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 Good morning everyone. Let's bow our heads. I'm going to pray.

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 Heavenly Father, we pray that as we come to your word now and as I speak from it,

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 that you would speak to us by your spirit, that you would grow us in Christ to your glory.

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 And we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Our Archbishop Peter Jensen spoke to us, or spoke with a few of us the other day at clergy conference,

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 at Northern Region Clogy Conference, and he was talking about conversion to Christ

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 and especially how it's something that begins with God himself.

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 It's not just something we do for ourself.

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 It's the regenerating work of the spirit of God in us that brings us to Christ.

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 And then he gave us a really sober warning, born of experience.

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 He said that at every level of church life, people engage in unregenerate behaviour,

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 that is destructive to our life as the people of God,

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 but it is also damaging to our witness to Christ in the world.

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 And global mission, how people outside see us,

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 is undermined by unregenerate behaviour amongst us.

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 And he said that churches and church organisations and Christian schools

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 are always tempted to put people into leadership because of need.

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 We need to fill a position.

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 We need somebody for the job, so we put somebody in as treasurer

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 because they work with finance.

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 We put somebody into the parish council

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 because they're a leader in the business world.

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 And when we put qualifications and experience ahead of Christian faith,

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 we're actually ahead for disaster.

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 And he said an example would be that church schools

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 that have lowered their expectations of faith,

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 or Christian faith in their teachers,

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 and have pursued academic excellence,

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 which is always the pressure from parents,

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 now turn out well-educated unbelievers.

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 Generalisation.

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 I found it to be true in a place or two too.

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 His words are actually born of bitter experience.

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 He demanded the licence of one of my friends in ministry

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 who was found to have had a number of sexual affairs

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 with people in parishes that he worked in.

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 His early days as archbishop were sometimes miserable.

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 Numbers of times he took strong action

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 to remove people from ministry.

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 They were people whose behaviour had caused the name of Christ

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 to be dragged through the mud,

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 and some of those people still hate him.

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 My first year in one of my parishes saw similar things.

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 I had a warden who thought I was just...

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 She was female, but she just thought

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 I was the nicest man in the world for ten months.

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 And then I think I lovingly spoke to her.

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 She doesn't think so, but I lovingly spoke to her

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 about a relationship that seemed to be developing

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 with one of our parish counsellors.

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 And it later intruded into their marriage,

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 her marriage.

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 It later became adultery.

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 I lost a warden.

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 I lost a parish counsellor.

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 And I lost a synod rep because of their immorality.

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 Three different people.

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 I've watched another church,

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 which was a huge supporter of missions,

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 known all over the place for their good works

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 and watched them self-destruct

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 because of immorality amongst the people of God.

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 And that church can no longer afford to support a minister.

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 So we and the world out there often focuses on things

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 like the forgiveness and the mercy

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 that is to be found in Christ, which is real.

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 But we must not underestimate the devastating effects

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 of sin amongst God's people

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 and God's anger with it.

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 And there is a need for strong leadership to deal with it.

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 So the Bible passage before us this morning,

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 it's the Isaiah passage.

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 It's Isaiah chapter 56, beginning at verse 9

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 and following through at the end of chapter 57.

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 It'd be great if you had your Bibles open.

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 But it is a shattering description of the people of God.

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 And Isaiah brings the word of God to the people of God

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 and sin and wickedness seem to reign

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 and it starts from the top down.

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 It begins with the leaders.

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 And so you read,

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 Come all you beasts of the field,

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 come and devour all you beasts of the forest.

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 Israel's watchmen are blind,

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 they all lack knowledge,

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 they are mute dogs,

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 they cannot bark,

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 they lie around and dream,

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 they love to sleep.

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 They are dogs with mighty appetites,

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 they never have enough,

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 they are shepherds who lack understanding,

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 they all turn to their own way,

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 each seeks his own gain.

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 Come, each one cries,

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 let me get wine,

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 let us drink our fill of beer,

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 and tomorrow will be like today,

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 or even better.

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 And so what he's doing,

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 he's issuing an invitation to the beasts of the field,

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 the beasts of the forest,

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 to come in amongst the people of God,

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 rip, tear, devour.

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 They're invited to bring destruction as God's judgment.

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 And he castigates the failure of leadership.

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 The watchmen and the shepherds,

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 who are nearly always prophets in the Old Testament,

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 have failed in their duty of care.

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 They're responsible to live under God's law

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 and call the people of God to as well.

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 And he describes them as blind,

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 as ignorant,

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 as mute.

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 All the faculties that they need

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 to be able to do their work

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 have been disabled by sin.

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 And so they can't see,

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 so they're in no position to look out for trouble.

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 They're ignorant,

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 they lack knowledge,

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 they can't even begin to teach

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 what they should be teaching,

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 they can no longer even discern

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 right from wrong,

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 and seemingly don't care.

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 And they're mute.

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 They don't even use their voices

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 to warn people.

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 And so rather than looking after

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 the interests of the people of God,

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 they're sitting in the background,

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 drinking,

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 in the backyard,

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 drinking their beer

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 and having a great old time on the wine

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 and looking after themselves.

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 And he says,

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 they've got insatiable appetites

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 for seeking their own gain.

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 They are gluttons and drunkards

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 focused on what they can get out of life.

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 And they live oblivious to the work

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 that God has appointed them to do.

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 And they are like the rich fool

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 in Luke chapter 12.

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 They have settled back.

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 They are taking life easy.

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 They do not live with any fear of God.

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 They have no concern at all

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 that one night

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 he will demand their life.

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 And so Isaiah begins with the leadership

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 because they have failed to teach

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 and obey the word of God

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 and as a result,

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 God's people have descended

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 into great wickedness.

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 I can't read this

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 without reflecting on my own leadership

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 amongst God's people

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 and I would ask you

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 that if you have leadership

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 in a small group

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 or other ministry

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 in this church

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 or in other places

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 to reflect on it for yourself.

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 Do we have courage

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 to confront sin in our midst?

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 Do we excuse brothers and sisters

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 for inappropriate behaviour

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 or in their speech

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 and say,

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 well, they've always been like that?

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 Or do I care more

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 about how people see me

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 and the importance of my role?

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 Do I live the acknowledgement of others?

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 Do I live on the privileges

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 and esteem that leadership brings

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 without taking the responsibilities

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 that it involves?

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 See, watchmen and shepherds

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 are called

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 by the Lord Jesus

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 to sacrificial service.

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 We are servants of Christ.

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 We are not employees

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 of the people of God.

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 We are called

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 to have humble hearts

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 which are submissive to Christ

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 and which seek his glory.

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 And Isaiah is caustic

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 in his critique

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 of the wickedness

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 of the leaders.

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 But then he moves on

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 to describe the wickedness

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 which reigns

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 amongst the people of God.

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 So chapter 57, verse 3.

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 But you, come here,

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 you sons of a sorceress,

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 you offspring of adulterers

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 and prostitutes,

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 whom are you mocking?

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 At whom do you sneer

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 and stick out your tongue?

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 Are you not a brood of rebels,

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 the offspring of liars?

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 You burn with lust

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 under the oaks

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 and under every spreading tree.

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 You sacrifice your children

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 in the ravines

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 and under the overhanging crags.

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 The idols among the smooth stones

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 of the ravines

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 are your portion.

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 They, they are your lot.

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 Yes, to them

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 you have poured out

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 drink offerings

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 and offered grain offerings

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 in the light of these things.

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 Should I relent?

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 You have made your bed

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 on a high and lofty hill

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 and there you want

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 to offer up your sacrifices.

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 Behind your doors

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 and your doorposts

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 you have put your pagan symbols.

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 Forsaking me,

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 you uncovered your bed.

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 You climbed into it

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 and opened it wide.

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 You made a pact

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 with those whose beds

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 you love

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 and you looked

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 on their nakedness.

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 You went to Moloch

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 with olive oil

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 and you increased

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 your perfumes.

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 You sent your ambassadors

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 far away.

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 You descended

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 to the grave itself.

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 Not a pretty picture.

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 God's people

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 described as sons

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 of a sorceress

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 you offspring

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 of adulterers

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 and prostitutes

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 could have used

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 a more colloquial way

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 of speaking about them.

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 But their mocking,

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 verse 4,

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 is a mocking of God

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 sticking their tongue

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 out at him.

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 What are you going

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 to do about it?

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 And they have done it.

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 We've seen the last few weeks.

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 They have done it

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 by pursuing other gods.

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 They've taken on

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 the ways of worship

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 of the surrounding nations.

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 They've made political treaties.

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 They've forgotten

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 the Lord God.

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 One of the other gods

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 is named Moloch

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 in verse 9.

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 Another is hinted at

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 by the practices.

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 So in verse 7,

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 beds on high hills

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 where you offered sacrifices.

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 Or verse 5,

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 lust under the oaks

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 and spreading trees.

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 So in that society,

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 Baal and his female

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 counterpart Ashtaroth

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 were widely worshipped

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 in this farming society.

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 And so an annual crop

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 was their livelihood.

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 It was their life.

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 It was their well-being.

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 It was their wealth.

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 It was their salvation.

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 Everything was dependent

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 upon the success

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 of the crop.

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 And so part of the town festival

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 might involve

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 the priest of Baal

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 having sex in public

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 with a young woman

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 as part of the worship

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 aimed at securing

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 Baal's favour

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 and blessing.

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 And you go through

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 this passage

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 and you see

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 there's lots of sexual

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 overtones

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 into this worship

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 in verses 8 and 9.

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 The pagan symbols

00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:49.259
 are very likely

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 of male sex organs

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 associated with fertility.

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 Lots of those

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 have been found

00:11:54.340 --> 00:11:55.340
 by archaeologists.

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 And Isaiah is quite graphic

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 speaking about

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 the uncovered bed

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 and the pact

00:12:00.680 --> 00:12:01.379
 that you have made

00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:01.860
 with others

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 that you love.

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 You look on their nakedness.

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 It's a metaphorical picture.

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 The people of God

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 have been prostituting

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 themselves to other gods.

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 But it's also

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 an actual picture

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 because the worship

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 of these gods

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 opens them up

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 to rampant immorality.

00:12:33.939 --> 00:12:34.679
 Moloch worship

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 is horrifically wicked.

00:12:38.819 --> 00:12:39.919
 Verse 5

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 You sacrifice

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 your children

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 in the ravines

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 and under

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 the overhanging

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 crags.

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 You slip out of town

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 with the unwanted child

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 and you murder them

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 in a quiet place

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 where people

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 cannot see

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 down in the riverbed

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 under a crag

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 near the smooth stones

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 as you seek

00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:05.539
 well-being

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 and protection

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 from Moloch

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 for yourself.

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 Sort of religion

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 and ways of worship

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 seem a long way

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 removed from reality

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 for most of us.

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 Increasingly

00:13:22.680 --> 00:13:23.320
 not true

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 because

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 many people

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 in our church family

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 now come from

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 cultures very different

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 from a western one.

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 And Men's Breakfast

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 last Saturday

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 T.S. Lim

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 spoke about

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 or showed us

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 pictures of his family's

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 clan house

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 in Malaysia

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 and explained

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 that it was the place

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 where they had

00:13:43.059 --> 00:13:44.039
 their family idols

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 and where the family

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 would go to worship

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 the ancestors.

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 He said the Lim family

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 in Malaysia

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 is a bit like

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 the Jones family

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 in Australia

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 a really common name

00:13:52.079 --> 00:13:53.000
 everybody goes there.

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 We don't have one

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 not in that sort of way

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 we don't build idols

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 and we don't build temples

00:13:58.779 --> 00:14:00.479
 to stuff them in

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 and worship them at.

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 We've lived

00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:05.500
 many of us

00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:06.519
 have lived in the west

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 we have a so-called

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 scientific understanding

00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:09.699
 of the world

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 based on cause and effect

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 we tend

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 towards atheism

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 and many

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 believe in a world

00:14:17.199 --> 00:14:18.120
 which doesn't need

00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:19.120
 any sort of God.

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 These practices

00:14:22.259 --> 00:14:23.259
 are below us

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 and we become God.

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 The world

00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:31.059
 revolves around us

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 and everything

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 is to our pleasure

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 we are at the centre

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 of the world

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 and we create

00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:38.519
 our own security

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 and so we work hard

00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:43.000
 to secure things

00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:43.699
 like our wealth

00:14:43.699 --> 00:14:44.500
 and our future.

00:14:45.939 --> 00:14:46.500
 Education's

00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:47.419
 of very high value

00:14:47.419 --> 00:14:48.539
 because it's a mechanism

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 for climbing above

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.379
 our parents'

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 situation in life.

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 So grandparents

00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:54.419
 and parents

00:14:54.419 --> 00:14:55.179
 invest a lot

00:14:55.179 --> 00:14:55.740
 in their children

00:14:55.740 --> 00:14:56.480
 because we want them

00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:57.500
 to rise above us.

00:14:58.559 --> 00:14:59.299
 It's a way

00:14:59.299 --> 00:15:00.480
 of putting ourselves

00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:01.600
 ahead of other people

00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:02.840
 and over other people.

00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:06.159
 One of our older people

00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:06.740
 said to us

00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:07.560
 at a small group

00:15:07.560 --> 00:15:08.220
 the other night

00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:09.840
 that they notice

00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:10.720
 amongst their peers

00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:11.420
 older people

00:15:11.420 --> 00:15:12.600
 that you see

00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:13.540
 this sort of control

00:15:13.540 --> 00:15:14.279
 even to the end

00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:14.899
 of their lives

00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:15.899
 that people in nursing

00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:17.040
 homes and aged care

00:15:17.040 --> 00:15:18.100
 some of them

00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:19.220
 are very concerned

00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:20.420
 about how their life

00:15:20.420 --> 00:15:20.980
 will end

00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:21.860
 and they want to have

00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:23.040
 control over

00:15:23.040 --> 00:15:23.759
 how their life

00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:24.240
 will end.

00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:31.379
 We wouldn't be

00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:32.279
 so crass

00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:32.799
 would we

00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:33.539
 as to

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:35.860
 have rampant

00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:36.500
 immorality

00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:38.299
 in public places

00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:42.200
 and yet

00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:42.799
 I turn on

00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:43.539
 my television

00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:46.039
 and I cannot

00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:47.240
 turn the channel

00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:50.180
 without people

00:15:50.180 --> 00:15:51.480
 reenacting sex

00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:52.500
 of all kinds

00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.440
 in front of me

00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:55.540
 and I am

00:15:55.540 --> 00:15:56.500
 drawn by it

00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:59.400
 and so it does

00:15:59.400 --> 00:16:00.160
 it occurs

00:16:00.160 --> 00:16:00.740
 in public

00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:01.300
 everywhere

00:16:01.300 --> 00:16:05.260
 and Moloch

00:16:05.260 --> 00:16:05.920
 is not far

00:16:05.920 --> 00:16:06.660
 from us either

00:16:06.660 --> 00:16:09.140
 we go

00:16:09.140 --> 00:16:09.860
 to a quiet

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:10.380
 place

00:16:10.380 --> 00:16:11.180
 to destroy

00:16:11.180 --> 00:16:11.740
 unwanted

00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:12.240
 children

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:15.180
 I went

00:16:15.180 --> 00:16:15.800
 to the website

00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:16.500
 of one of our

00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:17.300
 local hospitals

00:16:17.300 --> 00:16:17.720
 recently

00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:18.360
 looking for a

00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:18.780
 phone number

00:16:18.780 --> 00:16:19.320
 to ring one

00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:19.980
 of our elderly

00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:21.900
 patients

00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:22.059
 patients

00:16:22.059 --> 00:16:23.699
 and I was

00:16:23.699 --> 00:16:24.079
 confronted

00:16:24.079 --> 00:16:24.480
 on that

00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:24.980
 website

00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:25.419
 by the

00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:25.699
 links

00:16:25.699 --> 00:16:26.199
 to

00:16:26.199 --> 00:16:30.039
 the

00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:30.439
 abortion

00:16:30.439 --> 00:16:30.720
 ad

00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:31.120
 to the

00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.439
 abortion

00:16:31.439 --> 00:16:31.959
 website

00:16:31.959 --> 00:16:32.500
 biggest

00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:32.879
 business

00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.340
 in Sydney

00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:33.879
 amongst them

00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:34.100
 it was

00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:34.480
 boasting

00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:37.320
 and I

00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:37.820
 went there

00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:38.120
 and that

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:38.480
 website

00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:39.060
 told me

00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:39.399
 that they

00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:39.700
 treat

00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.000
 women

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:40.899
 from 13

00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:41.480
 to 50

00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:43.700
 and that

00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:44.240
 the average

00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.860
 age of

00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.300
 patients

00:16:45.300 --> 00:16:45.899
 is not a

00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:46.340
 teenager

00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:46.800
 but it's

00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:47.300
 28

00:16:47.300 --> 00:16:50.120
 and they

00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.480
 massage

00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:52.240
 their language

00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:53.659
 they're honest

00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:54.379
 they're forthright

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:54.860
 they say

00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.440
 we carry out

00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:55.920
 abortions

00:16:55.920 --> 00:16:56.580
 terminations

00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:59.000
 but they

00:16:59.000 --> 00:16:59.800
 don't

00:16:59.800 --> 00:17:00.300
 abort

00:17:00.300 --> 00:17:01.120
 babies

00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:01.860
 in their

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.460
 language

00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:04.079
 they just

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.720
 remove

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.340
 unwanted

00:17:05.340 --> 00:17:05.880
 tissue

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.720
 and evacuate

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.319
 it from

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.960
 a woman's

00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.340
 body

00:17:08.340 --> 00:17:09.779
 that's the

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.100
 language

00:17:10.100 --> 00:17:10.819
 that's used

00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:17.220
 not designed

00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:17.559
 to be a

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.019
 guilt trip

00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:20.600
 I know

00:17:20.600 --> 00:17:21.160
 in speaking

00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:21.940
 to any

00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:22.220
 of our

00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:22.920
 congregations

00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.460
 that numbers

00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:24.079
 of us

00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.600
 may have

00:17:24.600 --> 00:17:25.380
 been impacted

00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:25.900
 in some

00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.279
 way by

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:26.740
 abortion

00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:28.880
 and if

00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:29.299
 that is

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:29.620
 you

00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:30.200
 then a

00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:30.460
 different

00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:30.860
 kind of

00:17:30.860 --> 00:17:31.480
 conversation

00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:32.860
 needs to

00:17:32.860 --> 00:17:33.299
 be had

00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:35.120
 but the

00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:35.620
 point that

00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:36.120
 I'm making

00:17:36.120 --> 00:17:36.660
 is

00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:38.059
 that we

00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.519
 can look

00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:39.000
 back on

00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.500
 these so

00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:39.759
 called

00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.700
 unsophisticated

00:17:40.700 --> 00:17:41.259
 societies

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:42.360
 2700 years

00:17:42.360 --> 00:17:42.759
 ago

00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:44.380
 and not

00:17:44.380 --> 00:17:44.960
 identify

00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:45.740
 with the

00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.319
 wickedness

00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:46.779
 of their

00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:47.500
 idolatry

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:51.000
 their worship

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:51.620
 led them

00:17:51.620 --> 00:17:52.339
 to rampant

00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:53.019
 immorality

00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:54.160
 and great

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.720
 wickedness

00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:55.000
 in the

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.220
 killing

00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:55.559
 of their

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:55.940
 children

00:17:55.940 --> 00:18:00.420
 but we

00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.740
 have the

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.519
 outcomes

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.680
 of idol

00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:04.180
 worship

00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:07.799
 all around

00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.200
 us

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:10.519
 and the

00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:10.960
 question

00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:11.880
 becomes

00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:13.460
 what is

00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:13.820
 it that

00:18:13.820 --> 00:18:14.600
 we worship

00:18:14.600 --> 00:18:15.700
 that leads

00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.299
 us to be

00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:17.080
 a society

00:18:17.080 --> 00:18:17.460
 where

00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:18.140
 immorality

00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:18.940
 is rampant

00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:20.420
 and where

00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:21.340
 thousands and

00:18:21.340 --> 00:18:22.059
 thousands of

00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:23.019
 children's lives

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.620
 are ended

00:18:23.620 --> 00:18:24.519
 every year

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.859
 and it's

00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:26.400
 not just

00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:27.059
 out there

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.559
 it's in

00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:27.980
 here as

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.259
 well

00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:32.259
 and so

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.799
 Isaiah

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.759
 paints a

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.900
 picture of

00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:35.420
 great

00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:36.079
 darkness

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:38.319
 and evil

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:39.059
 which has

00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:39.980
 come over

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.519
 the people

00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.000
 of God

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:44.460
 it seems

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.279
 like evil

00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.059
 reigns

00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:48.000
 the wicked

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.940
 are thriving

00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:50.940
 and godly

00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:51.539
 people go

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:51.819
 to the

00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:52.200
 grave

00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:54.799
 and I

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.240
 think that's

00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:55.799
 what verses

00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:56.440
 1 and 2

00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:56.819
 are about

00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.779
 the righteous

00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.600
 perish and

00:18:58.600 --> 00:18:58.960
 no one

00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.539
 ponders it

00:18:59.539 --> 00:18:59.840
 in his

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 heart

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 devout men

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 are taken

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 away and

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 no one

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 understands

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 that the

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 righteous are

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 taken away

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 to be spared

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 from evil

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 those who

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 walk uprightly

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 enter into

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 peace

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 they find

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 rest as

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 they lie

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 in death

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 so godly

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 people die

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 and no one

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 cares

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 and yet

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 it says

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 here

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 God

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 takes

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 his

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 own

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 people

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 out

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 righteous

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 people

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 don't have

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 a very

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 high

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 profile

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 in this

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 sort of

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 society

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 they're

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 not

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 movers

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 and shakers

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 they go

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 to their

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 graves

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 unnoticed

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 and without

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 a thought

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 but Isaiah

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 says

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 they're taken

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 away to be

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 spared from

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 evil

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 in death

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 they find

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 peace

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 and rest

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 it's like

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 the hope

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 of a

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 New

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 Testament

00:19:48.340 --> 00:19:48.840
 believer

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 expressed

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 in the

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 Old

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 Testament

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 so you

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 wouldn't

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 a Christian

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 person

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 should not

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 dare to

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 say to

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 somebody

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 who didn't

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 trust in

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 Christ

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 that

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 death

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 is

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 peace

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 the

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 Bible

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 makes it

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 very clear

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 that death

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 comes after

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 judgment

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 or judgment

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 comes after

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 death

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 and in

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 1 Thessalonians

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 chapter 4

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 Paul's answering

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 the question

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 what happens

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 to believers

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 who die

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 before Christ

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 returns

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 and he

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 answers them

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 with deep

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 reassurance

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 brothers

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 we do not

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 want you to

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 be ignorant

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 about those

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 who fall

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 asleep

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 or to

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 grieve like

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 the rest

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 of men

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 who have

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 no hope

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 we believe

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 that Jesus

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 died and

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 rose again

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 and so we

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 believe that

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 God will

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 bring with

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 Jesus

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 those who

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 have fallen

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 asleep in

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 him

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 the same

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 reassurance

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 in the

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 New Testament

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 is here in

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 Isaiah 700

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 years before

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 Christ

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 for the

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 for the

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 person safe

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 in Christ

00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:51.619
 death is

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 not the

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 end

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 it's regarded

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 as sleep

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 it's in

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 rest

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 it's an

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 escape

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 from having

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 to live

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 with the

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 wickedness

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 of the

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 world

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 including

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 its impact

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 on us

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 it's a

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 great hope

00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:07.480
 but the

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 other way

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 out of this

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 mess begins

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 to be revealed

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 in verse

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 13

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 the

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 person

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 who

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 makes

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 me

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 his

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 refuge

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 will

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 inherit

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 the

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 land

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 and

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 possess

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 my

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 holy

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 mountain

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 the

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 wicked

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 person

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 is

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 invited

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 to

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 find

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 safety

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 and

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 protection

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 with

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 God

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 hear that

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 the

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 wicked

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 person

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 is

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 invited

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 to

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 find

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 safety

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 and

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 protection

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 with

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 God

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 absolutely

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 unbelievable

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 and true

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 and so

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 if you

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 are

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 overwhelmed

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 by your

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 own

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:45.799
 sin

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:45.980
 and

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 failures

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:46.819
 this

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.019
 is

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.240
 for

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 you

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 God

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.919
 asserts

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 himself

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.639
 verse

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 15

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 he says

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 this is

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 what the

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 high and

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:53.679
 holy

00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:53.980
 one

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 says

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 he

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 who

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 lives

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 forever

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 whose

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 name

00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:57.059
 is

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 holy

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.240
 I

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 live

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 in a

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 high

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 and

00:21:59.399 --> 00:21:59.679
 holy

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 place

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 but

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 also

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.059
 with

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.299
 him

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.500
 who

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:01.679
 is

00:22:01.679 --> 00:22:02.379
 contrite

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:02.859
 and

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.359
 lowly

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:03.539
 in

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:03.960
 spirit

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.619
 to

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.139
 revive

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:05.400
 the

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:05.720
 spirit

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:05.900
 of

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.060
 the

00:22:06.060 --> 00:22:06.420
 lowly

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:06.580
 and

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:06.700
 to

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.080
 revive

00:22:07.080 --> 00:22:07.280
 the

00:22:07.280 --> 00:22:07.500
 heart

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.620
 of

00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:07.759
 the

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.340
 contrite

00:22:08.340 --> 00:22:09.380
 see

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:09.780
 the

00:22:09.780 --> 00:22:10.080
 picture

00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:10.320
 here

00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:10.460
 is

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.000
 wickedness

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.320
 seems

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:11.580
 to

00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:11.920
 reign

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.820
 and

00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:12.960
 it

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.180
 might

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:13.380
 not

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:13.540
 be

00:22:13.540 --> 00:22:13.740
 where

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:13.900
 all

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.060
 the

00:22:14.060 --> 00:22:14.400
 action

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:14.900
 is

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.440
 it

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.720
 might

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.020
 seem

00:22:16.020 --> 00:22:16.200
 like

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.380
 this

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.500
 is

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.620
 the

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:16.880
 place

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.080
 where

00:22:17.080 --> 00:22:17.220
 all

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.340
 the

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:17.640
 action

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.060
 is

00:22:18.060 --> 00:22:18.640
 but

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:18.820
 the

00:22:18.820 --> 00:22:19.440
 eternal

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:19.720
 God

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:19.860
 of

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.000
 the

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.400
 universe

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.880
 speaks

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.940
 from

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.140
 his

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.720
 everlasting

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.240
 throne

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.420
 and

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:23.540
 he

00:22:23.540 --> 00:22:23.780
 says

00:22:23.780 --> 00:22:24.020
 I

00:22:24.020 --> 00:22:24.360
 reign

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:26.160
 I

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.380
 am

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:26.759
 king

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.980
 and

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.200
 whether

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.440
 you

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:28.820
 believe

00:22:28.820 --> 00:22:28.960
 it

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.080
 or

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:29.340
 not

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:30.040
 I

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:35.259
 be

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.580
 true

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:39.520
 and

00:22:39.520 --> 00:22:39.840
 notice

00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.080
 what

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:40.340
 God

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:40.820
 doesn't

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:41.080
 say

00:22:41.080 --> 00:22:41.240
 to

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 us

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.520
 as

00:22:41.520 --> 00:22:41.680
 we

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:41.900
 come

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.060
 to

00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:42.240
 him

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.380
 he

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:42.759
 doesn't

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:42.980
 say

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.280
 pull

00:22:43.280 --> 00:22:43.460
 up

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:43.660
 your

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.040
 socks

00:22:44.040 --> 00:22:44.620
 get

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:44.840
 your

00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:45.080
 act

00:22:45.080 --> 00:22:45.460
 together

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.040
 overcome

00:22:46.040 --> 00:22:46.400
 your

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:46.780
 sin

00:22:46.780 --> 00:22:48.120
 he

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.680
 speaks

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:48.920
 to

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.100
 the

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.560
 person

00:22:49.560 --> 00:22:49.860
 who

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.259
 makes

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.560
 him

00:22:50.560 --> 00:22:50.820
 their

00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:51.600
 refuge

00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:52.560
 and

00:22:52.560 --> 00:22:52.720
 he

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:52.940
 says

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.200
 not

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.440
 only

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:53.660
 does

00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:53.920
 God

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.280
 reign

00:22:54.280 --> 00:22:54.520
 on

00:22:54.520 --> 00:22:54.700
 his

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.200
 glorious

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:55.620
 throne

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:55.860
 in

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 heaven

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 he

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 is

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 also

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 with

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 him

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 who

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 is

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 contrite

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 and

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 lowly

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 in

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 spirit

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 to

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 revive

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 the

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 spirit

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 of

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 the

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 lonely

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 and

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 revive

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 the

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 heart

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 of

00:23:03.300 --> 00:23:03.420
 the

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 contrite

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.520
 God

00:23:04.520 --> 00:23:04.840
 is

00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.220
 near

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 as a

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 passage

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.100
 I

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.400
 often

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.660
 read

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 to

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 people

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 in

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 distress

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 and

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 sometimes

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 it

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 is

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 in

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 distress

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 over

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 their

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 own

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 sin

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 and

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 failure

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:17.100
 so

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 you

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 minister

00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:17.759
 to

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 a

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 person

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 differently

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 according

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 to how

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 they

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 present

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 themselves

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 to

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 you

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 so

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 if

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 somebody

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 comes

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 forward

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 saying

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 there's

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 nothing

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 wrong

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 with

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 all

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 this

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 stuff

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 I'm

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 doing

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 that's

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 a

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 very

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 different

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 perspective

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 from

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 the

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 person

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 who

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 comes

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 forward

00:23:28.280 --> 00:23:28.440
 and

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 done

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.480
 and

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 the

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 evil

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 that

00:23:33.040 --> 00:23:33.180
 is

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 in

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 my

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 heart

00:23:33.780 --> 00:23:34.360
 what

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 is

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 going

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 to

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 come

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 of

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 me

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 and

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 psalm

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 chapter

00:23:39.040 --> 00:23:39.400
 9

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 verse

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 7

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 says

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 the

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 Lord

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 reigns

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.620
 forever

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 and

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.140
 he

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.320
 has

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 established

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 his

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 throne

00:23:43.520 --> 00:23:43.740
 for

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 judgment

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:45.000
 he

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 will

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 judge

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 the

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 world

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:47.560
 in

00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:48.040
 righteousness

00:23:48.040 --> 00:23:48.440
 and

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.600
 he

00:23:48.600 --> 00:23:48.780
 will

00:23:48.780 --> 00:23:49.120
 govern

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:49.340
 the

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 peoples

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.000
 with

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 justice

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:52.780
 the

00:23:52.780 --> 00:23:53.060
 Lord

00:23:53.060 --> 00:23:53.259
 is

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.440
 a

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.020
 refuge

00:23:54.020 --> 00:23:54.200
 for

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.340
 the

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:54.880
 oppressed

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:56.060
 a

00:23:56.060 --> 00:23:57.060
 stronghold

00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:57.300
 in

00:23:57.300 --> 00:23:57.720
 times

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:57.920
 of

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.320
 trouble

00:23:58.320 --> 00:23:59.740
 and

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 those

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 who

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 know

00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:00.800
 your

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 name

00:24:01.040 --> 00:24:01.240
 will

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.620
 trust

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:01.859
 in

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 you

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.339
 for

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 you

00:24:02.699 --> 00:24:03.159
 Lord

00:24:03.159 --> 00:24:03.759
 have

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.279
 never

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.959
 forsaken

00:24:04.959 --> 00:24:05.399
 those

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:05.639
 who

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.019
 seek

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.319
 you

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:08.519
 God

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:08.739
 is

00:24:08.739 --> 00:24:09.139
 king

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:10.659
 and

00:24:10.659 --> 00:24:10.819
 he

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.019
 is

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 also

00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:11.879
 very

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 near

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 to

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 those

00:24:12.679 --> 00:24:12.839
 who

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:12.979
 are

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 humble

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.619
 enough

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 to

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.059
 make

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 him

00:24:14.219 --> 00:24:14.439
 their

00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:15.039
 refuge

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.459
 and

00:24:16.459 --> 00:24:16.899
 over

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 and

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.359
 over

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.699
 again

00:24:17.699 --> 00:24:17.899
 he

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.339
 invites

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.500
 us

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.659
 to

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:18.879
 bring

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.119
 our

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:19.619
 failures

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.159
 and

00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:20.359
 our

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.000
 brokenness

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.179
 to

00:24:21.179 --> 00:24:21.459
 him

00:24:21.459 --> 00:24:21.879
 without

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.759
 pretense

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:24.939
 this

00:24:24.939 --> 00:24:25.099
 is

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.239
 the

00:24:25.239 --> 00:24:25.459
 other

00:24:25.459 --> 00:24:26.139
 conversation

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.419
 I

00:24:26.419 --> 00:24:26.739
 mentioned

00:24:26.739 --> 00:24:26.959
 a

00:24:26.959 --> 00:24:27.139
 minute

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.459
 ago

00:24:27.459 --> 00:24:27.639
 if

00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:27.859
 your

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.219
 life

00:24:28.219 --> 00:24:28.439
 is

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:28.959
 damaged

00:24:28.959 --> 00:24:29.879
 by

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.639
 immorality

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:32.200
 or your

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.640
 conscience

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.460
 is torn

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:33.920
 through the

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.420
 impact

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.460
 of an

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:35.900
 abortion

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.940
 or whatever

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.400
 it is

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:37.900
 that weighs

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.420
 upon your

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.800
 soul

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:41.440
 Christ the

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:42.480
 king invites

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.980
 you to

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.520
 make him

00:24:43.520 --> 00:24:43.759
 your

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.460
 refuge

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:52.400
 God's

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:52.799
 men and

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.039
 women

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.299
 are

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.799
 deeply

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.200
 aware

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.400
 of

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.640
 sin

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:54.799
 and

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.000
 they

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.500
 struggle

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.799
 with

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.019
 it

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:58.240
 and

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.380
 it

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.539
 is

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:58.759
 with

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.240
 broken

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.779
 hearts

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.039
 and

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.579
 dependent

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.079
 spirits

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.380
 that

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:01.559
 we

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:01.819
 come

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.019
 to

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.240
 God

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.360
 and

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:02.519
 we

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:02.779
 throw

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.259
 ourselves

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.480
 on

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.680
 his

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.100
 mercy

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:07.740
 one

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:07.980
 of the

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.579
 commentators

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:08.939
 I read

00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:09.199
 as I

00:25:09.199 --> 00:25:09.500
 prepared

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.740
 this

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.119
 message

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.459
 says

00:25:10.459 --> 00:25:10.819
 God

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.619
 comforts

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.179
 mourners

00:25:12.179 --> 00:25:13.219
 and

00:25:13.219 --> 00:25:13.699
 those

00:25:13.699 --> 00:25:14.019
 who

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.480
 won't

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.980
 weep

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.519
 won't

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.799
 be

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.519
 comforted

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:20.339
 so

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.539
 if

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:20.740
 you

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:20.939
 have

00:25:20.939 --> 00:25:21.219
 been

00:25:21.219 --> 00:25:21.639
 tainted

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:22.059
 by the

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.599
 immorality

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.059
 of this

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.439
 world

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:23.939
 as I

00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:24.359
 have

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:26.519
 and

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.719
 if

00:25:26.719 --> 00:25:26.899
 you

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.119
 have

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:27.740
 participated

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.299
 in

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.740
 Moloch

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.039
 and

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.279
 been

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.759
 involved

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:29.959
 in

00:25:29.959 --> 00:25:30.079
 the

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.579
 destruction

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:30.839
 of

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.259
 unborn

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.879
 children

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:33.279
 or

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.700
 whatever

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.119
 it is

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:34.299
 that

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.440
 you

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.619
 have

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.059
 done

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:37.420
 there

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:37.619
 is

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:37.879
 this

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.799
 extraordinary

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.799
 invitation

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.720
 to

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.079
 throw

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.480
 ourselves

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:41.740
 on

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.059
 God's

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.399
 mercy

00:25:42.399 --> 00:25:45.779
 and

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:45.899
 he

00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:46.299
 doesn't

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.579
 say

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:46.980
 get

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.139
 out

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.240
 of

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.440
 my

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:47.680
 sight

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:47.819
 I

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:47.960
 don't

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.160
 ever

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.339
 want

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.460
 to

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:48.660
 see

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:48.839
 you

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.259
 again

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.259
 he

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.799
 invites

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.039
 us

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.240
 to

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.519
 bring

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.799
 our

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.139
 sin

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.519
 and

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:52.879
 failure

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.119
 to

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.259
 the

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.500
 one

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:53.700
 who

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:53.920
 was

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.440
 pierced

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.700
 for

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:54.940
 our

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:56.019
 transgressions

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:57.559
 crushed

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.879
 for

00:25:57.879 --> 00:25:58.099
 our

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.799
 iniquities

00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:00.259
 the

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.500
 one

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:00.700
 on

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:00.920
 whom

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.119
 the

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:01.440
 Lord

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.960
 laid

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.539
 the

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.119
 iniquity

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.439
 of

00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:03.659
 us

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 all

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 four

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 chapters

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 before

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 Isaiah

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 53

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 the

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 servant

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 who

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 makes

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 these

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 things

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 possible

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 invites

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 us

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 to

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 bring

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 our

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 sin

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 and

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 wickedness

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 to

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 the

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 cross

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 the

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 great

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 invitational

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 words

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 come

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 to

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 me

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 all

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 you

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 who

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 are

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 weary

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 and

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 burdened

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 and

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 I

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 will

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 give

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 you

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 rest

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 take

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 my

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 yoke

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 upon

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 you

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 and

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 learn

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 from

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 me

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 for

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 I

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 am

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 gentle

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 and

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 humble

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 in

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 heart

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 and

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 you

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 will

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 find

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 rest

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 for

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 your

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 souls

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 for

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 my

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 yoke

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 is

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 easy

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 and

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 my

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 burden

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 is

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 light

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 in the sermon on the mount Jesus says blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted

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 he's not speaking merely about bereavement he is speaking about being deeply grieved by our own sin

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 and brokenness we are the tax collector in the temple of God in Luke 18 who cannot even raise

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 his eyes to heaven and beats his breast and says God have mercy on me the sinner

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 see in our month of global mission awareness see that God has given us the most magnificently

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 hopeful message to shout to the world

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 he is the great and magnificent creator God of the universe he has come near through his son the Lord

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 Jesus Christ he has come near to anyone who would make him their refuge he is a magnificent God

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 and he says I live in a high and holy place

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 but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit

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 to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite

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 Amen