questions,

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:37.879
 your honor,

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.539
 they say.

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.500
 And this is

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:40.879
 what we've

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.240
 seen.

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.019
 These twin

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.539
 themes of

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.299
 social injustice

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.200
 and hypocritical

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.740
 worship are

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.319
 one thing.

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.160
 Jesus says

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.019
 the most

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.660
 important thing

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.039
 is to love

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.400
 God with

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.639
 all your

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:49.920
 heart,

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.099
 soul,

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.500
 mind and

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.900
 strength

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.220
 and to

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.519
 love your

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.940
 neighbor as

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.359
 yourself.

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.900
 You fail

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.440
 to do this

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.940
 one and you

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.460
 start not

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.920
 doing that

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.099
 one.

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.440
 The two

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.960
 are connected.

00:25:58.019 --> 00:26:00.139
 this is the

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:01.079
 most one-sided

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.900
 court hearing

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.519
 in history

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.480
 proceeding at

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.299
 a pace as

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.920
 God prepares

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.379
 to give his

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:06.000
 verdict and

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.319
 here it

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.900
 comes.

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.559
 Verse 7,

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.299
 the Lord has

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:11.079
 sworn by the

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.680
 pride of

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.579
 Jacob.

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.440
 In Amos,

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.799
 God has

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.359
 sworn two

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.119
 oaths already.

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.059
 In chapter

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.519
 4, he

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.279
 swore by his

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.779
 holiness.

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.160
 In chapter

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.779
 6, he

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.700
 swore by

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.379
 himself.

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:25.480
 And in

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.180
 chapter 8,

00:26:26.260 --> 00:26:27.040
 he swears

00:26:27.040 --> 00:26:28.100
 by the

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.700
 pride of

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.140
 Jacob.

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.280
 And that's

00:26:30.280 --> 00:26:31.240
 very interesting

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:32.900
 because what

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.220
 is God

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.960
 swearing by?

00:26:34.060 --> 00:26:34.700
 He's swearing

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.280
 by that

00:26:35.280 --> 00:26:35.660
 which is

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.200
 immutable,

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:36.680
 that that

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.140
 does not

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.780
 change.

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.120
 He says

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.480
 God's

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:39.800
 holiness,

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.220
 it will

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.640
 not change,

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.000
 so my

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.440
 oath is

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.900
 pure.

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.140
 Because

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.740
 swearing by

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.340
 my holiness,

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.040
 my holiness

00:26:45.040 --> 00:26:45.640
 won't change,

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.020
 so therefore

00:26:46.020 --> 00:26:46.740
 my vow

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:48.320
 won't change.

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.700
 In chapter

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.440
 6, the

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.000
 Lord does

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.500
 not change,

00:26:51.560 --> 00:26:51.880
 so when he

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.540
 swears by

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.259
 himself.

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:54.759
 It's that

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.059
 same

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.819
 immutability

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.619
 that his

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.159
 vow will

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:57.500
 not be

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:57.779
 broken,

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.220
 but see

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.559
 what he's

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.099
 done here.

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.000
 I swear

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.420
 by the

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:00.859
 pride of

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.240
 Jacob,

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.000
 they've

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.319
 got to

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.659
 the point

00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:03.000
 where their

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.700
 pride will

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.180
 not be

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.599
 quelled,

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:06.099
 where they

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.659
 cannot be

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.139
 humbled.

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:08.000
 He's

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.899
 using a

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.539
 destructive

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.159
 trade in

00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:10.599
 their lives

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:10.980
 and saying

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.519
 you're so

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.299
 stiff-necked

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.720
 you won't

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.119
 change,

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.799
 therefore

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.119
 it's

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.539
 worthy of

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.980
 an oath.

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.099
 I swear

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.500
 by the

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.000
 very thing

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.500
 I'm judging

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:18.859
 you for

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.299
 because I

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.700
 know you

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.119
 will not

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.740
 change.

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.920
 the sun

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.420
 has hardened

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.940
 the clay,

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.039
 their arteries

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.639
 have become

00:27:26.639 --> 00:27:27.440
 so clogged

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.240
 and calloused

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.440
 with themselves

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.799
 that they

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.180
 have no

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.599
 time for

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:30.940
 God.

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.659
 And the

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.200
 judgment is

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.980
 seismic.

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:35.559
 I will

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.160
 not forget

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.779
 says God.

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.299
 Chapter 2

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.759
 verse 7

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.019
 he says

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.319
 I will

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.660
 not

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.299
 relent.

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.839
 The

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.420
 God

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.400
 disposed

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.640
 to

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.039
 casting

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.400
 sin

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.819
 into the

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.259
 sea of

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.900
 forgetfulness

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:49.240
 that is

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.799
 his nature

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.319
 is so

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.240
 provoked

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:52.140
 by his

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.519
 people

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:52.819
 that he

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.200
 says I'm

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.380
 going to

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:53.860
 write

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:55.019
 these

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.299
 sins

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.099
 indelibly

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:57.680
 on my

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.140
 eternal

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.700
 memory.

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.360
 So

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.120
 heinous,

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:01.700
 so

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.299
 persistent,

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.660
 so

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.259
 habitual,

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.400
 has this

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:04.579
 sin

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.039
 become?

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.660
 Will not

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.079
 the land

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.839
 tremble

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.700
 for this

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.480
 and all

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.980
 who live

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.960
 in it

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.599
 mourn?

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:17.619
 that's a

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.439
 very ominous

00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:18.759
 verse

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.240
 considering

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.579
 where we

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.219
 started in

00:28:20.219 --> 00:28:21.359
 chapter 1

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.959
 verse 1

00:28:21.959 --> 00:28:22.699
 two years

00:28:22.699 --> 00:28:23.240
 before the

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.639
 earthquake.

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.439
 And here

00:28:25.439 --> 00:28:26.159
 he's talking

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:26.619
 about the

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.019
 earth

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.919
 trembling

00:28:27.919 --> 00:28:29.659
 as he

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:30.299
 judges his

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.740
 people.

00:28:32.219 --> 00:28:32.639
 And the

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.379
 Nile is

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:34.379
 symbolized,

00:28:34.459 --> 00:28:35.759
 the hydrological

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.459
 cycle of the

00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:37.159
 Nile where it

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:37.859
 floods.

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:39.939
 and then

00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:40.559
 the flood

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:40.859
 waters

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.479
 dissipate

00:28:41.479 --> 00:28:41.919
 but leave

00:28:41.919 --> 00:28:42.399
 nothing.

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:43.979
 Even

00:28:43.979 --> 00:28:44.539
 mentioning

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:44.779
 the

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.259
 Nile is

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.719
 haunting

00:28:45.719 --> 00:28:46.339
 geography

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.939
 for God's

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:47.919
 people because

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.679
 the Nile is

00:28:48.679 --> 00:28:49.339
 synonymous for

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.919
 Egypt and

00:28:49.919 --> 00:28:50.759
 Egypt is

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.279
 synonymous

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:53.939
 with slavery

00:28:53.939 --> 00:28:54.459
 and bad

00:28:54.459 --> 00:28:54.679
 times.

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.159
 It's kind of

00:28:55.159 --> 00:28:55.619
 like talking

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:55.879
 about

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.439
 Bannockburn

00:28:56.439 --> 00:28:56.919
 for English

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:58.679
 people or

00:28:58.679 --> 00:28:59.319
 talking about

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:00.139
 Glencoe if

00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:00.479
 you're from

00:29:00.479 --> 00:29:01.639
 the McDonald's

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.279
 clan.

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:05.119
 worse God

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.819
 says I'm

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.039
 going to

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.740
 judge you.

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.220
 I'm going to

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.759
 judge you but

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.599
 this time not

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.279
 sending you to

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.660
 Egypt.

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.500
 And then

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.200
 rescuing you

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.940
 after 400

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.639
 years like we

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.139
 were looking at

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.639
 this morning.

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.839
 I'm going to

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.379
 judge you and

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:18.720
 it's going to

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.460
 be Assyria.

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.879
 And return is

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.259
 not going to

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.680
 be on the

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.180
 cards.

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.700
 Worse than

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.279
 that it'll

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.740
 be like

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.639
 de-creation.

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.740
 Halfway through

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.420
 verse 9 the

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.940
 God who said

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.559
 let there be

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:37.799
 light now

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.279
 says I'm

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.460
 going to

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.420
 bring darkness.

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.119
 I'm going to

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:42.000
 undo all that

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:43.359
 I did at the

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:43.720
 beginning.

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.180
 It's going to

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.879
 be a complete

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.500
 reversal.

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.539
 Day to

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.500
 night feasting

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.139
 to mourning

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.920
 singing to

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:50.619
 weeping plush

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.359
 garments to

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.759
 sackcloth shaved

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.379
 heads.

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.639
 I will make

00:29:58.639 --> 00:30:00.980
 you mourn as

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.740
 for a first

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.180
 born.

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.960
 only son.

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.639
 It will be

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.220
 bitterness

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.740
 everywhere.

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.619
 This is a

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.319
 verdict of

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:12.940
 pure catastrophe

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.839
 and absolute

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.359
 horror.

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.599
 It's a vision

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.200
 of national

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.899
 torment and

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:18.039
 universal loss

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.819
 that God

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.660
 rains down on

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.180
 a stubborn

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:21.139
 heart-hearted

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.960
 entrenched

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.559
 people that

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.039
 have dulled

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.579
 their ears to

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.599
 his voice and

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.240
 seared their

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.940
 hearts to their

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.480
 own sin.

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.639
 And see God

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:29.619
 is intimately

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.379
 involved in

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:30.919
 verse 9.

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:31.839
 Who is the

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.719
 protagonist of

00:30:32.719 --> 00:30:33.199
 this judgment?

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:33.839
 Well it's God.

00:30:34.219 --> 00:30:34.859
 I will.

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.879
 I will.

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.919
 I will.

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.899
 I will.

00:30:38.219 --> 00:30:38.959
 God is there.

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.679
 He is so

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:44.319
 enraged by

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.979
 their sin that

00:30:44.979 --> 00:30:45.459
 he says I'm

00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:46.099
 coming and I'm

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.859
 coming to judge

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.219
 and I'm going

00:30:47.219 --> 00:30:47.659
 to be at the

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.079
 forefront.

00:30:49.219 --> 00:30:50.000
 That as Hebrew

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.799
 says it is a

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.879
 terrible thing to

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.479
 fall into the

00:30:52.479 --> 00:30:52.979
 hands of the

00:30:52.979 --> 00:30:53.439
 living God.

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.859
 Well Israel are

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.259
 going to learn

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:56.000
 just how terrible

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.679
 it is.

00:30:56.680 --> 00:31:01.200
 in chapter 4

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.860
 God has said

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.420
 prepare to

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:02.740
 meet your

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.279
 God.

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.519
 In chapter 5

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.120
 he talks about

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.600
 it all going

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.120
 bad because

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.519
 God is going

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.860
 to pass through

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:09.600
 their midst.

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.980
 And in chapter

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:13.019
 8 he's here

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:15.620
 and it's national

00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:16.620
 and it's total

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.580
 and it's final.

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:19.840
 That's not even

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.920
 the worst bit.

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.640
 The worst bit

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.600
 comes as he lays

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:24.380
 out the punishment.

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.779
 Verse 11

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.840
 God will send

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.420
 a famine.

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:31.200
 Not a physical

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.720
 famine.

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.480
 We're not going

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.180
 to be phoning

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:34.519
 Bono and Bob

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.100
 Geldof and

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.519
 trying to get

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:37.039
 Band-Aid back

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.480
 together.

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.700
 It's going to be

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.940
 a spiritual famine

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:42.519
 a famine of

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:44.080
 God's word.

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:46.500
 God declares

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.240
 that I will send

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.180
 a famine through

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.920
 the land not a

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.580
 famine of food

00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.980
 or a thirst for

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.660
 water but a

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.400
 famine of hearing

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.320
 God's word.

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:55.759
 God has

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.700
 declared it but

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.259
 Israel has

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:58.339
 incited it because

00:31:58.339 --> 00:32:00.200
 in chapter 2

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.819
 they've told the

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.539
 prophets to shut

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.240
 up the people

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.779
 that were bringing

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.559
 God's word.

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.960
 The Nazarites who

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.639
 were to be a

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.919
 pillar of God's

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:07.419
 word are the

00:32:07.419 --> 00:32:07.919
 ones that are

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.740
 told to drink up

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.339
 your wine and

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:09.980
 don't worry too

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.599
 much about your

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.159
 vows.

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.859
 And now God

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.419
 has given them

00:32:13.419 --> 00:32:14.099
 what they wanted.

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.659
 A famine of

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.599
 hearing God's

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.399
 word.

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:17.960
 God is going

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.819
 to stop

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.659
 roaring.

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.339
 He's going to

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.240
 stop speaking.

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.259
 God's word is

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.279
 going to disappear

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.839
 from the land.

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.339
 God will

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:28.299
 withhold his

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:29.299
 life-giving,

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.259
 life-changing,

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.620
 life-granting

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.460
 word from his

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:34.539
 people because

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.359
 they've had so

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:36.039
 much of it and

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.440
 they've done

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:36.960
 nothing.

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.120
 And the picture

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:42.019
 is horrendous of

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.940
 people staggering

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:44.180
 from sea to sea,

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.900
 wandering from

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:46.180
 north to east,

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.019
 searching for the

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.500
 word of the

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.400
 Lord, but they

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.400
 will not find

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.859
 it.

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:54.440
 it's like

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:56.599
 the walker,

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.380
 the hiker,

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:59.059
 being lost in

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.720
 the highlands,

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.480
 but the mobile

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.279
 phone signals

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.099
 out, the map

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.519
 has blown

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.440
 away, the

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.359
 tent is ripped,

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.019
 the sleeping

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:06.099
 bag's wet,

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.240
 the fog has

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.819
 descended,

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:10.400
 and the

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:11.220
 blizzards come

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.579
 in.

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.000
 That God

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.640
 says you are

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:14.620
 lost, but I'm

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.460
 going to withhold

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.160
 from you my

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.900
 word, which is

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.620
 the only thing

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.120
 that will bring

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.480
 you back.

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.880
 God says

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.240
 thirst.

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.460
 The results

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.380
 are devastating.

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:28.039
 First 13, the

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.900
 lovely women and

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.559
 the strong young

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.359
 men will faint

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:30.900
 because of

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.500
 thirst.

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.980
 If you go into

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:35.140
 a pub in

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.839
 Edinburgh, there's

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.519
 two groups of

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.160
 people that will

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:38.940
 be well hydrated.

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:41.240
 There'll be

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:42.700
 strong young men

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.380
 who have the

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:45.420
 money and the

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:46.000
 lovely young

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.740
 women who will

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.440
 be the recipients

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:49.380
 of many drinks.

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.520
 thirst.

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:52.060
 And here, they're

00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:52.440
 thirsty.

00:33:53.520 --> 00:33:55.500
 So, total is

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:57.120
 this judgment.

00:33:57.300 --> 00:33:58.140
 The lions now

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.920
 stopped roaring.

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:03.400
 The lion, he

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.300
 was roaring in

00:34:04.300 --> 00:34:05.140
 chapter 1, verse

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.740
 1, is now

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.560
 prowling in the

00:34:06.560 --> 00:34:06.860
 shadows.

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.380
 It is a

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:07.980
 catastrophic

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.619
 judgment.

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:11.340
 Idolatry exposed.

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:12.519
 What's going on

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.980
 in verse 14 is

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.539
 the sin of

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.019
 Samaria.

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:16.220
 I think it's a

00:34:16.220 --> 00:34:17.160
 reference to the

00:34:17.160 --> 00:34:17.980
 worship of the

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.599
 God.

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.539
 God as

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:21.000
 Asherah, this

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:22.099
 fertility God.

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.380
 And I think it's

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.159
 come round about

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.920
 that they've been

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:26.000
 worshipping this

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:27.079
 fertility God in

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:28.259
 secret who

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:29.599
 legitimates all

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:31.019
 their high living

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.880
 and luxurious

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.619
 life.

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:33.799
 And this God

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:34.339
 who was supposed

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:35.279
 to bring fertility

00:34:35.279 --> 00:34:36.199
 has only actually

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:37.059
 ripened them for

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.420
 judgment.

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.940
 No more

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.579
 harvest.

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.199
 They will fall

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.219
 never to rise

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.639
 again.

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.860
 total.

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.900
 My people are

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.860
 like a basket of

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.319
 ripe fruit.

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.900
 They're ripe for

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.259
 judgment.

00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:58.159
 Their sin has

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:59.339
 remained unrepented

00:34:59.339 --> 00:34:59.819
 of.

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.719
 It's going to be

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:04.799
 catastrophic earthquake

00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:05.579
 and everything's

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:05.920
 going to be

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.279
 different.

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.559
 And they'll fall

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.400
 and never get up.

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:10.219
 What a thoroughly

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:11.119
 depressing evening,

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.420
 right?

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:14.119
 A lot of you are

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.759
 thinking I should have

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.480
 just stayed.

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.440
 antiques,

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.039
 roadshow and

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.719
 songs of praise

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.159
 would have done

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.619
 me tonight

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.119
 rather than

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.480
 come and

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.099
 listen to this.

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.619
 It's heavy.

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.639
 However,

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.460
 before we give

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.619
 up,

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.099
 I think there

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.740
 is hope.

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.740
 Hope,

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.659
 not from this

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:27.960
 passage.

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.699
 This passage is

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.539
 devoid of hope,

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.360
 but as those

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:30.860
 that know the

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.300
 end of the

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.559
 story,

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:31.960
 I think we

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.360
 can read

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:32.880
 hope into

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.280
 it.

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.780
 That way in

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.340
 the shower on

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.900
 Monday morning,

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.440
 we might not

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.079
 just be tempted

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.860
 to just stay

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.199
 there.

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:40.500
 We stand

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.939
 here this

00:35:40.939 --> 00:35:41.879
 evening as

00:35:41.879 --> 00:35:42.299
 those not

00:35:42.299 --> 00:35:42.739
 just given

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.559
 the written

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.519
 word of

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:44.739
 God,

00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:45.199
 but those

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.799
 given the

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:46.819
 living word

00:35:46.819 --> 00:35:47.379
 of God.

00:35:48.399 --> 00:35:48.859
 That we're

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:49.679
 not here

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.539
 suffering a

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.239
 famine of

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.799
 God's word,

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.699
 we have an

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.239
 abundance,

00:35:53.399 --> 00:35:53.879
 a full

00:35:53.879 --> 00:35:54.739
 disclosure of

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:55.339
 God's word

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:56.419
 in the Lord

00:35:56.419 --> 00:35:56.839
 Jesus.

00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:00.039
 We are not

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.719
 famished,

00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.599
 we are privy

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.139
 to God's

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.799
 word in all

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:03.359
 its fullness.

00:36:04.419 --> 00:36:05.259
 But I think

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.759
 it's even

00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:06.199
 better,

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.299
 because as I've

00:36:07.299 --> 00:36:07.819
 read this this

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:08.000
 week,

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.800
 I realize I'm

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.320
 not actually

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.800
 that different

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.219
 to Israel,

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:10.880
 I want to

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.519
 condemn them,

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.320
 but they're

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:12.980
 kind of as

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.760
 sinful and as

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:15.139
 rebellious and

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.960
 hard-hearted as

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.179
 me.

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.059
 But this is

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.760
 the truth,

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.920
 that God

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.400
 sent his

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.599
 son,

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:21.219
 the living

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.619
 word,

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:23.039
 to take all

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.400
 of this

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.119
 judgment on

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.780
 himself that

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:25.320
 I might have

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.780
 life,

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.199
 that I might

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:28.420
 never suffer

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:29.360
 these consequences.

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.619
 God himself

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.159
 was the one

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:32.019
 who mourned

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.960
 as for an

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.599
 only son.

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:37.099
 Jesus was

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.760
 the one who's

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.500
 hair was

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.220
 ripped out

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:40.840
 as he went

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.320
 to the cross

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.820
 that I

00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:42.560
 deserved,

00:36:43.560 --> 00:36:44.100
 because I

00:36:44.100 --> 00:36:44.660
 too have

00:36:44.660 --> 00:36:45.640
 hypocritically

00:36:45.640 --> 00:36:46.440
 worshipped God

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.040
 and continued

00:36:47.040 --> 00:36:47.880
 in my sin

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:49.480
 and repented.

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:51.000
 He was a

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.820
 young man

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:53.440
 who cried

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.980
 out in

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.560
 thirst from

00:36:54.560 --> 00:36:55.240
 the cross.

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:57.200
 He was the

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:58.260
 one for whom

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:58.960
 the son really

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.780
 did go down

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.280
 at noon

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:01.940
 as he died

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.960
 for my sin

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:04.300
 on that

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.920
 terrible

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:06.420
 and awful

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:06.920
 hell.

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:09.200
 He was

00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:09.800
 the one

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:11.720
 who shed

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.480
 his blood

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.420
 so that God

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:14.019
 would not

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.300
 say,

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.920
 I will no

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.599
 longer pass

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.000
 by,

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:17.000
 but he was

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.480
 the one who

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.619
 said,

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:17.940
 if you

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.740
 shelter under

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:19.280
 my blood,

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:20.059
 I will pass

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.460
 by.

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:21.860
 And you

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.519
 can be one

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:22.900
 whom

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:24.700
 condemnation is

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:25.420
 not a part of

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.900
 your life

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.519
 because you

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.099
 are in

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:28.159
 Christ Jesus.

00:37:28.159 --> 00:37:31.719
 And so

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.259
 while this is

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:33.039
 bad news for

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.460
 Israel,

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.259
 I think,

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.579
 I hope,

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.420
 it only paints

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.559
 a bleak

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.279
 dark black

00:37:38.279 --> 00:37:38.759
 ground so

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:39.199
 that the

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.500
 jewel,

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.519
 the precious

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:41.619
 cornerstone

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.099
 of Jesus

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.739
 Christ might

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:44.139
 shine all

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.599
 the more.

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.739
 Because we

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.819
 deserve this

00:37:46.819 --> 00:37:49.199
 and we get

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.739
 that.

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.639
 We deserve

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:52.319
 this judgment

00:37:52.319 --> 00:37:52.960
 but we get

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:54.480
 that life.

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:56.799
 And so

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.339
 three quick

00:37:57.339 --> 00:37:57.799
 things.

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:59.239
 As we sum

00:37:59.239 --> 00:37:59.559
 up.

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.039
 Response

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.539
 time is

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:02.940
 finite.

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.319
 We see

00:38:03.319 --> 00:38:03.659
 that so

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.420
 clearly in

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.980
 this chapter.

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.779
 They had

00:38:06.779 --> 00:38:07.699
 seven chapters

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.940
 to repent.

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.319
 There was

00:38:09.319 --> 00:38:09.859
 space for

00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.339
 grace but

00:38:10.339 --> 00:38:10.719
 now it's

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.139
 run out.

00:38:12.279 --> 00:38:13.019
 And yes,

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.599
 the Assyrians

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.079
 won't come

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.719
 for a while

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:16.239
 but they're

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:16.599
 coming.

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.679
 They won't

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.460
 turn back.

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.839
 And this is

00:38:20.839 --> 00:38:21.460
 important for

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:21.859
 us.

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.399
 I don't care

00:38:22.399 --> 00:38:22.859
 how long

00:38:22.859 --> 00:38:23.219
 we've been

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:23.679
 coming to

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.019
 church.

00:38:24.299 --> 00:38:24.719
 If we have

00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:25.440
 not come to

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.239
 Jesus in

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:27.039
 repentance and

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.559
 faith,

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:29.859
 these guys

00:38:29.859 --> 00:38:30.239
 went to

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:30.679
 church all

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.239
 the time

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:31.739
 but it

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.139
 made no

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.799
 difference to

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:33.099
 them.

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.139
 The real

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.879
 difference is

00:38:34.879 --> 00:38:35.500
 made by

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:36.719
 trusting the

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:37.299
 Lord Jesus

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:38.039
 that he took

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.619
 our judgment

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:39.379
 for us.

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.539
 But also,

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.259
 we can so

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:42.980
 easily go out

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.359
 from this

00:38:43.359 --> 00:38:44.059
 into Monday

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.559
 morning.

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:45.739
 We can so

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.440
 easily go and

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:46.960
 hang out with

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.739
 friends and

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.440
 colleagues and

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:48.859
 relatives.

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.140
 ourselves.

00:38:50.140 --> 00:38:50.360
 But the

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:50.760
 clock is

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.220
 ticking for

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:51.680
 them in a

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:52.340
 very real

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:52.820
 way.

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.680
 Because Jesus

00:38:54.680 --> 00:38:55.280
 is coming

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:56.980
 back and

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.700
 their life

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:58.360
 is slipping

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.780
 away.

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.340
 And their

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:01.039
 only hope is

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.780
 to respond to

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.380
 this living

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.140
 word.

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:03.599
 Response

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.000
 time is

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.380
 finite.

00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:06.920
 And true

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.720
 life comes

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:08.300
 through God's

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.500
 word.

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:08.960
 That's why

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.880
 when God

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.400
 takes his

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:11.120
 word away,

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:11.980
 famine and

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.519
 death is the

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.280
 only option.

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:15.660
 that we

00:39:15.660 --> 00:39:16.340
 know about

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:16.820
 the living

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.340
 word by

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:18.019
 reading the

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:19.360
 written word.

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.040
 And so if

00:39:21.040 --> 00:39:21.620
 we have no

00:39:21.620 --> 00:39:22.300
 access to

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:24.620
 this, we

00:39:24.620 --> 00:39:25.640
 have no hope

00:39:25.640 --> 00:39:26.240
 of meeting

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:27.260
 Jesus.

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.120
 And so

00:39:30.120 --> 00:39:30.720
 true life

00:39:30.720 --> 00:39:31.180
 comes through

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:31.600
 this living

00:39:31.600 --> 00:39:31.880
 word.

00:39:32.140 --> 00:39:32.460
 Are we

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.240
 obsessed with

00:39:33.240 --> 00:39:33.920
 this book?

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.180
 Not because

00:39:36.180 --> 00:39:37.060
 we like

00:39:37.060 --> 00:39:39.019
 reading words

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.660
 on a page,

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:40.160
 but we like

00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:40.600
 meeting the

00:39:40.600 --> 00:39:41.019
 God who

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.560
 perfectly

00:39:41.560 --> 00:39:42.460
 reveals himself

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.100
 in it.

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:43.960
 And as I

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.240
 was telling

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:44.680
 the students

00:39:44.680 --> 00:39:45.040
 yesterday,

00:39:45.140 --> 00:39:45.320
 it's the

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:45.920
 most glorious

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.920
 virtuous circle.

00:39:48.080 --> 00:39:48.820
 As we were

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:49.240
 reading in

00:39:49.240 --> 00:39:50.120
 1 Peter 2,

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:52.320
 crave the

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:53.040
 pure spiritual

00:39:53.040 --> 00:39:53.560
 milk of

00:39:53.560 --> 00:39:54.200
 God's word.

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:54.960
 How do you

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:55.700
 build up a

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:56.100
 craving?

00:39:56.220 --> 00:39:56.540
 How do you

00:39:56.540 --> 00:39:57.140
 become addicted

00:39:57.140 --> 00:39:57.680
 to God's

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:57.940
 word?

00:39:58.040 --> 00:39:58.200
 Well,

00:39:58.240 --> 00:39:59.040
 exposing yourself

00:39:59.040 --> 00:39:59.500
 to it all

00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:00.000
 the time.

00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:01.300
 That as we

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:02.040
 learn of God,

00:40:02.120 --> 00:40:02.620
 we learn how

00:40:02.620 --> 00:40:03.280
 lovely and

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:03.880
 beautiful and

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.640
 majestic and

00:40:04.640 --> 00:40:05.260
 glorious he

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:05.640
 is.

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.580
 We see his

00:40:06.580 --> 00:40:07.420
 plan in

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:08.640
 fulfilled and

00:40:08.640 --> 00:40:09.340
 gloriously

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:10.200
 accomplished in

00:40:10.200 --> 00:40:10.540
 Jesus,

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.380
 which makes

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:12.000
 us love him

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.160
 more,

00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:12.560
 which makes

00:40:12.560 --> 00:40:12.980
 us want to

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.460
 read more

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:13.860
 of him,

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.280
 which makes

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:14.920
 us understand

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.300
 him better,

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:15.719
 which makes

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:16.079
 us love

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.719
 Jesus more,

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.480
 which makes

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:17.840
 us want to

00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:18.199
 read more

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.579
 of God's

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:18.900
 word.

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.699
 The reason

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:21.260
 we all

00:40:21.260 --> 00:40:21.980
 struggle so

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.380
 much with

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:23.119
 Bible study

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:23.980
 and daily

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.699
 devotions is

00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:25.300
 because we

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:25.740
 don't do

00:40:25.740 --> 00:40:26.380
 Bible study

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:26.820
 and daily

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:27.300
 devotions.

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:27.800
 But if we

00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:28.260
 start,

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.139
 we'll get a

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:30.699
 real taste

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:31.340
 for it.

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:32.860
 We'll get a

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.639
 real craving.

00:40:33.820 --> 00:40:34.159
 We'll become

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:36.260
 obsessed with

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:36.880
 what God has

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:37.219
 done.

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:39.559
 And then I

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:40.099
 guess connected

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.539
 to that,

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.340
 substitutes for

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.800
 God's word

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:42.380
 bring death.

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:45.579
 Israel does

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:46.000
 a lot of

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.320
 church,

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.820
 it does a

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:47.219
 lot of

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:47.579
 religious

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:48.280
 activity.

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:50.960
 But it's

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.300
 not done

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:51.659
 them any

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:52.219
 good because

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.760
 God's word

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:54.099
 is ignored.

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:56.460
 God's truth

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:57.820
 is sidelined.

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.240
 As you look

00:40:58.240 --> 00:40:58.740
 through church

00:40:58.740 --> 00:40:59.159
 history,

00:40:59.400 --> 00:40:59.880
 there's been

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:00.619
 many occasions

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:01.240
 where God's

00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:01.780
 word has been

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:02.360
 sidelined,

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:02.740
 where the

00:41:02.740 --> 00:41:03.340
 sacraments

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:03.699
 have taken

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:04.599
 into stage,

00:41:05.240 --> 00:41:05.900
 where spiritual

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:06.260
 gifts,

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:06.559
 where the

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:07.260
 traditions of

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:07.619
 man,

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:07.739
 war,

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:10.219
 where the

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:10.739
 type of

00:41:10.739 --> 00:41:11.539
 worship music

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:12.599
 where social

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.359
 justice has

00:41:13.359 --> 00:41:13.980
 taken center

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.699
 stage.

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:15.940
 Let's be

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:16.639
 clear, a lot

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.119
 of that is

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:17.679
 really good

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.239
 stuff.

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:18.980
 But if it's

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.539
 not driven

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.199
 by God's

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:20.679
 word, it's

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.099
 not doing

00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:21.440
 us any

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:21.719
 good.

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.559
 And so

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:25.980
 the main

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.539
 thing is that

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.940
 the main

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.519
 thing remains

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:27.880
 the main

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.219
 thing.

00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:29.599
 And this

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:30.059
 is the main

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.480
 thing and

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:30.779
 that's going

00:41:30.779 --> 00:41:31.500
 to drive and

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:32.059
 bear all this

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:33.779
 fruit and

00:41:33.779 --> 00:41:34.380
 bring real

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:34.920
 significance.

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.519
 But if this

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:35.900
 isn't the

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:36.500
 first brick in

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:37.000
 the war,

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:39.460
 if it's

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:40.000
 not God's

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:40.400
 word we're

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:40.839
 coming to

00:41:40.839 --> 00:41:41.179
 that is

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.839
 shaping our

00:41:41.839 --> 00:41:42.359
 lives and

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:42.759
 giving us

00:41:42.759 --> 00:41:45.199
 life, then

00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:45.679
 we're in just

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.420
 as much danger

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:47.000
 as Israel

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.960
 found themselves

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.799
 in.

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:51.319
 So chapter

00:41:51.319 --> 00:41:51.719
 eight is

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:52.079
 dark.

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:53.500
 The beginning

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:53.940
 of chapter

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.460
 nine is

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:54.900
 dark.

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:56.199
 But by the

00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:56.679
 time we leave

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:57.139
 next week,

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.619
 we'll be

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.739
 skipping off

00:41:58.739 --> 00:41:59.119
 into the

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.599
 day as we

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.159
 see Jesus

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:01.319
 so clearly.

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:01.699
 Let me

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.000
 pray.

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:10.559
 Father God,

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:10.980
 as we go

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.440
 out into

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:11.960
 this week,

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.279
 Father,

00:42:12.339 --> 00:42:12.579
 would you

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:13.000
 keep our

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.619
 feet pointed

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:14.299
 towards what

00:42:14.299 --> 00:42:14.799
 is good?

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.440
 Father,

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:17.719
 would you

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:18.139
 keep our

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:19.039
 hearts soft?

00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:20.500
 Would you

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.900
 keep our

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:21.759
 minds fixed

00:42:21.759 --> 00:42:22.239
 on things

00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:22.699
 above?

00:42:23.779 --> 00:42:24.179
 Would you

00:42:24.179 --> 00:42:24.619
 keep our

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:25.339
 ears open

00:42:25.339 --> 00:42:25.759
 to your

00:42:25.759 --> 00:42:27.519
 voice that

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:28.099
 we might be

00:42:28.099 --> 00:42:29.079
 responsive to

00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:29.599
 all that you're

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:30.079
 calling us

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:30.339
 to?

00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:32.179
 And

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:32.460
 Father,

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:32.900
 that our

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.599
 eyes might

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.199
 be fixed

00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:34.880
 with laser

00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:35.679
 precision on

00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:36.059
 your son

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:36.419
 Jesus.

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.460
 Father,

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:39.219
 we confess

00:42:39.219 --> 00:42:39.799
 we're just

00:42:39.799 --> 00:42:40.539
 like Israel,

00:42:41.259 --> 00:42:41.639
 prone to

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:42.059
 the same

00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:43.099
 selfishness.

00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:44.199
 Father,

00:42:44.339 --> 00:42:44.759
 prone to

00:42:44.759 --> 00:42:45.219
 the same

00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:45.719
 just going

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:46.119
 through the

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:46.679
 motions and

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:46.960
 trying to

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.339
 keep up

00:42:47.339 --> 00:42:47.859
 appearances.

00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:50.219
 But we're

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:50.819
 so thankful

00:42:50.819 --> 00:42:51.359
 for what we

00:42:51.359 --> 00:42:51.739
 read in

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:52.219
 your written

00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:52.719
 word of

00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:53.179
 your living

00:42:53.179 --> 00:42:53.460
 word,

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:53.940
 the Lord

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.259
 Jesus

00:42:54.259 --> 00:42:54.739
 coming,

00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:56.879
 taking the

00:42:56.879 --> 00:42:57.539
 judgment we

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:58.179
 deserve so

00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:58.480
 that we

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 might have

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 life.

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 And Lord,

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:02.099
 even more,

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:02.539
 you've given

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:02.879
 us your

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 spirit that we

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 might be

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 shaped and

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 molded.

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 That we

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 might be

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 those that

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 because of

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 Jesus uphold

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 the rights

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 and the needs

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 of poor

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:15.039
 people and

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 have every

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:16.139
 hope of

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 worshipping you

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 in spirit

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 and in

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 truth.

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 So Lord,

00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:20.579
 bless these

00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:21.079
 things to

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 us.

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 Send us

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 off into

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 this week to

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 be dangerous

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 and different

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 for Jesus,

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:25.960
 we pray.

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:27.059
 In his

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:27.739
 holy name.

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 Amen.