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 Just as a bit of an aside, I encourage you to look at the blog this week.

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 It's something which is printed in the bulletin every Sunday.

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 And one of you folks corrected me after my sermon last Sunday, and I said I would mention it.

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 And so the way I mentioned it was I wrote about it in the blog.

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 So I encourage you to read the blog.

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 So this, about seven or eight months ago, my son Jesse and his wife Cavi were expecting a baby.

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 They live in London, Ontario, where they don't know anybody.

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 Well, they know people, but they didn't know anybody well enough that they thought they could just drop their daughter, Charlotte, off at the last second,

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 maybe for all night or maybe for a couple of days, depending on how the pregnancy went.

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 And so my wife went down to London, Ontario, to be there, to be able to look after the baby when the baby came.

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 And babies, of course, don't just sort of come on schedule.

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 And so Louise ended up being there for 19 days.

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 It's the longest time in our married life that we've ever been apart.

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 And now if, now this is just an if, it didn't happen, okay?

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 But if, on day 18, I had gotten a call from the police in the city of London, Ontario, and they told me that my wife had been arrested,

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 I would have thought to myself, there obviously is some type of mistake or misunderstanding.

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 Because I know my wife, I know her heart, I know her character, I know how she lives and how she acts,

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 and I know that there could not possibly be anything that she would do that would be so wrong that would require her to be arrested.

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 So obviously something else has to be going on because I know my wife.

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 And that would just be it.

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 It would be like an unshakable part of me that I would just know my wife.

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 And there must be a good explanation for what's happening.

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 I mention this because the way the book of Revelation is written, it's written in a very, very interesting way.

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 We're preaching through the book of Revelation, and we're doing a chapter a week.

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 And we're about, I don't know if you sort of noticed it, but when Nora began reading it,

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 she mentioned one of the things that she read was that the last judgments are about to come.

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 And so if you go back later on, maybe as part of your discipline this week,

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 and you read chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 of the book of Revelation,

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 you see that there's going to be lots of judgments.

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 In fact, there's going to be two passages that talk about hell before we get to heaven.

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 And so it's almost as if God said, okay, we're going to get into these last sort of lessons or teaching on very, very hard doctrines for modern Canadians.

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 But before we do, let's just in a sense have a bit of a gut check and just ask ourselves, do we know who God is?

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 Do we trust him?

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 Are we willing to trust who he is and what his character is like and what he's done for us so that as we read chapter 16 and 17 and 18 and 19 and 20 and 21,

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 before we get to chapter 22, we can say, well, there's going to be maybe some things in here that we have a hard time understanding.

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 There's going to be things in here which we stretch, that stretch us.

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 But I know who God is and I know what he's like and I know what he does for us.

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 And just as if I was to have got that phone call from the police, I would just, okay, whatever's going on, I know Louise.

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 I know that there has to be a very good reason for this.

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 She had very, very good reasons for whatever's gone on.

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 And so that's sort of the flow of the text.

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 And the way it works is that this sort of fundamental teaching on God, reminding us of who God is, is given in the form of a hymn sung by the church triumphant, the redeemed,

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 before the throne of God in a picture of immense glory and splendor.

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 So if you have your Bibles, you're going to need, we're going to need our Bibles because we're going to keep looking at Revelation chapter 15.

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 There are some extra Bibles up there and there's also some more over there with Owen at the door.

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 I forgot to bring my Bible this morning, so I'm in fact using one of the Bibles which are down there.

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 But before we do that, up on the screen, if you could put that up now, Andrew,

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 I've given an essentially literal translation of the hymn and I'd like us to say it together.

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 So it's going to be a little bit different from some of your Bibles because it's essentially literal.

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 But please join with me in saying this great hymn.

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 Great and your deeds, Lord God Almighty, just and true are your ways, King of nations.

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 Who will not fear and glorify your name?

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 For you alone are holy, for all nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.

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 Great and amazing, great and amazing are you, Lord, the God, the Almighty.

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 Now some of us, we look at a hymn like that, great and amazing are your deeds, Lord, the God, the Almighty.

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 Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations.

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 Who will not fear and glorify your name?

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 For you alone are holy, for all the nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.

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 And for a lot of us, inwardly we go yada, yada, yada, yada.

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 Yeah, we know all that type of stuff.

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 It's like sort of normal type of Christian stuff.

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 But the fact of the matter is that this hymn speaks very, very deeply into several types of misconceptions that we have about God that we're not even really aware of that we have as misconceptions.

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 Now, I'll give you an example of the first one.

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 The first one is this, that it's very, very easy for us to drifting to believing that God exists to meet my needs.

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 That whoever God is, that God exists, the main characteristic of God is that God meets my needs.

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 And it's a very, very simple way to turn God into something like a genie, where we rub the lamp and he does what we want.

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 And rather than having God be God, we're God, because God exists to meet my needs.

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 Now, we, of course, if we say something so blatant, most Christians, at least, will say that that can't possibly be correct.

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 It's actually a very, very common theme, although put in different forms in a lot of contemporary spirituality in Canada.

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 And because it's a very common theme in contemporary spirituality in Canada, and we breathe that cultural air, it's something that we breathe it.

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 I'll give you an illustration.

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 And it shows where there's a very, very fine line between having great faith and actually living as if God exists to meet our needs.

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 Two and a half years ago, we walked away for, because as a matter of conscience, we felt that we, to fulfill our mission to make disciples,

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 gripped by the gospel, living to bring glory to God, we felt we had to separate from the Anglican Church of Canada.

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 And as part of that meant we had to walk away from our property.

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 Now, many, many people leading up to this told us, told me, that we would have a building very, very soon.

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 And I'm not stepping on any toes.

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 It's a very, very fine line to know the difference between when we have great faith and when we're slipping into thinking that God exists to meet our needs.

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 In fact, I had people tell me that they didn't understand why we were going to take a two-year lease,

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 because God was going to provide a building for us, and then we'd have to break the lease.

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 Now, it's been two and a half years since we walked away from our building,

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 and actually, it's not as if we have any particular building in mind or in sight.

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 In fact, at a human level, we're a million, a million and a half dollars away from being able to afford a building in downtown.

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 Like, for us to have a building, it would require for God to perform a miracle for us.

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 And when we walked away from our building, it wasn't as if we were sitting on two, three, four, five million dollars,

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 and we could just go out and buy a building.

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 We had very, very little money.

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 We walked away from most of our assets and most of our property.

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 We had very, very little money.

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 But, you see, it's very, very easy to...

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 I'm not trying to say anything about any particular person,

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 because part of the Christian life is having a sense that God is going to provide in a particular way

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 and having faith for that.

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 But it's also very easy to actually operate under the sense that God exists to meet my needs.

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 And we think that God's a very, very good God, and that when he doesn't meet our needs right away,

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 then what happens is he owes us.

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 And the way we think about God is that God is a really good God,

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 and when he owes us, when he's in our debt, he'll pay up when we need it.

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 And it's very, very...

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 And so why wouldn't God be in our debt and owe us because of our willingness to walk away

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 from hundreds of thousands and more of assets?

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 Why wouldn't he be in our debt?

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 You see, it's very, very easy to slip into understanding faith

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 in the context of God existing to meet our needs.

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 But it's almost as if there's a Christian form of slipping into it

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 that's no different than that book, The Secret,

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 or Power of Positive Thinking,

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 or a whole lot of other types of contemporary spirituality

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 which really exist within the framework that God exists to meet my needs.

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 And that's why sometimes we as Christians, when we have crisis of faith,

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 the crisis of faith that we have is that the God who exists to meet our needs

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 isn't meeting our needs, and so we don't understand why he's let us down.

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 But this hymn, which is said by the church triumphant in heaven,

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 this hymn says,

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 Note at the very, very beginning of the psalm, actually here's how I'd like to summarize it,

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 if you could put it up to the first point.

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 The true and living God exists.

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 He is great and amazing, the Lord, the Almighty.

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 The true and living God exists.

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 He is great and amazing, the Lord, the Almighty.

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 In most English translations, because it's not very grammatical,

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 they change the way that God is referred to in this hymn.

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 Like in my version, the ESV, it says,

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 Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord, God, the Almighty.

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 But in the original language, it says,

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 Lord, the God, the Almighty.

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 Not very good English, but it's really trying to emphasize this aspect of Lord,

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 the God, the Almighty.

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 And it's trying to communicate the idea that God is the one,

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 there is a God that does exist, and he sets the frame of references.

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 He's the one who determines what's going to happen.

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 He's the center, he's the beginning, he's the end, he's sovereign, he's immense,

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 he's all-powerful, and he is Lord.

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 And everybody else is creature, is subject, and he is the Lord,

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 and he is the God, and he is the Almighty.

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 He's the one who sets all of the frame of reference.

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 Just a very, very simple little sort of imaginary experiment.

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 I get it from the C.S. Lewis, second C.S. Lewis space fantasy fiction called Voyage to Venus.

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 And imagine that God was to show up here in some way that we could sense.

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 Obviously not in all his glory it would unmake us,

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 but imagine that God was to show up here.

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 Isn't it sort of natural for us to think that when God shows up here,

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 that up is still up, down is still down,

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 and all of the terms of reference that suit us

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 are the terms of reference by which God will appear to us.

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 But why should we think that?

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 C.S. Lewis does it very, very brilliantly in the book The Voyage of Venus,

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 is that when an angel appears,

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 one of the things which is profoundly disorienting to him,

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 and he talks about it very well in good fiction,

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 is that he gets the sense that the angel has a different vertical than the room.

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 And the angel is greater than him,

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 and so he feels like he's off balance,

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 because he knows what vertical is,

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 but the angel isn't at that same type of vertical,

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 and it feels as if the entire room is tilting.

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 And it's very, very upsetting to have your normal terms of reference

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 completely and utterly upset.

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 But isn't that a true insight about what it would be like

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 for us to meet the living God?

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 Why is it that the living God would have to fit in

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 to our terms of reference,

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 our sense of what's up and what's down,

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 our sense of space and time and distance?

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 Wouldn't he, if he really does exist,

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 and he is Lord, the God, the Almighty,

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 we would be the ones who would have a sense

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 that our frame of reference was out of whack,

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 and that somehow or another,

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 we were meeting the true frame of reference,

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 the true up, the true down,

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 and it would be very, very unsettling for us.

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 So the Bible here in this psalm is saying,

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 beware of thinking that God exists to meet our needs.

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 Now some of you might be saying,

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 George, I mean, what you're talking about is very oppressive.

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 It's really the way,

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 it's the way a lot of religion talks, George.

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 It's this sense that somehow or another

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 that God is so immense,

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 it's a crushing type of sense

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 to think of God being so completely and utterly immense,

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 and just, in a sense, almost like willy-nilly,

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 just changing our terms of reference

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 and our sense of up and our sense of down.

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 Like, George, that's a crushing type of idea,

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 not a liberating idea.

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 But here, as in all the way through this psalm,

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 the cross changes everything.

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 If you look back at verse 3,

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 notice how the song is introduced.

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 And they sing the song of Moses,

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 the servant of God,

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 and the song of the Lamb,

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 saying.

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 And so that when all the way through this song,

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 as they're singing it,

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 it's the song of the Lamb.

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 It's the song of the Lamb who was slain.

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 It's all, in a sense,

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 sung from the perspective of the cross,

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 because the cross changes everything,

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 even our understanding of God being Lord,

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 the God,

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 the Almighty.

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 Why is it that the cross particularly changes this?

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 What it is,

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 is that

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 the cross,

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 it is, in fact,

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 true that God meets our needs.

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 But the first and greatest need that he meets

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 is a need that,

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 on one hand,

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 sometimes we have a sense that it is our greatest need,

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 but a lot of times we live in denial of it.

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 But our true and greatest need

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 is to be restored to a relationship with our Creator

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 and our Sustainer

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 and the end of all things.

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 Our true and deepest need

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 is to be restored and reconciled to Lord,

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 the God,

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 the Almighty.

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 That is our true and deepest need.

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 And the story of the Lamb who was slain,

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 the story of the cross,

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 is the story of God doing what we could not do,

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 that we could not reconcile ourselves to him,

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 and that God saw that we could not

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 and could never leave ourselves to fix ourselves,

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 to reconcile ourselves to him,

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 that everything that we touch

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 would be bent,

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 at least slightly,

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 if not a lot.

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 And so God,

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 seeing our great need,

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 sends his Son to die upon the cross

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 as a pure and utter act of love

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 and mercy and grace.

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 And he makes peace.

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 He provides the means,

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 by Jesus' death upon the cross,

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 that we can have peace with God

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 by putting our faith and trust in Jesus.

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 And so the very, very heart of the Song of the Lamb

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 is that our true and deepest need,

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 deeper need than money,

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 deeper need than health,

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 deeper need than strength,

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 deeper need than power,

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 deeper need than warmth,

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 that our deepest need,

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 a need that goes on till all eternity,

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 is to be reconciled to the living God.

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 And God provides for us

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 at the point of our deepest and truest

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 and, in fact,

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 an eternal need

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 by the death of his Son upon the cross.

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 And so in light of that,

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 can't we also trust him to order

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 and deal with our true deepest needs

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 rather than our wants?

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 The cross changes everything.

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 And so it is,

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 as we're gripped by the gospel,

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 as we're gripped by the sense

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 of what it is that Jesus accomplishes for us

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 on the cross,

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 that we're freed up

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 to understand that God is Lord,

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 the God, the Almighty,

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 in a way that does not crush us,

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 that does not completely obliterate us.

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 So what's the significance of the doctrine?

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 The significance of the doctrine

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 is that it invites us to adore God.

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 As we're gripped by the gospel,

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 we understand,

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 as we're gripped by what Jesus does

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 for us on the cross,

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 we're invited to understand

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 that we were made to adore God.

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 And we are invited to ask God

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 to teach us and help us to adore him.

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 Andrew, if you could put up the prayer.

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 It's this,

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 that we can pray,

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 Dear God, in light of the gospel,

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 please help me to learn to adore you

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 day by day.

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 Dear God, in light of the gospel,

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 please help me to learn to adore you

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 day by day.

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 You see, religion,

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 spirituality wants to tell us

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 that we don't have to think about confession.

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 And religion wants us to think

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 that it's as if the most important part of prayer

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 is saying we're sorry to God

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 over and over and over and over again.

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 But the deep teaching of the scripture

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 is that we were made to adore God,

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 to enjoy him forever.

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 And that, in fact,

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 in the classic understanding

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 of the five moments of prayer,

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 adoration, confession,

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 thanksgiving, intercession, and petition,

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 that the confession part of the prayer

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 should really be the shortest.

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 That we should ask the Holy Spirit

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 to convict us of those particular sins

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 which most have a grip on us

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 and that we're most ashamed of

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 and that we're afraid to bring to the light.

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 But that the heart of our prayer

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 should be to ask God

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 to grow in our ability to adore him,

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 to praise him for who he is

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 in and of himself.

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 That we should grow in thanksgiving

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 and thanking God

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 for what it is that he has done for us.

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 So what is it

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 that this great hymn of praise,

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 great and amazing are your deeds,

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 Lord, the God, the Almighty,

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 just and true are your ways,

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 O King of the nations.

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 Who shall not fear

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 and glorify your name?

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 For you alone are holy,

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 for all the nations will come

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 and worship you,

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 for your righteous acts

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 have been revealed.

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 It's an invitation for us

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 to understand what Jesus

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 has done for us on the cross,

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 to understand that God

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 does not exist to meet our needs

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 because he is Lord,

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 but he meets our deepest need.

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 And if he knows

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 and meets our deepest needs,

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 he is Lord.

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 Can he not meet our other needs?

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 And the invitation is to adore.

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 Now some of you might say,

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 George, I remember,

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 I've been looking around

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 at the section,

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 you know, it's very helpful,

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 George, you said,

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 let's have the Bible open

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 and you've been talking

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 and I've been listening,

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 I've been looking at the Bible

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 and I also remember

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 what Nora said,

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 but George,

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 you're sort of dodging

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 over the biggie, right?

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 I think a week or two ago,

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 didn't you talk about

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 when there's an elephant

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 in the room,

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 you should talk about the elephant?

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 But George,

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 you know, look at that,

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 look how it begins.

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 It's all about wrath

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 and anger.

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 Like, George,

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 that Revelation 15,

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 it shows part of the problem

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 that I have

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 with the Christian understanding

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 of God,

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 that the Christian God

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 seems to be an angry God

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 and he's always angry.

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 George,

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 don't you think

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 it's better to understand

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 that God is beyond

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 good and evil?

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 I mean,

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 I've had many,

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 I've talked to many,

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 many people in coffee shops

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 and in other places

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 who will tell me

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 that they have a problem

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 with the Christian God

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 because he's judgmental

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 and angry

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 and the God that they worship

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 is a God beyond

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 good and evil

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 and so this text

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 doesn't sort of invite us

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 to understand

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 that God is beyond

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 good and evil.

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 Well, let's look at it.

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 Before we do,

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 Andrew,

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 could you put the hymn up

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 and let's say it together again?

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 I've been saying it myself

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 and it's actually,

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 I get confused

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 when I try to read it

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 because I've memorized it.

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 So why don't you say it out loud?

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 I'll start it,

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 you say it

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 and I won't confuse you.

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 Great and amazing.

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 That's the hymn.

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 Now if you have your Bibles,

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 it does talk about wrath.

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 It does talk about wrath.

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 Look at verse one.

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 Then I saw another sign in heaven,

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 great and amazing,

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 seven angels with seven plagues

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 which are the last.

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 For with them,

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 the wrath of God is finished.

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 And look towards the end

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 in verse seven.

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 And one of the four living creatures

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 gave to the seven angels

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 seven golden bowls

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 full of the wrath of God

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 who lives forever and ever.

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 A person who's connected to the parish.

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 By the way,

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 you know,

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 I mention movies and TV shows.

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 I have to be a little bit careful.

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 Because I mention it

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 doesn't mean that I'm saying

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 you should go out and watch it, okay?

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 Some of you might have,

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 I know there was one.

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 I remember once

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 I mentioned something

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 about Children of Men,

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 the movie The Children of Men.

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 And I had a person say

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 that after a few minutes

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 of watching it,

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 they had to turn it off.

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 They can't imagine

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 the way I would ever watch such movies.

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 But some of you have heard me.

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 I've used The Walking Dead

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 occasionally as a sermon illustration

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 in the book of Revelation.

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 And in fact,

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 I think there's a lot

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 of sermon illustrations

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 from the TV series

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 The Walking Dead.

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 And I'm going to say this,

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 but I'm not encouraging you

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 to watch it, okay?

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 But The Walking Dead

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 is about zombies

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 and the end of the world

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 or near the end of the world.

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 And so somebody from the parish,

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 they decided to try watching

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 some of The Walking Dead.

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 And after about five minutes,

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 they turned it off

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 because it was pretty gruesome

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 and unsettling.

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 And so they told me about it.

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 And I said,

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 well, you know,

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.980
 in some ways,

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:56.259
 the first five or ten minutes

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 of The Walking Dead,

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 the first series,

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 it's in some ways

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 the worst part of the whole series.

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 And if you get over it,

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 you know,

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 maybe you'll end up liking it.

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 Maybe you won't.

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 That's fine.

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 And so they decided

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 to try it,

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 to watch a whole episode,

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 just to see if it wasn't

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 quite as bad

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 after the first ten minutes.

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 And then this is

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 what the person told me.

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 They said,

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 you know,

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:19.339
 at first it's really unsettling,

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 but then they realized

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 that the zombies aren't evil.

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 They're just like animals

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 trying to eat us.

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 But they're not evil.

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 They're just like animals.

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 And then they were able

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 to watch it.

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 In fact,

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 it started to become

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 a bit gripping

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 trying to imagine

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 what it would be like

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 to live in a post-apocalyptic world.

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 Now, here's my point.

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 And I'm not trying to say

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 that people who are telling me

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 that they worship

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 a god beyond good and evil

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 are in a sense

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 worshiping zombies.

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 But notice the movement

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 that you watch it.

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 It's profoundly unsettling

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 because you think

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:03.179
 the zombies are evil.

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 But then you realize

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 that they're not evil.

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 They're just like animals.

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 Not good or evil.

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 And then you can watch it.

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 The Bible,

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 this,

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 remember the great hymn here

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 is,

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 Great and amazing

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 are your deeds.

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 Lord,

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 the God,

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 the Almighty,

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 just and true

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 are your ways,

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 O King of the nations.

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 Who shall not fear

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 and glorify your name?

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 For you alone are holy.

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 For all the nations

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 will come and worship you.

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 For your righteous acts

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 have been revealed.

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 Notice in there,

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 what's this fundamental claim

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 about the living God?

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 It's going to be

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 very,

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 very important

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 for us to be able

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 to ask ourselves

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 whether we can sing

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 this hymn

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 and affirm this hymn

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 as we're reading

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 chapters 16,

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 17,

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 18,

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 19,

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 20,

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.680
 21,

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.299
 and 22

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.279
 of the book of Revelation.

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:08.000
 And it's that last part

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.700
 of verse 3.

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.359
 Just and true

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.960
 are your ways,

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.559
 O King of the nations.

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.639
 And the very,

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.659
 very last one,

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:19.319
 for your righteous acts

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:20.619
 have been revealed.

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:23.039
 Here's what the scripture text

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.700
 is affirming.

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.899
 The second point,

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:27.119
 the true and living God

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:28.399
 is only good

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:29.640
 and fair

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.540
 and just.

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:33.360
 The true and living God

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:34.580
 is only good

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:35.460
 and fair

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.400
 and just.

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:38.860
 The problem we have

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:40.300
 with Roth language

00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:41.460
 is that we

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.340
 easily

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:43.420
 see

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.720
 angry people

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.320
 that we know.

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:47.560
 We immediately think

00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:48.259
 when we see

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.980
 the passage

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.340
 about God's Roth,

00:27:50.780 --> 00:27:51.780
 we easily think

00:27:51.780 --> 00:27:52.980
 of road rage.

00:27:53.560 --> 00:27:54.600
 We think of

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:56.240
 something that we see

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.400
 where a person

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.340
 becomes completely

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.740
 and utterly

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.419
 anger driven.

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.159
 Maybe we have

00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:01.399
 a father or a mother

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:02.980
 where we had an aunt

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.500
 or an uncle

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.359
 or a grandparent

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:05.720
 who would lose it

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:08.099
 and when they went angry

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.839
 it was as if

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:10.059
 a switch went off

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.559
 and they just

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.699
 completely and utterly

00:28:11.699 --> 00:28:12.299
 lost it.

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.319
 Their anger becomes

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.959
 in a sense uncontrolled

00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:15.859
 and it becomes

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.819
 completely and utterly

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.419
 irrational.

00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:18.480
 I don't want to get

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.019
 into a debate

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.720
 about spanking

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.779
 but I've had people

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.559
 tell me that one of the

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.059
 reasons they don't

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.939
 spank their children

00:28:22.939 --> 00:28:24.000
 is that they have

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.579
 a fear that if they

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.399
 allow themselves

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.120
 to do something

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.400
 like that

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.420
 they won't stop

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:30.100
 because they have

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:31.380
 a sense of the

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.200
 amount of anger

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.060
 within them

00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:34.120
 that once they

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:35.120
 let that out

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:36.380
 even a tiny little bit

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.380
 that anger will just

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.200
 go and go

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.700
 and go

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.160
 and go

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.600
 and go

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:40.740
 and so for many

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.160
 of us

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:42.259
 we understand

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.000
 how easily

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.960
 anger is connected

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.580
 to hatred

00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:45.600
 and how easily

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:46.200
 that anger

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:47.360
 is connected

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:48.240
 to losing it

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.380
 and how easily

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:50.660
 anger is completely

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.280
 and utterly

00:28:51.280 --> 00:28:51.920
 separate

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:54.060
 from any type

00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:54.460
 of right

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.120
 or wrong

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:56.460
 I'm not making

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.920
 this up

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:58.340
 just before Christmas

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:59.300
 I got hit

00:28:59.300 --> 00:29:00.600
 I was driving

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.320
 very slowly

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:02.080
 down my street

00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:02.759
 and I got hit

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.440
 by a car

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.100
 a car

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:05.140
 one of my neighbors

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:05.720
 backed out

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:07.000
 of her driveway

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.120
 and she banged

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.800
 into my car

00:29:08.800 --> 00:29:11.140
 and

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:13.300
 I was angry

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:15.240
 but she was angry

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.680
 at me

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.320
 she thought it was

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.940
 my fault

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.779
 that I was driving

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.360
 on the road

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:19.019
 and that she

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.960
 backed into me

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:23.600
 well I wasn't laughing

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:27.240
 but

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.079
 and you see

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:29.059
 we're so familiar

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.860
 with this idea

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.559
 that anger

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.620
 is completely

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.140
 and utterly

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.660
 separate

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.160
 from right

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.559
 and wrong

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.100
 and that's

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.480
 in a sense

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.880
 where our

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.440
 imagination

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.680
 immediately goes

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:38.220
 but what is it

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.640
 that the hymn

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.019
 says

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:42.000
 great and amazing

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:43.000
 are your deeds

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.480
 Lord

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.039
 the God

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.640
 the Almighty

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.700
 just and true

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.640
 are your ways

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.180
 O King

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.799
 of the nations

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:49.259
 who shall not fear

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.980
 and glorify

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.700
 your name

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:52.079
 for you alone

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.779
 are holy

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.900
 for all the nations

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.440
 will come

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.140
 and worship you

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:56.259
 for your righteous

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.879
 acts

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:58.059
 have been revealed

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:59.460
 the fact of the matter

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.799
 is

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.720
 is that there

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.640
 is a proper

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.619
 for us to have

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.480
 a complete

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.619
 and utter indifference

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.539
 to injustice

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.579
 is not a sign

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.379
 that we've matured

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:08.099
 as human beings

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.940
 for us to have

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.519
 a complete

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.960
 and utter indifference

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:12.359
 to horrible evil

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.440
 is not a sign

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.480
 that we have become

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.220
 more mature

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.559
 as human beings

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.779
 and the fact of the matter

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.940
 is that what the Bible

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.920
 presents of God

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.900
 is he is Lord

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.900
 he is the God

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:23.420
 he is the Almighty

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.900
 and it means

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.880
 that his goodness

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.900
 is always good

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.640
 that his truth

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.720
 is always true

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.420
 that his justice

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.580
 is always just

00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:31.200
 his mercy

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.380
 is always merciful

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:34.539
 that nothing can stop

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.640
 God from being good

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.920
 nothing can cause him

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:38.880
 to lose it

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:40.120
 nothing can cause him

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.640
 to turn

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:43.900
 from a correct perception

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:45.000
 that something is evil

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:46.380
 to moving into hatred

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.799
 that nothing can stop

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:49.079
 God from being loved

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:50.279
 and being good

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.399
 and being true

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:52.599
 and being just

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:54.000
 he never loses it

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.740
 he's never anger driven

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:59.019
 he's always the same

00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:01.680
 and in fact

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:03.200
 I think that for many people

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:05.180
 remember I said to you once

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:07.559
 that whenever somebody

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.279
 says they're an atheist

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.419
 we should ask them

00:31:09.419 --> 00:31:10.419
 what is the God

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:11.480
 that you don't believe in

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.819
 because maybe after

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.519
 they've explained

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.220
 what the God is

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.039
 that they don't believe in

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.819
 we agree with them

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.940
 and we don't believe

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.740
 in that God either

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:19.779
 I think for many people

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.359
 when they say

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:21.960
 that they worship a God

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.680
 beyond good and evil

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.879
 they don't really mean it

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:25.539
 what they're actually

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.700
 trying to articulate

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:28.099
 is the Christian God

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:29.720
 not a God

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.460
 who's indifferent

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.460
 to right and wrong

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.879
 but a God

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:34.700
 who never is anger driven

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:36.059
 who never loses it

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:37.480
 who's always himself

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.420
 because he's Lord

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.899
 the God

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.460
 the Almighty

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.960
 who's always loved

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:42.240
 and never stops being loved

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.379
 but who's always good

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:44.640
 and never stops being good

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.700
 who's always true

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.880
 and never stops being true

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:48.700
 nothing can bang him away

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:50.000
 from being true and just

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:51.200
 and that ultimately

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:52.560
 without realizing it

00:31:52.560 --> 00:31:53.380
 what they're actually

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.160
 articulating

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.560
 is a longing and yearning

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:56.600
 for the God

00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:58.040
 who's described in the Bible

00:31:58.040 --> 00:32:00.700
 it's a very hard sell

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.820
 to convince of that

00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:03.600
 but that's you see

00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:05.380
 the glory of this hymn

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:07.080
 great and amazing

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:08.060
 are your deeds

00:32:08.060 --> 00:32:09.060
 Lord the God

00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:09.680
 the Almighty

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.860
 just and true

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.840
 are your ways

00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:12.980
 O King of the nations

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:14.799
 who shall not fear

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:16.299
 and glorify your name

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.920
 for you alone are holy

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:19.279
 for all the nations

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.500
 will come and worship you

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:22.299
 for your righteous acts

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.400
 have been revealed

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:25.099
 this beautiful hymn

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:26.460
 that captures

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.099
 and holds

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:28.500
 all of these things together

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:30.220
 and once again

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.559
 once again

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.539
 the cross

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:34.120
 changes everything

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:35.620
 that's how we're to understand

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.720
 the wrath of God

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:38.059
 in this particular case

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:40.799
 I've used this analogy before

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:42.880
 it's a very very good analogy

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.920
 but if all of a sudden

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:45.460
 God was to show up

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.080
 in this room

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:46.860
 and I was to be

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.660
 completely and utterly

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:48.940
 frozen in this particular

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.960
 moment right here

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.020
 and then all of you

00:32:51.020 --> 00:32:51.900
 are given an ability

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:53.100
 to understand things

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:54.300
 the way angels understand

00:32:54.300 --> 00:32:55.740
 and all of a sudden

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.680
 on that screen

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.900
 you see everything

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.680
 that's gone on

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.460
 in my mind

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.220
 in my life

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.940
 from the moment

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.820
 of my conception

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.300
 to now

00:33:02.300 --> 00:33:03.640
 and just from

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.600
 the moment of my conception

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.040
 to now

00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:05.960
 and you hear

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:07.200
 and you see

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:08.299
 articulated

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.279
 and envisioned

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:10.200
 the grudges

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.240
 that I've held on to

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:13.160
 how I think about people

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:14.319
 maybe how I've thought

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.799
 about you

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.519
 maybe a time

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.319
 that I've been angry

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.840
 at you

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:18.500
 and you were to see

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.579
 that go on

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.000
 and on

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.380
 and on

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:21.279
 flat

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:24.140
 screen after screen

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.920
 after screen

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.700
 after screen

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.259
 and you are like

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.680
 an angel

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.380
 and you can take

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:28.200
 a whole lifetime

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:29.319
 over 50 years

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.160
 of me doing this

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:31.200
 every week

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.799
 every month

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.380
 every day

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:33.640
 every single thing

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.720
 and it goes on

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.100
 and on

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.440
 and on

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:35.940
 and as it goes

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.740
 on and on

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.060
 and on

00:33:37.060 --> 00:33:37.759
 if you are not

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.100
 numbed

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.480
 you will be

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.820
 increasingly horrified

00:33:39.820 --> 00:33:40.460
 at George

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.880
 you will go

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.360
 from saying

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:42.840
 how on earth

00:33:42.840 --> 00:33:43.420
 could George

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.040
 be up there

00:33:44.040 --> 00:33:44.640
 as a pastor

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.060
 to saying

00:33:45.060 --> 00:33:45.620
 how on earth

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:46.380
 could George

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.820
 be married

00:33:46.820 --> 00:33:47.500
 to how on earth

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.000
 could George

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.740
 ever stand

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.520
 and look a single

00:33:49.520 --> 00:33:50.180
 one of you

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:51.160
 in the eyes

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:53.440
 and you

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:54.280
 would be

00:33:54.280 --> 00:33:55.980
 angry at me

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:57.540
 and you would

00:33:57.540 --> 00:33:57.820
 think

00:33:57.820 --> 00:33:58.820
 George has gotten

00:33:58.820 --> 00:33:59.340
 away with

00:33:59.340 --> 00:34:00.640
 far too much

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:03.240
 and you are

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.839
 imperfect

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.539
 not perfect

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.180
 like God

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:07.480
 and the wonder

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.280
 of the cross

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.780
 is

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:11.360
 that after

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.159
 all of that

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.679
 is revealed

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.579
 on the screen

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:15.679
 Jesus comes

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.579
 and taps me

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.300
 on the shoulder

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:18.260
 I just want

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:18.679
 there is no

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.780
 crack too small

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.519
 in this place

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:22.480
 that I would

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.219
 wish I couldn't

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.699
 be in

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.960
 because such

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.780
 a revelation

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.980
 would unmake

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.300
 me

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.739
 and would

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.800
 unmake you

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:31.760
 and the message

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:32.400
 of the gospel

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.099
 is that God

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.679
 comes up

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.339
 Jesus comes

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:34.519
 up

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.000
 he taps

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.279
 me in

00:34:35.279 --> 00:34:35.759
 the shoulders

00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:36.279
 and say

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.699
 George

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:38.639
 I'll take

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.319
 all of that

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:40.179
 on myself

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.839
 for you

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:44.860
 and all

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.599
 of the wrath

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.759
 and anger

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:47.880
 and disappointment

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:49.119
 and demand

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.779
 for justice

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.339
 that you in

00:34:50.339 --> 00:34:50.639
 the room

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.219
 would feel

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:53.199
 Jesus says

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:54.059
 I will bear

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.500
 that

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.880
 on my

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.440
 shoulders

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:58.219
 and in

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:59.039
 my person

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.839
 because it

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.719
 will unmake

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.559
 you George

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.159
 and I

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.539
 love

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:02.840
 you

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:07.079
 and that's

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.500
 what Jesus

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.179
 does for us

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.900
 on the cross

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:14.159
 God is both

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:15.139
 just and true

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:17.199
 but his profound

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:18.840
 righteous act

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:20.579
 the profound

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.400
 revelation

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.199
 of the glory

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.980
 of God

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.920
 read John's

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.360
 gospel

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:25.400
 the profound

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:27.579
 highest revelation

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.699
 of the glory

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.299
 of God

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:29.919
 is the death

00:35:29.919 --> 00:35:30.379
 of Jesus

00:35:30.379 --> 00:35:31.379
 upon the cross

00:35:31.379 --> 00:35:35.279
 our wrath

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:36.439
 on him

00:35:36.439 --> 00:35:38.500
 in my

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.199
 place

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:40.239
 condemned

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:41.859
 he stood

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:44.340
 here's the

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:45.059
 doctrine

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:47.320
 of God

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:47.900
 being just

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.200
 and true

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:48.740
 here's what

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.340
 it invites us

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.720
 to do

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:51.940
 in light

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.519
 of the gospel

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.000
 as we're

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.680
 gripped by the

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:54.120
 gospel

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:55.460
 we understand

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.960
 the need

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.559
 for Jesus

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.160
 to form

00:35:57.160 --> 00:35:57.920
 our conscience

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.800
 and how we

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.680
 live our lives

00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:01.700
 dear God

00:36:01.700 --> 00:36:02.380
 in light

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.120
 of the gospel

00:36:03.120 --> 00:36:04.579
 please guide

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.420
 my conscience

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.660
 and my walk

00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:08.900
 dear God

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.400
 in light

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.099
 of the gospel

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:11.219
 please guide

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:12.199
 my conscience

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:13.460
 and my walk

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:17.380
 some of you

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:19.519
 we move to the next

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.279
 point to the sound

00:36:20.279 --> 00:36:21.099
 of crying children

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:23.679
 some of you

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.440
 might be saying

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:26.579
 George I'm really

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:28.420
 and I just

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:29.079
 I'm going to have to

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:30.059
 just do three points

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:31.059
 not the four points

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.880
 and I'll have to do

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.719
 this last one

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.440
 a little bit quickly

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:36.219
 George

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.920
 you know I'm really

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.920
 worried when people

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.779
 get this sense

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:39.279
 of God

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:40.400
 forming their conscience

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.000
 and God

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.780
 forming how they

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.400
 walk and live

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.960
 their lives

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.519
 in this sense

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.200
 that God

00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:44.920
 is just

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.580
 and true

00:36:45.580 --> 00:36:46.600
 and righteous

00:36:46.600 --> 00:36:48.019
 George I'm really

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.920
 concerned because

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.860
 it's really easy

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:51.060
 to go very quickly

00:36:51.060 --> 00:36:51.620
 from that

00:36:51.620 --> 00:36:52.240
 to believing

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:53.440
 that God

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.000
 is somehow

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:55.060
 on our side

00:36:55.060 --> 00:36:56.420
 he's with our tribe

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:58.240
 like look at Putin

00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:59.540
 in Russia

00:36:59.540 --> 00:37:00.240
 and look at how

00:37:00.240 --> 00:37:01.400
 the orthodox church

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.200
 it's almost like

00:37:02.200 --> 00:37:03.140
 the orthodox church

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:04.360
 is his lap dog

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:06.340
 encouraging him

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:07.600
 to do these bad things

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.480
 George

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.400
 think of how

00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:10.119
 it's been often

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:11.159
 in the United States

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:12.000
 hasn't often

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:13.279
 the evangelical church

00:37:13.279 --> 00:37:14.639
 appeared to be a lap dog

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.799
 to the U.S. military

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:17.239
 like George

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.199
 isn't it really easy

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:19.279
 from going to thinking

00:37:19.279 --> 00:37:20.679
 that things are just

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.259
 and true

00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:22.199
 like this

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:23.219
 to somehow or another

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:24.719
 that he's our God

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:25.799
 and George

00:37:25.799 --> 00:37:26.480
 that's why

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.440
 it's not like so much

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:27.759
 George

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.420
 that I want to get rid

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:28.860
 of the idea

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.759
 that God is good

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.960
 but isn't it better

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.639
 to understand

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.980
 that God is everywhere

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:35.019
 like isn't that

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.940
 sort of a protection

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.639
 against that

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.440
 to think that God

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.260
 is everywhere

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:40.099
 that he's in everything

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:41.780
 that he is everything

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:43.000
 doesn't that help

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:44.119
 to try to protect us

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.679
 from this type

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.639
 of parochialism

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:45.820
 that

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:48.679
 and tribal animosity

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.699
 that comes along

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:50.900
 with the goodness

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:51.559
 of God

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.639
 to think of God

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:53.599
 as being everywhere

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:54.519
 in everything

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:56.139
 that he is everything

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:59.740
 now part of it is

00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:00.980
 that when people

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.659
 say that to me

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.579
 I don't always know

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.480
 how a gentle way

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.960
 to say it

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:06.000
 but what they're expressing

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:07.659
 is a human problem

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:08.539
 that in fact

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:10.719
 cultures that have

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.639
 believed that God

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.159
 is everywhere

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.879
 and in everything

00:38:12.879 --> 00:38:14.500
 aren't necessarily

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.139
 characterized

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:16.519
 by having no armies

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.420
 and living in peace

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.940
 with people

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:19.500
 and never doing

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:20.819
 any acts of violence

00:38:20.819 --> 00:38:22.559
 that what they are

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.659
 capturing in fact

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:25.379
 is a human problem

00:38:25.379 --> 00:38:26.920
 it's not

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:28.819
 a Christian problem

00:38:28.819 --> 00:38:30.099
 it's a human problem

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:32.279
 and it's a human problem

00:38:32.279 --> 00:38:33.400
 that's profoundly

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:34.980
 addressed in this hymn

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:36.000
 Andrew if you could

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.920
 put the hymn up again

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:38.000
 and I'll start it

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.880
 and you folks say it

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.719
 so I don't mess up

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.239
 my memory

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:41.039
 from what the word

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.960
 I don't mess you up

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.880
 by using my memory

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.779
 with what the words are

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.920
 because I can't see the screen

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:46.659
 say it with great

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.440
 and amazing

00:38:47.440 --> 00:39:08.099
 notice

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:10.059
 notice

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.860
 all the way

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.559
 through this song

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:13.320
 if you leave it up

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:14.740
 notice something

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:15.920
 very very interesting

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:17.420
 great and amazing

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:19.519
 are your deeds

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:20.680
 oh Lord God

00:39:20.680 --> 00:39:21.139
 the almighty

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.900
 just and true

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:23.940
 are your ways

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:25.599
 oh king of the nations

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.820
 who will not fear

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.200
 oh Lord

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:28.000
 and glorify

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:29.619
 your name

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:31.460
 you alone

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.180
 are holy

00:39:32.180 --> 00:39:33.340
 all nations

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:33.800
 will come

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:34.340
 and worship

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:35.119
 you

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:36.880
 for your righteous

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.599
 acts

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:39.039
 have been revealed

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:41.579
 here's the thing

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.059
 if you

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:43.380
 could just put it up

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:44.460
 Andrew

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:46.000
 the true and living God

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:47.320
 is a who

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:48.720
 not a what

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:50.160
 and he

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:52.019
 is the high creator

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:53.680
 and intimate sustainer

00:39:53.680 --> 00:39:55.619
 the true and living God

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.420
 is a who

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:57.460
 not a what

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:59.860
 and he is the high creator

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:01.860
 and intimate sustainer

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:04.500
 you see

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.800
 why is it that we think

00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:07.500
 when it comes to God

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.559
 that being an it

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.180
 or a what

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:09.820
 is higher

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:12.300
 if

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:14.180
 if a

00:40:14.180 --> 00:40:15.920
 if a young

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:17.420
 young woman

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:18.960
 is dating a fellow

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:20.980
 and she starts to think

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:22.280
 that he's treating her

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:23.019
 like an it

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:24.079
 like a thing

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:25.460
 like a what

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:27.360
 does that make the young woman

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.420
 love the fellow more

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:31.280
 does that make the young woman

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:31.800
 say oh

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:33.380
 I just want to get so close

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:33.980
 to Bobby

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:35.940
 he treats me like a thing

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:37.820
 he treats me like an it

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:39.639
 he treats me like a what

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:42.539
 like that doesn't inspire love

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.260
 it never makes

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:44.460
 any young woman

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:45.400
 want to grow closer

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:46.539
 to a young man

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:48.340
 to be treated like a thing

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:50.539
 doesn't work in marriage either

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:53.320
 if Louise starts to think

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:54.119
 that I'm treating her

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.980
 like a dishwasher

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:56.280
 it does not create

00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:57.659
 intimacy and romance

00:40:57.659 --> 00:41:02.259
 it creates

00:41:02.259 --> 00:41:04.319
 a confrontation

00:41:04.319 --> 00:41:05.819
 designed

00:41:05.819 --> 00:41:07.420
 to help us reconnect

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:11.539
 which it should

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:14.099
 guys

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.779
 remember

00:41:14.779 --> 00:41:15.799
 often when women

00:41:15.799 --> 00:41:16.539
 confront

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:18.119
 it's because they want

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.960
 to reconnect

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.739
 okay

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:20.619
 there's a free

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:22.500
 relationship lesson

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:23.440
 for you

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:24.480
 right there

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:26.019
 women usually

00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:26.879
 confront

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:28.000
 to reconnect

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:30.360
 us guys can sometimes

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:31.340
 just blow our top

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:31.760
 okay

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:33.079
 forgetting about reconnecting

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.539
 but we have to

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:33.880
 anyway

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:35.079
 so here's the thing

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:37.039
 it's rarely in relationships

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:38.539
 viewed as a better thing

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:39.940
 to be viewed as a what

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.519
 and it

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.140
 a thing

00:41:41.140 --> 00:41:42.700
 but why is it then

00:41:42.700 --> 00:41:43.680
 that we think that somehow

00:41:43.680 --> 00:41:44.599
 a God

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:45.460
 who's a what

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:45.900
 and it

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:46.619
 or a thing

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:47.619
 is somehow

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:48.320
 higher

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:52.700
 great and amazing

00:41:52.700 --> 00:41:54.180
 are your deeds

00:41:54.180 --> 00:41:54.980
 Lord

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.840
 the God

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:56.500
 the Almighty

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:57.620
 just and true

00:41:57.620 --> 00:41:59.160
 are your ways

00:41:59.160 --> 00:42:00.440
 O King of the nations

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:02.539
 who shall not fear

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.500
 and glorify

00:42:03.500 --> 00:42:04.460
 your name

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:06.420
 for you alone

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:07.140
 are holy

00:42:07.140 --> 00:42:09.059
 for all the nations

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:09.760
 will come

00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:10.820
 and worship you

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:12.100
 for your

00:42:12.100 --> 00:42:13.480
 righteous acts

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:14.559
 have been revealed

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:17.000
 God

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:18.279
 is revealed

00:42:18.279 --> 00:42:19.699
 as a person

00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:21.460
 he is revealed

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:22.380
 as a who

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:23.880
 not as a what

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.699
 or an it

00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:26.880
 but at the same time

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:28.000
 he is

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:29.719
 he is

00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:30.900
 completely and utterly

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:32.199
 separate from us

00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:33.139
 which means that he's

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:34.719
 the transcendent creator

00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:36.519
 that that's what this is

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:37.699
 trying to capture for us

00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:38.860
 that God is completely

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:39.259
 and utterly

00:42:39.259 --> 00:42:40.500
 separate from us

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:41.599
 and completely and utterly

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:42.779
 different from us

00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:44.320
 and that's why we can have

00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:45.580
 a relationship with him

00:42:45.580 --> 00:42:47.100
 because he's not us

00:42:47.100 --> 00:42:49.260
 I don't have a relationship

00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:50.860
 with my image in the mirror

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:53.160
 like that's sad

00:42:53.160 --> 00:42:58.240
 God is different

00:42:58.240 --> 00:43:00.200
 and yet at the same time

00:43:00.200 --> 00:43:01.360
 the teaching of the doctrine

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:01.840
 when it's

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.760
 when the scriptures

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.519
 are saying that

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:05.060
 that he is the Lord

00:43:05.060 --> 00:43:05.540
 the God

00:43:05.540 --> 00:43:06.019
 the Almighty

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:07.340
 it's saying that he is

00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:08.760
 the creator of all things

00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:10.700
 and he sustains all things

00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:11.300
 in a sense

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:12.380
 he means that

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:13.420
 that God is

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:15.019
 is not only closer to us

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.480
 than we think

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:16.660
 that he's closer to us

00:43:16.660 --> 00:43:18.019
 than we are to ourselves

00:43:18.019 --> 00:43:19.120
 because we are bent

00:43:19.120 --> 00:43:19.700
 and broken

00:43:19.700 --> 00:43:20.760
 and separate

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:22.300
 and and not in perfect

00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:23.660
 relationship with ourselves

00:43:23.660 --> 00:43:25.700
 that as as as many Christians

00:43:25.700 --> 00:43:26.720
 have said over the years

00:43:26.720 --> 00:43:27.140
 in a sense

00:43:27.140 --> 00:43:28.780
 God is closer to I am

00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:29.620
 than my breath

00:43:29.620 --> 00:43:30.640
 is to me

00:43:30.640 --> 00:43:31.660
 that's how close

00:43:31.660 --> 00:43:32.780
 God is to me

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:34.320
 as the intimate

00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:36.500
 sustainer of all things

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:38.100
 and once again

00:43:38.100 --> 00:43:38.700
 the cross

00:43:38.700 --> 00:43:39.519
 changes

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:40.519
 everything

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:42.579
 because on the cross

00:43:42.579 --> 00:43:44.280
 Jesus does not die

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:45.300
 for humanity

00:43:45.300 --> 00:43:47.280
 he doesn't die

00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:48.300
 for white people

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:49.199
 or black people

00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:49.860
 he doesn't die

00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:50.800
 for old people

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:51.719
 or young people

00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:52.320
 he doesn't die

00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:53.300
 for rich people

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:54.579
 or poor people

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:55.739
 he dies

00:43:55.739 --> 00:43:56.380
 for me

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:58.300
 he dies

00:43:58.300 --> 00:43:58.960
 for you

00:43:58.960 --> 00:44:01.039
 he dies

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:01.900
 for you

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.420
 and me

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:03.139
 as if you

00:44:03.139 --> 00:44:03.679
 or I

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:04.599
 are the only

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:05.320
 person

00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:06.400
 who exists

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:08.639
 he does not die

00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:09.220
 for me

00:44:09.220 --> 00:44:09.800
 or you

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:11.220
 as an abstraction

00:44:11.220 --> 00:44:12.800
 that earlier

00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:13.740
 analogy I gave

00:44:13.740 --> 00:44:14.300
 as if God

00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:15.039
 was to do that

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:16.099
 and put everything

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:16.639
 down there

00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:17.860
 that's what

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:18.639
 he dies for

00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:19.059
 for me

00:44:19.059 --> 00:44:19.800
 and he does it

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:20.780
 for you as well

00:44:20.780 --> 00:44:22.420
 he dies

00:44:22.420 --> 00:44:23.880
 knowing my name

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:24.639
 and knowing

00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:25.519
 your name

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:29.320
 he dies

00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:30.119
 for you

00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:31.000
 he dies

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.380
 for me

00:44:31.380 --> 00:44:31.920
 he takes

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.700
 my place

00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:33.519
 he takes

00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:34.799
 your place

00:44:34.799 --> 00:44:36.379
 as an act

00:44:36.379 --> 00:44:37.399
 of intimate

00:44:37.399 --> 00:44:38.799
 substitution

00:44:38.799 --> 00:44:40.379
 for the real

00:44:40.379 --> 00:44:40.759
 you

00:44:40.759 --> 00:44:41.679
 not the imaginary

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:42.039
 you

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:43.179
 but the real

00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:44.000
 you

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:45.739
 and that's why

00:44:45.739 --> 00:44:46.519
 this doctrine

00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:47.799
 invites us

00:44:47.799 --> 00:44:48.460
 as we're gripped

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:49.199
 by the gospel

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:49.819
 to say

00:44:49.819 --> 00:44:50.480
 dear God

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:51.619
 in light of the gospel

00:44:51.619 --> 00:44:53.099
 please help me

00:44:53.099 --> 00:44:53.779
 to not only

00:44:53.779 --> 00:44:54.899
 know about you

00:44:54.899 --> 00:44:56.679
 but also know you

00:44:56.679 --> 00:44:57.859
 if you could put it up

00:44:57.859 --> 00:44:59.119
 dear God

00:44:59.119 --> 00:45:00.819
 in light of the gospel

00:45:00.819 --> 00:45:01.679
 please help me

00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:03.099
 not only to not only

00:45:03.099 --> 00:45:04.460
 know about you

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:05.759
 but also

00:45:05.759 --> 00:45:07.359
 know you

00:45:07.359 --> 00:45:08.679
 let's stand

00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:22.399
 we not only accept

00:45:22.399 --> 00:45:22.859
 the gospel

00:45:22.859 --> 00:45:23.460
 but we're gripped

00:45:23.460 --> 00:45:24.259
 by the gospel

00:45:24.259 --> 00:45:25.519
 the gospel

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.159
 is a story

00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:26.859
 of grace

00:45:26.859 --> 00:45:28.000
 it's about what

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:28.619
 God does

00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:29.779
 unmerited for us

00:45:29.779 --> 00:45:30.579
 with his son's

00:45:30.579 --> 00:45:31.639
 death upon the cross

00:45:31.639 --> 00:45:34.179
 and it is

00:45:34.179 --> 00:45:35.480
 something unmerited

00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:36.099
 that he does

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.000
 for us on the cross

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:38.239
 that as we enter

00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:38.960
 into the gospel

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.659
 as it enters

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:40.339
 into us

00:45:40.339 --> 00:45:41.460
 as we're gripped

00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:42.139
 by it

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:43.719
 it creates

00:45:43.719 --> 00:45:44.619
 an opportunity

00:45:44.619 --> 00:45:45.400
 for us to be

00:45:45.400 --> 00:45:46.500
 pushed and pulled

00:45:46.500 --> 00:45:47.059
 and shaped

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:47.599
 and drawn

00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:48.699
 towards adoration

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:50.000
 to be pushed

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:50.519
 and pulled

00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:51.099
 and drawn

00:45:51.099 --> 00:45:52.179
 to allowing God

00:45:52.179 --> 00:45:53.400
 to shape our conscience

00:45:53.400 --> 00:45:54.679
 and how we live our lives

00:45:54.679 --> 00:45:55.719
 to be pushed

00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:56.219
 and pulled

00:45:56.219 --> 00:45:56.779
 and drawn

00:45:56.779 --> 00:45:57.420
 and shaped

00:45:57.420 --> 00:45:58.000
 in terms

00:45:58.000 --> 00:46:00.039
 of the desire

00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:01.659
 to know God

00:46:01.659 --> 00:46:02.440
 and to be known

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:03.079
 by him

00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:04.119
 to have

00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:04.840
 within it

00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:06.440
 a cry of our heart

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:07.280
 for an intimacy

00:46:07.280 --> 00:46:08.240
 with our creator

00:46:08.240 --> 00:46:09.360
 for which we were created

00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:10.920
 not just adoring him

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:12.019
 but intimacy

00:46:12.019 --> 00:46:12.800
 with him

00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:14.059
 and it comes

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:15.039
 as we respond

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:16.039
 to the gospel

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:17.440
 and as we're gripped

00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:18.539
 by the gospel

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:19.639
 let's bow our heads

00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:20.039
 in prayer

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:29.860
 Father some of us

00:46:29.860 --> 00:46:31.199
 are wanting to be

00:46:31.199 --> 00:46:32.500
 gripped by the gospel

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:33.460
 for the first time

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:34.000
 some of us

00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:34.639
 maybe Father

00:46:34.639 --> 00:46:35.639
 have wandered far

00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:37.019
 and need to be

00:46:37.019 --> 00:46:38.179
 gripped by the gospel

00:46:38.179 --> 00:46:38.579
 again

00:46:38.579 --> 00:46:39.900
 and all of us

00:46:39.900 --> 00:46:40.840
 Father need to be

00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:41.920
 gripped by the gospel

00:46:41.920 --> 00:46:43.360
 we ask Father

00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:44.420
 that your Holy Spirit

00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:46.059
 would gently fall upon us

00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:47.519
 but deeply fall upon us

00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:48.880
 turn our hearts

00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:49.760
 towards Jesus

00:46:49.760 --> 00:46:51.480
 his sacrifice

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:52.460
 upon the cross

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:53.000
 for us

00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:54.519
 and what he accomplishes

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:55.159
 for us

00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:56.559
 to reconcile us

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:56.940
 to you

00:46:56.940 --> 00:46:57.880
 and to restore us

00:46:57.880 --> 00:46:58.220
 to you

00:46:58.220 --> 00:46:58.519
 Father

00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:59.340
 fan in the flame

00:46:59.340 --> 00:46:59.720
 within us

00:46:59.720 --> 00:47:00.519
 such a desire

00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:01.980
 to come to Jesus

00:47:01.980 --> 00:47:03.139
 in humble repentance

00:47:03.139 --> 00:47:03.880
 and trust

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:05.200
 that he becomes

00:47:05.200 --> 00:47:06.440
 our living savior

00:47:06.440 --> 00:47:08.320
 our reconciler

00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:09.920
 our peacemaker

00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:11.720
 and Father

00:47:11.719 --> 00:47:12.879
 we ask that you

00:47:12.879 --> 00:47:13.439
 would make us

00:47:13.439 --> 00:47:14.000
 disciples

00:47:14.000 --> 00:47:14.939
 so gripped

00:47:14.939 --> 00:47:15.759
 by the gospel

00:47:15.759 --> 00:47:16.439
 so gripped

00:47:16.439 --> 00:47:17.199
 by what Jesus

00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:17.939
 has done for us

00:47:17.939 --> 00:47:18.539
 on the cross

00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:20.019
 that we desire

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:21.339
 to live for your glory

00:47:21.339 --> 00:47:22.679
 fan in the flame

00:47:22.679 --> 00:47:23.279
 within us

00:47:23.279 --> 00:47:25.079
 a desire to adore you

00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:26.419
 fan in the flame

00:47:26.419 --> 00:47:26.819
 within us

00:47:26.819 --> 00:47:27.699
 a desire to know

00:47:27.699 --> 00:47:28.239
 about you

00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:28.839
 and to know you

00:47:28.839 --> 00:47:29.679
 fan in the flame

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:30.199
 within us

00:47:30.199 --> 00:47:31.539
 a desire to have

00:47:31.539 --> 00:47:32.439
 our consciences

00:47:32.439 --> 00:47:33.879
 and our daily walk

00:47:33.879 --> 00:47:34.779
 formed by you

00:47:34.779 --> 00:47:35.959
 and this we ask

00:47:35.959 --> 00:47:36.859
 in the name of Jesus

00:47:36.859 --> 00:47:37.980
 your son

00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:39.039
 and our savior

00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:39.859
 amen