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 We've mentioned over the last couple of weeks how the structure of this particular book includes,

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 if we were thinking of a musical score, there's the overture, there's the variations,

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 which is the main section of the book, and then there's the coda,

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 when things are kind of summarized in two major stories at the end of the book.

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 And we're coming to the end of this introductory section, this overture,

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 where the author is presenting to us some patterns and some ideas and some narrative

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 that we're going to find repeated throughout the rest of the book.

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 And when we get to this particular section, we see a more detailed narrative describing this cycle

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 that the nation of Israel is going to continually find themselves falling into

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 over and over and over throughout the rest of the book.

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 We would call it the cycle of apostasy.

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 And this pattern is, though it does vary in some places from judge to judge,

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 it largely remains intact as we get through the book.

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 And before we look at what that cycle is, let me just remind you what we mean when we say cycle of apostasy.

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 We're not dealing, at least at this point, the scripture isn't dealing with a group of people

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 who are pagan or completely outside of the knowledge of God's truth.

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 He is addressing here God's people, those who have been set apart, at least in a national sense.

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 He has set apart Israel to be his people at this point.

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 They are not behaving as his spiritual people, but yet they are his covenant people in a national sense and a physical sense.

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 That's who he's dealing with.

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 These are people who know the truth of God.

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 They're not ignorant of it.

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 They're not ignorant of Yahweh.

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 They have, in some cases, seen or at least heard the witness of their parents as they've described the wonderful works of God.

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 They're not completely ignorant to who God is and what God's plan is.

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 They actually know it.

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 Apostasy is not living your life simply in rejection of biblical ideas and of the biblical God and of Christ.

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 It is knowing those truths first and then willfully turning away from them.

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 Does that make sense?

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 This is different than your neighbor who's never actually heard a biblical gospel before and has no clue about the scripture.

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 This is your neighbor who actually knows as much as anyone else knows about the scripture and about Jesus and about the gospel,

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 and yet they still willfully turn away from that and reject it.

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 That's where the nation of Israel is at this point.

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 That's why we call it apostasy and not just unbelief.

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 This is a cycle of willful unbelief from what they know to be true.

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 They have been presented with the truth about God, and yet they continue to reject it.

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 And so it's a specific application to us as well for those of us who at least are familiar with the truths of God.

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 Are we actually still willfully walking away from those things?

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 And we find ourselves in a big mess if we're like Israel in that sense.

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 Let's just briefly talk about the cycle real quick.

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 I think we have a graphic that I can show you that may help you.

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 Here's how the cycle generally works, the pattern that we're going to find repeated.

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 First, the people of Israel reject the Lord.

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 They rebel against him and against his law.

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 Then after that, they provoke the Lord to anger, and God delivers them into the hands of their enemies.

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 After that, sometimes, not all the time, but sometimes the people cry out to the Lord.

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 This is not so much a cry of repentance.

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 It's a cry of misery.

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 And God looks on their pain, and he looks on their misery, and then he responds.

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 That's the next part of the cycle.

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 God, in response, raises up a judge.

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 And by judge, we're not talking about the skilled lawyer who sits on a big stand in a black robe and a white wig.

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 That's not the sense of this.

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 This is a deliverer, a military person, generally speaking, who is a savior of the people.

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 He is a savior who leads the people out of bondage to physical national enemies at this point.

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 So God would raise up a judge who would then deliver the people, and then the judge would die, and the people would turn right back to the rebellion.

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 Except the rebellion is not the same as it was before.

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 The rebellion always gets worse and worse and worse.

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 And so the nation of Israel, throughout this book, it just continues on this repeated cycle.

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 They rebel.

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 God delivers them into the hands of their enemies.

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 They are really upset about that, and they finally get to the point where they just can't take it anymore.

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 God responds by sending them a judge, a deliverer, and then the deliverer dies, and they go right back to it again, into the rebellion.

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 This is what we're going to see over and over and over, and the author begins to give us a glimpse of this cycle here in this particular text.

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 But my goal today is not to dig into the cycle itself.

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 We're going to have lots of time over the next few months to look at this cycle.

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 That's not what I want to do today.

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 What I want to do today is I want to look at this text and present to you some larger truths as it relates to Israel's sin and to God's response to their sin.

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 Okay?

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 Those are the two major things that I want you to see.

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 I want you to see the nature of Israel's sin, and I want you to see God's response to their sin.

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 The text teaches us so much about the true nature of our own sin, but it reveals some facets about the character of God that, in the end, should provoke our love.

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 It should provoke our worship.

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 That's the key here.

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 So, if I'm going to lay it all out for you here at the beginning, what I hope will happen for you and with you by the time we get to the end of this study this morning is that you might feel some conviction if there needs to be conviction felt because of your sin.

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 But what I really hope happens is that by the end of this, you'll have a view of God's character that will produce nothing in you except worship.

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 Who is a God like this?

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 There is no God like this.

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 And that's what I hope to point out to you.

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 Here's the first thing that I want you to see if you're keeping notes.

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 I want you to see the root of Israel's apostasy.

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 The root of Israel's apostasy.

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 Look with me again at verse 11.

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 The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals.

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 And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt.

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 They went after other gods from among the gods of the peoples who are around them and bowed down to them.

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 And they provoked the Lord to anger.

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 They abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.

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 Now, do you remember over the summer we had that series through the seven churches in Revelation?

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 And does anybody remember what the literary structure was of those seven churches?

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 Do you remember what it was called?

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 Anybody remember?

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 Josh, tell us.

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 It's a chiasm, right?

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 A chiastic structure.

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 A chiasm is basically, it's a literary technique that has a particular movement or series of movements or statements that are meant to convey a central idea.

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 Okay?

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 There's a narrowing and broadening function.

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 So, if you remember back in that particular study, chi is a Greek letter.

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 It looks like a capital X in English.

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 And so, if you kind of think of this half of the X, the way that a structure like this works in literary terms is it starts broadly.

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 It moves in, narrows in to its central focus, and then it works itself back out.

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 And it mimics where it starts.

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 Okay?

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 Now, I want you to see what's happening here in this text in verses 11 through 13 is a chiasm.

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 It's another chiastic structure.

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 And I just want you to look at it with me.

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 I think I have it on the screen for you to see, actually, so you can visualize this.

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 In verse 11, we have Israel served the bells.

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 In verse 12, they abandoned the Lord.

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 Again, in verse 12, this is the central focus.

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 They went after other gods and bowed down to them.

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 And now it begins to work its way back out.

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 They, in verse 13, abandoned the Lord.

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 Verse 13, they served the bells and the astros.

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 Do you see the narrowing effect?

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 How it starts out and it narrows?

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 Now, what the author's doing here, this is very common, especially in the Old Testament literature.

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 This is very common.

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 He's taking a series of statements or a series of thoughts, and he's arranging them in order that we might see what is at the heart of this issue.

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 And what is at the heart of this issue with Israel, in verse 12, right in the middle, is that they went after other gods and they bowed down to them.

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 And what is that?

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 It's worship.

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 At the heart of Israel's apostasy was the issue of worship.

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 Worship.

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 In fact, the word behind this phrase, bowed down, is used in the scriptures to indicate the biblical notion of worship.

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 We don't always understand it that way.

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 We don't always use that term that way.

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 Typically, when we use the term worship, we are referring to the process of singing praises to God, right?

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 We would come and churches will have worship teams, and what the worship teams are is just the singers, right?

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 Because we say, well, let's stand and let's worship together.

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 What we really mean is let's sing together.

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 Typically, we have a very narrow view of what worship is.

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 But the biblical notion of worship is actually much different than that.

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 Indeed, exaltation is really what we mean when we say worship in that other sense.

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 But an exaltation is a crucial element to expressing worship.

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 But it's still only one piece of the pie, okay?

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 The biblical idea of worship is generally actually quite different than jubilation.

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 The word itself, it pictures a royal courtroom.

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 The king is on his throne, and his subjects have come in to give homage to him.

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 And what they do is they bow down low.

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 That's why it's often translated bow down.

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 Or when we say worship, the word behind it in the Old Testament, it really means to bow low.

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 But we're not just talking about getting on our hands and knees.

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 When we think about bowing in worship, that's what we think, right?

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 We think we get down on our hands and knees, and we plead with someone,

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 will you please marry me?

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 There's a reason we get on our knees.

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 Because we have to beg for women to do that, right?

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 It goes further than that.

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 This word, the picture here, it is to lay prostrate on the ground.

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 It's to get as close to the ground as you can possibly get.

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 Julie's going to get mad at me for doing this.

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 My clothes are going to get dirty.

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 It's to lay down.

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 It's to lay down, hands forward.

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 You're as low as you can possibly get to the ground.

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 Now, why would someone do this as a form of worship?

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 They're making themselves as low as they can possibly make themselves,

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 in order that the one who is the object of their worship

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 is lifted as high as that person can be lifted up.

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 It's a sign of worth, of value.

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 I'm expressing so much value to this person or to this thing

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 that I am bringing myself low in submission as far as I can go.

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 And here's the idea of what it expresses.

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 It's a statement.

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 It says that I am submitting all of my love and my loyalty and my service.

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 I'm committing to this object or this idea or this person or whatever it may be.

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 It's what it means to bow down here in this text.

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 Now, this is what the author intends for us to understand.

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 It's what he's communicating when he says that Israel bowed down to the bells

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 and to the Ashtoreth.

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 Not only physically, but spiritually,

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 they were pledging all of their loyalty and service

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 to Baal, the Canaanite god,

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 rather than to Yahweh, the god of the Hebrews.

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 That's what's at the core of their evil.

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 Their worship was wrong.

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 Their loyalty was wrong.

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 The one they were surrendered to was no longer Yahweh.

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 The one they're surrendered to now is the god of the culture in which they lived.

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 And of course, the act of worshiping the gods of Canaan

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 were very different than worshiping Yahweh.

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 Baal was the Canaanite god of storms and fertility.

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 The worshipers in Canaanite theology stated that

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 the rain that was necessary for the ground to be watered and fertile

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 and fruitful in its bearing of crops

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 would only come if Baal and Ashtart or the Ashtoreth,

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 which in their theology was Baal's female consort

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 or his queen perhaps if you want to think of it that way.

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 The only way that the ground would be fertile

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 and that the rain would come

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 and that the fruitful crops would come

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 is if they too copulated together.

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 But this couldn't just happen because it happens.

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 They had to be coerced into doing that,

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 which meant that the worshipers had to coerce them.

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 And the way that Canaanite theology taught this

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 is that the only way to coerce Baal and Ashtoreth

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 to have this intercourse together

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 is if humans had intercourse together

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 in a public way as a form of worship.

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 So they created these cult prostitutes

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 that would make themselves available

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 in places of worship of Baal

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 and individuals could go

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 and they could engage with these cult prostitutes

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 in order to hopefully coerce Baal and Ashtoreth

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 into doing the same thing.

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 And that if they would do that,

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 then the rain would come

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 and then the ground would be fertile

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 and then the fruitfulness of the crops would come.

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 And this eventually evolved

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 into all kinds of other immoral practices,

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 including eventually,

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 probably the worst of it would have been

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 sacrificing their children

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 to appease these gods.

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 You see, the fundamental difference here

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 between pagan gods and Hebrew worship

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 was that pagan gods had to be coerced.

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 Yahweh just says,

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 trust me,

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 believe me,

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 follow me.

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 Pagan gods have to be coerced

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 because they don't actually want to help you.

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 They're not interested in helping you.

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 That's not the picture of pagan theology that we find.

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 They have to be coerced.

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 You have to do all these other things.

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 You have to sacrifice your own children

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 just to try to plead with them

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 to come on your behalf.

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 But God says,

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 no, trust me.

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 Yahweh is simply to be trusted.

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 But instead of trusting the promises of God,

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 Israel abandoned him

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 to pursue the gods of the land.

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 Their worship then

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 was not motivated by truth.

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 It wasn't motivated by righteousness.

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 It wasn't motivated by love.

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 Their worship was motivated by the flesh.

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 Israel was seduced by what they thought

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 would secure them happiness and wealth.

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 They didn't abandon Yahweh

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 because he had somehow failed them,

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 but because they thought

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 that what Baal offered

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 was so much better.

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 The worship that came along

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 with worshiping Baal and Ashtar,

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 the promises of the fertility of the ground,

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 all of those things,

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 they found that to be far more desirable.

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 So they didn't leave Yahweh

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 because he was bad to them

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 or that he had harmed them in any way.

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 He had been only good to them.

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 They left because they found

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 some other God to be more desirable.

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 Canaanite religion appeals then

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 to man's basest desires of the flesh.

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 Pleasure and prosperity.

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 Pleasure and prosperity.

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 And such is true

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 about the modern equivalence

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 of Baal worship.

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 The gods of this world

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 and of our culture

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 and the ideas of it,

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 they do not appeal to us

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 on the basis of truth

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 and righteousness

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 and eternal purpose.

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 They seduce us

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 with promises of prosperity

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 that never live up

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 to the expectations

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 that we have for it.

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 And they seduce us

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 with promises of pleasure

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 that are ultimately fleeting.

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 They're here for a moment

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 and then they're gone.

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 And then you're left alone

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 trying to pursue

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 that same pleasure

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 all over again.

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 But what God offers us

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 is so much greater

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 than sex and wealth.

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 It's far different than that.

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 He promises us

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 truth,

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 peace,

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 not merely peace among ourselves,

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 peace with Him.

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 He promises us

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 incomprehensible joy

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 that will never come

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 to an end.

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 But like Israel,

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 we regularly settle

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 for less

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 than what God actually offers.

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 It's a bad trade.

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 Here's what C.S. Lewis

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 had to say about that.

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 It would seem

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 that our Lord

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 finds our desires

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 not to be too strong

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 but to be too weak.

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 We are half-hearted creatures

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 fooling about

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 with drink

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 and sex

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 and ambition

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 when infinite joy

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 is offered to us.

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 Like an ignorant child

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 who wants to go on

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 making mud pies

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 in a slum

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 because he cannot imagine

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 what is meant

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 by the offer

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 of a holiday at sea.

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 We are far too easily

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 pleased,

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 he says.

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 I find that really helpful.

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 Sometimes we think

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 that our sin

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 is the result

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 of strong urges

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 that are in us

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 but it's actually

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 weak urges.

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 We are not looking

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 at the truth

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 of what it is

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 that God offers us

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 and what Christ offers us

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 in the gospel.

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 We're looking for something

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 that's far less than that.

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 Something that's

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 immediately gratifying to us

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 or something that

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 brings pleasure

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 however it may be

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 fleeting to us

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 and at least pleasures us

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 in that particular moment

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 or it comes with

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 the promise of prosperity

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 or at least what we hope

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 will end up being

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 prosperity.

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 prosperity

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 and we've actually

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 set our sights

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 and our desires

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 far too low.

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 The fact is

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 that we all

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 worship something.

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 The question is

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 what is the nature

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 of that worship?

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 Are you submitted

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 to the God

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 who offers life

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 and peace

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 or are you

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 bowing before

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 the God of self

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 fiddling around

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 with anything

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 that might fulfill

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 your basest lust?

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 You see here's the thing

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 this is what we saw

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 in James chapter 4

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 as well.

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 You can't have it

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 both ways.

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 That's the problem.

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 We try to.

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 Those of us

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 who are Christians

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 from time to time

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 we try to bring

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 these two things together

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 as much as we can

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 and it just doesn't work.

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 Jesus tells us

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 that plainly.

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 He says you can't

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 serve two masters

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 because you're either

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 going to love the one

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 and hate the other

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 or you're going to

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 hate the one

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 and love the other.

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 You can't serve God

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 and mammon

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 or money

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 was the context

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 of what he was saying

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 but the sense was

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 you can't serve God

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 and this world.

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 In another place

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 he says that

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 the path to prosperity

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 and pleasure

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 and joy

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 and all of these things

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 life that we have

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 is not a path

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 of self-fulfillment

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 it's actually a path

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 of self-denial.

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 Deny yourself.

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 Take up your cross.

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 Follow me.

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 Because whoever

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 will save his life

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 will lose it

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 but whoever loses

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 his life for my sake

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 in the gospels

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 he will save it.

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 It's upside down

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 isn't it?

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 It's backwards

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 but only for us.

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 It's the true way

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 of righteousness.

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 It's the true way

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 of salvation.

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 It's the true way

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 of true joy

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 and peace

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 and lasting hope.

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 And then of course

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 we must remember

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 that it's entirely possible

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 to identify

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 with Christianity

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 in some sense

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 while not actually

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 worshiping

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 the Christian God.

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 isn't that where

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 Israel is?

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 They weren't

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 renouncing their identity

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 as Israelites.

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 They probably

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 didn't even put away

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 everything that

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 was recorded

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 for them to do

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 as far as the law

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 was concerned.

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 There was probably

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 some syncretistic

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 tendencies that they had

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 where they would

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 still maybe do

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 some of the Yahweh things

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 but they were also

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 going to do the

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 Baal things as well

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 and there was this

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 kind of mixture

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 they're trying to

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 bring together.

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 They were trying to

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 have it both ways

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 but it doesn't work.

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 It doesn't work

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 for us either.

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 You can try

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 to identify

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 as a Christian

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 but if you're not

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 worshiping the true God

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 you're not

00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:52.159
 worshiping Christ

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 I don't know

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 what you mean

00:20:54.899 --> 00:20:55.440
 when you say

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 that you're a Christian.

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 Israel's apostasy

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 was a matter of worship

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 so was ours.

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 Second thing

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 I want you to see

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 the wonder

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 of the holy God.

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 The wonder

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.960
 of the holy God.

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 So there's the heart

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.839
 or the root

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.980
 of Israel's apostasy

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 it's an issue

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.519
 of worship here

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 they're serving Baal

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.759
 rather than serving God

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 but now I just want you

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 to look at God.

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 All throughout the scripture

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 we find people

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 standing in awe

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:26.160
 and wonder

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:27.740
 over the glory

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 of God.

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 Let me just give you

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 a few examples

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 of that.

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 Moses in Exodus

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 chapter 15 says

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 who is like you

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 oh Lord

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 among the gods?

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 Who is like you

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 majestic in holiness

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 awesome and glorious

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 deeds

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 doing wonders?

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 How many times

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 do your prayers

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.159
 sound like that?

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 I wish I could speak

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 the language of Moses

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 and David

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 and some of these guys.

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 How many times

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 have you fallen

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.679
 on your knees

00:21:50.679 --> 00:21:51.099
 in prayer

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 and private worship

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 just because you got

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.079
 a glimpse

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 of some unique

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.319
 characteristic

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.779
 of God's nature

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 and you just say

00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:58.000
 who is a God

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.599
 like you?

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 There is nobody

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.639
 like you

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:02.279
 majestic in your holiness.

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.379
 But it wasn't

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:04.000
 just Moses

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.220
 Solomon said it

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.099
 in 1 Kings 8

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.980
 oh Lord

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.719
 God of Israel

00:22:07.719 --> 00:22:08.819
 there is no God

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.439
 like you

00:22:09.439 --> 00:22:10.639
 in heaven above

00:22:10.639 --> 00:22:11.439
 or earth beneath

00:22:11.439 --> 00:22:12.759
 keeping covenant

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 showing steadfast love

00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:15.439
 to your servants

00:22:15.439 --> 00:22:16.480
 who walk before you

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 with all their heart.

00:22:18.419 --> 00:22:19.279
 Micah said it

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:20.379
 who is a God

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:20.939
 like you

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 pardoning iniquity

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 and passing over

00:22:23.439 --> 00:22:24.179
 transgression

00:22:24.179 --> 00:22:25.279
 for the remnant

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:25.980
 of his inheritance?

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 He does not

00:22:27.459 --> 00:22:28.419
 retain his anger

00:22:28.419 --> 00:22:29.059
 forever because

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.759
 he delights

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.699
 in steadfast love.

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.539
 Paul said it

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.339
 in Romans 11

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:35.259
 oh the depth

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.319
 of the riches

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.119
 and the wisdom

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 and the knowledge

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.319
 of God

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:39.799
 how unsearchable

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.579
 are his judgments

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:42.079
 how inscrutable

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:43.339
 his ways.

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.700
 Over and over

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.799
 when you get a glimpse

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.799
 of who God is

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.480
 even if it's just

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.319
 a small one

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:49.160
 what it's going to

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.180
 produce in your life

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:51.220
 is worship.

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.500
 Who is a God

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.160
 like you?

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.019
 And how do we

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.619
 get to that?

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.259
 How do we get

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.799
 to that point?

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.400
 What is it that

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:58.319
 these people saw

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.940
 and understood

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.900
 that produced

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.839
 this kind of worship?

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.859
 Nothing produces

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:04.799
 this reaction more

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:06.799
 I think

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:08.159
 than seeing

00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:09.000
 God's righteous

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.680
 anger

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:11.839
 and his

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:13.579
 infinite mercy

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:15.139
 presented alongside

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.859
 one another

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 and that's what

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.639
 we have in this

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.399
 text right here.

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 The subject

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.799
 of these verses

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.859
 verses 14 and 15

00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:22.559
 the subject

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.259
 is God

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.720
 not Israel

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 and what is

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.940
 conveyed about

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.619
 God's character

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:29.039
 should move us

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.879
 to worship

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.779
 and there's two

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.440
 facets here

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:31.960
 that the author

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.559
 points out.

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 The first thing

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:33.760
 I want you to

00:23:33.760 --> 00:23:34.600
 see is the

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.320
 anger of the

00:23:35.320 --> 00:23:35.560
 Lord.

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.720
 The anger

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.260
 of the Lord.

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 Verse 14

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 So the anger

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.180
 of the Lord

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.800
 was kindled

00:23:40.800 --> 00:23:41.600
 against Israel

00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:42.520
 and he gave

00:23:42.520 --> 00:23:43.020
 them over

00:23:43.020 --> 00:23:43.980
 to plunderers

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.560
 who plundered

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 them.

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 He sold

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.360
 them into

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 the hand

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.180
 of their

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 surrounding

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.400
 enemies

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:48.800
 so that

00:23:48.800 --> 00:23:49.120
 they could

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:49.540
 no longer

00:23:49.540 --> 00:23:49.940
 withstand

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.740
 their enemies.

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 Whenever

00:23:51.780 --> 00:23:52.360
 they marched

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:52.880
 out the

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.400
 hand of the

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:53.620
 Lord

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.520
 was against

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 them for

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.400
 harm

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.180
 as the

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 Lord had

00:23:56.520 --> 00:23:56.980
 warned

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 and as the

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 Lord had

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 sworn to

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 them

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 and they

00:24:00.560 --> 00:24:01.020
 were in

00:24:01.020 --> 00:24:01.620
 terrible

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:03.060
 distress.

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:05.039
 By

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.720
 abandoning

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.119
 Yahweh

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.599
 to serve

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:06.759
 the

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.019
 bells

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.379
 Israel

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.159
 provoked

00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:08.980
 the Lord's

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.279
 anger

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.139
 and the

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.799
 consequences

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.240
 were

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.319
 calculated

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:14.079
 and severe.

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.659
 Notice

00:24:15.659 --> 00:24:16.720
 how intent

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.240
 the author

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.759
 is on

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.700
 emphasizing

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.440
 God's

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:19.960
 action

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.539
 in this.

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:21.819
 It was

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.419
 the Lord

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:23.339
 who quote

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.299
 gave them

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.720
 over

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.419
 to

00:24:25.419 --> 00:24:26.079
 plunderers.

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.359
 It was

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.940
 God

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:29.000
 who sold

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.419
 them

00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:30.240
 to their

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.599
 enemies.

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:32.379
 God's

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:32.779
 hand

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.639
 had not

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:33.899
 merely

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.159
 been

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.679
 removed

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.039
 from

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.240
 them

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.439
 for

00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:35.740
 good

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.139
 but

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:36.279
 it

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.500
 was

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:36.799
 quote

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.619
 against

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.119
 them

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.740
 for

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.279
 harm.

00:24:40.439 --> 00:24:41.139
 All

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.480
 of this

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.980
 divine

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.699
 action

00:24:42.699 --> 00:24:43.259
 resulted

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.559
 in the

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:43.839
 people

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:43.980
 of

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.159
 Israel

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:44.439
 being

00:24:44.439 --> 00:24:44.699
 in

00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:45.119
 quote

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.819
 terrible

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:47.039
 distress.

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:48.919
 They

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.839
 pursued

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.359
 Baal

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.000
 hoping

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.599
 to receive

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.259
 pleasure

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.659
 and

00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:53.299
 prosperity

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.759
 and

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.219
 protection

00:24:54.219 --> 00:24:54.919
 but all

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.419
 they got

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:55.879
 was the

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.199
 wrath

00:24:56.199 --> 00:24:56.419
 of

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:56.859
 God.

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:56.959
 God

00:24:56.959 --> 00:24:58.459
 the

00:24:58.459 --> 00:24:58.839
 same

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.019
 will

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.139
 be

00:24:59.139 --> 00:24:59.359
 true

00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.579
 for

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.019
 us.

00:25:01.219 --> 00:25:01.479
 Sin

00:25:01.479 --> 00:25:02.139
 never

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.740
 follows

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.019
 through

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.219
 on

00:25:03.219 --> 00:25:03.419
 what

00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:03.539
 it

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:03.919
 offers.

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:04.719
 We

00:25:04.719 --> 00:25:04.919
 can

00:25:04.919 --> 00:25:05.500
 pursue

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:05.759
 it.

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.139
 We

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.319
 can

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.639
 pursue

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.099
 sin.

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.279
 We

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.439
 can

00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:07.879
 pursue

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.639
 anything

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:08.879
 that

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.079
 may

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.439
 line

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:09.619
 up

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:09.779
 in

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.379
 rejection

00:25:10.379 --> 00:25:10.659
 to

00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:10.799
 the

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.019
 truth

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.159
 of

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.279
 the

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.599
 gospel

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:11.819
 of

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.079
 Jesus

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.339
 and

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.479
 we're

00:25:12.479 --> 00:25:12.559
 going

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:12.679
 to

00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:12.899
 think

00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.079
 it's

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.179
 going

00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:13.279
 to

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.500
 make

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.740
 things

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.119
 better

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.319
 for

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.500
 us.

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:14.759
 Things

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:14.879
 are

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:14.979
 going

00:25:14.979 --> 00:25:15.039
 to

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.240
 be

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.759
 more

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.659
 freeing.

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.579
 We're

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:17.659
 going

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:17.719
 to

00:25:17.719 --> 00:25:17.879
 be

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.379
 happy.

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.279
 We're

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.359
 going

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:19.479
 to

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.539
 God.

00:25:28.979 --> 00:25:29.599
 And I

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:29.899
 think the

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.359
 author is

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:30.839
 intent for

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.119
 us to

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:32.179
 see that

00:25:32.179 --> 00:25:32.679
 God is

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.219
 a

00:25:33.219 --> 00:25:34.240
 wrathful

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.619
 God.

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.319
 But we

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.599
 don't like

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:36.979
 to think

00:25:36.979 --> 00:25:37.399
 of that.

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:39.099
 Our

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.539
 culture is

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.279
 so opposed

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.639
 to

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:41.639
 authority

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.099
 and

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.979
 punitive

00:25:42.979 --> 00:25:43.519
 action

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.799
 that we

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.319
 often as

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.659
 Christians

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.059
 we feel

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.319
 like we

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:46.639
 have to

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.059
 get God

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.399
 off the

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:47.659
 hook

00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:48.839
 for

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.159
 bad

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:49.459
 things

00:25:49.459 --> 00:25:49.639
 that

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:49.959
 happen

00:25:49.959 --> 00:25:50.240
 or we

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.419
 got to

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:50.799
 get God

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.119
 off the

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.379
 hook

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:51.719
 for

00:25:51.719 --> 00:25:53.240
 things

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.439
 that

00:25:53.439 --> 00:25:53.740
 come

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:53.939
 as

00:25:53.939 --> 00:25:54.179
 the

00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:54.899
 consequences

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.179
 of

00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:55.359
 our

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:55.679
 sin.

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.459
 We

00:25:57.459 --> 00:25:57.599
 don't

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:57.759
 like

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:57.899
 to

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.179
 talk

00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:58.439
 about

00:25:58.439 --> 00:25:58.779
 God's

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.240
 wrath

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.539
 so we

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:00.859
 water

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.439
 down

00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:02.459
 biblical

00:26:02.459 --> 00:26:03.179
 language

00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:03.539
 hoping

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:03.779
 to

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.000
 make

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.219
 it

00:26:04.219 --> 00:26:05.199
 more

00:26:05.199 --> 00:26:05.740
 palatable.

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.859
 We

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.259
 emphasize

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.759
 God's

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:08.979
 love

00:26:08.979 --> 00:26:09.359
 rightly

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:09.859
 but we

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.599
 emphasize

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:10.879
 it

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.279
 sometimes

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.759
 in such

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.139
 a way

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.719
 that

00:26:12.719 --> 00:26:13.139
 to think

00:26:13.139 --> 00:26:13.359
 that

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.659
 God

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:14.359
 judges

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.759
 sinners

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.279
 or that

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.559
 God

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:15.799
 has

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.079
 any

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.240
 kind

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.359
 of

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.659
 wrath

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:16.799
 or

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.079
 anger

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.839
 to

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.119
 people

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.439
 seems

00:26:18.439 --> 00:26:19.019
 unthinkable.

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.539
 Well I

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:19.659
 thought

00:26:19.659 --> 00:26:19.719
 he

00:26:19.719 --> 00:26:19.939
 was a

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.059
 God

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.179
 of

00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:20.459
 love.

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:20.659
 We

00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:21.379
 emphasize

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.699
 his

00:26:21.699 --> 00:26:21.899
 love

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:22.179
 so

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:22.419
 much

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:22.539
 that

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:22.639
 we

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:22.779
 end

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:22.899
 up

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.419
 diminishing

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:23.639
 a

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.079
 anger

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.279
 with

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.519
 sin.

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.419
 We

00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:29.699
 say

00:26:29.699 --> 00:26:30.139
 things

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.599
 like

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.740
 God

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.079
 doesn't

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.439
 send

00:26:32.439 --> 00:26:32.740
 people

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:32.959
 to

00:26:32.959 --> 00:26:33.240
 hell

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.619
 they

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.299
 choose

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.479
 to

00:26:34.479 --> 00:26:34.659
 go

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:34.959
 there

00:26:34.959 --> 00:26:35.759
 which

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:35.859
 is

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.000
 not

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.319
 true.

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.199
 We

00:26:39.199 --> 00:26:39.299
 do

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.559
 everything

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:39.779
 we

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.139
 can

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:40.319
 to

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.579
 get

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:40.819
 God

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:40.979
 off

00:26:40.979 --> 00:26:41.139
 the

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.339
 hook.

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:41.479
 We

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 do

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:41.839
 everything

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 we

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.339
 can

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 to

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.259
 soften

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.659
 thoughts

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:43.819
 of

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.019
 this

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 but

00:26:44.199 --> 00:26:44.599
 the

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:44.919
 fact

00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.079
 is

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.219
 that

00:26:45.219 --> 00:26:45.419
 God

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:45.779
 is

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.559
 perfectly

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.639
 holy.

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.359
 He

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:48.699
 is

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:50.019
 just

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:51.539
 and

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:51.859
 everyone

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.159
 who

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:52.779
 rejects

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:52.879
 him

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.059
 as

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.359
 Israel

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.679
 did

00:26:53.679 --> 00:26:54.259
 become

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.539
 his

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:54.839
 enemies

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.240
 and

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.379
 they

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:55.740
 face

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.240
 his

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.599
 divine

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.140
 wrath.

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.720
 Think

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:58.839
 of

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.079
 Hebrews

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 10.

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 For

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:00.940
 we

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.240
 know

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.539
 him

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.720
 who

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.019
 said

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.759
 vengeance

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.180
 is

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.660
 mine

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.259
 I

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.480
 will

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.819
 repay

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.700
 and

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.140
 again

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.940
 the

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.299
 Lord

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.539
 will

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:07.960
 judge

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.160
 his

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.539
 people.

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.240
 And

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.400
 then

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.700
 the

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.140
 author

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.319
 of

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.740
 Hebrews

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.599
 summarizes

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:11.759
 it

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:11.960
 this

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.200
 way.

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.120
 It

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.240
 is

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.400
 a

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.839
 fearful

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.440
 thing

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.460
 to

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.059
 fall

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.880
 into

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.099
 the

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.460
 hands

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.720
 of

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:17.859
 the

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.059
 living

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.420
 God.

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.480
 It

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.599
 is

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:19.740
 a

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:19.960
 fearful

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.319
 thing.

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.140
 And

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 it's

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.420
 the

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:22.900
 reality

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.160
 for

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 anyone

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:23.640
 who

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:23.940
 does

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 not

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 belong

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.620
 to

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 him

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.200
 through

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.539
 faith

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.680
 in

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.019
 Christ.

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:28.819
 But

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:28.980
 his

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.480
 wrath,

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:29.700
 his

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.099
 holiness,

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.420
 his

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.740
 justice

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:30.980
 is

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.200
 something

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.400
 to

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.599
 be

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 worshipped.

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 That's

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 why we

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 must

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 not

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.019
 diminish

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.279
 it.

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.000
 For

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.160
 him

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.259
 to

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.440
 be

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:36.819
 anything

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.400
 less

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:37.640
 than

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.200
 just

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.900
 would

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.099
 mean

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.259
 that

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.380
 he

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:39.759
 is

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.099
 not

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.400
 a

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.759
 good

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.519
 God.

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.000
 He

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.259
 must

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.579
 judge

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:43.880
 sin.

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:44.980
 And

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.120
 we

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.380
 must

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.620
 not

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:45.880
 view

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.279
 God's

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.599
 wrath

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:46.819
 as

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.039
 an

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.660
 uncontrolled

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:47.640
!

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:47.980
 temper.

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.420
 That's

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:48.620
 how we

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:48.819
 think

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.000
 about

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.160
 that

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.440
 term

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.680
 because

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.019
 that's

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.140
 how

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:50.420
 we

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:50.900
 respond

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.079
 in

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.359
 wrath.

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.279
 We

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.700
 respond

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:52.960
 as if

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.079
 we're

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.579
 sinful

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.079
 things

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.299
 in

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.779
 the

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.000
 midst

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.140
 of

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.400
 our

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:58.660
 anger

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:58.839
 and

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.200
 our

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.579
 wrath

00:27:59.579 --> 00:27:59.759
 but

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.000
 that's

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.180
 not

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.000
 what

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.220
 we're

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.339
 to

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.900
 understand

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.160
 about

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.519
 God's

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:02.819
 wrath.

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.680
 Think

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:03.880
 about

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.000
 it

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.220
 here.

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:04.720
 The

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:04.900
 author

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.400
 reminds

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.579
 us

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:05.720
 here

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:05.859
 in

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.039
 verse

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.500
 15

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.359
 that

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:07.759
 God's

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.180
 anger

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.519
 was

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.720
 in

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.319
 faithfulness

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.480
 to

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.680
 his

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.180
 word.

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.559
 Look

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:10.660
 at

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:10.740
 it

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:10.880
 with

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.000
 me

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.220
 verse

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.620
 15.

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.339
 Whenever

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:13.599
 they

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:13.880
 marched

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.160
 out

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.339
 the

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.559
 hand

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:14.660
 of

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:14.779
 the

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:14.920
 Lord

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.099
 was

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.380
 against

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:15.559
 them

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:15.720
 for

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:15.980
 harm

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.759
 as

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:16.980
 the

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.299
 Lord

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.759
 had

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.279
 warned

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:18.279


00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.900
 he

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.319
 told

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:27.559
 them

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:27.839
 long

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.180
 before

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.640
 Joshua

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.099
 24

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.359
 he

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.579
 said

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.200
 if

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.380
 you

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:30.579
 do

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:30.779
 not

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.279
 obey

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.599
 if

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:31.759
 you

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.059
 do

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.299
 not

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.740
 worship

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:32.960
 me

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.140
 if

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.240
 you

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.380
 do

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.620
 all

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:33.740
 of

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:33.920
 these

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.120
 other

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.660
 things

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.180
 my

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.339
 hand

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.460
 will

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:35.599
 be

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:35.980
 against

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.140
 you

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.259
 I

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.500
 will

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.720
 not

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.079
 bless

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.200
 you

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.960
 in

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.039
 the

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.160
 land

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.279
 I

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.599
 must

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:38.839
 judge

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.019
 your

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.259
 sin

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.819
 he's

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.019
 just

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.420
 acting

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:41.640
 in

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.380
 faithfulness

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:44.019
 he

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.460
 plainly

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:44.700
 told

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:44.880
 them

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.059
 that

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.339
 turning

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.539
 to

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.660
 the

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:45.900
 gods

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.059
 of

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.339
 Canaan

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.620
 would

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.019
 result

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.240
 in

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.420
 this

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:47.799
 divine

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.099
!

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.160
 wrath

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:50.000
 I

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.180
 like

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.340
 how

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:50.600
 Barry

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:50.880
 Webb

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.160
 puts

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.380
 it

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:53.039
 God

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.240
 had

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.539
 shown

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:53.900
 himself

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.220
 to be

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.500
 true

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.700
 to

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:54.880
 his

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.259
 word

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.860
 by

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.340
 fulfilling

00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:56.600
 the

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.019
 promises

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.340
 he

00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:57.480
 had

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.640
 made

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:57.779
 to

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:57.920
 his

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.240
 people

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.400
 and

00:28:59.400 --> 00:28:59.500
 he

00:28:59.500 --> 00:28:59.620
 would

00:28:59.620 --> 00:28:59.960
 also

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.200
 be

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.400
 true

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:00.580
 to

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:00.740
 his

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.100
 word

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.759
 in

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.200
 fulfilling

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.480
 the

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.900
 warnings

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.120
 he

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.240
 had

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.460
 given

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.720
 them

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:05.060
 there's

00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:05.259
 nothing

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.920
 capricious

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.320
 about

00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:06.580
 that

00:29:06.580 --> 00:29:06.740
 he

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.080
 says

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:08.340
 the

00:29:08.340 --> 00:29:08.539
 God

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:08.640
 of

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:08.759
 the

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.000
 Bible

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.299
 gets

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.660
 angry

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.560
 but

00:29:10.560 --> 00:29:10.680
 he

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:10.960
 does

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.180
 not

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.420
 throw

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.240
 tantrums

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.900
 that's

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.000
 a

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.480
 significant

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.100
 difference

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:15.400
 his

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:15.640
 anger

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:15.779
 is

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.100
 righteous

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.480
 anger

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.420
 holy

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.779
 anger

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.300
 it's

00:29:18.300 --> 00:29:18.700
 just

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:20.200
 I

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.320
 think

00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:20.480
 that's

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.580
 the

00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:20.740
 first

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:20.860
 thing

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.000
 the

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.160
 author

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.400
 wants

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:21.519
 us

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.640
 to

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:21.920
 see

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.500
 here

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.640
 as

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:22.880
 we're

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.400
 examining

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.600
 the

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:23.840
 character

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.019
 of

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.160
 God

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.380
 we have

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.519
 the

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.740
 anger

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:24.880
 of

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:24.960
 the

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.100
 Lord

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.560
 but

00:29:25.560 --> 00:29:25.980
 then

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.080
 it

00:29:26.080 --> 00:29:26.200
 gets

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.500
 better

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.019
 now

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.200
 we

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.480
 have

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.060
 the

00:29:28.060 --> 00:29:28.400
 mercy

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.600
 of

00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:28.720
 the

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:28.980
 Lord

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.980
 mercy

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.140
 of

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.240
 the

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.420
 Lord

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:30.920
 verse

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.400
 16

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.800
 then

00:29:32.800 --> 00:29:32.960
 the

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.220
 Lord

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.600
 raised

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:33.800
 up

00:29:33.800 --> 00:29:34.140
 judges

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.980
 who

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.539
 saved

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.880
 them

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.340
 out

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:36.440
 of

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.539
 the

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:36.740
 hand

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:36.860
 of

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:37.039
 those

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.180
 who

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.539
 plundered

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:37.820
 them

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:38.880
 verse

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.340
 18

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:40.200
 whenever

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.440
 the

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:40.620
 Lord

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:40.940
 raised

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:54.660
 now

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:54.900
 remember

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.080
 what

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.200
 we're

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.500
 doing

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.240
 we've

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.400
 seen

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.640
 Israel

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.000
 sin

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.200
 we've

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.300
 seen

00:29:57.300 --> 00:29:57.420
 the

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:57.560
 root

00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:57.660
 of

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:57.740
 it

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:57.860
 it's

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:57.960
 an

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.140
 issue

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.279
 of

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.560
 worship

00:29:58.560 --> 00:29:59.039
 now

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.279
 we're

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.600
 taking

00:29:59.600 --> 00:29:59.759
 our

00:29:59.759 --> 00:29:59.900
 eyes

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.120
 off

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.220
 of

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.420
 Israel

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:00.600
 for

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:00.720
 a

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:00.940
 moment

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.279
 and

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.420
 we're

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.640
 looking

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:01.820
 at

00:30:01.820 --> 00:30:01.980
 the

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.279
 God

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.500
 that

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.720
 they

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:02.960
 should

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.060
 have

00:30:03.060 --> 00:30:03.220
 been

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.820
 worshiping

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.220
 what

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.380
 is

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.500
 he

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.960
 like

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.759
 well

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:05.900
 on

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.140
 one

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.400
 hand

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.560
 we

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:06.759
 have

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:06.900
 to

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.320
 acknowledge

00:30:07.320 --> 00:30:07.640
 in

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.120
 the

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.500
 context

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.680
 of

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:08.820
 their

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.100
 sin

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.220
 and

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.740
 unfaithfulness

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.440
 he

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.600
 is

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:10.740
 a

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.180
 wrathful

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.500
 God

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.120
 there's

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.240
 the

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:17.480
 we

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.740
 can't

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:17.900
 take

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.019
 that

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.200
 away

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.360
 from

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:18.480
 God

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:18.700
 that's

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:18.800
 who

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:18.940
 he

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.259
 is

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.200
 but

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.320
 on

00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:20.420
 the

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.620
 other

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:20.920
 hand

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.400
 because

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:21.640
 of

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:21.820
 the

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:22.200
 backdrop

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.460
 of

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:22.580
 his

00:30:22.580 --> 00:30:22.860
 anger

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.340
 we

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:23.720
 see

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.640
 his

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:24.960
 infinite

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.600
 mercy

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:26.840
 that's

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.019
 the

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.200
 real

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.580
 wonder

00:30:27.580 --> 00:30:28.000
 here

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.779
 is

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:29.920
 his

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.240
 divine

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.660
 mercy

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.539
 we

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:31.740
 can

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.300
 easily

00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:33.019
 comprehend

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.240
 a

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.680
 God

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.320
 who

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:35.000
 punishes

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.759
 disobedience

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.240
 that's

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.460
 easy

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:36.880
 to do

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.980
 right

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.860
 easy

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:40.700
 we

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:40.880
 can

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.100
 only

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:41.660
 marvel

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.000
 at a

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.340
 God

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.300
 who

00:30:43.300 --> 00:30:43.580
 shows

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:44.080
 mercy

00:30:44.080 --> 00:30:44.779
 for

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.019
 no

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.340
 apparent

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:45.740
 reason

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:47.680
 no

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.000
 apparent

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.259
 reason

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.539
 at all

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:48.660
 is

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:48.880
 given

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.120
 here

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:50.140
 that's

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.579
 exactly

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:50.839
 what's

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:50.960
 on

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.319
 display

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.480
 in

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.640
 this

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.000
 chapter

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.759
 the

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.019
 one

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.240
 who

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.799
 sold

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.160
 them

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.819
 into

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.019
 the

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.319
 hands

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.460
 of

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.980
 plunderers

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.440
 is

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.759
 also

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.000
 the

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.259
 one

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.779
 responsible

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.160
 for

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.819
 saving

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.259
 them

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.019
 from

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.299
 those

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.980
 plunderers

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:02.000
 the

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.319
 hand

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.500
 that

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.640
 was

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.099
 against

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.440
 them

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.200
 is

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.940
 simultaneously

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:06.299
 for

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.700
 them

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.759
 indeed

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.259
 part

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.400
 of

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:08.539
 the

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.920
 reason

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.200
 for

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.539
 God's

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.099
 wrath

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.640
 is

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:10.799
 to

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.140
 provide

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.400
 a

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:12.279
 context

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.759
 for

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:12.960
 which

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.140
 we

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.259
 are

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.420
 to

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:14.019
 understand

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.380
 his

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:15.539
 mercy

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:17.220
 I told

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.399
 you in

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:17.519
 the

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.940
 introductory

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.379
 lesson

00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:18.740
 one of

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:18.899
 the

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:19.259
 themes

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.460
 of

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.680
 this

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:19.839
 is

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:19.980
 to

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.559
 understand

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.039
 a

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.240
 theme

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.359
 of

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.480
 the

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:21.879
 entire

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.379
 Bible

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:23.339
 which

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.500
 is

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.740
 that

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.420
 God's

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.000
 glory

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.480
 he

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.720
 is

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.519
 glorified

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.859
 in

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.500
 salvation

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.259
 through

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.740
 judgment

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.740
 you can't

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.159
 understand

00:31:30.159 --> 00:31:30.839
 salvation

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.579
 without

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.259
 understanding

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.200
 judgment

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.779
 and we

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.139
 find it

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.480
 clearly

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.859
 here

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.440
 his

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.779
 anger

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.099
 and his

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.440
 wrath

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.700
 and his

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.039
 judgment

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.659
 being poured

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:37.980
 out

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.619
 on his

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.019
 people

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.619
 while at

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:39.779
 the

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.019
 same

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.399
 time

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:40.559
 he

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:40.759
 is

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.480
 emphasizing

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.740
 and

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.299
 highlighting

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.779
 his

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.079
 loving

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.899
 compassion

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:45.580
 in salvation

00:31:45.580 --> 00:31:47.360
 for his

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:47.720
 people

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:49.100
 and what's

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.480
 more

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:51.160
 is that

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.519
 God's

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.019
 mercy

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.400
 here

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.580
 is based

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.400
 on nothing

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:55.640
 but his

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:55.920
 own

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.620
 compassion

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:59.300
 notice

00:31:59.300 --> 00:31:59.900
 with me

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:01.440
 the author

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.720
 conspicuously

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.500
 leaves out

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.080
 anything

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:05.360
 on Israel's

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:05.759
 part

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.560
 that might

00:32:06.560 --> 00:32:07.400
 be construed

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.259
 as deserving

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.540
 or earning

00:32:09.540 --> 00:32:10.320
 God's mercy

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:10.960
 it's not

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.360
 there

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:13.359
 even

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.699
 later

00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:14.079
 on

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.459
 in some

00:32:14.459 --> 00:32:14.679
 of the

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.019
 cycles

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.299
 of the

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:15.599
 judges

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.039
 when we're

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.379
 told that

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:16.759
 they cry

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.059
 out to

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.479
 the Lord

00:32:17.479 --> 00:32:18.279
 it's always

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.719
 a signal

00:32:18.719 --> 00:32:19.119
 of their

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.679
 misery

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.659
 not of

00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:20.819
 their

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.219
 repentance

00:32:21.219 --> 00:32:22.379
 which is

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:22.799
 why the

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.319
 author says

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.679
 right here

00:32:23.679 --> 00:32:23.979
 in this

00:32:23.979 --> 00:32:24.339
 passage

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:24.839
 that every

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.079
 time

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.719
 they did

00:32:25.719 --> 00:32:26.099
 not give

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.439
 up their

00:32:26.439 --> 00:32:26.740
 stubborn

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.119
 ways

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:28.579
 they not

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.179
 only continued

00:32:29.179 --> 00:32:29.439
 in them

00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:29.740
 but they

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.659
 worsened

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:32.139
 in them

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.659
 there's

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:32.979
 nothing

00:32:32.979 --> 00:32:33.500
 Israel is

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.819
 doing

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.359
 that might

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:35.240
 make a

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.659
 step back

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.019
 and say

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:37.039
 that's

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.479
 why God

00:32:37.479 --> 00:32:38.039
 was merciful

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.479
 to them

00:32:38.479 --> 00:32:39.259
 the only

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.699
 reason

00:32:39.699 --> 00:32:40.039
 given

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.819
 is given

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.240
 in verse

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.779
 18

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.620
 and notice

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:42.980
 what it

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.259
 says

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.500
 at the

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:43.720
 end of

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:43.920
 verse

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.319
 18

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:45.180
 for

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:46.140
 the

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.359
 Lord

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.579
 was

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.000
 moved

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.259
 to

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.620
 pity

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.299
 by

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.579
 their

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.339
 groaning

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:50.799
 because of

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.359
 those who

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.039
 afflicted

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:53.099
 and oppressed

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.240
 them

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.539
 what is

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.039
 moving

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.740
 and motivating

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.220
 God's

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.700
 intervention

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:58.319
 not their

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:59.839
 cries

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.700
 not their

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:02.039
 earnest

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.620
 attempts

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:02.940
 at

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.980
 satisfying

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.400
 him

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.720
 according

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.079
 to the

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.359
 law

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:07.079
 simply

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.440
 their

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.279
 distress

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:09.539
 the

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.019
 fact

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.440
 that

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.579
 they

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:10.720
 were

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:10.899
 in

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.579
 distress

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:12.899
 motivated

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.599
 his

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.019
 mercy

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.299
 a

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.740
 statement

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:14.960
 of

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.099
 his

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.039
 measureless

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:17.319
 love

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.359
 and

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.960
 compassion

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:22.980
 says

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.920
 Dale

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.240
 Ralph

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.720
 Davis

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.859
 here

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.259
 is the

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.660
 fundamental

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.299
 miracle

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.440
 of the

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:28.779
 Bible

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:30.220
 that

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.379
 the

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.779
 God

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:30.980
 who

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.559
 rightly

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.139
 cast

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.359
 us

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.839
 down

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.039
 to

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.180
 the

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.700
 ground

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.720
 should

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.160
 without

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.879
 reasons

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:37.019
 stoop

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:38.059
 to lift

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.240
 us

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.539
 up

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:40.859
 you see

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.119
 we can

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.379
 step

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:41.599
 back

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:41.920
 if all

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.240
 we see

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.480
 is the

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.700
 anger

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:42.899
 of the

00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:43.039
 Lord

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.339
 we can

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:43.579
 step

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:43.819
 back

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.099
 and say

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.480
 okay

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.019
 that's

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.160
 like

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.379
 every

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:45.579
 other

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:45.799
 God

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:45.920
 I've

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.079
 ever

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.259
 read

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.539
 about

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.759
 angry

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.039
 at

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.240
 us

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.379
 we

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:48.559
 have

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:48.680
 to

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.139
 appease

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.399
 them

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:50.819
 but

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:50.960
 then

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.200
 when we

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.379
 see

00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:51.920
 this

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.099
 we

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.379
 find

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:52.559
 now

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.779
 there

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:52.899
 is

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.019
 no

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.240
 God

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.460
 like

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.680
 that

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:55.000
 there

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.079
 is

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.220
 no

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.240
!

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.639
 person

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:55.900
 like

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.180
 that

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:58.020
 who

00:33:58.020 --> 00:33:58.200
 in

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.600
 perfect

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.320
 justice

00:33:59.320 --> 00:34:00.640
 delivers

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:00.940
 them

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.080
 to

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:01.259
 their

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.640
 enemies

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:01.900
 so

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.100
 that

00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:02.380
 he

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:02.660
 might

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:02.900
 then

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.480
 save

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.880
 them

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.820
 from

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.000
 their

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.520
 enemies

00:34:05.520 --> 00:34:06.440
 out of

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.580
 his

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:06.820
 pure

00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:07.120
 love

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.280
 and

00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:07.740
 compassion

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.920
 does this

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.200
 make you

00:34:09.200 --> 00:34:09.420
 think

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.539
 of

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.900
 anything

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.900
 it

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.160
 should

00:34:11.160 --> 00:34:12.840
 all

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.000
 of

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.180
 this

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:13.360
 you know

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.440
 what

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.519
 it

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.800
 does

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.579
 it

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.000
 points

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.240
 us

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:15.720
 forward

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:17.260
 points

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.420
 us

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.579
 to

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:17.940
 Jesus

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:20.619
 the

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:20.900
 way

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.099
 that

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.400
 God's

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.820
 character

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.039
 is

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.539
 displayed

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:22.840
 here

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.280
 prepares

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.880
 us

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.340
 for

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.539
 a

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.079
 true

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.639
 and

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.019
 better

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.619
 savior

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.000
 who

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.319
 would

00:34:27.319 --> 00:34:27.900
 deliver

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.159
 us

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.380
 from

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.960
 sin

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.960
 once

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.119
 and

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.319
 for

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:30.659
 all

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:32.340
 God

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.519
 in

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:32.679
 his

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.519
 extravagant

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:34.039
 love

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.940
 sends

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.199
 his

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.619
 son

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:35.880
 to

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.299
 endure

00:34:36.299 --> 00:34:36.599
 his

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.940
 own

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.599
 wrath

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.940
 so

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.219
 that

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:39.659
 we

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:39.940
 who

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.420
 deserve

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:40.759
 that

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:41.299
 wrath

00:34:41.299 --> 00:34:43.779
 might

00:34:43.779 --> 00:34:43.960
 be

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.340
 forgiven

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:47.559
 on

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.699
 the

00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:48.079
 cross

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.519
 Jesus

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.000
 does

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.279
 what

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.579
 none

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:49.719
 of

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:49.860
 the

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.139
 judges

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.380
 in

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.539
 this

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:50.759
 book

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:50.940
 could

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.159
 ever

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.440
 do

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:53.360
 he

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.860
 perfectly

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.659
 satisfies

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.079
 God's

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.359
 wrath

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:55.500
 he

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.019
 appeases

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.399
 it

00:34:56.399 --> 00:34:58.399
 propitiates

00:34:58.399 --> 00:34:58.619
 it

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.339
 is how

00:34:59.339 --> 00:34:59.619
 we would

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.000
 say it

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.119
 in

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.319
 New

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:00.659
 Testament

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.299
 language

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:03.339
 not

00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:03.679
 because

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:03.859
 we

00:35:03.859 --> 00:35:04.279
 deserve

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:04.579
 it

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:06.039
 but

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.359
 because

00:35:06.359 --> 00:35:06.519
 he

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:06.879
 loves

00:35:06.879 --> 00:35:07.239
 us

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:08.779
 that's

00:35:08.779 --> 00:35:08.899
 the

00:35:08.899 --> 00:35:09.059
 point

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.159
 of

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.339
 John

00:35:09.339 --> 00:35:09.519
 3

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.920
 16

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.239
 right

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:11.179
 for

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.399
 God

00:35:11.399 --> 00:35:11.819
 so

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:12.359
 loved

00:35:12.359 --> 00:35:12.920
 the

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.299
 world

00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:14.759
 that

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:14.879
 he

00:35:14.879 --> 00:35:15.059
 gave

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.219
 his

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.420
 only

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.899
 son

00:35:15.899 --> 00:35:16.779
 that

00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:16.960
 whoever

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.359
 believes

00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:17.500
 in

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:17.739
 him

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:18.500
 should

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:18.699
 not

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:18.940
 perish

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.119
 but

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.239
 have

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.559
 everlasting

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.159
 life

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:21.920
 God's

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.239
 mercy

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.539
 isn't

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.059
 motivated

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.359
 by

00:35:23.359 --> 00:35:23.679
 us

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:23.899
 it's

00:35:23.899 --> 00:35:24.359
 motivated

00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:24.619
 by

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:24.799
 his

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:24.960
 own

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.500
 compassion

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:25.739
 and

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:25.980
 love

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.440
 for

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.899
 us

00:35:26.899 --> 00:35:29.379
 Jesus

00:35:29.379 --> 00:35:29.799
 died

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:29.980
 for

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.179
 our

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.460
 sins

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.759
 because

00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:31.000
 we

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.339
 needed

00:35:31.339 --> 00:35:31.559
 him

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:31.739
 to

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:33.519
 not

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:33.879
 because

00:35:33.879 --> 00:35:34.079
 we

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.539
 deserved

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:34.759
 for

00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:34.920
 him

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.099
 to

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:37.899
 think

00:35:37.899 --> 00:35:38.119
 about

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.239
 it

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:38.379
 in

00:35:38.379 --> 00:35:38.739
 terms

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:38.940
 of

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.199
 Romans

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.500
 chapter

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.039
 5

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:42.159
 while

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.339
 we

00:35:42.339 --> 00:35:42.480
 were

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.719
 still

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.159
 weak

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:44.279
 at

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:44.420
 the

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:44.679
 right

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:45.039
 time

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.480
 Christ

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.980
 died

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.179
 for

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:46.299
 the

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:46.920
 ungodly

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:48.440
 for

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:48.680
 one

00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:48.900
 will

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.340
 scarcely

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.720
 die

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:49.920
 for

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.059
 a

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.320
 righteous

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.840
 person

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.980
 perhaps

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.260
 for

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:52.380
 a

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:52.519
 good

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.880
 person

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.159
 one

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.360
 would

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.539
 dare

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:53.740
 to

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.000
 die

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.579
 but

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:54.880
 God

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.480
 shows

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.720
 his

00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:56.360
 love

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.880
 for

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.380
 us

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.200
 in

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:58.380
 that

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:58.720
 while

00:35:58.720 --> 00:35:59.000
 we're

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.300
 still

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.920
 sinners

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 Christ

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:01.599
 died

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:01.700
 for

00:36:01.700 --> 00:36:02.159
 while

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.460
 we

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.659
 are

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:04.059
 sinning

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.680
 against

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:05.079
 him

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:06.659
 he

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.000
 dies

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.220
 for

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:07.639
 us

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.900
 while

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.139
 we're

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.280
 in

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:09.420
 the

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.800
 action

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.019
 of

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.639
 rejecting

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.159
 him

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:12.300
 he

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.800
 shows

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.599
 mercy

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:15.519
 since

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.940
 therefore

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.320
 we have

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.539
 now

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:16.780
 been

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.300
 justified

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:17.720
 by

00:36:17.720 --> 00:36:18.320
 his

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:18.740
 blood

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:19.019
 much

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.340
 more

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.600
 shall

00:36:19.600 --> 00:36:19.760
 we

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:19.940
 be

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.519
 saved

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:20.840
 by

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.200
 him

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:22.200
 from

00:36:22.200 --> 00:36:23.000
 the

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.280
 wrath

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.460
 of

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:23.800
 God

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.260
 God

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.660
 saves

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:24.920
 us

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.560
 from

00:36:25.560 --> 00:36:26.060
 himself

00:36:26.060 --> 00:36:27.740
 for

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:27.960
 if

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 while

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 we

00:36:28.560 --> 00:36:28.740
 were

00:36:28.740 --> 00:36:29.180
 enemies

00:36:29.180 --> 00:36:30.240
 we

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:30.420
 were

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.220
 reconciled

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:31.360
 to

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:31.640
 God

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 by

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 the

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 death

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 of

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 his

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 son

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 much

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 more

00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:34.500
 now

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:34.700
 that

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 we

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.060
 are

00:36:35.060 --> 00:36:35.860
 reconciled

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:36.680
 shall

00:36:36.680 --> 00:36:36.840
 we

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.060
 be

00:36:37.060 --> 00:36:37.620
 saved

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 by

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 his

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.760
 life

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.740
 more

00:36:39.740 --> 00:36:39.940
 than

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 that

00:36:40.220 --> 00:36:40.640
 we

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 also

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.560
 rejoice

00:36:41.560 --> 00:36:41.880
 in

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.140
 God

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.519
 through

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:42.800
 the

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:42.980
 Lord

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.300
 Jesus

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.840
 Christ

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.519
 through

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.019
 whom

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.200
 we

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:45.360
 have

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:45.740
 now

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:46.400
 received

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.579
 reconciliation

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:48.740
 it's

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.320
 amazing

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:50.240
 you know

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 what

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 judges

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 is

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 meant

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 to

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 teach

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 us

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 the

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.820
 gospel

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 the

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.220
 gospel

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:54.940
 it

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 points

00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:55.360
 us

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 to

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.019
 Christ

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 and

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.340
 as

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 we

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:57.920
 see

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.740
 the

00:36:58.740 --> 00:36:59.079
 character

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.340
 of

00:36:59.340 --> 00:36:59.579
 God

00:36:59.579 --> 00:36:59.780
 what

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.019
 else

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.180
 could

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:00.360
 we

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:00.720
 see

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:01.480
 than

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.660
 the

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:01.940
 perfect

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.420
 display

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.639
 of

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:02.900
 it

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 through

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.079
 his

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.340
 only

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:04.760
 son

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:06.840
 here's

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.019
 the

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.680
 wonder

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.119
 of

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.420
 this

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:08.860
 text

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:10.820
 while

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.160
 Israel

00:37:11.160 --> 00:37:11.420
 was

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.880
 pursuing

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.480
 Baal

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:14.240
 God

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:14.480
 was

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:14.960
 pursuing

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.920
 Israel

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:18.119
 same

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.280
 is

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.440
 true

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:18.639
 for

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:18.940
 you

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 and

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:19.500
 for

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.720
 me

00:37:19.720 --> 00:37:21.920
 he

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.180
 doesn't

00:37:22.180 --> 00:37:22.440
 wait

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.639
 for

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:22.980
 you

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 to

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.740
 finally

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 get

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.240
 things

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 right

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 and

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 get

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.280
 your

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:25.500
 head

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 right

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 so

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:26.380
 that

00:37:26.380 --> 00:37:26.480
 you

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 turn

00:37:26.700 --> 00:37:26.960
 back

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.099
 to

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.260
 him

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.380
 and

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.500
 then

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.619
 he

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:27.800
 says

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.059
 okay

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.280
 now

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 I'm

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 going

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 to

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 go

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 after

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.180
 him

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 no

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:30.480
 he

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:30.780
 comes

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 after

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.280
 us

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:31.599
 while

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:31.860
 we're

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.300
 moving

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:32.539
 in

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 the

00:37:32.680 --> 00:37:33.019
 opposite

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 direction

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NING

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NINGNING

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NINGNINGNING

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!

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 demonstrated through his son.

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:48.099
 There's an old hymn called How Firm a Foundation.

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:49.180
 Maybe some of you know it.

00:37:50.680 --> 00:37:52.700
 There's a question in one of the verses.

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:59.220
 It says, what more can he say than to you he has said?

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:03.659
 I want to take that thought and ask you,

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:08.960
 what more must God do to motivate your worship?

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:11.119
 What must he do?

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:14.139
 He can do nothing more.

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:17.599
 What more can he say than to you he has said?

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.960
 Look at the cross.

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:20.559
 Look at Christ.

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:24.079
 Look at the love that he has put on display.

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:29.200
 Look at the way that he woos us through the gospel.

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.659
 The gospel is his idea.

00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:32.960
 We didn't even ask for it.

00:38:33.680 --> 00:38:34.820
 He provides it.

00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:39.119
 Why would you continue to turn away from that?

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:43.180
 Why would you reject such love?

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:46.200
 What more must he do?

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:54.099
 Be a half-hearted creature no longer, as C.S. Lewis said.

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:57.420
 Wonder at the glory of God.

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:59.260
 Turn to him.

00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:03.960
 And you'll find, as James said, he's very near.

00:39:06.120 --> 00:39:07.400
 Third thing, and we'll be finished.

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:13.180
 I want you to see the spiraling effect of Israel's apostasy.

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:17.380
 The spiraling effect of Israel's apostasy.

00:39:17.560 --> 00:39:18.740
 Look with me at verse 17.

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:28.500
 We would expect at this point that, wow, look at, they didn't even ask for it, and God sent all these deliverers that took them out of this big problem.

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:32.759
 Surely Israel will now say, okay, we got it.

00:39:32.819 --> 00:39:33.539
 We messed up.

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.739
 We're going to be faithful now.

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:36.739
 But that's not what they do.

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.679
 Verse 17.

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 Yet they did not listen to their judges.

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:44.879
 They whored after other gods and bowed down to them.

00:39:44.979 --> 00:39:52.559
 They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not do so.

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:53.899
 Verse 19.

00:39:53.900 --> 00:40:03.820
 But whenever the judge died, they turned back and were more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them.

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:09.400
 They did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:14.619
 You see, what's presented in judges is not merely a cycle.

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.720
 It is a spiral.

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:29.219
 Despite everything that God had done to deliver them from their enemies, each successive generation spirals into deeper and deeper and deeper rebellion.

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:31.719
 They didn't turn back to God.

00:40:32.799 --> 00:40:36.739
 Instead, they worsened, taking their parents' sin even further.

00:40:38.419 --> 00:40:42.659
 Here's how Psalm 106 describes this particular generation.

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:50.899
 They did not destroy the peoples as the Lord commanded them, but they mixed with the nations and learned to do as they did.

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:53.980
 They served their idols, which became a snare to them.

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:57.679
 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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 They poured out innocent blood and the blood of their sons and daughters whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:10.399
 Thus, they became unclean by their acts.

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:12.579
 They played the whore in their deeds.

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:15.800
 Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people.

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:17.500
 He abhorred his heritage.

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:22.099
 He gave them into the hand of the nations so that those who hated them ruled over them.

00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:23.840
 Their enemies oppressed them.

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:26.680
 They were brought into subjection under their power.

00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:32.980
 Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes.

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:37.340
 They were brought low through their iniquity.

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:39.660
 Now, here's my question.

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:42.480
 How is this even possible?

00:41:43.680 --> 00:41:45.059
 How is this possible?

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:54.699
 How could they continue in such a downward spiral after God provides over and over and over and over?

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:59.199
 It's like an addiction.

00:42:00.779 --> 00:42:03.679
 You've known people with drug addiction, I'm sure.

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:11.659
 There comes a point to where their life is so gripped by the addiction, they know the damage it causes, but they can't get free from it.

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:12.659
 They're a slave.

00:42:12.659 --> 00:42:13.559
 They're a slave.

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:17.859
 That's what's happening here with Israel.

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:23.199
 We need to understand the pervasive power of sin.

00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:29.939
 An unbeliever does not simply choose to sin.

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:32.859
 They're a slave to sin.

00:42:34.819 --> 00:42:36.559
 That doesn't remove our culpability.

00:42:36.759 --> 00:42:38.299
 Of course, our sin is still our own.

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:41.900
 But we're also incapable of changing ourselves.

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.580
 That's the thing.

00:42:44.580 --> 00:42:47.039
 We need God's gracious intervention.

00:42:48.580 --> 00:42:51.700
 Otherwise, we'll always choose the gods of this world.

00:42:52.100 --> 00:42:52.460
 Always.

00:42:52.460 --> 00:43:04.579
 What Israel needed was a king who would not only deliver them from Canaanite enemies, but from their own sinful condition.

00:43:06.220 --> 00:43:08.519
 We desperately need new hearts.

00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:13.519
 What Jesus called the new birth or being born again.

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:17.619
 And that's exactly what Jesus came to do for us.

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 That was the promise made from God through the prophets.

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 That in the new covenant, one day, he was going to send someone.

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 And this new covenant king was going to come.

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 And he was going to provide a new heart.

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 And he was going to write his law on our hearts.

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 And we would love him.

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 And he would be our God.

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 And we would be his people.

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 And that's what Jesus came to do.

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 The good news is that God provides this new heart and this new birth through the gospel of Christ.

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 Hear his gospel.

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 Come to Jesus.

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 Turn from sin.

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 Don't let what's meant to save you harden you even further.

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 Because that's what's happened with Israel.

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 But you have no excuse.

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 Christ has come.

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 The king has come.

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 The gospel has come.

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 A new heart is available.

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 Come to Christ.

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 In the end, what we end up finding is that this cycle really just outlines the gospel, doesn't it?

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 We're all guilty before God.

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 We're destined to face his wrath.

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 But in his love, God provides a way for us to be reconciled to him.

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 Through the sacrifice of his own son.

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 And then Jesus, as our king and Messiah, beckons us to come back and to receive forgiveness through him.

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 And we are responsible to trust him to turn from sin.

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 It's the gospel.

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 Believe it.

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 The text, as I said at the beginning, it should humble us as it relates to our sin.

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 Because if we're struggling with sin right now, even as a believer, a true believer, at the heart of that is an issue of worship.

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 At least in the moment of your sin, you find something that the world offers more desirable than God.

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 And in that moment, your worship turns away from Yahweh.

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 And it turns to this thing, this fleeting pleasure.

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 Or this empty prosperity or promise of it.

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 It should humble us.

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 We don't sin just because, you know, we kind of blame something.

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 Or we just kind of blame the fact, well, nobody's perfect.

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 That kind of thing.

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 That's true.

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 But it should humble us.

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 What's really at the heart of that is we've forsaken true worship.

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 But there's more to this text.

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 It really should lead us to stand in awe of such an amazing God.

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 Such love.

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 Compassion.

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 Such pursuit.

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 Despite our continual rejection.

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 That's what's so amazing about it, right?

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 Maybe some of you guys were like me and you were pursuing your spouse for a while.

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 And over and over and over, they're thinking, no way.

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 Leave me alone, please.

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 And eventually you broke them down, right?

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 It doesn't work that way with God.

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 We're the ones who keep saying, no way.

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 No way.

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 Leave me alone.

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 Leave me alone.

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 Leave me alone.

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 He's the one that keeps saying, no.

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 I want you.

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 I love you.

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 Look what I've done for you.

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 Turn to me.

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 Have peace.

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 Joy.

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 Love.

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 Who is a God like that?

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 There isn't one.

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 It's only Him.

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 Don't turn Him away.

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 Come to Him.

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 You'll find that He's everything and more than what He said.

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 Well, that's better for you.

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 Thank you.