WEBVTT 00:00:00.980 --> 00:00:04.440 And we're going to pray first and ask for God's help. 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:22.719 Father, we thank you that in your love, 00:00:24.500 --> 00:00:28.760 you know us intimately more than we could ever imagine. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:34.219 You know our thoughts right now. 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:40.100 You know our deepest concerns and our greatest needs. 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:46.740 And so would you humble us all today 00:00:46.740 --> 00:00:52.100 that we would be people who sit under your word, 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:56.420 under your power, under your authority. 00:00:56.420 --> 00:01:01.719 And that you would speak afresh into our lives 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:04.299 through the book of Hosea, 00:01:04.659 --> 00:01:05.939 through its message, 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:10.019 that we may come to understand better 00:01:10.019 --> 00:01:11.659 the kind of God you are 00:01:11.659 --> 00:01:17.119 and the kind of people you call us to be. 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:22.759 So set our affections for you. 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:26.599 Take us away from other things 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:30.459 that we may lean and trust 00:01:30.459 --> 00:01:33.299 and depend wholly on you. 00:01:33.299 --> 00:01:38.200 So Father, help us now, we ask in Jesus' name. 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:39.399 Amen. 00:01:48.819 --> 00:01:53.479 Who has hurt you the most? 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:56.820 Who's hurt you the most? 00:01:58.380 --> 00:02:00.180 Well, it's always the people 00:02:00.180 --> 00:02:03.120 that you love the most. 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:06.420 Those we don't have any relationship with 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:08.039 can't hurt you. 00:02:09.020 --> 00:02:10.819 But those who we have the most 00:02:10.819 --> 00:02:13.120 intimate of relationships with 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.680 hurt us the most. 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:17.599 like friends 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:19.560 or family 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:21.300 or a husband 00:02:21.300 --> 00:02:22.740 and a wife. 00:02:25.219 --> 00:02:26.520 He sat 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:28.240 on the couch 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:29.640 broken, 00:02:30.819 --> 00:02:31.439 disappointed 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:32.520 and devastated 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:35.040 and as the tears flowed 00:02:35.040 --> 00:02:36.740 he told how his newly 00:02:36.740 --> 00:02:38.180 wedded wife 00:02:38.180 --> 00:02:40.700 who had recently vowed 00:02:40.700 --> 00:02:41.659 to love him, 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:43.500 be loyal to him, 00:02:43.860 --> 00:02:45.159 be faithful to him, 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:47.639 had not come home 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:48.460 last evening 00:02:48.460 --> 00:02:50.340 because 00:02:50.340 --> 00:02:52.340 she had spent the night 00:02:52.340 --> 00:02:53.840 with another man. 00:02:55.379 --> 00:02:56.879 But he was not about 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:58.519 to give up on the one he loved. 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:00.439 He was jealous 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:01.639 for her. 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:03.259 He did not want 00:03:03.259 --> 00:03:03.960 to share 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:05.219 his lover. 00:03:05.579 --> 00:03:06.840 He longed 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:08.419 for her to return. 00:03:10.539 --> 00:03:10.939 You see, 00:03:11.060 --> 00:03:11.620 those we 00:03:11.620 --> 00:03:13.019 love the most 00:03:13.020 --> 00:03:15.100 can hurt us 00:03:15.100 --> 00:03:15.780 the most. 00:03:16.760 --> 00:03:18.380 And that's how God 00:03:18.380 --> 00:03:19.080 feels 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:20.240 about you 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:21.640 and I. 00:03:23.040 --> 00:03:24.400 Chapter 1 of Hosea 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:24.980 told us 00:03:24.980 --> 00:03:25.879 that God sees 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:26.620 his relationship 00:03:26.620 --> 00:03:27.500 with his people 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:28.740 as a marriage. 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:29.700 He is the 00:03:29.700 --> 00:03:30.500 faithful 00:03:30.500 --> 00:03:31.200 husband 00:03:31.200 --> 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00:09:06.060 only they 00:09:06.060 --> 00:09:06.740 weren't in 00:09:06.740 --> 00:09:07.160 power. 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:08.960 And the 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:09.680 other party 00:09:09.680 --> 00:09:10.620 was, well 00:09:10.620 --> 00:09:11.139 then life 00:09:11.139 --> 00:09:11.520 would be 00:09:11.520 --> 00:09:12.300 so much 00:09:12.300 --> 00:09:12.720 better. 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:16.160 And we 00:09:16.160 --> 00:09:16.879 forget that 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:17.780 it is God 00:09:17.780 --> 00:09:19.060 who is the 00:09:19.060 --> 00:09:19.660 source of 00:09:19.660 --> 00:09:20.139 all that we 00:09:20.139 --> 00:09:21.400 have and 00:09:21.400 --> 00:09:21.900 enjoy. 00:09:21.900 --> 00:09:23.320 He is the 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:24.660 generous lover 00:09:24.660 --> 00:09:25.480 who has 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:26.660 lavished upon 00:09:26.660 --> 00:09:27.980 us everything 00:09:27.980 --> 00:09:29.379 that we 00:09:29.379 --> 00:09:29.860 have. 00:09:31.220 --> 00:09:32.160 Like the 00:09:32.160 --> 00:09:32.700 wife who 00:09:32.700 --> 00:09:33.420 received the 00:09:33.420 --> 00:09:34.180 diamond necklace. 00:09:34.179 --> 00:09:34.399 grace. 00:09:35.299 --> 00:09:35.959 So we 00:09:35.959 --> 00:09:36.939 take all 00:09:36.939 --> 00:09:37.519 the gifts 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:39.359 and we 00:09:39.359 --> 00:09:39.959 can ignore 00:09:39.959 --> 00:09:40.519 the giver. 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:42.099 We chase 00:09:42.099 --> 00:09:42.839 after other 00:09:42.839 --> 00:09:43.859 lovers, our 00:09:43.859 --> 00:09:44.459 work, our 00:09:44.459 --> 00:09:45.199 family, our 00:09:45.199 --> 00:09:45.959 ideologies. 00:09:46.459 --> 00:09:47.019 We sell 00:09:47.019 --> 00:09:47.759 ourselves to 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:48.379 other things 00:09:48.379 --> 00:09:48.739 and other 00:09:48.739 --> 00:09:49.659 people because 00:09:49.659 --> 00:09:50.519 they tell us 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:50.899 they can 00:09:50.899 --> 00:09:52.039 deliver what 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:52.699 we want. 00:09:54.500 --> 00:09:55.339 Look back 00:09:55.339 --> 00:09:55.699 at verse 00:09:55.699 --> 00:09:56.039 two. 00:09:58.039 --> 00:09:58.599 Rebuke 00:09:58.599 --> 00:09:59.799 your mother, 00:09:59.959 --> 00:10:00.539 rebuke her, 00:10:01.479 --> 00:10:02.299 for she is 00:10:02.299 --> 00:10:02.740 not my 00:10:02.740 --> 00:10:04.559 wife and 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:05.199 I am not 00:10:05.199 --> 00:10:06.159 her husband. 00:10:07.579 --> 00:10:08.279 These are 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:08.719 not the 00:10:08.719 --> 00:10:09.359 words of a 00:10:09.359 --> 00:10:10.039 cold-hearted 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:10.759 judge who 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:11.319 wants to 00:10:11.319 --> 00:10:12.259 punish us. 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:14.219 These are 00:10:14.219 --> 00:10:14.879 the words of 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:15.799 a broken-hearted 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:17.199 husband who 00:10:17.199 --> 00:10:17.740 will not 00:10:17.740 --> 00:10:18.779 share his 00:10:18.779 --> 00:10:19.579 loved one. 00:10:20.819 --> 00:10:21.839 In fact, 00:10:22.019 --> 00:10:22.740 God is our 00:10:22.740 --> 00:10:23.319 loving, 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:24.620 disciplining 00:10:24.620 --> 00:10:26.500 husband who 00:10:26.500 --> 00:10:27.339 longs for 00:10:27.339 --> 00:10:28.699 our return. 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:31.539 You see, 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:32.099 God will 00:10:32.099 --> 00:10:32.620 not let 00:10:32.620 --> 00:10:33.179 his people 00:10:33.179 --> 00:10:34.139 just wander 00:10:34.139 --> 00:10:34.860 away from 00:10:34.860 --> 00:10:35.519 his love. 00:10:36.219 --> 00:10:36.860 He's not 00:10:36.860 --> 00:10:37.539 content to 00:10:37.539 --> 00:10:38.379 say, you 00:10:38.379 --> 00:10:38.939 know what? 00:10:39.579 --> 00:10:40.240 It doesn't 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:40.579 matter. 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:42.519 It does 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:43.000 matter. 00:10:44.059 --> 00:10:44.439 Look at 00:10:44.439 --> 00:10:45.079 verse six. 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:46.199 Therefore, 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:47.199 God says, 00:10:47.459 --> 00:10:48.159 I will 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:49.000 block her 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:49.839 path with 00:10:49.839 --> 00:10:50.719 thorn bushes. 00:10:51.179 --> 00:10:52.059 I will 00:10:52.059 --> 00:10:52.719 wall her 00:10:52.719 --> 00:10:53.459 in so that 00:10:53.459 --> 00:10:54.099 she cannot 00:10:54.099 --> 00:10:54.860 find her 00:10:54.860 --> 00:10:55.199 way. 00:10:55.779 --> 00:10:56.319 She will 00:10:56.319 --> 00:10:57.099 chase after 00:10:57.099 --> 00:10:57.839 other lovers 00:10:57.839 --> 00:10:59.259 but not 00:10:59.259 --> 00:11:00.000 catch them. 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.139 she will 00:11:01.139 --> 00:11:01.639 look for 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:02.879 them but 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:03.720 not find 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:04.019 them. 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:05.220 God is 00:11:05.220 --> 00:11:05.820 making it 00:11:05.820 --> 00:11:06.419 so clear 00:11:06.419 --> 00:11:06.799 that he 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:07.220 is going 00:11:07.220 --> 00:11:08.559 to intervene 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:09.200 into the 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:09.700 life of 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:10.240 his people 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:10.720 Israel. 00:11:11.059 --> 00:11:11.919 He will 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:12.899 discipline 00:11:12.899 --> 00:11:13.240 them. 00:11:14.379 --> 00:11:14.799 In fact, 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:15.399 the story 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:16.100 goes on to 00:11:16.100 --> 00:11:16.700 tell us that 00:11:16.700 --> 00:11:17.679 within a few 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:18.279 years of 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:19.220 Hosea speaking 00:11:19.220 --> 00:11:19.960 this message, 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:21.299 Assyria, 00:11:21.419 --> 00:11:21.919 the great 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:22.399 nation, 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:23.500 that big 00:11:23.500 --> 00:11:24.200 empire, 00:11:24.620 --> 00:11:25.500 closed in 00:11:25.500 --> 00:11:26.419 upon Israel 00:11:26.419 --> 00:11:27.600 and destroyed 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:28.419 them so that 00:11:28.419 --> 00:11:28.740 they would 00:11:28.740 --> 00:11:29.919 never recover 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:30.860 again. 00:11:33.059 --> 00:11:33.620 Now, 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:34.039 we might 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:34.799 object and 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:35.339 think that 00:11:35.339 --> 00:11:35.799 God is 00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:36.599 overreacting 00:11:36.599 --> 00:11:38.779 but this 00:11:38.779 --> 00:11:39.419 is an act 00:11:39.419 --> 00:11:40.000 of loving 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:40.699 discipline. 00:11:41.719 --> 00:11:42.419 It's for 00:11:42.419 --> 00:11:43.279 a purpose. 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:45.579 God longs 00:11:45.579 --> 00:11:46.479 for our 00:11:46.479 --> 00:11:46.899 return. 00:11:47.059 --> 00:11:47.439 Look at the 00:11:47.439 --> 00:11:47.879 rest of 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:48.479 verse 7. 00:11:49.599 --> 00:11:50.339 This is as 00:11:50.339 --> 00:11:51.719 he walls 00:11:51.719 --> 00:11:52.360 her in and 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:52.879 hems her 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:53.059 in. 00:11:53.939 --> 00:11:54.459 It's 00:11:54.459 --> 00:11:55.959 symbolism of 00:11:55.959 --> 00:11:56.699 Assyria that 00:11:56.699 --> 00:11:57.159 were coming 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:57.980 and look 00:11:57.980 --> 00:11:58.279 what it 00:11:58.279 --> 00:11:58.699 says in 00:11:58.699 --> 00:11:59.059 the second 00:11:59.059 --> 00:11:59.519 part of 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:00.000 verse 7. 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:00.500 Then she 00:12:00.500 --> 00:12:01.019 will say, 00:12:01.819 --> 00:12:02.159 I will 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:03.039 go back 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:03.699 to my 00:12:03.699 --> 00:12:05.139 husband as 00:12:05.139 --> 00:12:05.839 at first, 00:12:06.579 --> 00:12:07.379 for then 00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:08.659 I was 00:12:08.659 --> 00:12:09.439 better off 00:12:09.439 --> 00:12:10.600 than now. 00:12:11.179 --> 00:12:11.939 God will 00:12:11.939 --> 00:12:12.740 bring such 00:12:12.740 --> 00:12:13.439 a terrible 00:12:13.439 --> 00:12:14.659 devastation on 00:12:14.659 --> 00:12:15.199 his people 00:12:15.199 --> 00:12:16.259 that perhaps 00:12:16.259 --> 00:12:17.919 some within 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:19.000 Israel would 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:19.879 turn back in 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:20.659 repentance to 00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:20.939 God. 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:21.559 They would 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:22.500 go back to 00:12:22.500 --> 00:12:23.139 their husbands. 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:25.159 You see, 00:12:25.319 --> 00:12:26.199 just as God 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:26.680 is the one 00:12:26.680 --> 00:12:27.320 who gives 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:27.800 us all 00:12:27.800 --> 00:12:28.100 that we 00:12:28.100 --> 00:12:28.480 have. 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:30.320 He is 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:30.860 also the 00:12:30.860 --> 00:12:31.280 one that 00:12:31.280 --> 00:12:32.100 can take 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:33.300 all that 00:12:33.300 --> 00:12:33.900 we have. 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:35.340 Look at 00:12:35.340 --> 00:12:35.980 verse 9. 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:38.220 Therefore, 00:12:38.700 --> 00:12:40.200 God says, 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:41.780 I will 00:12:41.780 --> 00:12:42.600 take away 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:43.860 my grain 00:12:43.860 --> 00:12:44.920 when it 00:12:44.920 --> 00:12:45.540 ripens 00:12:45.540 --> 00:12:47.440 and my 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:48.660 new wine 00:12:48.660 --> 00:12:49.100 when it 00:12:49.100 --> 00:12:49.560 is ready. 00:12:50.300 --> 00:12:51.340 I will 00:12:51.340 --> 00:12:52.000 take back 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:52.879 my wool 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:54.179 and my 00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:54.439 linen 00:12:54.439 --> 00:12:55.059 intended 00:12:55.059 --> 00:12:55.639 to cover 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:55.919 her 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:56.559 nakedness. 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:57.320 God 00:12:57.320 --> 00:12:57.860 wants them 00:12:57.860 --> 00:12:58.360 to see 00:12:58.360 --> 00:12:59.179 that he 00:12:59.179 --> 00:12:59.759 is their 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:00.320 true lover, 00:13:00.620 --> 00:13:01.019 that he 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:01.879 longs for 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:02.299 them to 00:13:02.299 --> 00:13:03.000 return to 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:03.240 him. 00:13:03.620 --> 00:13:04.039 He is 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:04.799 the only 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:05.720 one who 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:06.220 has given 00:13:06.220 --> 00:13:07.120 all that 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:07.759 they have. 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:09.480 Verse 12. 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:10.799 I will 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:11.559 ruin her 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:12.439 vines and 00:13:12.439 --> 00:13:12.939 her fig 00:13:12.939 --> 00:13:13.379 trees, 00:13:14.340 --> 00:13:14.779 which she 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:15.279 said were 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:15.919 her pay 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:16.460 from her 00:13:16.460 --> 00:13:16.759 lovers. 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:17.759 I will 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:18.279 make them 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:18.940 a thicket 00:13:18.940 --> 00:13:19.960 and wild 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:20.860 animals will 00:13:20.860 --> 00:13:21.620 devour 00:13:21.620 --> 00:13:21.820 them. 00:13:21.940 --> 00:13:22.159 Again, 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:22.899 a sign 00:13:22.899 --> 00:13:23.639 of Assyria 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:24.019 that is 00:13:24.019 --> 00:13:24.500 to come. 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:25.600 Verse 13. 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:26.340 I will 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:26.960 punish, 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:27.679 literally, 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:28.419 I will 00:13:28.419 --> 00:13:29.340 discipline 00:13:29.340 --> 00:13:31.940 her for 00:13:31.940 --> 00:13:32.480 the day 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:33.259 she burned 00:13:33.259 --> 00:13:34.039 incense to 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:34.759 the bales. 00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:36.120 She decked 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:36.820 herself with 00:13:36.820 --> 00:13:37.620 rings and 00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:38.120 jewellery. 00:13:38.560 --> 00:13:39.080 She went 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:39.700 after her 00:13:39.700 --> 00:13:40.019 lovers, 00:13:41.060 --> 00:13:41.860 but me 00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:42.840 she forgot, 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:44.139 declares 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:44.679 the Lord. 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:46.139 You see, 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:47.019 the only way 00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:48.299 for Israel 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:49.180 to see 00:13:49.180 --> 00:13:49.919 that they 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:50.680 had forgotten 00:13:50.680 --> 00:13:51.200 God, 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:51.780 their loving 00:13:51.780 --> 00:13:52.240 husband, 00:13:52.680 --> 00:13:53.140 was to 00:13:53.140 --> 00:13:54.060 take from 00:13:54.060 --> 00:13:54.640 them all 00:13:54.640 --> 00:13:54.980 that they 00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:55.379 had. 00:13:55.700 --> 00:13:56.480 The purpose 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:56.940 was to 00:13:56.940 --> 00:13:57.640 waken them 00:13:57.640 --> 00:13:58.040 up to 00:13:58.040 --> 00:13:58.500 help them 00:13:58.500 --> 00:13:59.540 see how 00:13:59.540 --> 00:14:00.060 far they 00:14:00.060 --> 00:14:01.000 had drifted 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:01.740 in the 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:02.220 marriage. 00:14:05.420 --> 00:14:05.980 And 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:06.640 sometimes 00:14:06.640 --> 00:14:08.420 God must 00:14:08.420 --> 00:14:08.840 do that 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:09.540 with us. 00:14:10.920 --> 00:14:11.720 Not to 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:12.220 show us 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:12.720 simply 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:13.740 who's 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:14.280 boss, 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:15.980 but because 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:16.740 he loves 00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:18.140 us and 00:14:18.140 --> 00:14:18.740 longs for 00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.520 us to 00:14:19.520 --> 00:14:20.000 return. 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:22.620 Have a 00:14:22.620 --> 00:14:22.980 look at 00:14:22.980 --> 00:14:23.420 Hebrews 00:14:23.420 --> 00:14:24.500 chapter 12. 00:14:25.980 --> 00:14:26.860 It's on 00:14:26.860 --> 00:14:29.140 page 1210 00:14:29.140 --> 00:14:29.780 if you're 00:14:29.780 --> 00:14:30.300 using the 00:14:30.300 --> 00:14:30.540 church 00:14:30.540 --> 00:14:30.980 Bible. 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:33.360 We read 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:33.879 a part of 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:34.480 it earlier. 00:14:35.520 --> 00:14:35.900 Hebrews 00:14:35.900 --> 00:14:36.920 chapter 12. 00:14:36.920 --> 00:14:37.000 Hebrews 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:52.940 chapter 12. 00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:53.659 Let's pick 00:14:53.659 --> 00:14:54.080 it up in 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:54.759 verse 5. 00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:55.639 Just as God 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:57.100 had disciplined 00:14:57.100 --> 00:14:58.240 Israel, 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:00.899 let's read 00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:01.519 these verses. 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:01.679 verses. 00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:06.220 And you 00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:06.960 have forgotten 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:07.699 that word 00:15:07.699 --> 00:15:08.879 of encouragement 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:10.819 that addresses 00:15:10.819 --> 00:15:12.039 you as 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:12.559 sons. 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:14.539 My son, 00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:16.000 do not 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.720 make light 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:17.059 of the 00:15:17.059 --> 00:15:17.579 Lord's 00:15:17.579 --> 00:15:18.100 discipline 00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:19.699 and do 00:15:19.699 --> 00:15:20.399 not lose 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:21.079 heart when 00:15:21.079 --> 00:15:22.220 he rebukes 00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:22.519 you, 00:15:23.199 --> 00:15:24.159 because the 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:25.120 Lord disciplines 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.960 those he 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:26.539 loves 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:28.399 and he 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:29.199 punishes. 00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:30.480 That is, 00:15:30.719 --> 00:15:31.959 he lovingly 00:15:31.959 --> 00:15:32.539 corrects 00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.579 everyone he 00:15:34.579 --> 00:15:35.860 accepts as 00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:36.279 a son. 00:15:37.599 --> 00:15:38.339 Verse 11. 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.459 No discipline 00:15:40.459 --> 00:15:41.599 seems pleasant 00:15:41.599 --> 00:15:42.399 at the time, 00:15:42.819 --> 00:15:45.000 but painful. 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:47.279 Later on, 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:47.719 however, 00:15:47.819 --> 00:15:48.799 it produces a 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:49.559 harvest of 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:50.099 righteousness 00:15:50.099 --> 00:15:51.539 and peace 00:15:51.539 --> 00:15:52.740 for those 00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:53.099 who have 00:15:53.099 --> 00:15:53.819 been trained 00:15:53.819 --> 00:15:54.919 by it. 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:56.539 You see, 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:57.120 God is 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:57.679 jealous 00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:59.059 for us. 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:00.620 He is not 00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:02.099 willing to 00:16:02.099 --> 00:16:02.759 share us 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:03.500 with other 00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:03.819 lovers. 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:04.819 He longs 00:16:04.819 --> 00:16:05.139 that we 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.819 return to 00:16:05.819 --> 00:16:06.679 him and 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.240 sometimes 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:07.980 that will 00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:08.399 mean 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.399 discipline. 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.039 Just as 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.839 he takes, 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:12.939 or sorry, 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:13.559 just as he 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:14.019 gives, 00:16:14.219 --> 00:16:14.679 he can 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:15.559 also take. 00:16:18.079 --> 00:16:18.699 If 00:16:18.699 --> 00:16:19.039 Kirsty 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:19.799 goes away, 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:21.899 it's not 00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:22.519 long until 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:23.000 the kids 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.339 and I 00:16:23.339 --> 00:16:23.879 realise 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:24.379 just how 00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:24.939 much we 00:16:24.939 --> 00:16:25.899 need 00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:26.759 Kirsty. 00:16:27.599 --> 00:16:28.079 There's 00:16:28.079 --> 00:16:28.579 no clean 00:16:28.579 --> 00:16:29.120 clothes, 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:30.179 the fridge 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:30.759 is empty, 00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:31.479 appointments 00:16:31.479 --> 00:16:32.279 get forgotten, 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:33.939 but it's 00:16:33.939 --> 00:16:34.419 not just 00:16:34.419 --> 00:16:35.240 the practical 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:36.019 things. 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.500 It's the 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.199 person. 00:16:38.699 --> 00:16:39.299 We miss 00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:40.039 mum, 00:16:40.439 --> 00:16:41.000 we miss 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.759 Kirsty. 00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:42.479 You see, 00:16:42.579 --> 00:16:43.120 it's not just 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:43.839 the things 00:16:43.839 --> 00:16:44.519 we need, 00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.500 we need 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:46.759 the person. 00:16:48.059 --> 00:16:48.539 And we 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:49.059 can become 00:16:49.059 --> 00:16:50.279 so dependent 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:51.339 on other 00:16:51.339 --> 00:16:52.079 things and 00:16:52.079 --> 00:16:52.759 other people, 00:16:52.859 --> 00:16:53.379 our work, 00:16:53.479 --> 00:16:53.959 our health, 00:16:54.079 --> 00:16:54.699 our family, 00:16:55.079 --> 00:16:55.799 but God 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.519 loves us 00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:57.459 too much 00:16:57.459 --> 00:16:58.599 to let us 00:16:58.599 --> 00:16:59.079 pursue 00:16:59.079 --> 00:17:00.219 our idols. 00:17:01.479 --> 00:17:02.039 He wants 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:02.779 us to love 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.239 him for 00:17:03.239 --> 00:17:03.959 who he is 00:17:03.959 --> 00:17:04.960 and sometimes 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.559 he will have 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.079 to take 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.799 our idols 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:08.000 away so 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:08.399 that we 00:17:08.399 --> 00:17:09.119 will see 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:09.819 who our 00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:10.359 true 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:11.019 lover 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.940 is. 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:14.579 Now, 00:17:14.659 --> 00:17:14.960 I'm not 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.279 saying 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:15.700 everything 00:17:15.700 --> 00:17:16.519 we lose 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.059 is because 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.700 of some 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:19.279 disobedient 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:20.059 lifestyle, 00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:22.120 but when 00:17:22.120 --> 00:17:22.700 something 00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:23.380 precious 00:17:23.380 --> 00:17:24.700 is taken 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.539 from us, 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:26.299 it's an 00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:26.940 opportunity 00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:28.259 to run 00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:28.920 to God 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:29.580 who is 00:17:29.580 --> 00:17:30.460 more precious 00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:31.400 and more 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:31.980 valuable 00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:32.920 than anything 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:33.700 this world 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.819 can offer. 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:37.539 We sang 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:38.620 with that 00:17:38.620 --> 00:17:39.039 song, 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:41.660 he gives 00:17:41.660 --> 00:17:42.920 and he 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.740 takes away. 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.279 Blessed 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:46.220 be the name 00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:47.360 of the 00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:47.759 Lord. 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.200 Sometimes 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:50.799 God will 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.299 take 00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:52.839 to bring 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:53.400 blessing 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:54.819 as he 00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.620 drives us 00:17:55.620 --> 00:17:56.140 back to 00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:56.480 him, 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:57.759 to his 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.160 love. 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.400 You see, 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:01.140 God is not 00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:01.759 quick to 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.140 give up 00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:02.700 on us. 00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:04.160 He is 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:04.400 our 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:05.000 passionate 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:06.299 and 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:06.799 pursuing 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:08.000 husband. 00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.339 Let's 00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:10.839 go back 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.660 to Hosea 00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:13.980 verse 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.839 14. 00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:19.420 Hosea 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:21.059 chapter 2 00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:21.980 verse 14. 00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.740 Therefore, 00:18:27.620 --> 00:18:29.920 therefore what? 00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.299 What do we 00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:32.019 expect God 00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:32.599 to do? 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:34.400 After years 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:35.180 of persistent 00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:36.039 unfaithfulness, 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.099 running to 00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:37.700 other lovers 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.579 and giving 00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.480 credit to 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:40.160 other gods, 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.279 I'm never 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:41.819 going to 00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.220 bring you 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:42.759 back again. 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.259 I'm going 00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.160 to destroy 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:44.599 you. 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.660 Well, 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.379 maybe that's 00:18:47.379 --> 00:18:47.759 what they 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.259 deserve, 00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:50.140 but it's 00:18:50.140 --> 00:18:50.920 not what 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.759 happens. 00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:52.779 Look at 00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.460 verse 14. 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:54.680 Therefore, 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:56.339 I am 00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:57.039 now going 00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:58.579 to allure 00:18:58.579 --> 00:18:58.920 her. 00:18:59.879 --> 00:19:00.759 I'm not 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.359 giving up 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:01.819 on you. 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.900 I will 00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.900 chase after 00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.220 you. 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:04.980 I will 00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.519 pursue 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.000 you. 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.779 I will 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.559 draw you 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.079 in by 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:09.099 my affections. 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:09.839 You are 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.579 my wife 00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:11.259 and I 00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:12.140 love you. 00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:15.160 And so 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:15.960 God promises 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:18.500 three things. 00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:19.779 First, 00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:20.720 a rekindled 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.299 love. 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:21.700 Look at 00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.019 the rest 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.319 of verse 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:22.819 14. 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:24.000 I will 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.680 lead her 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:25.379 into the 00:19:25.379 --> 00:19:25.740 desert 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:27.240 and speak 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:28.000 tenderly 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.740 to her. 00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:29.700 Remember, 00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:30.200 this is 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:31.039 where God's 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.619 relationship 00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:32.519 with Israel 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:33.059 began, 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.079 in the 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.500 desert. 00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:35.759 When they 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.319 came up 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:36.839 out of 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.140 Egypt, 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:37.819 out of 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:38.319 slavery, 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.379 it's like 00:19:39.379 --> 00:19:40.000 a husband 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:41.200 taking his 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:42.039 wife back 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.379 to the 00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:43.059 very first 00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.680 place where 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.279 they met, 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.319 to somehow 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:46.460 awaken the 00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:46.960 love that 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.539 they first 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:47.879 had, 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.039 to arouse 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.879 the desires 00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:50.339 that they 00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:50.980 first had. 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.740 And God 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.299 says to 00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:52.839 his people, 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.639 I will 00:19:53.639 --> 00:19:54.159 take you 00:19:54.159 --> 00:19:54.700 back there 00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.339 again so 00:19:55.339 --> 00:19:55.720 that we 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.359 can begin 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:56.859 again, 00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.319 so that I 00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:58.879 can show 00:19:58.879 --> 00:19:59.339 you my 00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:00.159 love again. 00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.779 Your love 00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.379 for me 00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:03.180 will be 00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:04.399 rekindled. 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:05.960 But it 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.559 will be much 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.180 better than 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:07.579 that. 00:20:08.159 --> 00:20:08.659 Look at 00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.440 verse 15, 00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.560 there I 00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:11.180 will give 00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:11.759 her back 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.740 her vineyards 00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:14.000 and will 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.540 make the 00:20:14.540 --> 00:20:15.120 valley of 00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:15.779 Achor 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:17.040 a door 00:20:17.040 --> 00:20:17.640 of hope. 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:18.940 Now the 00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:19.460 valley of 00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:19.860 Achor 00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:20.440 was not 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:21.100 good news 00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:21.720 for God's 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.120 people. 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:22.840 In 00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:23.560 Achor, 00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.759 God's 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.200 judgment 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:26.060 had fallen 00:20:26.060 --> 00:20:26.500 on the 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:27.160 people because 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.540 of their 00:20:27.540 --> 00:20:27.940 sin. 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.140 That's why 00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:29.640 Achor 00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:30.680 actually means 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.500 trouble. 00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.440 No one 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:33.920 wants to 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.340 go back 00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:34.980 to Achor. 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.340 But this 00:20:36.340 --> 00:20:36.860 time it 00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.180 will be 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:37.700 different. 00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.680 Instead of 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:39.160 judgment, 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:39.600 it will 00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:40.059 become, 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.420 look at 00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.080 verse 15, 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.200 a door 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:43.000 of hope. 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.420 God 00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.400 promises to 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.080 bring his 00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:46.900 people up 00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.620 out of 00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.120 slavery, 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.940 out of 00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.360 judgment. 00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:50.559 Verse 15, 00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.440 there she 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.100 will sing 00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:52.600 as in the 00:20:52.600 --> 00:20:53.160 days of 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.600 her youth, 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.500 as in 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:54.940 the day 00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.640 she came 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.420 up out 00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:57.140 of Egypt. 00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:58.019 God 00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.620 promises 00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:59.440 that another 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.380 exodus is 00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:00.819 going to 00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:01.480 take place. 00:21:01.840 --> 00:21:02.360 A door 00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:02.900 of hope 00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.660 will open 00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:05.380 and love 00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:06.460 will be 00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:07.420 rekindled. 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:10.480 where and 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:10.940 when is 00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.299 that going 00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.680 to take 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.200 place? 00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.779 Well, 00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.279 before we 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.700 get there, 00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.180 look at the 00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:17.019 second promise 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.900 God makes. 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.080 Not just 00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.680 rekindled 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.059 love, 00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.500 but a 00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:21.819 renewed 00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.360 marriage. 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.259 Verse 16, 00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:25.539 in that 00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.119 day, 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.359 declares the 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:27.680 Lord, 00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.960 you will 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.759 call me 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.879 my 00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:31.440 husband. 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.420 You will 00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:34.019 no longer 00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.759 call me 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.660 my 00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.200 master. 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.420 You will 00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:37.980 no longer 00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:39.339 be enslaved 00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.059 by your 00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.619 gods or 00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.440 running after 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.319 other lovers. 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.299 The door 00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:43.799 of hope 00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.480 will open 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.160 and we 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:46.059 will renew 00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.619 the 00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.180 marriage. 00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.299 marriage. 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.039 You see, 00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:50.480 when a 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:50.860 marriage 00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.519 breaks, 00:21:52.620 --> 00:21:53.180 when a 00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:54.039 wife commits 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.880 adultery or 00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.500 the husband 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.060 has an 00:21:56.060 --> 00:21:56.480 affair, 00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.360 the only 00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:57.880 hope of 00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:58.519 that marriage 00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.259 being renewed 00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.940 is when the 00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:00.960 guilty party 00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:02.360 returns home. 00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:04.060 The innocent 00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:04.840 victim may 00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:06.060 say something 00:22:06.060 --> 00:22:06.640 like this, 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.740 if you 00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.560 show me, 00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:09.720 if you 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.560 prove to 00:22:10.560 --> 00:22:10.900 me you 00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.460 will never 00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:12.100 do this 00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.580 again, 00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:15.320 then I 00:22:15.320 --> 00:22:15.779 will take 00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.319 you back. 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:18.879 But with 00:22:18.879 --> 00:22:19.480 God it's 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.859 different. 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.299 Even though 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.000 he is the 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.960 innocent victim 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.480 who has 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.940 remained 00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.460 faithful, 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.759 he is the 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.279 one who 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.160 reaches out 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:29.359 to the 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.279 unfaithful. 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:32.619 Verse 19, 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.500 I will 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.759 betroth you 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.539 to me 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.579 forever. 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.220 I will 00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.319 betroth you 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.240 in righteousness 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.079 and justice, 00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.859 in love 00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.599 and compassion. 00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.500 I will 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.480 betroth you 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.519 in faithfulness 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.519 and you 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.480 will 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.140 acknowledge 00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:50.640 the Lord. 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.839 Incredibly, 00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.940 God makes 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.539 the first 00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:54.980 move. 00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.019 He takes 00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.759 the initiative. 00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.140 He arranges 00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.740 for the 00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.700 ceremony to 00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.339 take place. 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.480 He brings 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.180 us to the 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.019 marriage altar 00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.880 and he 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.980 renews the 00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.759 vows for 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.120 us. 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.880 I will 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.779 betroth you. 00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.680 I will 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.599 betroth you. 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:13.460 I will 00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.259 betroth you. 00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.960 this 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.720 marriage 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.619 will be 00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.079 renewed. 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.920 How will 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.480 this happen? 00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.819 Well, 00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:25.440 before we 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.759 see, 00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.119 look at the 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.960 third promise 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.559 that God 00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.059 makes. 00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:31.299 There will 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.640 be a 00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.099 restored 00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.619 blessing. 00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.480 Verse 21, 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.920 in that 00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.759 day I will 00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.379 respond, 00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.180 declares the 00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.460 Lord. 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.359 I will 00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:39.279 respond to 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.879 the skies 00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.680 and they 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.420 will respond 00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:41.960 to the 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.360 earth. 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.740 Remember, 00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.300 God has 00:23:44.300 --> 00:23:44.700 said that 00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.019 he was 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.340 going to 00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:45.600 take 00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.340 everything 00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:46.840 away. 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.620 He would 00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.259 strip 00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.759 Israel 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.500 bare of 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.940 all that 00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.460 they had. 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.360 Now, 00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:52.120 with a 00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.539 renewed 00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.300 marriage in 00:23:53.300 --> 00:23:53.640 place, 00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:54.300 he is 00:23:54.300 --> 00:23:54.779 going to 00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.039 bring 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.560 blessing. 00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.259 He will 00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.980 send the 00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.680 rains on 00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.160 the earth 00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.880 and the 00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.460 rains will 00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.140 bring forth 00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.700 a harvest, 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.500 verse 22, 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.300 and the 00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:02.960 earth will 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.820 respond to 00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.440 the grain, 00:24:04.820 --> 00:24:05.300 the new 00:24:05.300 --> 00:24:05.920 wine and 00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.279 oil, 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:06.940 and they 00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.759 will respond 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.079 to 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.839 Jezreel. 00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.559 We'll 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.200 remember from 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.839 last week, 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.640 Jezreel had 00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.140 become a 00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.660 symbol of 00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.440 judgment and 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.279 violent 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.099 bloodshed, 00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.940 but its 00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.519 original 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.660 meaning is 00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.480 God 00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.599 plants. 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.940 So God 00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.400 is going 00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:24.079 to take 00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.839 broken 00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.779 Israel, 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:27.119 and he's 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:27.740 going to 00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:29.019 replant 00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.940 them so 00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.400 that they 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:31.519 grow and 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.240 flourish. 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.319 God is 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.859 going to 00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.519 restore 00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.160 everything. 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.839 Instead of 00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.339 curse, 00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.019 there is 00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.519 going to 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:37.819 be 00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.599 blessing, 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.559 verse 23, 00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.460 I will 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.319 plant her 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.099 for myself 00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.480 in the 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.859 land. 00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.619 I will 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.379 show my 00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:44.940 love to 00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.279 the one 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.920 I called 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.960 not my 00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.559 loved one. 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.819 And I 00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.359 will say 00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:49.859 to those 00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.599 called not 00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.279 my people, 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.619 you are 00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.339 my people. 00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.900 And they 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.500 will say, 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.559 you are 00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.319 my God. 00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.139 When will 00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.680 this happen? 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.740 Where will 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.559 these promises 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.500 take place? 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:09.059 how can 00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.720 all this 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.220 be done? 00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.700 Well, 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.059 we're given 00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.539 a clue. 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.879 Look at 00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.680 verse 16. 00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.639 In 00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:19.259 that 00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.139 day, 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.359 declares 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:22.920 the Lord. 00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.900 Verse 18, 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.220 in that 00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.879 day, 00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.819 I will 00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.259 make a 00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.599 covenant. 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.740 Verse 21, 00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:35.299 in that 00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.039 day, 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:38.259 I will 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.839 respond. 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:42.200 That day 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:43.259 would come 00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.440 when God 00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.839 in his 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.319 love 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.359 pursued 00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.079 us 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:48.940 and sent 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.319 his 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.120 son, 00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.440 the Lord 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.779 Jesus 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.339 Christ. 00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.480 Christ. 00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.799 The 00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.139 apostle 00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.599 Peter 00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:55.939 got 00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:56.419 this. 00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.220 Have a 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.539 look at 00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.419 1 Peter 00:25:59.419 --> 00:26:00.139 chapter 2. 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.619 Keep your 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.139 finger in 00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:01.599 Hosea 00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:03.299 and jump 00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.039 forward to 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.799 1 Peter. 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.220 It's on 00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:07.500 page 1218. 00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:09.740 1 Peter 00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.480 chapter 2, 00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.140 verse 10. 00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.720 Applying 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.480 the death 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.859 and the 00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.420 resurrection 00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.099 of Jesus 00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.920 to us, 00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.359 Peter 00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.940 reaches 00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.500 this 00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.380 conclusion. 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.059 And in 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.519 a sense, 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:33.920 he's 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.400 quoting 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:35.880 the very 00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.500 end of 00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.960 Hosea 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.740 chapter 2 00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.140 and this 00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.480 is what 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.019 he says. 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.480 As the 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.060 cross and 00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:41.220 the 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.720 resurrection 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.500 is applied 00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.960 to our 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.360 lives, 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.200 1 Peter 00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.519 2, 00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.080 verse 10, 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.519 he says, 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.200 once you 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.759 were not 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.460 a people, 00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.140 but now 00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.880 you are 00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.460 the people 00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.980 of God. 00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.620 Once you 00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.300 had not 00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:53.840 received 00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:54.340 mercy, 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.200 but now 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.120 you have 00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:58.340 received 00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:58.800 mercy. 00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.300 Go back 00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:02.000 to Hosea. 00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.700 You see, 00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.860 this day 00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:06.640 that Hosea 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.340 longed 00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:08.559 for was 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.240 the day 00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.140 that Jesus 00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.960 would die 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.279 on the 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.220 cross and 00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.279 rise from 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.940 the grave. 00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.340 Here is an 00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:16.380 invitation for 00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.059 us to come 00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.660 and see 00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:19.160 the amazing 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.840 love of 00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.160 God. 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:20.960 Come and 00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:22.080 look at 00:27:22.080 --> 00:27:22.740 the cross 00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.460 and the 00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.000 resurrection 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:25.380 and see 00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:26.500 the jealousy 00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.279 of God. 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.259 See the 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.120 demonstration 00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:30.120 of God's 00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.920 love towards 00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.480 his people 00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.480 because at 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.240 the cross, 00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:35.240 we watch 00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.200 Jesus being 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:37.120 taken down 00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.660 into the 00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.240 valley of 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.799 Achor, 00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.700 a place 00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.539 of judgment 00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.680 and death, 00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.340 a place 00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:45.200 of trouble. 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.700 But the 00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.539 trouble doesn't 00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.240 fall on 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.759 people, 00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:50.080 it falls on 00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.819 his son, 00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.559 the Lord 00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:51.920 Jesus. 00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:52.880 He is the 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.240 one who 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.000 suffers my 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.680 unfaithfulness 00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.220 and my 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.519 shame. 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.519 He is the 00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.920 one who 00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.380 has been 00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.220 stripped 00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:59.360 naked and 00:27:59.360 --> 00:28:00.539 bare as 00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:00.860 his 00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.680 birthday. 00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:01.900 day. 00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.000 He is 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.759 left out, 00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.259 shamed to 00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.620 all the 00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:06.920 world. 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.779 He is the 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.180 one who 00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.560 has been 00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:09.180 disciplined 00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.019 for us 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.840 as God 00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.460 takes his 00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.299 very life 00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.680 away. 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.400 But this 00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.140 place of 00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.600 judgment 00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:20.019 also becomes 00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.700 our door 00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.360 of hope 00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:23.500 because three 00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.279 days later 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.840 Jesus would 00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.880 rise again 00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.360 from the 00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:28.640 grave and 00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.200 through the 00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.799 resurrection 00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:31.019 Jesus breaks 00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.819 that curse 00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.360 of sin 00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.860 and death 00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.720 and brings 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.480 the blessing 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.240 of life 00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.160 to his 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.680 people. 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.700 He makes 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.220 the way 00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.440 open so 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.980 that our 00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.900 sin can be 00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.559 dealt with, 00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:43.000 our unfaithfulness 00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.860 taken away 00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:45.100 and placed upon 00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:45.759 us as the 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.600 faithfulness of 00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.480 Christ so 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.200 that we can 00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.880 be dressed 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.740 clean and 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.500 pure as a 00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.460 beautiful bride 00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.819 ready for 00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.160 God, 00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.259 acceptable to 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.559 him. 00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:57.920 And so 00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.340 with the 00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.939 resurrection, 00:28:59.699 --> 00:29:00.579 it makes 00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.159 it all 00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:01.839 happen and 00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.740 all possible. 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.259 The door 00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.839 of hope 00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.619 is opened 00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.839 for us. 00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:08.579 Through 00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.259 Jesus, 00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.119 our love 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.859 for God 00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.779 is rekindled, 00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.619 our marriage 00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.259 to God 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.679 has been 00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:16.220 renewed, 00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.379 and the 00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:17.919 blessing 00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:19.419 is restored 00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:20.399 to his 00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:20.839 people. 00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.799 In 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.339 Jesus, 00:29:24.199 --> 00:29:24.759 this 00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.639 day 00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:27.079 becomes 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:28.220 a reality. 00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:33.220 does your 00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.799 love for 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.199 God 00:29:34.199 --> 00:29:35.559 need 00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.339 rekindled? 00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.939 Well, 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.459 look at the 00:29:39.459 --> 00:29:39.939 cross, 00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:42.119 watch the 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.740 resurrection, 00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.740 see that 00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.679 door of hope 00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:46.240 opened, 00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.779 see the 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.659 jealous love 00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:49.199 of God 00:29:49.199 --> 00:29:50.019 who will 00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.839 not share 00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.500 you with 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.299 another lover, 00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:54.500 who longs 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.139 for you to 00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.579 return, 00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:55.779 return, 00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:57.099 who has 00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.619 made it 00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:59.039 possible for 00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.460 you to 00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.879 return, 00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.799 run into 00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.399 the arms 00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.799 of his 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.220 love. 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.539 Maybe you've 00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.159 never ever 00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:10.519 experienced this 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.079 kind of 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:12.119 relationship with 00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.539 God. 00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.399 Well, 00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:15.079 he's made it 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.779 possible for 00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:17.699 you by 00:30:17.699 --> 00:30:18.679 taking all 00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.319 your sin 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:21.259 so that 00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.759 you can 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.379 enter into 00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:22.879 a life 00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.519 of blessing 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:25.500 with him. 00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.099 In 00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.639 Jesus, 00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.159 this day 00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.879 becomes 00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:31.179 a reality. 00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.279 I will 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.899 show my 00:30:33.899 --> 00:30:34.480 love to 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.879 the one 00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.639 I call 00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.279 not my 00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.799 loved one, 00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.119 and I 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.579 will say 00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.000 to those 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.700 called not 00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.379 my people, 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.619 you are 00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.259 my people, 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.879 and they 00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.460 will say, 00:30:44.899 --> 00:30:46.619 you are 00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:47.899 my God. 00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:50.000 let's 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.280 pray. 00:30:50.280 --> 00:30:50.780 Let's 00:30:50.780 --> 00:30:50.820 pray.