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 Thank you very much, Sean. That was very kind. It is always a blessing to be able to come down and preach here or just be with you all.

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 I can't begin to tell you how much joy it brings to me when, you know, the amount of times that Sean and I prayed at King of Grace for what I see now.

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 So it's an answer to prayer, right? This is a miracle. This is really amazing.

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 And so I think sometimes, like, I don't even know you and I prayed for you. What a blessing, right?

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 I mean, yeah, I hope you all are as encouraged to be here on a Sunday as I am to stand here and look at and see you all on a Sunday.

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 So, yes. All right. He wants me to move on, no doubt. So we're going to be preaching from Jonah today.

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 And we'll be reading, we'll start our reading, actually, in Jonah 3, 6, and we'll go to Jonah 4, 4.

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 I'm only going to be preaching from Jonah 4, 1 through 4, but we're going to go ahead and, for context, pick it up a little earlier than that.

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 If you're not familiar with where Jonah might be, it's after, for instance, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Lamenta, it's after all of those.

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 It's right after Obadiah, that one pager. And when you get to heaven, Obadiah is going to be there and he's going to say, did you read my book?

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 Don't walk in the door and say, Obahu. All right. So make sure you read Obadiah's book, too.

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 All right. So just to give you some background, because we're going to drop it in kind of late into Jonah here.

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 Jonah initially starts in chapter 1, where Jonah is being called by God to go to preach to the Ninevites.

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 That's a country, a city in the country of Assyria. They're the enemy of Israel, and Jonah has no interest in following God's words.

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 So in chapter 1, we see him, instead of going east to Nineveh, he goes west, about 5,000 kilometers.

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 That's his goal, to a city called Tarshish, and he runs away in the other direction.

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 That boat eventually, God brings a storm and causes the boat to flounder.

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 The sailors are trying to keep the boat afloat.

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 Jonah says, I'm your problem here. Throw me overboard, and the seas will get quiet.

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 They don't want to do that, but eventually they do. They throw him overboard.

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 The seas quiet down, and chapter 1 ends with Jonah being swallowed by a fish.

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 Chapter 2, we have Jonah's little experience in the belly of the fish going down to the bottom of the ocean.

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 And if you were to pick up in there, in the end of chapter 2 is Jonah's resolution to it.

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 It says, when my life was fainting away, I remember the Lord, and my prayer came upon you into your holy temple.

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 Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.

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 But I, with a voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you what I have vowed I will pay.

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 Salvation belongs to the Lord.

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 And the Lord spoke to the fish and vomited Jonah out onto dry land.

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 Now, just as a real caveat there to understanding that a little bit, Jonah is kind of saying,

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 hey, those people out there who worship idols, they don't deserve your salvation.

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 But me, I do.

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 Because I follow what you say.

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 I deserve your salvation.

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 All right, Jonah 3, he now gets to Nineveh, and God again calls him to cry out to Nineveh.

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 And he says that he is to call out, in verse 4,

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 yet 40 days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

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 Now, unlike every other missionary I have ever met,

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 the people immediately repent and turn to God.

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 And that makes Jonah really angry.

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 We're going to pick up in chapter 3, verse 6.

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 All right.

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 Now, the word of the Lord reached the king of Nineveh,

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 and he arose from his throne, removed his robe,

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 covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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 He issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh,

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 by the decree of the king and his nobles,

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 let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything.

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 Let them not feed or drink water,

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 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth,

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 and let them call out mightily to God.

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 Let everyone turn from his evil way

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 and from the violence that is in his hand.

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 Who knows?

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 God may turn and relent

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 and turn from his fierce anger

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 so that we may not perish.

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 When God saw what they did,

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 how they turned from their evil way,

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 God relented from the disaster

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 he had said he would do to them,

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 and he did not do it.

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 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly,

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 and he was angry.

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 And he prayed to the Lord and said,

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 O Lord,

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 is not this what I said

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 when I was yet in my own country?

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 That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish,

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 for I knew that you were a gracious God

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 and merciful,

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 slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,

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 and relenting from disaster.

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 Therefore,

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 therefore now,

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 O Lord,

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 please take my life from me,

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 for it is better for me to die than to live.

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 And the Lord said,

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 do you do well to be angry?

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 May God bless the reading

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 and the hearing of his word.

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 Let me pray.

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 Father,

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 Father,

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 thank you,

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 Lord God,

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 for these words.

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 Thank you for the book of Jonah.

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 We thank you for what it reveals

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 in our own hearts.

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 Lord,

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 today,

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 as we prepare to preach and hear,

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 Lord,

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 I just ask

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 that you would prepare our hearts

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 to receive the word.

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 Lord,

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 give us ears to hear,

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 eyes to see,

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 hearts that are soft.

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 And Lord,

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 be faithful to your promise

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 that your word never goes out

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 and comes back void.

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 Transform us today.

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 Conform us to the image of your son.

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 In Jesus' name,

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So the title of today's message

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 is,

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 Do You Do Well?

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 Imagine

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 you were to sit down

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 in your living room

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 this evening

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 and God

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 met you there.

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 Like,

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 literally pops up.

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 Boom.

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 There he is.

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 And he says,

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 Do you do well?

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 Now,

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 this is God

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 asking you.

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 This is the God

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 who

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 nothing under the sun

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 is hidden from.

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 This is the God

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 who sees in the dark

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 as if it were light.

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 The God

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 who has written

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 all the number

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 of your days

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 in his book

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 before there was one.

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 This is the God

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 who knits you together

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 in your mother's womb.

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 Who knows

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 the words

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 of your mouth

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 before they

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 are spoken.

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 Who knows

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 the thoughts

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 of your mind

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 before you think them.

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 And who knows

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 the desires

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 of your heart

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 before you recognize them.

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 Imagine God

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 our God

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 enters into

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 your room

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 tonight

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 and says,

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 Do you do well?

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 Do you do well,

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 Stephen?

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 Do you do well,

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 Enza?

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 Do you do well,

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 Taylor?

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 Do you do well,

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 Mike?

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 What do you say?

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 This is God.

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 He's not going

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 to let you

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 get away

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 with this casual

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 I'm good,

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 all set.

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 He's not going

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 to let you

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 get away

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 with that shallow

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 answer

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 because he

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 already knows.

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 He already knows

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 that you're not

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 all good

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 and you're not

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 all set.

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 He already knows

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 the depth

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 of your depression.

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 He already knows

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 the hopelessness

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 you feel,

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 the frustration,

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 the bitterness,

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 the anger

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 that you're experiencing.

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 He knows

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 all of those

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 things already.

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 See,

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 he's not going

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 to let you go

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 because

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 he loves you

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 and he wants

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 to see you

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 set free.

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 he won't

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 let you go

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 with that

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 shallow answer

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 of all set

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 because

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 he is working,

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 actively working

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 in your life

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 to conform you

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 to his own image.

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 See,

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 this is the story

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 of Jonah.

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 In truth,

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 the sailors,

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 the fish,

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 even the Ninevites

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 really,

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 are background

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 to what God

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 is doing

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 in the life

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 of Jonah

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 to conform

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 him to himself.

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 God is,

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 throughout the story,

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 showing Jonah

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 his own

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 personal idols.

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 That is,

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 the things

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 that Jonah

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 holds more valuable

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 than God.

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 Namely,

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 his love

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 for his nation

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 and his own

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 self-righteousness.

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 Let me just say

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 that God

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 is after something

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 in every one

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 of you

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 as well.

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 Every one

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 of us

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 has things

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 that keep us

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 from wholeheartedly

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 loving

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 and following

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 God.

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 Every one

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 of us

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 has,

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 at some point,

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 drawn a line

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 in the sand

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 and said,

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 God,

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 I will follow

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 you anywhere.

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 I will do

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 anything you ask

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 except maybe

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 this thing

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 here

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 that I've put

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 in this box.

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 I don't want

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 to cross

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 that line.

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 But anything

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 other than that,

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 I'll do.

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 See,

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 you can apply

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 it in your life

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 as well,

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 I'm sure.

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 You've all,

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 we've all

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 drawn that line

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 and said,

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 I'm not

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 willing to go

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 past this.

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 We've all

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 put a box

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 around something

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 and said,

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 I'm just not

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 willing to give

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 that thing up.

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 But I'll do

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 anything else.

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 See,

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 but those

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 lines you

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 don't want

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 to cross,

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 that box

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 that you

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 want to keep

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 that special

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 thing in,

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 those are

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 your idols.

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 In the first

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 three chapters

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 of Jonah,

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 we see

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 some of

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 Jonah's

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 idols.

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 Jonah

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 runs

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 from God

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 because he

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 does not

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 want to

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 take God's

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 message

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 to Nineveh.

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 Why?

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 Jonah

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 knew

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 that if

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 he declared

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 God's

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 message,

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 the Ninevites

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 would repent.

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 And if

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 the Ninevites

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 repent,

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 repent,

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 then God

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 will have

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 mercy

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 and relent

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 and not

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 destroy them

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 as he

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 promised.

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 The kingdom

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 of Israel

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 hated

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 Nineveh.

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 They hated

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 the Assyrians.

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 they hated

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 them because

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 they were

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 an empire

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 that was

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 going after

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 the same

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 lands,

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 the same

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 contested

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 lands that

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 they were

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 fighting over.

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 They hated

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 the Assyrians

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 because they

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 were evil.

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 They were

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 violent.

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 And they

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 hated the

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 Assyrians

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 because they

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 weren't

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 Israelites.

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 Jonah hated

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 the Ninevites

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 because they

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 were not

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 us.

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 They were

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 them.

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 The Ninevites

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 were Jonah's

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 enemy.

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 And because

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 he wanted

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 nothing to

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 do with

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 compassion

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 and mercy

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 on his

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 enemies,

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 he had

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 run away.

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 Jonah

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 wanted the

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 destruction

00:14:02.680 --> 00:14:03.400
 of the

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 Ninevites

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 and all

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 the Assyrians.

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 Jonah drew

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 a line in

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 the sand

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 and it

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 was called

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 judgment

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 and destruction.

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 God

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 called him

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 to step

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 over that

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 line and

00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:20.120
 follow him

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 into

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 compassion

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 and mercy.

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 Jonah put

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 a box

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 around his

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 thing called

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 national

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 interest

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 and God

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 asked him

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 to drop

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 that precious

00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:33.879
 box of

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 national

00:14:34.400 --> 00:14:35.020
 interest

00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:37.500
 and embrace

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 God's

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 plan

00:14:41.079 --> 00:14:42.600
 to have

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 compassion

00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:44.879
 and mercy

00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:47.019
 on Nineveh.

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 National

00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.840
 interest

00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:53.340
 was an

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 idol

00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:54.919
 for Jonah

00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:56.699
 and God

00:14:56.699 --> 00:14:57.299
 was calling

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 him to

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 throw that

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 down,

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 to step

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 over that

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 line

00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:01.779
 and follow

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 him.

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 As we

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 see in

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 chapter 4

00:15:06.959 --> 00:15:07.699
 verse 1,

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 God's

00:15:09.219 --> 00:15:10.099
 compassion

00:15:10.099 --> 00:15:11.979
 and mercy

00:15:11.979 --> 00:15:13.399
 made Jonah

00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:14.739
 angry.

00:15:15.839 --> 00:15:16.359
 In fact,

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 a direct

00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:18.079
 translation of

00:15:18.079 --> 00:15:18.479
 that word

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 anger would

00:15:19.099 --> 00:15:19.679
 be it made

00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:20.519
 him burn.

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 He was

00:15:22.979 --> 00:15:24.219
 furious with

00:15:24.219 --> 00:15:24.519
 God.

00:15:24.719 --> 00:15:25.099
 He was

00:15:25.099 --> 00:15:26.120
 seething.

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 Can you

00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:29.899
 relate to

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 that?

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 I can.

00:15:34.560 --> 00:15:35.019
 I can.

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 Yeah.

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 In 1991,

00:15:38.899 --> 00:15:40.800
 February 24th,

00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:41.580
 remember Sean

00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:41.980
 said I was

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 in the

00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:42.660
 military,

00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:44.220
 my battalion

00:15:44.220 --> 00:15:46.200
 crossed into

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 enemy territory.

00:15:47.019 --> 00:15:47.700
 We crossed

00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:48.879
 into Iraq.

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 We did

00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:52.180
 everything

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 that we

00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:53.279
 had ever

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 been trained

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 to do

00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:56.960
 and our

00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.660
 enemy broke

00:15:57.660 --> 00:15:58.500
 before us

00:15:58.500 --> 00:15:59.519
 and ran.

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 And we

00:16:00.700 --> 00:16:01.200
 pursued.

00:16:02.300 --> 00:16:02.879
 When they

00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.899
 stood their

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 ground,

00:16:05.160 --> 00:16:06.040
 we fought

00:16:06.040 --> 00:16:06.480
 and we

00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:06.860
 destroyed

00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:07.200
 them.

00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:11.420
 Just like

00:16:11.420 --> 00:16:11.720
 we were

00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:12.200
 trained to

00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:12.420
 do.

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.759
 We did

00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.259
 our job

00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:14.600
 and we

00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:14.940
 did it

00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:15.279
 well.

00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.399
 At 8

00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:18.879
 a.m.

00:16:18.920 --> 00:16:19.300
 on the

00:16:19.300 --> 00:16:20.660
 28th,

00:16:20.800 --> 00:16:21.340
 we're

00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:22.100
 looking across

00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:22.700
 a valley.

00:16:23.180 --> 00:16:23.620
 We prepared

00:16:23.620 --> 00:16:24.500
 to engage

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.080
 the enemy

00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:25.620
 and a

00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:26.160
 call came

00:16:26.160 --> 00:16:26.680
 over our

00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:27.360
 radios and

00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:27.580
 said,

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.320
 cease

00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:28.759
 fire,

00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:29.340
 stand

00:16:29.340 --> 00:16:29.700
 down.

00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:35.980
 It was

00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:36.220
 over.

00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:38.100
 The

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.540
 president

00:16:38.540 --> 00:16:40.019
 had called

00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:40.399
 a cease

00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:40.680
 fire.

00:16:42.160 --> 00:16:43.000
 We had

00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:45.240
 completed

00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:45.500
 his

00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:45.980
 objectives.

00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.940
 We had

00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:48.160
 done

00:16:48.160 --> 00:16:48.700
 everything

00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:49.600
 he intended

00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:50.120
 us to

00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.420
 do.

00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:51.740
 And so

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:53.139
 we stood

00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:54.560
 down and

00:16:54.560 --> 00:16:55.040
 watched the

00:16:55.040 --> 00:16:55.860
 enemy move

00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.560
 off over the

00:16:56.560 --> 00:16:57.060
 ridge line.

00:16:57.059 --> 00:16:59.439
 and I

00:16:59.439 --> 00:17:01.000
 was furious.

00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.259
 All I

00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:04.700
 wanted was

00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:04.839
 their

00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:05.339
 destruction.

00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.519
 That is

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.119
 all I

00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:08.399
 wanted.

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:09.159
 I had no

00:17:09.159 --> 00:17:09.919
 interest in

00:17:09.919 --> 00:17:10.779
 mercy or

00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.440
 compassion,

00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:13.220
 only destruction.

00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.319
 But my

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:14.960
 president had

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.799
 other ideas.

00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:17.539
 And so we

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.220
 stood down.

00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:19.899
 See,

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.879
 in some

00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:21.419
 way I

00:17:21.419 --> 00:17:22.220
 felt like

00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:23.059
 I had been

00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:23.500
 cheated.

00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:25.299
 I had been

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:25.940
 betrayed.

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.059
 My

00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:27.619
 president had

00:17:27.619 --> 00:17:28.500
 somehow broken

00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:29.500
 covenant with

00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:30.900
 us, with me

00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.539
 personally.

00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:35.019
 At the time,

00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:37.019
 I didn't see

00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:38.160
 the president's

00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:39.500
 order as

00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:40.339
 being good.

00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:42.099
 Him being

00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:43.039
 faithful to

00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:43.940
 his word

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:46.259
 made me

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.700
 angry.

00:17:48.100 --> 00:17:48.700
 In fact, I

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.220
 felt it was

00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.640
 evil.

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:52.340
 In some

00:17:52.340 --> 00:17:52.740
 sense, this

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.240
 is what

00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:54.640
 Jonah felt

00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.460
 as well.

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.059
 Do you

00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.440
 see in

00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:58.380
 verse 2

00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:59.160
 that Jonah

00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.920
 prayed to

00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:00.340
 the Lord?

00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.440
 Do you

00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:02.880
 see in your

00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.740
 Bible that

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.360
 the Lord

00:18:04.360 --> 00:18:05.420
 is in

00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:06.160
 all caps,

00:18:06.320 --> 00:18:06.559
 right?

00:18:09.080 --> 00:18:09.840
 What that

00:18:09.840 --> 00:18:10.640
 stands for

00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:10.980
 is the

00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:11.200
 word

00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:11.840
 Yahweh.

00:18:12.340 --> 00:18:13.039
 Yahweh is

00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.799
 Israel's

00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.359
 personal

00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:15.480
 name for

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:15.940
 God.

00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:17.839
 When you

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:19.019
 see that

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:20.180
 personal

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:21.000
 name for

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.519
 God,

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.279
 that's

00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:24.139
 Israel's

00:18:24.139 --> 00:18:24.700
 creator

00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:25.339
 God.

00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:27.440
 It's the

00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:27.980
 God of

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:29.019
 Abraham and

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:30.359
 Isaac and

00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:30.799
 Jacob.

00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:33.139
 It's the

00:18:33.139 --> 00:18:33.819
 God who

00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.740
 brought them

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.319
 out of

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:36.139
 slavery in

00:18:36.139 --> 00:18:36.680
 Egypt,

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:39.460
 defeated

00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:40.279
 all of

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.839
 their enemies

00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:41.440
 and set

00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:41.940
 them up in

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:42.519
 the promised

00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:43.099
 land.

00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.259
 God.

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:45.039
 This is

00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:45.740
 the God

00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:45.980
 of

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:46.879
 covenants,

00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:47.779
 their

00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.460
 personal

00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:49.000
 God,

00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:49.659
 the God

00:18:49.659 --> 00:18:49.980
 who said,

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.579
 I will

00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:51.039
 be your

00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:51.720
 God and

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.379
 you will

00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:52.960
 be my

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.480
 people.

00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.399
 Yahweh

00:18:57.399 --> 00:18:58.220
 was the

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:59.000
 God of

00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.700
 Israel

00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:02.059
 and Jonah

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.440
 was an

00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.059
 Israelite.

00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:05.960
 In

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.740
 Jonah's

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.319
 mind,

00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.940
 he was

00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.480
 not the

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.059
 God of

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.559
 the other

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 nations.

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:13.299
 God of

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:14.079
 the Gentile

00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:14.940
 nations and

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:15.640
 he certainly

00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:16.079
 was not

00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.519
 the God

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:16.779
 of the

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.519
 Assyrians.

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.600
 To

00:19:20.600 --> 00:19:20.900
 Jonah,

00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.339
 showing

00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:22.500
 mercy and

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.200
 compassion

00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:23.980
 to the

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.680
 Assyrians

00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:26.039
 was a

00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.460
 breach of

00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:27.079
 contract.

00:19:27.360 --> 00:19:27.799
 It was a

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.620
 breaking of

00:19:28.620 --> 00:19:29.100
 covenant.

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 To

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.380
 Jonah,

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:33.140
 to relent

00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:33.900
 from

00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:34.519
 judgment

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.740
 and the

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.519
 associated

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.559
 destruction,

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.160
 to show

00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:39.000
 mercy and

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.660
 compassion

00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:40.380
 on the

00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:41.160
 Assyrians

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.000
 was to

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.660
 allow

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:44.019
 the enemy

00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:44.740
 of God's

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.700
 chosen people

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.519
 to grow

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.180
 strong

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:49.700
 and threaten

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.400
 Israel.

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.740
 To

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.220
 Jonah,

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.299
 God's

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:55.019
 mercy and

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.660
 compassion

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.160
 on the

00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.640
 Ninevites

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.440
 was not

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:57.839
 good.

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:58.940
 It was

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.440
 evil.

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 And it

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 made Jonah

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 furious

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.960
 with God.

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:07.559
 in your

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 Bible,

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.319
 verse 1

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.579
 says,

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 but it

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:10.000
 displeased

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.400
 Jonah

00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:11.259
 exceedingly

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.840
 and he

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 was angry.

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 Now,

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:14.840
 if you have

00:20:14.840 --> 00:20:15.420
 footnotes

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:15.779
 in your

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.140
 Bible,

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.539
 that footnote

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.120
 may tell

00:20:18.120 --> 00:20:18.920
 you there's

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.660
 an alternate

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.880
 reading of

00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:21.340
 that first

00:20:21.340 --> 00:20:21.759
 part.

00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:23.000
 The alternate

00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:23.579
 reading would

00:20:23.579 --> 00:20:23.779
 be,

00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:24.880
 but it

00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:26.120
 was exceedingly

00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:27.620
 evil to

00:20:27.620 --> 00:20:28.100
 Jonah

00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:30.380
 and he

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:30.980
 burned.

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.059
 Jonah

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.819
 was

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.879
 displeased

00:20:35.879 --> 00:20:36.619
 with God's

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.059
 mercy

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:38.279
 and compassion.

00:20:38.679 --> 00:20:39.299
 It made

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.980
 him angry.

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:42.139
 But I

00:20:42.139 --> 00:20:42.419
 think it

00:20:42.419 --> 00:20:42.839
 was much

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.480
 deeper

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:45.099
 than that.

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:46.659
 See,

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:49.039
 Jonah

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.779
 saw

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.679
 what God

00:20:50.679 --> 00:20:51.519
 did as

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.659
 exceedingly

00:20:52.659 --> 00:20:53.659
 evil.

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:55.659
 And so

00:20:55.659 --> 00:20:56.399
 he burned

00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:57.000
 with anger.

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.440
 He was

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:59.460
 so angry,

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:00.379
 verse 3

00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:01.159
 tells us

00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:02.079
 that he

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:02.740
 prayed to

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.240
 God to

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.819
 take his

00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:04.420
 life and

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:04.900
 take it

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.279
 now.

00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:08.720
 Can you

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.339
 identify with

00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:09.480
 that?

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:09.740
 Can you

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.480
 identify with

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.099
 that sort

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:12.059
 of anger?

00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:15.819
 Have you

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.259
 been in the

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:16.859
 place where

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.279
 you felt

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:17.839
 like God

00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:18.339
 broke the

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:18.759
 contract?

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:22.019
 Have you

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.480
 been in that

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.559
 place where

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:24.039
 you could

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.980
 not see

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:26.359
 any good

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:27.359
 God's

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:28.359
 need to

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:29.359
 do it?

00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:30.359
 In what

00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:30.839
 God had

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.019
 done or

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.699
 was doing?

00:21:31.699 --> 00:21:32.519
 In what

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:32.799
 he had

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:34.219
 allowed to

00:21:34.219 --> 00:21:34.679
 happen?

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:38.099
 Where

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.659
 somehow,

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:40.779
 in truth,

00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.740
 it felt like

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.819
 what God

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.439
 was allowing

00:21:43.439 --> 00:21:44.659
 to happen

00:21:44.659 --> 00:21:45.619
 was just

00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:46.319
 evil.

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.659
 Have you

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.419
 been so

00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:50.219
 angry that

00:21:50.219 --> 00:21:50.500
 you would

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.079
 just rather

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:52.219
 die than

00:21:52.219 --> 00:21:52.659
 deal with

00:21:52.659 --> 00:21:53.619
 that situation

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.639
 or bear

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.559
 the consequences

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:55.979
 of it?

00:21:58.139 --> 00:21:59.039
 I have.

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.919
 Most

00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:02.319
 recently,

00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:02.579
 and I

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.000
 give you a

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.239
 lot of

00:22:03.239 --> 00:22:03.779
 examples of

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:03.959
 this.

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.559
 Is this

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.079
 anger thing

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:06.759
 seeming repetitive

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.259
 for me?

00:22:08.199 --> 00:22:08.559
 Anyway,

00:22:08.939 --> 00:22:11.019
 most recently,

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.979
 last May,

00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:14.139
 not so long

00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:14.679
 ago,

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.139
 I had to

00:22:16.139 --> 00:22:16.739
 decide to

00:22:16.739 --> 00:22:17.259
 close our

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.899
 church in

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.319
 Salem, a

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.639
 church I

00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.619
 had planted

00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:20.379
 four years

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:20.899
 earlier.

00:22:22.459 --> 00:22:23.179
 It felt

00:22:23.179 --> 00:22:23.739
 like God

00:22:23.739 --> 00:22:24.279
 had made

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.099
 promises to

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:25.139
 me.

00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:25.639
 I was quite

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.099
 sure of

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.219
 it.

00:22:26.419 --> 00:22:26.659
 I had

00:22:26.659 --> 00:22:27.119
 people that

00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.639
 prayed with

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:27.859
 me.

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.379
 I got

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:28.839
 green lights

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.459
 from all

00:22:29.459 --> 00:22:29.939
 sorts of

00:22:29.939 --> 00:22:30.459
 places.

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.279
 Four years

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.599
 earlier,

00:22:33.679 --> 00:22:33.899
 we had

00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:34.399
 gone into

00:22:34.399 --> 00:22:34.959
 Salem and

00:22:34.959 --> 00:22:35.339
 planted.

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.699
 I felt

00:22:37.699 --> 00:22:38.500
 like God

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.099
 was somehow

00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.819
 breaking

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:41.159
 his promises

00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:41.639
 now.

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:44.159
 It felt

00:22:44.159 --> 00:22:44.779
 like God

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.739
 was betraying

00:22:45.739 --> 00:22:46.359
 me in

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.299
 some sense.

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.139
 In truth,

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.640
 it felt

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.480
 like evil.

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.140
 I was

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.580
 angry,

00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:55.120
 and I

00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:55.700
 struggled

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.700
 mightily.

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.520
 And friends,

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.440
 I know,

00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:01.200
 though,

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:02.160
 at this

00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:02.580
 point,

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.020
 I can look

00:23:03.020 --> 00:23:03.460
 back and I

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.340
 say that as

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:04.759
 long as I

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.360
 have idols

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:06.000
 in my heart,

00:23:06.080 --> 00:23:06.820
 even good

00:23:06.820 --> 00:23:07.759
 things that

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.220
 I hold

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.660
 dear,

00:23:09.300 --> 00:23:09.860
 that I

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.300
 hold more

00:23:10.300 --> 00:23:10.980
 tightly maybe

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.680
 than God,

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.800
 he will,

00:23:14.040 --> 00:23:14.400
 in his

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.180
 goodness and

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.620
 mercy,

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.080
 ask me to

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.580
 give up.

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:19.919
 in love,

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.480
 he will

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.379
 smash those

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:23.259
 idols so

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.699
 that I

00:23:23.699 --> 00:23:24.240
 can more

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:25.740
 fully follow

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.139
 him.

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.819
 So Jonah

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.659
 cries out

00:23:30.659 --> 00:23:32.059
 in verse

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.960
 two to

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.299
 God,

00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:34.419
 O

00:23:34.419 --> 00:23:34.899
 Lord,

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:38.099
 is this

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:39.000
 not what I

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.740
 said when I

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.319
 was in my

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.720
 country?

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:42.500
 that is

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.900
 why I

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.720
 made haste

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.059
 to flee

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.860
 to Tarshish,

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:45.880
 for I

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:46.299
 knew that

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.559
 you are

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.180
 a God,

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.360
 gracious

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:48.759
 God,

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.720
 and merciful,

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.500
 slow to

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.880
 anger,

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.700
 and abounding

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.860
 in steadfast

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.200
 love,

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.279
 relenting

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.839
 from

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.480
 disaster.

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.380
 Here,

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.160
 Jonah is

00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.079
 partially

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.799
 quoting,

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.480
 partially

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.220
 paraphrasing

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.940
 God's word

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.640
 from Exodus

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.339
 34,

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.380
 6,

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.220
 and 7.

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:09.480
 The actual

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.380
 words of

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:10.799
 God,

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:11.940
 and he's

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.480
 speaking to

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.299
 Moses here,

00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:15.420
 are,

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.400
 the Lord,

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.299
 the Lord,

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.600
 a God,

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.740
 merciful and

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.200
 gracious,

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.480
 slow to

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.900
 anger,

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.779
 and abounding

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.860
 in steadfast

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.440
 love and

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.200
 faithfulness,

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.680
 keeping

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:28.000
 steadfast love

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:29.019
 for thousands,

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.620
 forgiving

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.620
 iniquity,

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.480
 and

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.140
 transgression,

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.519
 and sin.

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:36.180
 But who

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.859
 will by

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.900
 no means

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.759
 clear the

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.200
 guilty,

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.700
 visiting

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.440
 iniquity

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:44.339
 of the

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.660
 father

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:46.460
 on the

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.879
 children

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.700
 and the

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.160
 children's

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.639
 children

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.660
 to the

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.299
 third and

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:50.720
 fourth

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.539
 generations.

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.859
 Jonah

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.839
 left out

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.619
 the second

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.079
 half of

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.700
 that verse.

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:00.940
 Jonah

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.500
 left out

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.000
 God's

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.879
 justice.

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:04.580
 Jonah

00:25:04.580 --> 00:25:05.400
 chose to

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.980
 see the

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.820
 truth that

00:25:06.820 --> 00:25:07.400
 he wanted

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.140
 to see.

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.760
 Jonah

00:25:09.760 --> 00:25:10.320
 chose to

00:25:10.320 --> 00:25:11.280
 take parts

00:25:11.280 --> 00:25:11.640
 of the

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.500
 passage that

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.280
 he wanted

00:25:13.280 --> 00:25:14.480
 to use,

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.020
 parts that

00:25:16.020 --> 00:25:16.920
 supported his

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:18.020
 version of

00:25:18.020 --> 00:25:19.060
 the truth,

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:22.420
 and give

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:22.840
 them back

00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:23.380
 to God.

00:25:26.020 --> 00:25:26.500
 Jonah

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.080
 didn't apply

00:25:27.080 --> 00:25:27.620
 the whole

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.200
 truth.

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:28.940
 He didn't

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.300
 apply the

00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:29.740
 whole truth

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.320
 of Scripture,

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.080
 only what

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.839
 was convenient

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:34.299
 for him.

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:36.839
 Let me

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.199
 just say,

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.460
 church,

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.679
 that cherry

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:40.579
 picking the

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.119
 truths of

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:42.720
 Scripture is

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.259
 a dangerous

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.939
 business.

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.099
 Thomas

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.699
 Jefferson,

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.980
 one of our

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.019
 founding fathers,

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.599
 our third

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.059
 president,

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:50.599
 was known

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.000
 for this

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.460
 actually.

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.619
 He had

00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:53.980
 created his

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.000
 own biblical

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.599
 text.

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.559
 He went

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.980
 through the

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.500
 Bible and

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.299
 meticulously

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.700
 cut out

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:02.039
 the parts

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.399
 that he

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:02.899
 thought were

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.480
 good,

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.919
 trustworthy,

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.680
 the parts

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.000
 that he

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.539
 liked,

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.700
 and he

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.899
 pasted them

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.960
 on paper

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:12.700
 and created

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:14.079
 a relatively

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.319
 comprehensive

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.519
 or at least

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.159
 readable,

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.519
 coherent text

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.919
 of the story

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:20.460
 of Jesus

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.159
 and his

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.680
 teachings,

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.559
 but then

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.180
 leaving out

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.659
 the things

00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:23.980
 that he

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.659
 disagreed

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.080
 with.

00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:28.040
 Now,

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.779
 how many

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.420
 of you

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:29.960
 use

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.640
 highlighters?

00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:31.540
 This isn't

00:26:31.540 --> 00:26:32.000
 a gotcha.

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:32.519
 I use

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.700
 them.

00:26:32.800 --> 00:26:33.120
 I write

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.740
 all over

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.380
 my Bible.

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.200
 I mean,

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.019
 they fall

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.500
 apart by

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.880
 the time

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.320
 I'm done.

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.800
 I hate

00:26:37.800 --> 00:26:38.080
 to get

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:38.380
 rid of

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:38.779
 them because

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.480
 there's so

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.019
 many notes

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.360
 in them.

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.120
 Now,

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.779
 imagine

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.519
 you've got,

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.019
 some of you

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.500
 probably use

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.920
 a lot of

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.160
 different

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.460
 color

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.000
 highlighters

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.140
 too,

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.519
 the pretty

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.860
 ones,

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.140
 and your

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.460
 Bible's

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.080
 very colorful.

00:26:49.560 --> 00:26:49.940
 Thank you

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.480
 for artsy

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.800
 people.

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.019
 Now,

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.120
 I only

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.400
 use a

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.960
 yellow one,

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:55.600
 but imagine

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.200
 you've got

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.980
 your highlighters

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.500
 out there

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.440
 and you're

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.000
 using your

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.519
 highlighter.

00:26:59.660 --> 00:26:59.920
 Oh,

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.500
 this is so

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.820
 beautiful.

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.320
 I love

00:27:01.320 --> 00:27:01.580
 this.

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.100
 This truth

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.440
 is so

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.120
 wonderful to

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.440
 me.

00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:05.080
 I don't

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.660
 particularly

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.380
 like what

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.820
 that one

00:27:06.820 --> 00:27:07.060
 says.

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.320
 Where's

00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:07.860
 that black

00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.519
 Sharpie?

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.500
 Oh,

00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:09.700
 yeah,

00:27:09.780 --> 00:27:10.080
 there it

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:10.300
 is.

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.800
 Imagine

00:27:11.800 --> 00:27:12.320
 that's how

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:12.700
 you did

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.120
 your Bible

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.360
 and took

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:13.740
 the black

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.080
 Sharpie

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:14.259
 on the

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.540
 parts you

00:27:14.540 --> 00:27:14.940
 don't like,

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.240
 highlighted

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.500
 on the

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:15.800
 parts you

00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:16.080
 do like.

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.640
 What's

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:16.960
 left,

00:27:17.080 --> 00:27:17.280
 right?

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:17.600
 It's a

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.000
 Bible full

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.360
 of half

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:18.880
 truths.

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.700
 That's what

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.460
 Jefferson did.

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.380
 That's what

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:25.900
 Jonah is

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.360
 doing.

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.559
 And if

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:27.940
 we're not

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.700
 careful in

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:28.980
 truth,

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.660
 it's what

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.140
 many of

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.720
 us do

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.299
 as well.

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.880
 When God

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.980
 relented of

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.759
 the destruction

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.720
 that Nineveh

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.220
 rightly

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:38.160
 deserved,

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.240
 God's

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.940
 compassion

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.779
 and mercy

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.580
 were seen

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.620
 as evil

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.779
 by Jonah.

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.620
 Jonah could

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.200
 not see

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.920
 any good

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.480
 coming out

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.980
 of what

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.720
 God was

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.100
 doing,

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.519
 so he

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.019
 questioned

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.639
 God's

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.240
 goodness.

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.460
 He

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.000
 questioned

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.680
 God's

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:55.940
 goodness

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.339
 to the

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.920
 point of

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.639
 seeing it

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.400
 as evil.

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.460
 Unless we

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.139
 judge Jonah

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:02.000
 too quickly,

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:04.259
 I'm not

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.900
 so different.

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.859
 And if you

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.920
 find yourself

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:09.220
 ever in that

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.700
 place of

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.599
 doubting God's

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:10.980
 goodness,

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.200
 you're not

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.660
 alone.

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.160
 I say you're

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.799
 not alone

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.859
 because at

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.680
 the core

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.960
 of the book

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.460
 of Jonah

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.900
 is the

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.259
 oldest

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.940
 question

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.460
 posed

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.140
 by man

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.600
 about

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:22.160
 God.

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.860
 Is God

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.340
 good?

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.799
 Can I

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.400
 trust him?

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.420
 Can I

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.400
 trust God's

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.740
 goodness?

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.880
 It's at the

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.480
 heart of the

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.860
 story,

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.180
 really,

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.819
 of the fall

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.360
 of Adam

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:34.860
 and Eve.

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.579
 God

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.039
 commanded

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.640
 Adam and

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.180
 Eve not

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.500
 to eat

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.680
 of the

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:38.960
 tree of

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.299
 the knowledge

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.600
 of good

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:40.000
 and evil.

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.759
 It was

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.980
 the only,

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:45.480
 the only

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.519
 rule in

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.960
 the garden.

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.660
 Now look,

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.340
 there was

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:51.120
 more food

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:51.460
 in the

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.079
 garden than

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.400
 you can

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:52.740
 imagine.

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.180
 There was

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.860
 no issue

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.380
 of food

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.900
 insecurity

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.319
 here.

00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:57.519
 It was

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:57.900
 not a

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.460
 question of

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.500
 hunger or

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.079
 any real

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:00.700
 need that

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.380
 they had.

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.000
 No,

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.299
 it was a

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.340
 question of

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:04.900
 God's

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.759
 goodness.

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.519
 When

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.220
 Satan tempted

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.039
 Adam and

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.480
 Eve,

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.340
 the question

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:12.360
 quietly being

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:13.240
 posed in

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.059
 the background

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:15.639
 was why

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.879
 would God

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:18.099
 withhold from

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.259
 them what

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.159
 was obviously

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:20.779
 good?

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:24.299
 A fruit

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:26.159
 that looked

00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:26.599
 good to

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:26.879
 eat.

00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:27.679
 A fruit

00:29:27.679 --> 00:29:28.000
 that would

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.559
 make them

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:30.200
 like God.

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.339
 They

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:35.339
 couldn't find

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.139
 a reason.

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.639
 They

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.299
 couldn't find

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.960
 a reason

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:41.460
 that the

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.899
 fruit would

00:29:41.899 --> 00:29:42.679
 not be good

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.340
 to eat.

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.259
 See,

00:29:44.320 --> 00:29:44.799
 the picture

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.820
 that Satan

00:29:45.820 --> 00:29:46.640
 painted for

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.279
 them was

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.820
 that God

00:29:47.820 --> 00:29:48.600
 was petty,

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.160
 selfish,

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.740
 and capricious.

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.460
 The

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.380
 implications of

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.019
 that line of

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.240
 thought,

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.720
 if we were to

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.180
 carry it

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.440
 through,

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.259
 was that God

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.920
 is not good

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.519
 and if he is

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.900
 not good,

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.259
 then he is

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.120
 potentially evil.

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.039
 In the

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.400
 end,

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:06.000
 they chose

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.580
 to believe

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.080
 that God

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.560
 was not

00:30:07.560 --> 00:30:08.000
 good.

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.480
 They chose

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:09.860
 to believe

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.200
 that their

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:11.640
 own understanding

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.400
 of what

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.240
 was good

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:15.600
 was more

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:16.680
 right than

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.480
 God's.

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:18.880
 They put

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.860
 themselves in

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.960
 God's place

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:22.280
 and decided

00:30:22.280 --> 00:30:22.860
 that they

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.240
 were the

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.400
 ones who

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:24.840
 were best

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.360
 able to

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.759
 determine

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.860
 what was

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.220
 good.

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:31.100
 Like Adam

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.620
 and Eve,

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.540
 we're all

00:30:32.540 --> 00:30:33.240
 tempted by

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.120
 this question,

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:36.200
 is God

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.640
 good when

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.240
 I cannot

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.560
 see any

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:40.920
 good coming

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.480
 from it?

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:43.960
 Is God

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.600
 good when

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:45.279
 my business

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.980
 fails?

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:46.860
 Is God

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:48.380
 good when

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.860
 my child

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.600
 starts running

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.039
 with the

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.820
 wrong crowd?

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:53.080
 Is God

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:55.080
 good when

00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:55.500
 I'm unable

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.880
 to have

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.300
 children,

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.560
 when I

00:30:58.560 --> 00:30:59.100
 can't find

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.720
 a spouse?

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.580
 Is God

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:04.000
 good when

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.380
 I get a

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:05.160
 diagnosis of

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:07.420
 cancer or

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.160
 Alzheimer's?

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.900
 The question

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.500
 that Jonah

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.759
 was forced

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.580
 to deal

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:16.960
 with was,

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.800
 is God

00:31:17.800 --> 00:31:18.360
 good when

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.800
 he shows

00:31:18.800 --> 00:31:19.500
 mercy to

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.279
 my enemies,

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.200
 the enemies

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.180
 of me and

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.900
 my country?

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:25.960
 Now,

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.519
 our personal

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.420
 questions may

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:27.840
 be different,

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.400
 but you and

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:29.000
 I each

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.840
 have them.

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:30.840
 Is God

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.779
 good when

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.320
 dot,

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.660
 dot,

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.080
 dot,

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.700
 and you

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.160
 fill in the

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.500
 blank?

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:38.420
 Well,

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:38.680
 I want to

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.200
 take a few

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.900
 moments here

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:41.720
 to help us

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.539
 consider that

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.380
 question out

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.819
 of what we

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.980
 saw in

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:47.480
 Exodus 34,

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.680
 verses 6

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.200
 and 7.

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.579
 In that

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.140
 passage,

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.660
 God describes

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.160
 his goodness

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:54.119
 in terms of

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.599
 mercy,

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.339
 grace,

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.819
 slowness to

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.259
 anger,

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.380
 forgiveness,

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.880
 an abundance

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:02.039
 of steadfast love

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.000
 and faithfulness.

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.480
 grace,

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.700
 but also

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.519
 in his

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.180
 justice

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:07.960
 and a

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.359
 remembrance

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:09.099
 of justice

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.480
 across

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.119
 generations.

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.460
 For me,

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:13.099
 I believe

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.460
 that the

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.259
 scriptures teach

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.759
 that God

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.400
 is good.

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:17.000
 It's my

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.700
 bedrock

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.160
 and the

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.779
 foundation

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.579
 of my

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.059
 faith.

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.920
 But the

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.160
 scriptures

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.619
 teach me

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.279
 other things

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.220
 about God's

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.500
 goodness

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.920
 that help

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.740
 me understand

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.279
 it more.

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.660
 They remind

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.299
 me that God

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.839
 is the

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.420
 creator

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:32.140
 of time

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:32.840
 as we

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:33.340
 understand

00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:33.800
 it.

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.460
 And that

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.640
 moreover,

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.039
 he is

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.980
 outside of

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.660
 that time.

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:41.039
 God is

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.560
 eternal

00:32:41.560 --> 00:32:42.440
 and he

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.800
 knows the

00:32:42.800 --> 00:32:43.640
 end from

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.180
 the beginning.

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.580
 You and

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:45.779
 I,

00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:45.920
 though,

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.360
 are not

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:46.820
 eternal.

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:47.740
 We have

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.519
 an expiration

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.060
 date.

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:51.060
 I don't

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:51.460
 know what's

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:51.640
 going to

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.039
 happen in

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.380
 the next

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:52.759
 second.

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:55.759
 You and

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.279
 I are

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.079
 like less

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.640
 than a

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:58.319
 millisecond

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:59.259
 of time

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.740
 in a

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.500
 millennia.

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.579
 Yet our

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.960
 God knows

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.940
 us by

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.619
 name,

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.599
 created us

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:09.859
 in our

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.259
 mother's

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.000
 womb for

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.940
 his purposes

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.559
 which he

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.460
 will fulfill.

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.299
 God knew

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.799
 you from

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.779
 before time

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.779
 and he

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.180
 set his

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.740
 love upon

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.039
 you.

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:20.680
 While you

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.259
 were still

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.839
 his enemy,

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.440
 he sent

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.039
 his son

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.740
 to die

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.279
 for you.

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.519
 He

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.259
 pursued

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.720
 you

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.240
 across

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.920
 time

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.380
 with

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:29.900
 his

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.580
 goodness.

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:31.960
 He

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.400
 changed

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:32.660
 your

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:32.900
 heart.

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.100
 He

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.519
 opened

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.799
 your

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.180
 eyes.

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.480
 He

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.200
 softened

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.480
 you.

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.380
 He

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:37.759
 gave

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:37.940
 you

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.580
 faith

00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:38.960
 to

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.340
 believe.

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.220
 He

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.480
 set

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.640
 you

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.019
 free

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.340
 from

00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:41.799
 darkness.

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.259
 He

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.840
 forgave

00:33:42.840 --> 00:33:43.440
 all

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:43.720
 of

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:43.920
 your

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.299
 sins

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.640
 like

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:44.799
 we

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.000
 read

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.259
 earlier

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.460
 as

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.680
 far

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:45.820
 as

00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:45.940
 the

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.160
 east

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.320
 is

00:33:46.320 --> 00:33:46.440
 from

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.580
 the

00:33:46.580 --> 00:33:47.039
 west.

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.580
 He

00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:49.920
 gave

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.039
 you

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.200
 the

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.460
 faith

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.640
 to

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.120
 believe.

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:52.660
 He

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:52.960
 filled

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.100
 you

00:33:53.100 --> 00:33:53.259
 with

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.440
 his

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:53.660
 Holy

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.160
 Spirit,

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.900
 called

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.140
 you

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.400
 his

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:55.840
 beloved,

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.400
 made

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.660
 you

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.220
 his

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:59.000
 child,

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.320
 gave

00:34:01.320 --> 00:34:01.460
 you

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.700
 the

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.019
 hope

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.180
 of

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.340
 the

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.980
 resurrection,

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.019
 promised

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.240
 you

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.360
 an

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.840
 eternal

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.680
 inheritance

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.440
 all

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.720
 through

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:06.980
 his

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.320
 son.

00:34:08.700 --> 00:34:09.300
 Why?

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.700
 Because

00:34:10.700 --> 00:34:11.039
 he

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.320
 is

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.740
 good.

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.740
 You

00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:14.960
 are

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.300
 not

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.519
 the

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.059
 recipients

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.500
 of

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:16.740
 those

00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:17.159
 things

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.960
 because

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.380
 you

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.680
 are

00:34:18.680 --> 00:34:19.019
 good.

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.420
 You

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.539
 are

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.700
 not

00:34:20.700 --> 00:34:20.860
 the

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.180
 recipient

00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:21.460
 of

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.639
 those

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:21.840
 things

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.059
 because

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.240
 you

00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:22.380
 were

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.619
 born

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:22.760
 in

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:22.860
 a

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.119
 Christian

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.539
 family.

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.059
 You

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.200
 are

00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:29.460
 not

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.619
 the

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.019
 recipients

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.320
 of

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.500
 those

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.740
 things

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:31.039
 because

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.240
 of

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:31.380
 your

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.599
 own

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.079
 righteousness

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:33.940
 and

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.059
 the

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.220
 good

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.440
 things

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:34.619
 that

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:34.800
 you've

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.019
 done.

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:37.480
 You

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.379
 are

00:34:38.379 --> 00:34:38.480
 the

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.779
 recipient

00:34:38.779 --> 00:34:39.019
 of

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.239
 those

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.419
 things

00:34:39.419 --> 00:34:39.719
 because

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:40.359
 God

00:34:40.359 --> 00:34:40.519
 is

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.779
 good.

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.579
 He

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:43.859
 is

00:34:43.859 --> 00:34:44.219
 merciful

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.500
 and

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.839
 gracious,

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.500
 compassionate,

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.299
 abounding in

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.159
 steadfast love,

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.359
 forgiving sin,

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.839
 but also

00:34:49.839 --> 00:34:50.399
 maintaining

00:34:50.399 --> 00:34:51.039
 justice.

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.519
 Jonah

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.119
 wasn't

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.699
 interested

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.179
 in

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.799
 compassion.

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:55.659
 He

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.279
 wanted

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:57.000
 justice.

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.559
 He

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:58.899
 wanted

00:34:58.899 --> 00:34:59.339
 to see

00:34:59.339 --> 00:34:59.559
 his

00:34:59.559 --> 00:34:59.980
 enemies

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.739
 destroyed

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:02.299
 for their

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:02.699
 evil,

00:35:02.899 --> 00:35:03.159
 and he

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.679
 wanted to

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.059
 see it

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.759
 now

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.640
 on

00:35:05.640 --> 00:35:05.900
 his

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.240
 time.

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:10.320
 Yet

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.680
 God

00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:10.920
 is

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.260
 able

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:11.540
 to

00:35:11.540 --> 00:35:12.040
 do

00:35:12.040 --> 00:35:13.060
 both.

00:35:13.140 --> 00:35:13.220
 He

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:13.360
 is

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:13.520
 able

00:35:13.520 --> 00:35:13.640
 to

00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:13.780
 be

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.020
 both

00:35:14.020 --> 00:35:14.660
 compassionate

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:15.220
 and

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:15.640
 just.

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.140
 So

00:35:16.140 --> 00:35:16.320
 let

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.420
 me

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.640
 give

00:35:16.640 --> 00:35:16.740
 you

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:16.900
 just

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.060
 a

00:35:17.060 --> 00:35:17.420
 quick

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.420
 example

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.940
 from

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.300
 history

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:19.560
 that

00:35:19.560 --> 00:35:20.120
 relates

00:35:20.120 --> 00:35:20.300
 to

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.560
 this.

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.400
 The

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.700
 events

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:21.960
 of the

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.120
 book

00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:22.300
 of

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:22.500
 Jonah

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.820
 take

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.120
 place

00:35:23.120 --> 00:35:23.420
 somewhere

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.800
 between

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.780
 782

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.040
 and

00:35:25.040 --> 00:35:25.980
 753

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.760
 BC

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.220
 under

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.400
 the

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:27.640
 reign

00:35:27.640 --> 00:35:27.840
 of

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.260
 Jeroboam

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.580
 II.

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:29.740
 Somewhere

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.200
 in that

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:30.520
 period,

00:35:30.680 --> 00:35:30.900
 Jonah

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.320
 preaches

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.660
 to the

00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:32.160
 Ninevites.

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.920
 They

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.299
 repent,

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:33.759
 turn to

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.059
 God,

00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:35.339
 God has

00:35:35.339 --> 00:35:35.960
 mercy on

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.279
 them,

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.440
 and instead

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.099
 of destruction

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.619
 that Jonah

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.039
 wanted,

00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:41.559
 they receive

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.239
 mercy.

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.239
 And much

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:45.739
 as Jonah

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:46.359
 feared,

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.139
 they grew

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.639
 strong,

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:48.019
 and in

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:49.319
 722 BC,

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.519
 they attack

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.199
 and defeat

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.779
 the kingdom

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:52.399
 of Israel,

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.059
 send them

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.440
 all into

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.940
 exile.

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.019
 Israel.

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:58.159
 Yet 110

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:59.119
 years

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.700
 later,

00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:00.400
 the

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.240
 Babylonians

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:02.200
 overrun

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:02.579
 the

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.139
 Assyrians

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.900
 and destroy

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.320
 Nineveh

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.200
 in 612

00:36:05.200 --> 00:36:05.639
 BC.

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.780
 The

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.200
 prophets

00:36:08.200 --> 00:36:08.420
 will

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.679
 actually

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.159
 interpret

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.780
 both

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.260
 of these,

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.679
 the fall

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.119
 of Israel

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.720
 and the

00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:11.960
 fall

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.679
 of Assyrians

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:14.220
 as God's

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.639
 judgment

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.720
 for the

00:36:15.720 --> 00:36:16.159
 evil that

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.500
 they had

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:16.840
 done.

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.920
 So what

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.099
 do I

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.599
 learn from

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:20.860
 that?

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:21.720
 Why am I

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.119
 telling you

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.320
 this?

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.019
 First,

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.759
 I learned

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.219
 that God

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:25.340
 is good.

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:26.940
 He showed

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.719
 mercy and

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.300
 grace to

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.759
 the people

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:29.460
 of Nineveh.

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.320
 He had

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.380
 compassion and

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.559
 forgiveness of

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.099
 their sin.

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:33.739
 That is

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:34.280
 evident.

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.559
 He relents.

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.039
 Second,

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.000
 God is

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.460
 good.

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.500
 Justice

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.360
 was given

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:41.119
 as he

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:41.659
 promised.

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.940
 God

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.480
 promised

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.900
 through the

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.280
 prophets

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.780
 that if

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.199
 they did

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.940
 not turn,

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.980
 both Israel

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.739
 and Nineveh

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.300
 would be

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:49.860
 judged and

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.400
 destroyed.

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.860
 And in a

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.619
 few generations,

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:53.219
 Nineveh had

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.819
 gone back to

00:36:53.819 --> 00:36:54.460
 being who

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:54.859
 they were

00:36:54.859 --> 00:36:55.719
 as Assyrians.

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.519
 God's

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.079
 judgment

00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:00.259
 came to

00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:00.799
 Israel

00:37:00.799 --> 00:37:01.980
 through Assyria

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:03.559
 and to

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.039
 Assyria

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.420
 through the

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.319
 Babylonians.

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:06.799
 Third,

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:07.819
 I am

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:08.259
 reminded

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:09.619
 that while

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:10.239
 God

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:13.779
 is good

00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:14.299
 to us

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:14.599
 as

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:15.400
 individuals,

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.440
 we often

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.900
 have to

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.779
 step

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.539
 back

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:20.039
 to see

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.300
 that

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:20.960
 goodness

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.759
 over

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.239
 time,

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.559
 over

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.360
 generations.

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.800
 In 1981,

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:28.800
 my father

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.860
 was diagnosed

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.679
 with pulmonary

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.599
 fibrosis.

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:33.119
 If you're not

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.679
 familiar with

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:33.920
 that,

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.380
 it's a rather

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:35.239
 cruel disease.

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.059
 It slowly

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.719
 kills you,

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:37.759
 it wastes

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.320
 your body,

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.219
 and eventually

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:39.779
 steals your

00:37:39.779 --> 00:37:40.300
 ability to

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:40.759
 breathe.

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:43.480
 you die

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.160
 of congestive

00:37:44.160 --> 00:37:44.780
 heart failure

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.340
 typically.

00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:46.920
 Now,

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.400
 my father

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.840
 had been

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.780
 a strong

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:49.260
 man.

00:37:50.040 --> 00:37:50.480
 He grew

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.900
 up during

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:51.500
 the Depression,

00:37:52.060 --> 00:37:52.500
 served in

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.220
 World War II

00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:53.560
 as a

00:37:53.560 --> 00:37:54.160
 paratrooper,

00:37:54.520 --> 00:37:55.000
 served in

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.400
 Korea.

00:37:57.620 --> 00:37:58.520
 He was a

00:37:58.520 --> 00:37:59.460
 hard man

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.240
 at times,

00:38:00.640 --> 00:38:02.180
 but an

00:38:02.180 --> 00:38:02.740
 incredible

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:03.940
 judge of

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:05.080
 men and

00:38:05.080 --> 00:38:05.260
 their

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.720
 character.

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.400
 As a

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:07.660
 child,

00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:07.960
 I was

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.720
 pretty sure

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:09.340
 he was

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.800
 invincible.

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:14.520
 So,

00:38:14.600 --> 00:38:14.720
 at his

00:38:14.720 --> 00:38:15.180
 death in

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:16.140
 1996,

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.640
 I was

00:38:17.640 --> 00:38:17.940
 feeling

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.360
 empty

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:20.100
 and angry.

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:22.580
 I could

00:38:22.580 --> 00:38:23.420
 see no

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:25.460
 good in

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.760
 what had

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:26.120
 happened.

00:38:28.520 --> 00:38:29.200
 Yet,

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:29.540
 I can

00:38:29.540 --> 00:38:30.700
 look back

00:38:30.700 --> 00:38:32.120
 to that

00:38:32.120 --> 00:38:33.160
 time now

00:38:33.160 --> 00:38:35.560
 and see

00:38:35.560 --> 00:38:36.080
 that God

00:38:36.080 --> 00:38:36.800
 was very

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.320
 good to

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:37.940
 my family.

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:39.940
 God

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.940
 used to

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:44.300
 draw my

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:45.559
 heart to

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:45.880
 God.

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.139
 God

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.740
 used that

00:38:46.740 --> 00:38:47.760
 disease to

00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:48.320
 draw my

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.760
 dad's

00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:49.639
 heart to

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:49.900
 him.

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:52.000
 My

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.740
 father became

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:53.200
 a believer

00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:54.340
 in 1993,

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:54.960
 about three

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.500
 years before

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:56.000
 he died.

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:57.639
 Moreover,

00:38:58.300 --> 00:38:59.159
 through the

00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:00.099
 events surrounding

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.940
 my father's

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.360
 death,

00:39:02.240 --> 00:39:02.780
 God led

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.579
 me to

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:04.059
 the place

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.820
 where I

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.400
 became a

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:05.960
 believer about

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.579
 four months

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:07.139
 after his

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.500
 death.

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.039
 What I

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.659
 could not

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.699
 see then,

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.539
 I can

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:12.819
 see now.

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.679
 God

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.299
 worked to

00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:16.079
 shape faith

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.539
 in my

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:18.019
 family across

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:19.799
 four generations

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:21.500
 so that

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:21.940
 now,

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:23.400
 even his

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:24.699
 great-grandchildren,

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:24.799
 children.

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.539
 Some of

00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:26.939
 those are

00:39:26.939 --> 00:39:27.359
 believers.

00:39:31.379 --> 00:39:32.279
 I know

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:33.159
 with certainty

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:34.500
 that for

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.359
 all eternity

00:39:35.359 --> 00:39:37.279
 my dad

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:37.839
 is with

00:39:37.839 --> 00:39:38.500
 his good

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.319
 and gracious

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:40.439
 father.

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.659
 Friends,

00:39:41.779 --> 00:39:42.559
 that is a

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:42.839
 gift,

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.179
 and for

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:43.500
 those of

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:43.699
 you who

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.219
 don't have

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.659
 that shirt,

00:39:44.759 --> 00:39:44.980
 you know

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.619
 exactly what

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:46.039
 I mean.

00:39:46.799 --> 00:39:47.980
 That is a

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.319
 gift.

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.679
 I can

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.079
 look back

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.699
 now and

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:50.939
 say,

00:39:51.339 --> 00:39:51.579
 God,

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.059
 you are

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:53.359
 so good

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.980
 to us.

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.539
 In

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.720
 verse

00:39:57.720 --> 00:39:59.340
 four of

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.599
 Jonah

00:39:59.599 --> 00:39:59.980
 four,

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.620
 God

00:40:00.620 --> 00:40:01.160
 asks

00:40:01.160 --> 00:40:01.599
 Jonah,

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:02.400
 do you

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.180
 do well

00:40:03.180 --> 00:40:03.700
 to be

00:40:03.700 --> 00:40:04.220
 angry?

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:07.900
 In

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.280
 doing so,

00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:08.460
 he's

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.140
 pointing out

00:40:09.140 --> 00:40:09.660
 Jonah's

00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:10.880
 failure to

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:11.519
 embrace

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.380
 God's

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:13.320
 heart and

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:13.960
 compassion

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:15.120
 for lost

00:40:15.120 --> 00:40:15.720
 people of

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.200
 the world,

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.500
 even his

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:17.880
 enemies.

00:40:19.120 --> 00:40:19.640
 He was

00:40:19.640 --> 00:40:20.220
 pointing out

00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:20.620
 Jonah's

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.659
 idolatry,

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.500
 which placed

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:24.139
 his love

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.500
 for his

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.179
 nation

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:27.779
 above his

00:40:27.779 --> 00:40:28.219
 love for

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:28.599
 God.

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.799
 And finally,

00:40:30.859 --> 00:40:31.099
 he was

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:31.699
 pointing out

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.059
 Jonah's

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:33.219
 deep-rooted

00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:33.880
 conviction

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:35.199
 that God

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:35.799
 was not

00:40:35.799 --> 00:40:36.199
 good.

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.500
 As you

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:40.900
 would see,

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.199
 if you

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:42.039
 continue to

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.619
 read the

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.179
 story,

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:43.759
 and I

00:40:43.759 --> 00:40:44.059
 hope you

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.279
 do,

00:40:44.359 --> 00:40:44.659
 the rest

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:45.139
 of chapter

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:45.619
 four,

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:48.299
 the story

00:40:48.299 --> 00:40:48.940
 ends,

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.840
 really

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.220
 with that

00:40:50.220 --> 00:40:50.800
 question,

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:51.980
 it's

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.260
 never

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:52.960
 resolved.

00:40:53.740 --> 00:40:54.099
 Do you

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:54.599
 do well

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.019
 to be

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.519
 angry?

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.559
 That's

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:57.920
 in the

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.220
 face,

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:58.420
 then,

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:58.639
 at the

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:58.880
 end of

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.320
 the story

00:40:59.320 --> 00:40:59.519
 with

00:40:59.519 --> 00:40:59.920
 God's

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.539
 compassion.

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:01.880
 Jonah's

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.220
 anger

00:41:02.220 --> 00:41:03.119
 and God's

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.579
 compassion,

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.059
 and it's

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.340
 left

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:05.099
 unresolved.

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.000
 But,

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.200
 friends,

00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:09.960
 our story

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.579
 doesn't

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:11.119
 need to

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.619
 end there.

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:12.920
 We

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:13.159
 don't

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.700
 need

00:41:13.700 --> 00:41:14.780
 our

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:15.360
 story to

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:15.740
 end

00:41:15.740 --> 00:41:16.980
 unresolved.

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:18.559
 see,

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:19.039
 this last

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.440
 question

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:19.920
 really is

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.599
 ours as

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:21.039
 well.

00:41:22.240 --> 00:41:22.920
 Do you

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.619
 do well

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:24.699
 to be

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:25.300
 angry?

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:28.000
 Do you

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.539
 do well

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.280
 to distrust

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:29.800
 the goodness

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:30.480
 of God?

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.539
 Do you

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:33.019
 do well

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.659
 to distrust

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:34.219
 his mercy

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:34.539
 and his

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:35.019
 compassion,

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.820
 his steadfast

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.119
 love,

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:36.340
 and his

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:36.719
 forgiveness?

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:37.619
 Do you

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:38.199
 do well

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:39.099
 to distrust

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:39.780
 his justice?

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:40.440
 Do you

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.199
 do well

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:42.179
 to mistrust

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:42.780
 the timing

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:43.159
 of his

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:43.639
 events?

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:46.960
 do you

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.539
 do well

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:48.259
 to be

00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:48.719
 angry

00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:50.879
 when God's

00:41:50.879 --> 00:41:51.379
 purposes

00:41:51.379 --> 00:41:53.440
 and yours

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:54.900
 diverge?

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.400
 And in

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:59.059
 doing so,

00:41:59.159 --> 00:41:59.639
 the idols

00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:00.059
 of your

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.440
 heart

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:01.719
 are revealed.

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:03.900
 Do you

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.279
 do well

00:42:04.279 --> 00:42:04.619
 to be

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:04.940
 angry?

00:42:06.859 --> 00:42:07.099
 See,

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:07.480
 Jonah's

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:07.940
 response

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:08.119
 was,

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:08.859
 yes,

00:42:09.299 --> 00:42:10.159
 I do

00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:10.579
 well

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:10.980
 to be

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.359
 angry,

00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:11.900
 angry

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.299
 enough

00:42:12.299 --> 00:42:13.079
 to die.

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:15.359
 But,

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:16.539
 friends,

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:17.219
 that answer

00:42:17.219 --> 00:42:17.679
 is there

00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:18.000
 as a

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.699
 signpost

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:19.279
 to us.

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:19.839
 It's a

00:42:19.839 --> 00:42:20.279
 signpost

00:42:20.279 --> 00:42:20.579
 that says,

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:21.199
 do not

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:21.539
 enter

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:22.000
 wrong

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:22.379
 way.

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:26.039
 That

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.480
 anger

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:27.319
 of Jonah's

00:42:27.319 --> 00:42:28.000
 was

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.759
 symptomatic

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:29.199
 of a

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.539
 heart

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.519
 misaligned

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:31.219
 with

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:31.900
 God's.

00:42:35.239 --> 00:42:35.940
 And when

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.679
 God points

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:37.179
 it out,

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:39.059
 as he

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.440
 did with

00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:39.739
 Jonah,

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:41.299
 it's our

00:42:41.299 --> 00:42:42.000
 opportunity

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:43.379
 to repent

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:45.660
 to run

00:42:45.660 --> 00:42:46.300
 to God,

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:49.760
 freely

00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:50.220
 admitting

00:42:50.220 --> 00:42:50.640
 our

00:42:50.640 --> 00:42:51.059
 anger

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:52.440
 and

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:52.760
 throwing

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:53.260
 down,

00:42:53.740 --> 00:42:55.740
 throwing it

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.240
 down before

00:42:56.240 --> 00:42:56.840
 the cross,

00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:59.880
 the things

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:00.240
 that Christ

00:43:00.240 --> 00:43:00.940
 already paid

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:01.119
 for,

00:43:01.180 --> 00:43:01.619
 he already

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:02.220
 knows about

00:43:02.220 --> 00:43:02.420
 it.

00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:04.460
 You can

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:04.840
 run to

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:05.260
 the cross,

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:05.579
 you can

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:05.980
 run to

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.280
 Jesus,

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:07.280
 you can

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:07.740
 throw down

00:43:07.740 --> 00:43:08.260
 that anger

00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:10.780
 and throw

00:43:10.780 --> 00:43:11.380
 yourself

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:12.400
 onto God's

00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:12.800
 mercy.

00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:15.360
 Friends,

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:15.640
 if the

00:43:15.640 --> 00:43:16.340
 question,

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.140
 do you

00:43:18.140 --> 00:43:18.600
 do well

00:43:18.600 --> 00:43:19.000
 to be

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:19.420
 angry,

00:43:19.640 --> 00:43:20.060
 strikes

00:43:20.060 --> 00:43:21.540
 home for

00:43:21.540 --> 00:43:22.340
 you today,

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:24.480
 as it has,

00:43:24.520 --> 00:43:25.380
 as I have

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:27.200
 prepared this

00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:27.680
 and actually

00:43:27.680 --> 00:43:28.160
 preached it

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:28.760
 twice now,

00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:29.480
 both times,

00:43:29.560 --> 00:43:30.260
 it does this

00:43:30.260 --> 00:43:30.660
 for me.

00:43:30.659 --> 00:43:32.920
 if it strikes

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.679
 home today,

00:43:33.779 --> 00:43:34.739
 then that is

00:43:34.739 --> 00:43:35.719
 the Holy Spirit

00:43:35.719 --> 00:43:36.759
 at work

00:43:36.759 --> 00:43:37.980
 within you.

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:40.000
 It is God's

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.859
 kindness which

00:43:40.859 --> 00:43:41.759
 leads you to

00:43:41.759 --> 00:43:42.399
 repentance,

00:43:43.339 --> 00:43:44.179
 to mercy,

00:43:44.359 --> 00:43:45.000
 to forgiveness,

00:43:45.339 --> 00:43:46.440
 to restoration.

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:46.559
 salvation.

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.679
 So as we

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:49.260
 close out

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:49.780
 the service

00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:50.200
 today,

00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:50.840
 or I close

00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:51.260
 out this

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:51.700
 message,

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:52.740
 please don't

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.440
 leave here

00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:54.240
 today without

00:43:54.240 --> 00:43:55.500
 taking time

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.079
 to repent

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.840
 of that

00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:57.820
 anger and

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:58.800
 turning to

00:43:58.800 --> 00:43:59.220
 God.

00:44:00.220 --> 00:44:01.079
 Take time

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.500
 while you

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:02.179
 are here

00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:03.039
 to find

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:03.960
 someone to

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:04.539
 pray with

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:04.860
 you.

00:44:06.940 --> 00:44:07.500
 Look,

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:07.980
 I'm not

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.659
 saying

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:09.800
 it will be

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.500
 all better

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:11.599
 immediately,

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:14.720
 but today

00:44:14.720 --> 00:44:15.820
 you can start

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:16.420
 letting go.

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:18.159
 and start

00:44:18.159 --> 00:44:18.920
 embracing the

00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:19.440
 goodness of

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:20.380
 God in

00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:20.760
 faith.

00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:22.440
 Amen?

00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:24.000
 Amen.

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.200
 Father,

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:26.780
 thank you,

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.420
 Lord God,

00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:27.800
 for your

00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:28.700
 word today.

00:44:30.059 --> 00:44:30.920
 We thank you

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:31.240
 for the

00:44:31.240 --> 00:44:31.800
 truths of

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:32.139
 scripture.

00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:36.139
 Lord,

00:44:36.220 --> 00:44:36.740
 for those,

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:38.139
 any of us

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:38.599
 who are out

00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:39.179
 here today

00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:41.039
 in that

00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:41.579
 place of

00:44:41.579 --> 00:44:41.940
 anger,

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:43.760
 or through

00:44:43.760 --> 00:44:44.240
 the kindness

00:44:44.240 --> 00:44:44.659
 of your

00:44:44.659 --> 00:44:45.079
 spirit,

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:45.420
 would you

00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:46.059
 begin to

00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:46.559
 turn our

00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:46.960
 hearts

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:47.880
 towards you.

00:44:49.279 --> 00:44:49.679
 Father,

00:44:49.739 --> 00:44:50.159
 as we go

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:50.679
 forth in

00:44:50.679 --> 00:44:51.199
 this week,

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:52.239
 Lord,

00:44:52.279 --> 00:44:52.759
 I pray,

00:44:53.139 --> 00:44:53.860
 I ask

00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:54.400
 that these

00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:54.980
 words would

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:55.480
 come back

00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:56.059
 to us.

00:44:56.779 --> 00:44:57.039
 Father,

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:57.460
 that you

00:44:57.460 --> 00:44:58.039
 would make

00:44:58.039 --> 00:44:58.599
 us a

00:44:58.599 --> 00:44:59.639
 people who

00:44:59.639 --> 00:45:00.699
 trust in

00:45:00.699 --> 00:45:01.400
 your goodness

00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:03.119
 even when

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:03.619
 we can't

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:04.000
 see it.

00:45:05.279 --> 00:45:05.840
 Give us

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.279
 the hope,

00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:06.940
 the desire,

00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:07.539
 the strength,

00:45:07.619 --> 00:45:08.179
 the courage

00:45:08.179 --> 00:45:10.179
 to turn

00:45:10.179 --> 00:45:10.900
 towards you,

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:11.920
 to trust you

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:12.700
 when our

00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:13.720
 paths diverge.

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:14.780
 And Lord,

00:45:14.820 --> 00:45:15.139
 when we

00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:15.599
 fail to

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:16.159
 do that,

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:16.900
 in your

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.619
 compassion and

00:45:17.619 --> 00:45:17.860
 mercy,

00:45:18.019 --> 00:45:18.519
 point it out

00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:19.500
 to us and

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:19.840
 draw us

00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:20.180
 back to

00:45:20.180 --> 00:45:20.599
 yourself.

00:45:22.240 --> 00:45:22.880
 We pray

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.599
 it in

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:23.820
 Jesus'

00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:24.240
 name.

00:45:24.700 --> 00:45:24.980
 Amen.

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.079
 Amen.