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 Father, we thank you for this book of Ecclesiastes,

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 that it is wisdom from you to see real life,

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 would see areas where we need to repent from. Lord, that we would see areas that we need to seek your

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 healing for. Lord, in your word, by your spirit, everything we need is available to us. And Lord,

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 we pray that we would be so bold this morning as to ask for these things. Bless this time,

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 we ask in Jesus' name. Amen. We are on page 16, but before we get into the text, a bit of a story to

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 help us contextualize our time in God's word this morning. So when I was single in my early to mid

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 20s, I and a few others, actually some people here this morning, lived in a lower town, downtown

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 Ottawa, in a house that served both as kind of like communal living, but also as an evangelistic

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 outreach to the area. One Christmas, we did kind of like a blitz of the neighborhood where we handed

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 out tracks and the Jesus DVDs. Have you ever heard of the Jesus DVD? It's like in well over 100

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 different languages. It is like the worst quality of filming ever. But it is remarkable at how this

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 little DVD has made such an impact, especially in the 1040 window, where there's primarily a lot of

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 Islam. Anyways, that's such an aside. There's this one apartment where we lived, close by,

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 and through this distribution, I met this lady, an elderly sweet lady from South Sudan. And she would

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 have me over and some other people over every now and then. And she'd make tea or oftentimes, it was

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 pretty much the same dish. It was a spicy fish dish with some kind of stewed vegetable and some kind of

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 grain. I don't know what else it is. I'm not sure. It was good. And she would just talk. She'd tell us

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 about her experiences. And one time she told us a story about how she fled the Sudan. This is before

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 South Sudan became a state. She fled the Sudan into Cairo. And she stayed there essentially as a stateless

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 person for about five years. Like eking out whatever kind of income. She had some of her children with her.

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 Anyways, before she came to Canada as a refugee, one of her daughters was murdered. Couldn't believe it.

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 It was the first time I'd heard a story like this. And it wasn't the first time she told the story.

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 Another time when she was bringing up, her other daughter was there. And her other daughter got

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 terribly upset recalling the story. Because in this murder, being sub-Saharan African,

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 being stateless, being in Egypt, no justice was given to them. The police didn't bother seeking out

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 the murderer. It was kind of forgotten. And they had to swallow it. Anyways, the daughter that was in

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 Canada when this elderly lady was telling the story, she was livid, and rightfully so. Her mom said,

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 we have forgiven those people. That's a sermon and an illustration for another time.

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 Just a remarkable lady. I bring up the story to highlight

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 how egregious

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 the miscarriage of justice

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 and

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 wickedness can be.

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 How horrible it is to experience

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 and how it totally unravels the very fabric of society.

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 For this lady, thank God, her and some of her children were able to come to Canada

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 where we do have a far more robust

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 legal system.

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 Nevertheless, injustice exists in our country.

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 It exists in our city.

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 It exists in our neighborhoods.

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 So far, the sage in Ecclesiastes

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 has been leading us on a quest for meaning.

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 He's demonstrated that

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 human purpose

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 and ultimate meaning, it cannot be found

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 in pleasure

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 or work

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 or morality

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 or creativity

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 and other similar pursuits.

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 We've seen that already in three short chapters.

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 And the reason is

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 is because as human beings

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 we live an existence

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 under the sun.

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 The sage, I've talked about it in other weeks,

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 the sage describes this life

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 under the sun

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 as

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 seeing

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 and feeling

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 and engaging with

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 the material world

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 but not really having a grid

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 to understand

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 the spiritual life

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 or a metaphysical understanding

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 of reality.

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 To live under the sun

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 is to live

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 in the here

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 and the now

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 with all of the difficulties

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 involved in it.

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 This week,

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 the sage continues

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 to deepen this exploration

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 by helping us

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 to understand

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 that one of the main reasons

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 humanity cannot find meaning

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 under the sun

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 is the enduring

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 human tendency

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 towards injustice

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 and oppression.

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 So we're going to sit

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 at the sage's feet again

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 this morning

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 and we'll come to understand

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 what injustice

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 and oppression

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 looks like

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 and then

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 what it does

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 to us

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 and then hopefully,

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 hopefully,

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 hopefully

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 we will see a pathway

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 to real justice

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 and real righteousness

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 and real mercy.

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 We'll jump right

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 into the text.

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 I'm not going to be

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 going through it

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 sequentially

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 but we're going to touch

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 on every verse.

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 Look with me

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 at verse 16

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 of chapter 3.

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 Moreover,

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 I saw under the sun

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 that in the place

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 of justice

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 even there was wickedness

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 and in the place

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 of righteousness

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 even there

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 was wickedness.

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 Before talking

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 about justice,

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 injustice rather,

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 and oppression,

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 it would be good

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 to talk about justice

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 and righteousness

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 and why it is

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 so very necessary

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 for our society

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 to flourish

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 or any society

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 to flourish.

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 So we're looking

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 at verses,

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 just verse 16

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 of chapter 3

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 and the ideal

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 of justice

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 that is implied here,

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 that's behind the text,

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 is symbolized

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 by Lady Justice,

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 a blindfolded woman

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 holding scales

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 and an unsheathed sword.

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 We have a version

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 of Lady Justice

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 at our Supreme Court.

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 Interestingly,

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 it's not,

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 she's not blindfolded.

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 I have no idea why.

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 I'm not going to read

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 into that.

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 Nevertheless,

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 she's there.

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 And the idea

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 is that justice

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 is impartial.

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 It seeks the truth.

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 It has legitimate authority

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 to prosecute.

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 It aims for righteousness.

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 It seeks to suppress

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 wickedness.

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 Without justice,

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 society,

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 it descends

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 into chaos

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 because the rule of law

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 cannot be maintained

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 and there is no recourse

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 for the wicked.

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 Without justice,

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 we live in

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 an anarchic state.

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 I always think of

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 the movie

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 Waterworld

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 and I don't care

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 what you say,

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 it's a good movie.

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 It's maybe one of

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 Kevin Costner's

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 top three.

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 Okay, I'm pushing it.

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 But this is what happens

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 when justice

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 is not realized.

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 Okay?

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 Things break down.

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 People suffer.

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 Wickedness is allowed

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 to flourish.

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 So thank God

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 we live in Canada.

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 We are fortunate

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 to reside in this nation.

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 It strives to uphold

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 the rule of law

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 for all citizens.

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 However,

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 we know at a very

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 fundamental level

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 that our justice system

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 is far from perfect.

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 It's good.

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 It strives to be excellent,

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 but it is not perfect.

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 These days,

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 it is poorly staffed.

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 Many of our justices

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 adopt a more

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 progressive approach

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 to legal interpretation.

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 And it allows

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 child abusers

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 to be released

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 on day parole

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 or individuals

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 who have committed

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 aggravated assault

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 to serve their sentences

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 and be released

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 with time served.

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 Now, that's not all the time,

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 but it happens.

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 On the flip side of it,

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 just this summer,

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 we had an example

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 of a man being charged

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 with aggravated assault

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 and assault

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 with a deadly weapon

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 for trying to defend

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 his home and his family

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 from home invaders.

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 Okay?

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 We have a great

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 justice system,

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 but when stuff like this

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 happens and we have

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 this kind of contrast,

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 we know fundamentally,

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 fundamentally,

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 it is not perfect.

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 Again,

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 when justice is not

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 administered with fairness

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 and impartiality,

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 wickedness has room

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 to flourish.

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 Let's pause there.

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 We'll flip the page

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 over to page 18

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 and we'll read

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 chapter 4,

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 verse 1.

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 Yes,

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 just verse 1.

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 Again,

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 I saw the,

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 again,

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 I saw all the oppressions

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 that are done

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 under the sun

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 and behold

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 the tears

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 of the oppressed

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 and they had no one

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 to comfort them.

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 On the side

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 of their oppressors,

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 there was power

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 and there was no one

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 to comfort them.

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 Here we have

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 the consequences

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 of allowing

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 oppression

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 to persist

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 for wickedness

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 to flourish.

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 The oppressed

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 have neither power

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 to fight back

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 nor comfort

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 to help them

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 in their time of need.

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 The word oppression

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 is mentioned

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 three times

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 in this one verse.

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 this differs

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 somewhat

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 from the injustice

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 and wickedness

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 described in

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 verse 16

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 of chapter 3

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 as here

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 it refers to

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 a cheating

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 or a defrauding

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 or a robbing

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 of one's neighbor.

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 Using one's

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 elevated status

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 and power

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 to exploit

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 someone who

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 is vulnerable

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 in some kind of way.

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 my friend

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 who

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 suffered the loss

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 of her daughter

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 in Egypt

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 was oppressed.

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 There's no advocate

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 for the oppressed

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 verse 1 says.

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 And because

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 injustice

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 has replaced justice

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 and wickedness

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 has replaced

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 righteousness

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 the oppressor

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 operates

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 or sorry

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 the oppressor

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 operates

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 without restraint.

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 Therefore

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 we observe

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 two forms

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 of wickedness

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 here.

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 We observe

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 injustice

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 and oppression.

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 And this

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 the sage

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 is helping us

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 to understand

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 reflects the reality

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 of life

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 under the sun.

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 Life

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 that does not

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 take into account

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 that there is

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 a judge

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 that there is

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 a higher power

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 an ultimate power.

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 Injustice

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 wickedness

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 and oppression

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 become commonplace.

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 Failure

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 in

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 failures

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 injustice

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 and abuses

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 of power

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 again

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 they will

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 persist

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 in this

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 life

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 no matter

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 how

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 much

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 we

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 strive

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 for

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 an

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 equitable

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 and fair

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 society

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 if we are

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 trying to solve

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 the problems

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 as people

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 living a life

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 under the sun.

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 So before

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 we continue on

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 I want to clarify

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 this a bit for us

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 because sometimes

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 we think

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 in generalities

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 and sometimes

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 it is difficult

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 to apply

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 wisdom

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 and truth

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 to our

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 specific

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 lives

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 to the

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 day in

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 and day out

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 of what it

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 means to live

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 here in Ottawa

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 in 2025.

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 The reality is

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 we are a suburban

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 church

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 situated in one

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 of the city's

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 wealthier areas.

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 We luckily

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 don't face

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 much injustice

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 ourselves

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 or face

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 oppression.

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 We don't see

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 first hand

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 the effects

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 of wickedness

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 on our

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 streets

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 at least

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 not necessarily

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 the kind

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 that are

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 described

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 by the

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 sage yet

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 if we examine

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 the root

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 of both

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 injustice

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 and oppression

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 we see

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 that

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 the very

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 causes of it

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 reside in our

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 hearts

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 and in our

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 families

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 and in our

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 neighborhoods

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 and in this

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 part of town

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 as well.

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 favoritism

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 surely exists

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 in our day

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 in our area

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 maybe within

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 our families.

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 We also

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 see the deadly

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 sins of

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 envy and

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 gluttony

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 pride and

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 greed and

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 boastfulness

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 and we must

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 consider

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 we have to

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 consider

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 how we might

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 be guilty

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 of these

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 on a smaller

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 less obvious

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 scale

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 nevertheless

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 even if

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 they're smaller

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 they still

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 cause damage

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 and harm

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 relationships

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 and start

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 to unravel

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 our social

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 fabric.

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 A couple

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 of examples

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 I say this

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 often but

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 again I want

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 to say it

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 this is

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 me not

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 talking

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 down

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 upon you

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 this is me

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 talking with

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 you

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 okay

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 some of

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 these

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 examples

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 they apply

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 to me

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 who here

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 has dismissed

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 their

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 spouse's

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 genuine

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 concerns

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 not giving

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 them the

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 benefit of

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 the doubt

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 on minor

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 issues

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 making

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 mountains

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 out of

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 molehills

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 how many

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 of us have

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 been harsh

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 with our

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 children

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 oppressing

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 them with

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 our words

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 or expectations

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 or withholding

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 affections

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 for them

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 or how

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 might we

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 undermine

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 our

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 co-workers

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 we are

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 impatient

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 we are

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 quick tempered

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 we see

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 them as

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 obstacles

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 not as

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 people that

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 we can

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 help and

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 guide

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 not as

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 teammates

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 how many

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 of us

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 steal from

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 our employers

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 oftentimes

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 time

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 these are

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 all examples

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 of how

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 wickedness

00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:07.339
 can overshadow

00:15:07.339 --> 00:15:07.959
 righteousness

00:15:07.959 --> 00:15:09.879
 how we

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 can oppress

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 in small

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 ways

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 on the flip

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 side

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 maybe we

00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:15.479
 are the

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 ones that

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 are oppressed

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!

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 Maybe we

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 are the

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 ones that

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 are quickly

00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:20.500
 dismissed

00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:22.120
 or spoken

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 to with a

00:15:22.579 --> 00:15:23.159
 harsh tone

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 or dismissed

00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:27.980
 church be

00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:28.240
 on your

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 guard

00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:30.340
 be on

00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:30.620
 your guard

00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:31.019
 do not

00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:31.820
 let

00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:32.700
 complacency

00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:33.539
 or delusion

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:34.399
 blind you

00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:34.779
 to your

00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:35.100
 own

00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:35.639
 potential

00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.120
 to hurt

00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:36.500
 and to

00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:36.740
 harm

00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:39.700
 do not

00:15:39.700 --> 00:15:40.080
 think that

00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:40.340
 you are

00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:40.840
 immune from

00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.720
 unrighteousness

00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.720
 don't

00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:43.360
 think that

00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:43.620
 you are

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.320
 immune from

00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:45.399
 wickedness

00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:51.259
 remember that

00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:51.720
 you live this

00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:52.139
 life under

00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:52.539
 the sun

00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:56.480
 such injustice

00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:57.099
 and wickedness

00:15:57.099 --> 00:15:57.620
 they have

00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:58.379
 serious effects

00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:59.079
 on us

00:15:59.079 --> 00:16:01.179
 as we have

00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:01.439
 seen

00:16:01.439 --> 00:16:02.120
 they also

00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:03.219
 distance us

00:16:03.219 --> 00:16:03.819
 from our

00:16:03.819 --> 00:16:04.299
 identity

00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:05.120
 as image

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.659
 bearers

00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.740
 they also

00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.959
 cause us

00:16:07.959 --> 00:16:08.399
 to

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.959
 have a

00:16:09.959 --> 00:16:10.519
 deranged

00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:11.159
 and a bent

00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:12.099
 and distorted

00:16:12.099 --> 00:16:15.879
 ability to

00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.519
 understand

00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.179
 the world

00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:17.919
 around us

00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:18.439
 and to

00:16:18.439 --> 00:16:18.779
 understand

00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:19.120
 God's

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.399
 truth

00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:20.599
 what do I

00:16:20.599 --> 00:16:20.819
 mean

00:16:20.819 --> 00:16:21.259
 we'll get to

00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:21.620
 our second

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:22.120
 point now

00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:23.120
 look with me

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:24.259
 at verses

00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:25.519
 19 and

00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.340
 20 of

00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:27.320
 chapter 3

00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:27.679
 so we'll

00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:28.080
 flip back

00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:28.700
 to

00:16:28.700 --> 00:16:31.580
 page 16

00:16:31.580 --> 00:16:33.220
 of our

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 scripture

00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:33.840
 journals

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 19 and

00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:35.440
 20

00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:57.480
 so at

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.020
 first glance

00:16:58.020 --> 00:17:00.060
 it appears

00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:00.320
 that the

00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:00.700
 sage is

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.260
 merely making

00:17:01.260 --> 00:17:01.820
 the connection

00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:02.380
 that both

00:17:02.380 --> 00:17:03.100
 humans and

00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:03.920
 animals are

00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:04.659
 created beings

00:17:04.659 --> 00:17:05.839
 we share

00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:07.879
 similar traits

00:17:07.879 --> 00:17:09.099
 very specifically

00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:10.139
 that we are

00:17:10.139 --> 00:17:11.099
 physical beings

00:17:11.099 --> 00:17:12.859
 that we are

00:17:12.859 --> 00:17:13.200
 mortal

00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:13.839
 and that we

00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.639
 are subject

00:17:14.639 --> 00:17:15.159
 to death

00:17:15.159 --> 00:17:15.899
 and it's true

00:17:15.899 --> 00:17:16.359
 it's very

00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.220
 obvious

00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:17.980
 observation

00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:19.480
 worth our

00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:20.039
 consideration

00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:21.319
 but given

00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:22.740
 that verses

00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:24.000
 19 and 20

00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:25.059
 come immediately

00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:25.899
 after verse

00:17:25.899 --> 00:17:26.420
 16

00:17:26.420 --> 00:17:27.579
 it seems

00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:28.039
 that the

00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.599
 sage is

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.159
 drawing us

00:17:29.159 --> 00:17:29.720
 to consider

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 something much

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 deeper

00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:32.059
 how

00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:32.980
 verse 19

00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:33.600
 and 20

00:17:33.600 --> 00:17:34.779
 relate to

00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.819
 injustice

00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:36.940
 and wickedness

00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:37.920
 and then

00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.519
 later on

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 in chapter

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 4 verse 1

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 oppression

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 the sage has

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 already affirmed

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 that humans

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 are a distinct

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 and unique

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 part of God's

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 creation

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 if you remember

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 if you were

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 here last week

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 we looked

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 at chapter

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 3 verse 11

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 where the

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 sage

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 he says

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 that God

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 has written

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 eternity

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 onto the

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 hearts

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 of man

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 which is

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 to say

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 that we

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 are made

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 in his

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 image

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 I won't

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 go into

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 great detail

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 last week

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 I went into

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 a bit more

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 detail

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 but the

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 short end

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 of it

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 is

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 that we

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 are created

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 by God

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 to image

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 God

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 to reflect

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 God

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 in his

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 image

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 and likeness

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 no other

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 creature

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 in all of

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 creation

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 is described

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 this way

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 it is

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 the very

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 intention

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 of God

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 that goes

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 back to

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 creation

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 itself

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 in the

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 earliest

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 verses

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 of Genesis

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 therefore

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 we ought

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 to

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 live out

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 this defining

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 characteristic

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 of being

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 a human

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 that means

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 embracing

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 the things

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 God

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 embraces

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 and

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 fighting back

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 against the

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 things

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 that he

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 hates

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 so why

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 then would

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 the sage

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 then claim

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 that we

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 are no

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 different

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 from animals

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 and this

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 is a

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 bit of

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 a

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 maybe

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 a

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 Bible

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 teaching

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 moment

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 about how

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 different

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 genres

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:06.959
 work in

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 the Bible

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 the sage

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 is writing

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 wisdom

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 literature

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 and in

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 wisdom

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 literature

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 he is

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 constantly

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 wrestling

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 and ruminating

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 on an

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 idea

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 or an

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 aspect

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 of

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 reality

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 and its

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 implications

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 so sometimes

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 he does

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 the investigation

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 through the

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 lens of

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 one who is

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 entirely

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 under the

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 sun

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 someone who

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 can only

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 see and

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 understand

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 the physical

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 world

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 without the

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 slightest

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 understanding

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 of eternity

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 other times

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 he is

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 thinking

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 and dwelling

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 upon

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 the nature

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 of who

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 God is

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 and how

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 that reflects

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 and pertains

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 to us

00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:42.340
 here

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 he is

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 wrestling

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 through

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 what it

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 means to

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 be a

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 human

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 under the

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 sun

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 in light

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 of our

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 mortality

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 in light

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 of our

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 propensity

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 to engage

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 in

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 injustice

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 and oppression

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 and wickedness

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 so

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 with the

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 wisdom

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 literature

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.019
 what we

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 are seeing

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 here is

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 the sage

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 on one

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 hand

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:03.880
 in

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 chapter 3

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 verse 11

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 he affirms

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 human

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 uniqueness

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:09.660
 that we

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 are made

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 in God's

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 image

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 and then

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 just a few

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 verses later

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 still in

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 chapter 3

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 he compares

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 us

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 to

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 animals

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 and

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 the point

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 is

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 for us

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 as we

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 are also

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 ruminating

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 on what

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 the sage

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.440
 is saying

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.579
 we are to

00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:24.740
 say

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 this seems

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 like a

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 contradiction

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 I'm

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 struggling

00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.819
 to understand

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 how the

00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.759
 sage can

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 say

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.980
 one thing

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 and then

00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:32.859
 a

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 contradictory

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 statement

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 just a few

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 verses

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.339
 later

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 and what

00:20:37.179 --> 00:20:37.559
 the sage

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:37.940
 is doing

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 is he's

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.399
 forcing us

00:20:39.399 --> 00:20:39.960
 to dig

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 to ask

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 questions

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.620
 to turn

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 over

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 rocks

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.900
 so back

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.180
 to the

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 text

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 it's not

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:47.700
 that the

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.460
 sage here

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 in verses

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 19 and

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 20 is

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 comparing

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.640
 human beings

00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:52.279
 to animals

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 as to

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:54.100
 renege

00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:54.620
 on what he

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 has said

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.480
 in chapter

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:55.779
 3

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.319
 verse 11

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.940
 where he

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.319
 is saying

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:57.660
 that we

00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:57.819
 are

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.900
 essentially

00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.480
 created in

00:20:59.480 --> 00:20:59.779
 the image

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.220
 of God

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.640
 but rather

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.160
 he is

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.720
 casting

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.200
 doubt

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:03.620
 on our

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.460
 distinctiveness

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:06.000
 when

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.660
 wickedness

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:06.860
 and

00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:07.380
 injustice

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:09.100
 become

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:09.799
 the

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.220
 defining

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.640
 marker

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.100
 of the

00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:11.519
 human

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.480
 being

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.360
 more than

00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:14.480
 being an

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.980
 image bearer

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.360
 of God

00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:20.720
 instead of

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.400
 living into

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:22.140
 image bearing

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 and therefore

00:21:22.840 --> 00:21:23.840
 living justly

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 and righteously

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.460
 and fighting

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.480
 against injustice

00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.059
 and oppression

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.220
 we take the

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:28.980
 very structures

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:30.039
 that establish

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:31.000
 order and reflect

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.900
 God's good design

00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:32.819
 that are intended

00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.799
 to glorify him

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:35.500
 and to

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.279
 benefit us

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.139
 and we hijack

00:21:37.139 --> 00:21:38.299
 them so that

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:39.119
 we glorify

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.740
 ourselves

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.799
 and unlike

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.299
 God

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:42.259
 who when

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.039
 glorified

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:44.919
 everything is

00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:45.359
 blessed

00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.759
 when we seek

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.259
 to bless

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:48.659
 ourselves

00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:49.480
 putting ourselves

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.359
 on the very

00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:51.539
 throne of God

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:53.639
 it necessitates

00:21:53.639 --> 00:21:54.379
 oppression of

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:54.839
 others

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:57.359
 it's not that

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:58.039
 we can glorify

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.759
 ourselves and

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.439
 everybody else

00:21:59.439 --> 00:22:00.379
 is lifted up

00:22:00.379 --> 00:22:00.859
 with us

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:02.399
 it necessitates

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:04.040
 us to engage

00:22:04.040 --> 00:22:04.820
 in wickedness

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:06.580
 to misuse

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:07.019
 power

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:08.019
 to act

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:09.660
 unjustly

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.960
 to embrace

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.580
 all sorts of

00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:12.420
 sin and vices

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:16.060
 see when we

00:22:16.060 --> 00:22:16.860
 look to glorify

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.519
 ourselves

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:19.900
 righteousness

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.660
 becomes an

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.100
 obstacle

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:23.240
 because it

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.120
 demands humility

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.860
 and sacrifice

00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.400
 which are the

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.180
 antithesis

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:27.320
 of

00:22:27.320 --> 00:22:29.400
 the autonomous

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.040
 hubris

00:22:30.040 --> 00:22:30.440
 self

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:34.220
 and what

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.799
 the sage

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.160
 I believe

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.519
 is trying

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.140
 to help

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.500
 us to

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.840
 see

00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:38.140
 is that

00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.559
 when we

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:38.880
 try to

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.220
 become

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.700
 God

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.799
 we become

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.279
 very

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.100
 animalistic

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:44.700
 it only

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.299
 proves that

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.860
 we are even

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.620
 more a part

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.220
 of the creation

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.759
 than we ever

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.180
 thought

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:51.039
 in the animal

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.559
 world

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.480
 such behavior

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:55.180
 is acceptable

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.880
 it's neither

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:57.080
 good nor bad

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.860
 within the

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.500
 animal kingdom

00:22:58.500 --> 00:23:00.079
 to oppress

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.420
 I mean

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:01.259
 it's weird

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.779
 to even use

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.400
 those terms

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.380
 because animals

00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:04.099
 just are

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:06.759
 some eat

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.440
 some get

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:07.759
 eaten

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:10.740
 some get

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.240
 knocked off

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.900
 their thrones

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.720
 so to speak

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:14.779
 there's no

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.319
 justice

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.099
 or injustice

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:17.720
 but for humans

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:19.480
 such actions

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.480
 diminish our

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.019
 resemblance

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.579
 to God

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:25.299
 and therefore

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.159
 such behavior

00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:28.119
 isn't indifferent

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:28.599
 but it's

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.259
 reprehensible

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.740
 and it's

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.159
 sinful

00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:33.819
 the sage

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.240
 says

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.759
 that this

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.399
 revelation

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:37.699
 is given

00:23:37.699 --> 00:23:38.139
 to us

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:38.740
 by the Lord

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.159
 for a very

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:39.619
 specific

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.119
 purpose

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:42.099
 we see that

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:42.359
 in verses

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.079
 17 and

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.359
 18

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:43.759
 look with

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:43.939
 me

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.360
 I said

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:45.600
 in my

00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:45.880
 heart

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:46.840
 God will

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.200
 judge

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.660
 the righteous

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.100
 and the

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.360
 wicked

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:49.160
 for there

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.420
 is a

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.720
 time

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.100
 for every

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:50.400
 matter

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:50.680
 and for

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:50.860
 every

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.200
 work

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.019
 verse 18

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.420
 I said

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.680
 in my

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.000
 heart

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:54.059
 with regard

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.420
 to the

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:54.740
 children

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.320
 of man

00:23:55.320 --> 00:23:55.880
 that God

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.559
 is testing

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:56.860
 them

00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:57.700
 that they

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.320
 may see

00:23:58.320 --> 00:23:58.820
 that they

00:23:58.820 --> 00:23:59.380
 themselves

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.220
 are but

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.740
 beasts

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:02.519
 you catch

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:02.980
 this

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:05.640
 God is

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.240
 testing

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.259
 human beings

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.759
 so that we

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.660
 may know

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.340
 our place

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:10.759
 and that

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.340
 place is not

00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:11.860
 his throne

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:14.000
 but as

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.479
 his children

00:24:14.479 --> 00:24:15.119
 in a

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.699
 general sense

00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:15.979
 for he

00:24:15.979 --> 00:24:16.240
 is the

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.559
 creator

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.000
 and father

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.359
 of all

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:19.079
 we must

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.519
 see this

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:19.799
 as an

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.179
 act of

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:20.459
 divine

00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:20.799
 mercy

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.519
 that we

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.959
 come to

00:24:21.959 --> 00:24:22.179
 this

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:22.819
 realization

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.639
 that we

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.399
 are a

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:24.839
 part of

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.139
 God's

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:25.579
 creation

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.219
 but we

00:24:26.219 --> 00:24:26.579
 are not

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:26.759
 the

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.119
 creator

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:27.639
 himself

00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:29.099
 so

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.339
 whenever

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:29.579
 we

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.000
 read

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.240
 the

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.419
 Lord

00:24:30.419 --> 00:24:31.059
 testing

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.339
 his

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:31.659
 people

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:31.899
 throughout

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.079
 the

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.299
 Bible

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.719
 almost

00:24:32.719 --> 00:24:33.299
 always

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.139
 it's

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.319
 a

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.719
 positive

00:24:34.719 --> 00:24:35.299
 act

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.919
 of

00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:36.299
 God

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:37.379
 intending

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:37.959
 to reveal

00:24:37.959 --> 00:24:38.299
 either

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.979
 sinfulness

00:24:38.979 --> 00:24:39.759
 or to

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.079
 illicit

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.500
 faith

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.179
 if you

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.399
 think

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:41.759
 about

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.200
 the

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.619
 binding

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:42.900
 of

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.519
 Isaac

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.960
 Abraham

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:46.180
 he

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.819
 is

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.220
 faithful

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.420
 to

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:47.559
 the

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:47.759
 Lord

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:47.900
 he

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.019
 is

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.140
 the

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.420
 father

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:48.619
 of

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:48.900
 faith

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.420
 he

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:49.539
 has

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.680
 a

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.000
 child

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.220
 in his

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:51.660
 old age

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:51.879
 the

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.099
 child

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.259
 of

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.740
 promise

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.440
 and he

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.180
 loves

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.660
 Isaac

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.079
 oh he

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.299
 loves

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:55.700
 Isaac

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.339
 okay

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.879
 then God

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.259
 says

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.279
 sacrifice

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.720
 him to

00:24:59.720 --> 00:24:59.960
 me

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:02.539
 and what

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:02.700
 does

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.000
 Abraham

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.299
 do

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.740
 he's

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:03.879
 being

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.240
 tested

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.980
 and he

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.220
 goes

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.440
 the

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.000
 distance

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:07.240
 again

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.619
 an

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.200
 incredible

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.640
 remarkable

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.160
 story

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:10.440
 but the

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.600
 result

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.259
 of that

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.460
 was that

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:16.360
 Abraham

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:17.620
 understood

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:19.820
 that God

00:25:19.820 --> 00:25:20.500
 needed to be

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.240
 first and not

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.700
 Isaac

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:24.320
 that the love

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:24.900
 of God

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.440
 had to

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.680
 supersede

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.160
 everything

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.059
 so in

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:29.220
 that example

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.259
 the testing

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.120
 of Abraham

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:32.320
 was for

00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:33.019
 his benefit

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:34.400
 so too

00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:34.900
 is it

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.740
 in our

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.240
 text

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.960
 this morning

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:39.079
 the sage

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.480
 is helping

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.819
 us to

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.319
 recognize

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:42.380
 that

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.180
 on one

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.519
 hand

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.840
 we are

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:46.579
 creation

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.079
 a part of

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.480
 creation

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.059
 we are not

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.480
 the creator

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:48.920
 on the

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.980
 other hand

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:52.759
 we recognize

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.340
 that such

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:54.180
 participation

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:55.480
 in

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.140
 injustice

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:57.220
 and wickedness

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.900
 and oppression

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:59.400
 resembles the

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.160
 base animal

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.660
 instincts

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.460
 rather than

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.100
 the all

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.460
 powerful

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.220
 triune God

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.559
 that we

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.940
 ought to

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.340
 reflect

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:04.759
 as image

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.180
 bearers

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:07.100
 because we

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:07.580
 will return

00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:07.880
 to the

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.200
 ground

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:09.160
 like any

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.740
 other animal

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.120
 we are

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.660
 reminded

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.100
 that we

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:11.400
 are the

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:11.880
 creature

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.940
 again

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.759
 and not

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.279
 the creator

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.820
 it's such

00:26:14.820 --> 00:26:15.720
 an important

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.360
 aspect of

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.740
 the Christian

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.100
 faith

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:21.480
 there is

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.279
 only one

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.620
 God

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.519
 there is

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:23.920
 only one

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.180
 Lord

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.460
 there is

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.759
 only

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.880
 one

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.660
 uncreated

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.120
 one

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.660
 one

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.200
 giver

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.960
 of life

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:31.180
 and we

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.519
 do not

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:31.920
 have the

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.279
 authority

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.840
 or ability

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.460
 to assert

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.240
 this divine

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.660
 power

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.720
 for

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.300
 we are

00:26:36.300 --> 00:26:36.480
 like

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.920
 beasts

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:39.019
 we are

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.460
 created

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:40.180
 beings

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:42.000
 from the

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.360
 dust we

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.940
 were created

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.279
 to the

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.700
 dust we

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.140
 shall

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.540
 return

00:26:44.540 --> 00:26:47.000
 so such

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.500
 wickedness

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.960
 it doesn't

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.540
 merely cause

00:26:48.540 --> 00:26:48.820
 us to

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.259
 act like

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.820
 animals

00:26:49.820 --> 00:26:51.700
 to

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.820
 thumb our

00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.240
 nose

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.100
 at God

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.900
 and his

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.500
 good design

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.880
 for us

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.140
 to be

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.380
 image

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.720
 bearers

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:56.980
 but it

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.240
 also

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.660
 causes

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.060
 us to

00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.800
 devalue

00:26:58.800 --> 00:26:59.200
 life

00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:00.080
 what do

00:27:00.080 --> 00:27:00.340
 I mean

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:00.680
 by this

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.100
 look with

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:01.400
 me at

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.620
 verses

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.019
 two

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.200
 and

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.480
 three

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.820
 of

00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.040
 chapter

00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:04.360
 four

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:07.519
 and I

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:07.699
 thought

00:27:07.699 --> 00:27:08.159
 the dead

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:08.639
 who are

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.139
 already

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.599
 dead

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.379
 more fortunate

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.859
 than the

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.099
 living

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.459
 who are

00:27:11.459 --> 00:27:11.740
 still

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.199
 alive

00:27:12.199 --> 00:27:13.859
 but better

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.459
 than both

00:27:14.459 --> 00:27:14.979
 is he

00:27:14.979 --> 00:27:15.399
 who has

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:15.959
 not yet

00:27:15.959 --> 00:27:16.359
 been

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.339
 and has

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:18.059
 not seen

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.659
 the evil

00:27:18.659 --> 00:27:19.099
 deeds

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.459
 that are

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:19.779
 done

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.139
 under

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.659
 the sun

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:23.040
 this

00:27:23.040 --> 00:27:23.200
 this could

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.680
 very well

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:23.920
 be

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.519
 one of

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.759
 the most

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.140
 hopeless

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.540
 verses

00:27:25.540 --> 00:27:25.880
 in the

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.240
 entire

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.600
 bible

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:29.580
 wickedness

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:30.620
 is so

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:30.980
 bad

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.560
 it is

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:31.900
 better

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:33.220
 that people

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.040
 not exist

00:27:34.040 --> 00:27:34.480
 than to

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:34.980
 experience

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.320
 it

00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:38.220
 the sage

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.580
 is

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.120
 positing

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.820
 that the

00:27:39.820 --> 00:27:40.279
 unborn

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.800
 and dead

00:27:40.800 --> 00:27:41.920
 are actually

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.540
 the real

00:27:42.540 --> 00:27:42.960
 ones to

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.640
 be envied

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:46.060
 again the

00:27:46.060 --> 00:27:46.800
 sage makes

00:27:46.800 --> 00:27:47.460
 this observation

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.960
 as one

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.500
 under the

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:48.720
 sun

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.920
 I think

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.100
 it would

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.460
 be

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.339
 inappropriate

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.940
 to take

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.339
 this

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:54.259
 these two

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.539
 verses

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.460
 and somehow

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.299
 apply them

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.640
 generally

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:58.240
 to life

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.240
 again the

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.000
 sage is

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.759
 constantly

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.660
 ruminating

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.600
 and pushing

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.640
 the boundaries

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.640
 of

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.799
 understanding

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.279
 in his

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.799
 investigation

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.819
 to understand

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:09.420
 the meaning

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.819
 and purpose

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.319
 of life

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:15.880
 and I think

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.240
 what he is

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.700
 getting at

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.500
 here is that

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:19.460
 when we

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.259
 do not

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:22.359
 have a

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.680
 heavenly

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.160
 vision

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.880
 when we

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.259
 are living

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.559
 life

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.059
 completely

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.619
 under the

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:25.880
 sun

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:27.000
 and we

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.500
 engage in

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:27.920
 injustice

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.720
 and oppression

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.599
 and wickedness

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.920
 we

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:32.259
 inevitably

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.839
 will not

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.680
 value life

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.960
 and life

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.480
 is something

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.539
 to be

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.039
 valued

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:38.000
 to be

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.259
 valued

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.660
 all the

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:38.900
 way

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:40.900
 so we

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.400
 see this

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.039
 evident in

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.619
 our society

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.460
 today

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.559
 we panic

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.000
 at the

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.559
 prospect

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.339
 of incurable

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.900
 illness

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:48.360
 and uncontrollable

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:48.920
 disasters

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.600
 and poverty

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.300
 and addiction

00:28:50.300 --> 00:28:51.640
 and seemingly

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.820
 endless conflicts

00:28:52.820 --> 00:28:53.580
 where peace

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.400
 is nowhere

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.140
 to be seen

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:56.700
 we feel

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.540
 oppression

00:28:57.540 --> 00:28:58.840
 and sometimes

00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.480
 we think

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.120
 what is the

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.500
 point

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:03.920
 so that's

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.160
 on the

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.860
 macro

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.820
 even on

00:29:05.820 --> 00:29:06.440
 the micro

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.300
 we feel

00:29:07.300 --> 00:29:08.220
 the oppression

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.580
 and we are

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:09.940
 weary

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.560
 and we think

00:29:10.560 --> 00:29:11.140
 what is the

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.420
 point

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.740
 it would be

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.600
 better if I

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.919
 didn't live

00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:18.779
 see when the

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.399
 oppressed

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.959
 continue

00:29:19.959 --> 00:29:21.419
 to oppress

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.740
 and the

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.319
 power of

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.059
 the oppressors

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.919
 is

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.639
 it's never

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.579
 curtailed

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.279
 hope

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.000
 begins to

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.500
 fade

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:30.299
 and when

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.639
 hope is

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:31.039
 lost

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.000
 we feel

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.399
 the weight

00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:33.299
 of this

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.759
 oppression

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.199
 and we

00:29:34.199 --> 00:29:34.579
 again

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.179
 we begin

00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:35.619
 to test

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.039
 the limits

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.480
 of verses

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.859
 two and

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.079
 three

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:38.219
 we embrace

00:29:38.219 --> 00:29:38.879
 verses

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.299
 two and

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.559
 three

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:41.019
 life is

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.379
 no longer

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:41.819
 a blessing

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.259
 but a

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.819
 liability

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:44.700
 death

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.619
 or non-existence

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.480
 seems like

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.799
 a better

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.419
 option than

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:48.099
 life itself

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:49.299
 and again

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.919
 if there is

00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:50.399
 all

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:52.119
 if all

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.579
 there is

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:52.980
 in this

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.460
 life is

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.919
 under the

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.139
 sun

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:55.139
 then

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.859
 hopelessness

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.299
 it truly

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.639
 is our

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:56.980
 lot

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:59.339
 however

00:29:59.339 --> 00:29:59.759
 we have

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.079
 already

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.480
 seen

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.799
 that the

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.059
 sage

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.480
 he is

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.980
 alluding

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.000
 to God

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.679
 allowing

00:30:03.679 --> 00:30:04.099
 such

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.539
 suffering

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.980
 to draw

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.259
 people

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.779
 to himself

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.139
 if you

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.359
 were here

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:06.899
 last week

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:08.200
 we looked

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.740
 at chapter

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.139
 three

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.440
 verse

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.020
 14

00:30:10.020 --> 00:30:11.220
 where

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.440
 the

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:11.900
 purpose

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.460
 of all

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:12.700
 of the

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.120
 suffering

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.700
 that the

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.060
 sage

00:30:14.060 --> 00:30:14.480
 was

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.680
 recounting

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.460
 was so

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.980
 that people

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.780
 would fear

00:30:17.780 --> 00:30:18.300
 God

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:19.840
 and likewise

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.680
 here

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:22.100
 we see

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.380
 him

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.860
 alluding

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.540
 to the

00:30:23.540 --> 00:30:23.780
 hope

00:30:23.780 --> 00:30:24.240
 of divine

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.700
 justice

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.560
 in verse

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:26.000
 17

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.920
 of chapter

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.280
 three

00:30:27.280 --> 00:30:28.360
 and it

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:28.620
 is with

00:30:28.620 --> 00:30:29.060
 this next

00:30:29.060 --> 00:30:29.440
 section

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:29.720
 verses

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.460
 21 and

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.780
 22

00:30:30.780 --> 00:30:31.180
 of chapter

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.520
 three

00:30:31.520 --> 00:30:32.620
 where we

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.000
 will find

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.180
 the

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:35.000
 antidote

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.440
 and the

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:35.680
 hope

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.000
 for the

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.360
 injustice

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:36.759
 and the

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.060
 oppression

00:30:37.060 --> 00:30:37.460
 in this

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:37.740
 life

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:39.220
 so

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.500
 our

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.859
 final

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.420
 section

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.960
 turn

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.120
 with

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.400
 me

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.099
 to

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.319
 verses

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.819
 21

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.039
 and

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.559
 22

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.099
 again

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:44.559
 page

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.120
 16

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.880
 in our

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.140
 scripture

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.539
 journals

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:48.740
 who

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.079
 knows

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.319
 whether

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.539
 the

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:49.839
 spirit

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:49.980
 of

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.200
 man

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.420
 goes

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.759
 upward

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.619
 and

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:51.779
 the

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.059
 spirit

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.240
 of

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.359
 the

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.639
 beast

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.000
 goes

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.299
 down

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.480
 into

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.599
 the

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:53.879
 ground

00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.740
 so

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:54.879
 I

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.099
 saw

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.339
 that

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.500
 there

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.700
 is

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.079
 nothing

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.440
 better

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.740
 than

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:56.940
 that

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.139
 a

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:57.379
 man

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:57.599
 should

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.019
 rejoice

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.240
 in

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.399
 his

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:58.680
 work

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.299
 for

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.500
 that

00:30:59.500 --> 00:30:59.680
 is

00:30:59.680 --> 00:30:59.859
 his

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.180
 lot

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:01.159
 who

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:01.379
 can

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:01.599
 bring

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:01.759
 him

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:01.920
 to

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.159
 see

00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:02.379
 what

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:02.519
 will

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:02.740
 be

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.139
 after

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.440
 him

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:05.279
 although

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.559
 it is

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:05.900
 obvious

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.200
 enough

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.380
 that

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.759
 humans

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.559
 share

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.400
 mortality

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.380
 with

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.840
 animals

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.039
 and

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.340
 therefore

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:10.759
 are not

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.100
 gods

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.440
 there is

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:11.740
 something

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.160
 unique

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.440
 about

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:12.779
 us

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.580
 again

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:14.519
 chapter 3

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.039
 verse 11

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.380
 God has

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:15.920
 written eternity

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.660
 onto our

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.059
 hearts

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:18.339
 but

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.539
 the

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.000
 sage

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.059
 again

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:21.139
 with

00:31:21.139 --> 00:31:21.359
 the

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.659
 lens

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:21.879
 of

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.220
 somebody

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.519
 that's

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.980
 entirely

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.359
 living

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:23.759
 life

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:23.960
 and

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.139
 viewing

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.460
 life

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.679
 under

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:24.879
 the

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.079
 sun

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.279
 he

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.579
 cannot

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.720
 be

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.059
 sure

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.579
 that

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:27.700
 there

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:27.779
 will

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:27.899
 be

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.220
 anything

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.440
 that

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.639
 comes

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:28.919
 after

00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:29.119
 him

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:31.659
 this

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:31.899
 line

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.039
 of

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.319
 question

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.559
 very

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:32.819
 much

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.039
 is

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.200
 a

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.879
 materialist

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.179
 view

00:31:34.179 --> 00:31:35.079
 that

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.379
 is

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.179
 all

00:31:36.179 --> 00:31:36.359
 we

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:36.639
 see

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:37.539
 is

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.759
 all

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:37.919
 there

00:31:37.919 --> 00:31:38.279
 is

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.240
 but

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.919
 again

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.240
 we

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.779
 remember

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.019
 that

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.179
 the

00:31:41.179 --> 00:31:41.519
 sage

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.700
 he

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:41.859
 is

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.259
 helping

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.819
 us

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:44.079
 figure

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.539
 out

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:44.859
 the

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.099
 meaning

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.299
 of

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.659
 life

00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.720
 and

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:46.879
 yet

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.020
 he

00:31:47.020 --> 00:31:47.160
 is

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.360
 not

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:47.540
 yet

00:31:47.540 --> 00:31:47.960
 arriving

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.260
 there

00:31:48.260 --> 00:31:49.980
 and

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.120
 the

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.400
 irony

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.800
 here

00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:51.100
 in

00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:51.420
 verses

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.140
 21

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.320
 and

00:31:52.320 --> 00:31:52.680
 22

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:52.860
 of

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.060
 chapter

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.400
 3

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.960
 is

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.100
 that

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.280
 the

00:31:54.280 --> 00:31:54.920
 sage

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.120
 is

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.680
 exploring

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:55.900
 the

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.080
 far

00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:56.480
 limit

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.720
 of

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.140
 rational

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.900
 exploration

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:59.160
 only

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.500
 to

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.040
 discover

00:32:00.040 --> 00:32:00.320
 that

00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:00.460
 we

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.600
 are

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:00.740
 no

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.100
 greater

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.360
 than

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.940
 irrational

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.660
 animals

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.580
 when

00:32:03.580 --> 00:32:03.720
 left

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:03.860
 to

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:03.960
 our

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.080
 own

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.460
 devices

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.860
 it's

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.340
 incredible

00:32:05.340 --> 00:32:06.680
 that

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:06.840
 this

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:06.940
 is

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.060
 what

00:32:07.060 --> 00:32:07.120
 he

00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:07.240
 is

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.560
 finding

00:32:07.560 --> 00:32:08.200
 because

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.280
 he

00:32:08.280 --> 00:32:08.400
 is

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.680
 right

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:10.560
 if

00:32:10.560 --> 00:32:10.840
 all

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.000
 there

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.360
 is

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:11.580
 is

00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:11.760
 to

00:32:11.760 --> 00:32:12.100
 live

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:12.340
 and

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:12.800
 die

00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:12.980
 and

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.100
 to

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:13.560
 oppress

00:32:13.560 --> 00:32:14.240
 and

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.339
 to

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.500
 be

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:14.980
 oppressed

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:16.240
 to

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.440
 come

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.599
 from

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:16.720
 the

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:16.940
 dust

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.079
 and

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.180
 go

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.380
 back

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:17.599
 down

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:17.759
 to

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:17.880
 the

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.180
 dust

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.640
 then

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.839
 what

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.140
 is

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.319
 the

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.559
 point

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:20.720
 of

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:20.960
 life

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.180
 how

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.420
 are

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.579
 we

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:21.880
 different

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.099
 from

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:22.599
 irrational

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.519
 animals

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:29.319
 he

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.440
 is

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.639
 helping

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:29.799
 us

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:29.920
 to

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.059
 see

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.220
 that

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.339
 the

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.639
 problem

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:30.839
 of

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.440
 wickedness

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.740
 injustice

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.000
 and

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.339
 oppression

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:33.660
 cannot

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:33.960
 be

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.319
 solved

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.559
 by

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:34.819
 us

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.279
 frail

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.740
 humans

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.579
 we

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:36.819
 cannot

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.220
 even

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.779
 differentiate

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.420
 ourselves

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.759
 from the

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.119
 behavior

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.420
 and the

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.599
 fate

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:39.720
 of

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.079
 animals

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.279
 it

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.420
 is

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.700
 a

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.379
 remarkable

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:42.660
 insight

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.539
 into

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:43.720
 the

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:43.940
 nature

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.119
 of

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.559
 humanity

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.059
 under

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.279
 the

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.480
 sun

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:47.279
 so

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.420
 what

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:47.539
 does

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:47.660
 it

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:47.859
 lead

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.039
 us

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.279
 to

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.700
 again

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.019
 we're

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.639
 ruminating

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:49.839
 on

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.039
 this

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.240
 we're

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.639
 struggling

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:50.920
 through

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.139
 this

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:51.359
 we're

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.680
 wrestling

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:51.960
 with

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.119
!

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.859
 we might

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:52.979
 have

00:32:52.979 --> 00:32:53.139
 more

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.579
 questions

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:53.779
 than

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.199
 answers

00:32:54.199 --> 00:32:54.979
 but

00:32:54.979 --> 00:32:55.199
 the

00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:55.699
 sage

00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:56.539
 is

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.399
 directing

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:58.019
 us

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:59.099
 to

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.319
 our

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.519
 need

00:32:59.519 --> 00:32:59.659
 for

00:32:59.659 --> 00:32:59.799
 a

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.139
 divine

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:00.619
 breakthrough

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:02.059
 we

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.339
 cannot

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.959
 handle

00:33:02.959 --> 00:33:03.279
 this

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.719
 life

00:33:03.719 --> 00:33:04.439
 solve

00:33:04.439 --> 00:33:04.619
 the

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.019
 problems

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.219
 of

00:33:05.219 --> 00:33:05.359
 this

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:05.559
 life

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:05.740
 by

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.179
 ourselves

00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:06.459
 we

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:06.819
 need

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.799
 some

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.099
 kind

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.259
 of

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.679
 power

00:33:08.679 --> 00:33:09.019
 from

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.519
 outside

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.059
 of

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.299
 us

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.479
 we

00:33:10.479 --> 00:33:10.740
 need

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:10.899
 a

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.179
 divine

00:33:11.179 --> 00:33:11.619
 breakthrough

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.699
 we

00:33:12.699 --> 00:33:12.859
 need

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:12.979
 to

00:33:12.979 --> 00:33:13.240
 know

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.539
 that

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:13.659
 we

00:33:13.659 --> 00:33:13.779
 are

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:13.959
 more

00:33:13.959 --> 00:33:14.139
 than

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.539
 beasts

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.740
 that

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:15.859
 we

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:15.979
 have

00:33:15.979 --> 00:33:16.240
 hope

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.779
 beyond

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.199
 what

00:33:17.199 --> 00:33:17.339
 our

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.579
 best

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:17.959
 efforts

00:33:17.959 --> 00:33:18.159
 can

00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:18.579
 achieve

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.299
 so

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.500
 although

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.699
 we

00:33:19.699 --> 00:33:19.799
 are

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.099
 image

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.479
 bearers

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.660
 our

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.339
 sinfulness

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:22.180
 makes

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.360
 it

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:22.480
 so

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.599
 that

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:22.700
 we

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:22.839
 are

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.220
 constantly

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.519
 moving

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.980
 away

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.420
 from

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:26.980
 being

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.259
 image

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.720
 bearers

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.220
 away

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.480
 from

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.660
 the

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.200
 likeness

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.819
 of

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.079
 God

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.299
 and

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.720
 towards

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.039
 the

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.319
 base

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.460
 and

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:31.700
 evil

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.019
 things

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.140
 of

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.279
 this

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.599
 world

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:33.700
 and

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.019
 yet

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:35.019
 in

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.259
 his

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.700
 mercy

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:37.079
 God

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.259
 the

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.420
 son

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.559
 of

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:37.900
 God

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.880
 he

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.220
 takes

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.900
 upon

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.799
 himself

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.940
 our

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.500
 frail

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:42.920
 flesh

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.079
 and

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.240
 this

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.400
 is

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.720
 why

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:43.980
 the

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.579
 incarnation

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.759
 matters

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.559
 like

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:48.279
 as a

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:49.039
 doctrine

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.460
 of first

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.960
 importance

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.819
 it's not

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.000
 that

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.240
 Jesus

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.720
 came

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.180
 to

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.579
 earth

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.440
 and

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:54.420
 had

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.740
 the

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.380
 appearance

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.799
 of a

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.059
 man

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:57.740
 but

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:57.900
 that

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.140
 he

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.779
 was

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.140
 a

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.460
 man

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:01.380
 because

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:01.559
 he

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:01.840
 takes

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:02.279
 upon

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.860
 himself

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.680
 our

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.180
 frail

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.759
 flesh

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.660
 and

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:05.920
 he

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.500
 lifts

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.720
 it

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.039
 up

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.420
 to

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.900
 himself

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:10.400
 there

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.659
 is

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:10.900
 only

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.179
 one

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.659
 pure

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.300
 purely

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.000
 just

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.199
 and

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.440
 righteous

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.760
 one

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:13.920
 and

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.039
 it

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.199
 is

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.539
 God

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:16.179
 and

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.340
 this

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.480
 is

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.800
 also

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.159
 why

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.699
 in

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:17.820
 the

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.360
 incarnation

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.599
 even

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.980
 though

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.500
 God

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.640
 the

00:34:20.640 --> 00:34:20.780
 son

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:20.900
 of

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.079
 God

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.300
 gives

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.440
 up

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.579
 his

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:21.840
 divine

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.320
 prerogatives

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.519
 he

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.780
 doesn't

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.160
 cease

00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:23.340
 to

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.480
 be

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.880
 God

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.960
 so

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.180
 that

00:34:25.180 --> 00:34:25.559
 in

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.420
 Jesus

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.140
 he's

00:34:27.140 --> 00:34:27.380
 fully

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:27.620
 man

00:34:27.620 --> 00:34:27.760
 and

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:27.960
 fully

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.260
 God

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:28.460
 but

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.620
 a

00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:28.940
 human

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.440
 being

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.000
 that

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.220
 is

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.760
 purely

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.960
 just

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.360
 and

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:32.760
 righteous

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.059
 and

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.559
 therefore

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:35.079
 through

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.420
 his

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.920
 life

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.099
 and

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.260
 his

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:36.500
 death

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.680
 and

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.120
 resurrection

00:34:37.120 --> 00:34:37.420
 he

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.960
 dispels

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.140
 the

00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:38.400
 power

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.559
 of

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.059
 wickedness

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:40.160
 because

00:34:40.160 --> 00:34:40.440
 he

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.740
 is

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.240
 completely

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.920
 oppressed

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.000
!

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:50.140
 he

00:34:50.140 --> 00:34:50.480
 doesn't

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.400
 just

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.920
 alleviate

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.200
 the

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:52.720
 momentary

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:53.160
 pain

00:34:53.160 --> 00:34:53.620
 but

00:34:53.620 --> 00:34:53.760
 the

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.120
 problem

00:34:54.120 --> 00:34:54.340
 of

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.579
 pain

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:54.900
 itself

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.099
 he

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.579
 suffers

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:55.920
 all

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.039
 there

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.240
 is

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.400
 to

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:56.720
 suffer

00:34:56.720 --> 00:34:57.680
 because

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:58.120
 of

00:34:58.120 --> 00:34:58.519
 sin

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.380
 because

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.820
 of

00:34:59.820 --> 00:34:59.960
 our

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.960
 animalistic

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.800
 baseness

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:03.240
 that is

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:03.660
 a result

00:35:03.660 --> 00:35:04.099
 of sin

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.579
 and thereby

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.280
 he defeats

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.620
 sin

00:35:05.620 --> 00:35:06.079
 forever

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:07.140
 and so

00:35:07.140 --> 00:35:07.640
 as we

00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:08.180
 put our

00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:08.559
 faith

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:08.980
 in him

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:10.940
 what

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.200
 he

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.599
 gives

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:11.980
 us

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.460
 is a

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.940
 release

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.820
 from

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.000
 our

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.440
 common

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:15.160
 fate

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.420
 to

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.180
 continue

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:16.440
 this

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.880
 perpetual

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.500
 cycle

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.699
 downward

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.480
 of

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.019
 wickedness

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.239
 and

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.679
 oppression

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:22.900
 because

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:24.239
 like

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:24.699
 he

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:24.980
 has

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.239
 taken

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.440
 up

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.780
 human

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.579
 frail

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.039
 flesh

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.260
 into

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:27.619
 himself

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:27.900
 so

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.119
 we

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.300
 will

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:28.599
 also

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:28.780
 be

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.000
 taken

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.159
 up

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.340
 into

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.579
 him

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:32.960
 he

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.119
 will

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.480
 judge

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.039
 justly

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:35.059
 and

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.179
 the

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.539
 promise

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.840
 is that

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.320
 injustice

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.940
 will not

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.360
 continue

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:40.519
 he

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.639
 will

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:40.860
 bring

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.139
 us

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.519
 to

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.760
 see

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:41.960
 that

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.079
 we

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.219
 are

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.659
 created

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.360
 to

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:43.559
 be

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:43.980
 image

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.519
 bearers

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:44.800
 of

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:44.960
 the

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.360
 triune

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.699
 God

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:45.920
 and

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.039
 to

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.420
 enjoy

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.659
 his

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.079
 justice

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.300
 and

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.660
 righteousness

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:47.940
 and

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.160
 comfort

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:48.380
 all

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:48.460
 of

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.560
 our

00:35:48.560 --> 00:35:48.840
 days

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:50.019
 and

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.140
 we

00:35:50.140 --> 00:35:50.280
 would

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:50.480
 not

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:50.940
 understand

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.280
 this

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.460
 if

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.580
 he

00:35:51.580 --> 00:35:51.720
 did

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:51.880
 not

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.200
 open

00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:52.400
 our

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.940
 eyes

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:54.000
 to

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.820
 the

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.760
 frailty

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.680
 and the

00:35:56.680 --> 00:35:57.240
 animalistic

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:57.680
 behavior

00:35:57.680 --> 00:35:58.060
 of what

00:35:58.060 --> 00:35:58.500
 it means

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:58.780
 to be

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.100
 people

00:35:59.100 --> 00:35:59.320
 that

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.539
 live

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.160
 solely

00:36:00.160 --> 00:36:00.740
 in

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:01.140
 existence

00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:01.580
 under

00:36:01.580 --> 00:36:01.800
 the

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.000
 sun

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:04.840
 what is

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.220
 the result

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:05.600
 he gives

00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:05.920
 us his

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.120
 holy

00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:06.580
 spirit

00:36:06.580 --> 00:36:07.519
 as a

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.019
 down payment

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.320
 of what

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.580
 is to

00:36:08.580 --> 00:36:08.740
 come

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.260
 but also

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:09.600
 as

00:36:09.600 --> 00:36:10.019
 the

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.340
 means

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.560
 by

00:36:10.560 --> 00:36:10.840
 which

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.200
 we

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:11.500
 live

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:11.740
 this

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:12.019
 life

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.360
 out

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:12.940
 in

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.060
 the

00:36:13.060 --> 00:36:13.260
 here

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.380
 and

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.640
 now

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:15.840
 so that

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.060
 we don't

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.279
 do it

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:16.739
 perfectly

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:17.380
 but by

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.699
 God's

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.039
 strength

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.299
 and by

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:18.519
 his

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.900
 spirit

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:20.519
 we

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.239
 begin to

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.599
 see

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.199
 oppression

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:23.759
 cease

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.360
 we

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.860
 begin to

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.039
 see

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.599
 justice

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.299
 take hold

00:36:26.299 --> 00:36:27.940
 we

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.480
 begin to

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.239
 properly

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:30.259
 bear the

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:30.759
 image

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.500
 of our

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.779
 God

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.019
 again

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.239
 not

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.799
 perfectly

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:33.619
 but we

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:33.920
 then

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.920
 walk

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.739
 and journey

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.380
 and quest

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.779
 towards

00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:37.019
 him

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:39.699
 we

00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:39.840
 do

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.059
 not

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:41.259
 simply

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:42.300
 proclaim

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.519
 the

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:42.880
 gospel

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.099
 of

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.460
 Christ

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.340
 we

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.619
 begin

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:44.880
 to

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:46.079
 enjoy

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.340
 the

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.599
 gospel

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:46.739
 of

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:46.940
 Christ

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.300
 we

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:47.519
 begin

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.699
 to

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:47.960
 see

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.119
 the

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.619
 reality

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:48.860
 of

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.039
 this

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.259
 good

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:49.440
 and

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:49.699
 just

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:49.880
 rule

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.139
 take

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.440
 root

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.019
 in

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.159
 our

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.579
 lives

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:51.800
 in

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:51.920
 our

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.440
 family

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:56.179
 in

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.320
 our

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.780
 neighborhoods

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:58.179
 in

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.300
 our

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.699
 city

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.059
 in

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.179
 our

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.539
 country

00:36:59.539 --> 00:36:59.780
 in

00:36:59.780 --> 00:36:59.940
 this

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.239
 world

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:01.199
 but it

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.420
 starts

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.559
 at

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:01.800
 home

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:03.079
 it

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.280
 starts

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:03.440
 with

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.659
 me

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.280
 it

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:04.440
 starts

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.599
 with

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:04.820
 you

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:11.180
 the

00:37:11.180 --> 00:37:11.460
 prophet

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.840
 Micah

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.080
 some

00:37:12.080 --> 00:37:12.580
 500

00:37:12.580 --> 00:37:13.160
 years

00:37:13.160 --> 00:37:13.740
 before

00:37:13.740 --> 00:37:14.900
 Jesus

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:16.059
 comes

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.440
 to

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.180
 be

00:37:17.180 --> 00:37:17.400
 born

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.580
 in

00:37:17.580 --> 00:37:18.080
 Bethlehem

00:37:18.080 --> 00:37:18.600
 says

00:37:18.600 --> 00:37:19.019
 this

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:21.039
 he

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.220
 has

00:37:21.220 --> 00:37:21.480
 told

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:21.640
 you

00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:21.780
 a

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.019
 man

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.200
 what

00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:22.340
 is

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.559
 good

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.180
 and

00:37:23.180 --> 00:37:23.320
 what

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:23.519
 does

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:23.680
 the

00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:23.900
 Lord

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.480
 require

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.700
 of

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:24.860
 you

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.700
 but

00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:25.880
 to

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.019
 do

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.580
 justice

00:37:26.580 --> 00:37:27.480
 and

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.620
 to

00:37:27.620 --> 00:37:27.800
 love

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.360
 kindness

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.180
 and

00:37:29.180 --> 00:37:29.300
 to

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.480
 walk

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.900
 humbly

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:29.900


00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.120
 with

00:37:30.120 --> 00:37:30.260
 your

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:30.580
 God

00:37:30.580 --> 00:37:31.660
 the

00:37:31.660 --> 00:37:31.940
 voice

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.059
 of

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.200
 the

00:37:32.200 --> 00:37:32.380
 Lord

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:32.760
 cries

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:32.960
 to

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.120
 the

00:37:33.120 --> 00:37:33.400
 city

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:33.960
 and

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.100
 it

00:37:34.100 --> 00:37:34.300
 is

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:37.880
 sound

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.320
 wisdom

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.580
 to

00:37:38.580 --> 00:37:38.820
 fear

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.000
 your

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.280
 name

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:40.220
 hear

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:40.460
 of

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.620
 the

00:37:40.620 --> 00:37:40.940
 rod

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.140
 and

00:37:41.140 --> 00:37:41.280
 of

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.539
 him

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:41.760
 who

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.160
 appointed

00:37:42.160 --> 00:37:42.460
 it

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:44.440
 Jesus

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:45.200
 echoes

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:45.539
 these

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.940
 words

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.400
 in

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:47.120
 the

00:37:47.120 --> 00:37:47.400
 Sermon

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 on

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 the

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 Mount

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 in

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 chapter

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 5

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 verse

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 6

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 and

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 verse

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 10

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 of

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 Matthew

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 and

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 he

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 says

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 this

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 blessed

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 are

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 those

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 who

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 hunger

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 and

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 thirst

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 for

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 righteousness

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 for

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 they

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 shall

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 be

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 satisfied

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 blessed

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 are

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 those

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 who

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 are

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 persecuted

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 for

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 righteousness

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 sake

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 for

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 theirs

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 there

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 is no

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 better

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 way to

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 live

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 than to

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 put our

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 faith

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 and hope

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 and trust

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 in the

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 only

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 just

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 and true

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 and righteous

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 and comforting

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 God

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 and the

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 result

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 is that we

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 will walk

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 this reality

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 out

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 and then

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 what Jesus

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 says in

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 verse 6

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 we will be

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 satisfied

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 and as we

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 walk it out

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 what does he

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 say in

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 verse 10

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 ours is the

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 kingdom of

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 God

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 so I'll

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 close with

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 this

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 let us

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 not find

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 our

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 satisfaction

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 in our

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 own

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 attempts

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 to

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 glorify

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 ourselves

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 and solve

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 our own

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 problems

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 and fix

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 our own

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 mistakes

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 and to

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 captain

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 our own

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 ship

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 let us

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 not try

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 to build

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 our own

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 kingdoms

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 here on

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 earth

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 claiming

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 we have

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 a piece

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 of heaven

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 when we

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 don't

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 instead

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 let us

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 put our

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 faith

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 in Jesus

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 and trust

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 that he

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 will

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 satisfy

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 us

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 and that

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 we will

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 enjoy him

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 in his

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 presence

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 in heaven

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 forever

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 let us

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 pray

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 father

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 we thank

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 you for

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 your word

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 we thank

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 you that

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 you are

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 through

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 the

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 sage

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 helping us

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 ruminate

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 on the

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 realities

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 of life

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 wrestling

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 with truth

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 asking

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 difficult

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 questions

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 coming up

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 with more

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 questions

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 than answers

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 feeling the

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 frustration

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 of what it

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 is to

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 live as

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 human beings

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 under the

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 sun

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 lord draw

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 us to

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 yourself

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 open our

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 eyes to

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 our frailty

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 open our

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 eyes to the

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 times we

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 act like

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 beasts

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 to those

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 around us

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 to our

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 friends and

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 family

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 to our

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 husband

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 to our

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 wife

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 to our

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 children

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 to our

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 mom

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 our dad

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 our brothers

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 our sisters

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 our co-workers

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 and lord

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 help us

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 to repent

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 and go

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 to you

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 and see

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 that this

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 is an

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 act of

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 your mercy

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 and kindness

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 that our

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 eyes would

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 be open

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 so that we

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 would then

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 lean into

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 your son

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 who has

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 shown us

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 the perfect

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 example of

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 what it means

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 to live as

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 an image

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 bearer of

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 you

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 and then

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 lord by

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 your strength

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 by your

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 spirit help

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 us to do

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 the same

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 we pray

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 this in

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 christ's name

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 amen

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 you

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