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 And turn to Jonah, chapter 2, which is on page 774.

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!

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 In the world, and it's not at all what we were expecting.

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 As the world has advanced, people thought that fewer and fewer thought we'd believe in God.

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 But in fact, the opposite is happening today.

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 So today, over one third of the population of the world claim to be followers of Jesus.

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 We know not only a place like that in America, Southeast Asia, China, people are coming to

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 Christ at a very rabid rate.

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 In seven years' time, China is going to be the largest Christian nation in the world.

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 And we can't keep that away with the millions of people becoming Christians.

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 But it's not happening here.

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 And it's not happening on our doorstep.

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 Whatever certain crumly Christians want to tell you.

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 As long as we think it's okay not to take Jesus too seriously in our culture.

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 All over the world, people are saying yes to Jesus.

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 But because of how it is here in the UK, we imagine that we don't have to take him that seriously.

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 Why should we say yes to Jesus?

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 Why should we take him seriously?

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 And that's the question that I want us to think about from Jonah chapter 2.

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 And in our New Testament reading, people were asking the same question.

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 It's not a new question.

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 They were demanding a sign.

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 We saw that in that reading in Luke 11.

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 Show us a sign, they said.

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 Despite the fact that Jesus had performed many signs and many miracles.

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 He was healing the sick.

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 Casting out demons.

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 Stilling the storms.

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 But despite all those miracles, all those signs, they still wanted proof, didn't they?

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 They wanted irrefutable proof that he was not in league with the devil.

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 They wanted a sign to confirm all the other signs that Jesus was giving them.

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 They wanted a token from heaven.

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 It was as if they wanted something written in the heavens, if you like.

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 That was given independently of Jesus to show that he really was who he claimed to be.

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 That he was from God.

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 And Jesus says to them, doesn't he?

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 You evil and adulterous generation.

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 An evil and an adulterous generation.

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 They demand a sign, but no sign will be given it.

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 Except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

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 For as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights,

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 so the Son of Man will be in the belly of the earth for three days and three nights.

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 That is the sign.

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 The sign of the prophet Jonah.

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 It goes on to say in that New Testament reading,

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 the men of Nineveh.

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 That pagan, sprawling city of 120,000 people.

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 The men of Nineveh, they will stand up on the day of judgment.

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 And they'll condemn that generation of Jesus' day.

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 Because they repented at Jonah's preaching.

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 And something far greater than Jonah is in their midst.

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 They want a sign.

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 So Jesus says, look at Jonah.

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 And Jonah chapter two.

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 And all the chapters in this little book of Jonah,

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 the trouble is,

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 the story of chapter two of Jonah

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 really isn't going to help us take Jesus seriously.

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 Is it?

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 It's the story of a man

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 who was swallowed by a fish.

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 How can anyone

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 take that seriously?

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 And Jesus said, it really happened.

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 It is not a parable.

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 It is a miracle.

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 It is a miracle.

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 The people of Nineveh will be in heaven

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 because Jesus was swallowed by a gigantic fish.

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 Literally in the Greek,

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 a meg katos.

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 The people of Nineveh,

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 whole generations of Nineveh

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 will actually be in heaven

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 because Jonah was swallowed by a fish

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 and vomited out by a fish.

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 And this is a friend of mine

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 preaching on this passage this week

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 who said to me that

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 at a very profound point

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 in the Bible

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 that vomit is never a good thing in the Bible.

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 It's remarkable in opening.

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 But this generation of Nineveh,

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 they will rise up

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 and they will condemn that generation.

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 So according to Jesus,

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 it really did happen.

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 It's not a parable.

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 People try to explain it away

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 and they say it's just a story.

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 It is not.

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 It really did happen.

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 And that miracle of Jonah

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 raised from the bottom of the sea

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 points to the greatest miracle of all

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 which is Jesus raised from the dead.

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 As Jonah was in the belly of the fish

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 three days and three nights,

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 so the Son of Man

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 will be in the heart of the earth

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 three days and three nights.

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 So we're going to look at the miracle

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 of Jonah raised from the dead

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 and look at the miracle of Jesus

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 raised from the dead.

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 And I hope we all see

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 why you have to tonight

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 take Jesus seriously.

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 First of all,

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 the death that we need saving from.

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 The death we need saving from.

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 Now you'll pick it up on my first reading.

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 It's a rescue story.

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 It's a rescue, a seed story.

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 And Jesus is the rescuer.

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 And what do we need saving from?

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 And the first thing you notice here

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 is the death that we need saving from.

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 And the story goes over, doesn't it,

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 from the end of chapter 1, verse 17.

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 And the Lord appointed a great fish

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 to swallow Jonah.

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 And Jonah was in the belly of the fish

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 three days and three nights.

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 And that phrase,

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 three days and three nights,

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 used in the ancient world

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 to say long enough

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 to be definitely dead.

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 So you can imagine the headlines

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 in the local newspaper

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 and the Joppa Times.

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 Rescuers call off search

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 for missing prophet.

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 Jonah, lost at sea,

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 presumed dead.

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 He's a dead man,

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 as far as everyone is concerned.

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 He is doomed,

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 not only physically,

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 but spiritually,

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 because he's been running away from God,

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 as we saw last week.

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 And to run away from God

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 is not only to run into physical death,

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 but it's to run into spiritual management

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 from God's presence forever.

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 That's what the Bible calls

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 the second death.

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 And so here he is,

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 as we pick up the story in chapter 2,

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 heading for a fate worse than death.

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 Look at chapter 2.

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 He is sinking down

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 into a watery grave.

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 And as you read these verses,

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 I hope you can pick up

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 the sensation in the narrative

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 of falling,

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 of spiraling down.

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 Jonah is drowning.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 All your billows,

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 all your waves and your billows

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 pass over me.

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 There he is,

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 bobbing about on the surface,

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 trying to keep his head above water.

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 And then in verse 5,

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 there's progression.

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 The water's closing over me

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 to take my life.

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 Up to the neck,

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 the watery depths.

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 The deep surrounding me.

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 As he tumbles down,

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 weeds were wrapped around my head

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 at the roots of the mountains.

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 He's beginning to sink, isn't he?

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 And I went down to the land

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 whose bars closed upon me forever.

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 It's a very graphic description

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 of someone drowning.

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 Down he goes to the roots of the mountains,

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 banished to the bottom of the sea.

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 He says that in verse 7,

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 when my life was fainting away,

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 I remembered the Lord.

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 Talk about a last minute conversion.

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 Talk about an 11th hour rescue.

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 As my lungs filled with water

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 and I gasped for breath,

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 with his last breath,

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 he cries out to the Lord.

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 And no doubt,

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 his whole life flashes before him.

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 They say that's what happens.

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 Everything goes in slow motion,

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 I've read.

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 And you begin to see your whole life

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 from the perspective of eternity.

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 And that is where Jonah is.

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 Verse 3 says,

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 can you see it?

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 For you cast me into the deep.

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 Now that should shock you.

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 Why should that shock you?

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 Because that doesn't matter in chapter 1.

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 Because in chapter 1,

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 he says,

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 the sailors,

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 you pick me up.

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 And you throw me in.

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 And we're told,

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 they threw him in.

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 But now at the bottom of the sea,

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 he realises what is happening.

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 He realises that

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 this is a God thing.

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 You threw me into the depths of the sea.

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 And verse 4,

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 I've been banished.

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 I'm driven away from your sight.

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 It's interesting,

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 it's exactly the same word in verse 4,

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 driven away,

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 that is used to describe

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 Adam and Eve from the garden.

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 Do you remember?

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 They were doomed for sorrow,

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 toil, and death,

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 and driven from the garden.

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 It's exactly the same word.

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 But Jonah,

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 you were banished.

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 You ran away.

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 Jonah says,

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 yes,

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 but this is where it leads to.

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 But when you run away from God,

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 this is where you end up.

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 This is what death means.

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 That if you're running away from God tonight,

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 if you've got no time for God in your life,

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 this is how you will die.

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 Don't believe all the nonsense

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 as the undertaker's brochures.

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 Death is not a happy release.

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 If you're on the run from God.

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 And when we die,

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 we don't just encounter

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 our own physical limitations

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 and the shutting down of our bodies.

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 If you are running away from God,

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 you will encounter God

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 as an angry judge.

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 And that's where Jonah is at the bottom,

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 and the sea vanished from God's sight,

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 crying out for help.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 Look at his cry.

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 I called out to the Lord

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 out of my distress.

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 And he answered me,

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 out of the belly of Sheol,

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 the place of death,

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 I cried,

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 and he heard my voice.

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 Let's look at this quote.

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 Chapter 2 is a very interesting chapter.

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 Everything slows down

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 in chapter 2.

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 It's a really fast book,

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 Jonah.

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 A really fast,

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 action-packed book.

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 Chapter 1 is all action.

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 Boats and souls

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 and sailors

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 and giant fish.

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 It's a very satirical story.

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 It's a very funny story.

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 But suddenly everything

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 slows down in chapter 2.

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 It's very serious.

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 And what you have in Jonah chapter 2

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 is one of the great prayers

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 of the Bible.

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 Look at how he prays

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 from David Jones' locker

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 right in the bottom

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 of the Mediterranean Sea.

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 And you can't help but notice,

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 the first thing you notice

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 is that Jonah's prayer

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 is full of the Bible.

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 I know we're so unfamiliar

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 with the Psalms,

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 we don't spot that,

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 but Jonah's prayer

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 is full of the Psalms.

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 He's a psalm singer.

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 It's full of the Psalms,

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 full of Scripture.

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 It's why it sounds so familiar.

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 I don't know

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 whether you've ever noticed that.

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 Chapter 2 reads

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 like you've read it before.

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 And you have.

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 Because it's packed with Psalms.

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 A kind of medley of the Psalms.

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 Psalms that Jonah

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 would have learned as a child

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 that he would have sung

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 in worship.

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 And these Psalms

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 are a reservoir of hope.

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 You'll notice

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 if you come to visit

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 a Christian,

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 an older Christian

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 who suffers with dementia,

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 sometimes it's very difficult

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 to get through to them.

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 You try to hold

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 the conversation,

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 you talk about various things,

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 and then you quote a psalm

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 or a song.

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 And you sing

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 one of the old hymns.

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 And they join in.

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 And it's a bit like

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 what is happening here

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 at the bottom

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 of the Mediterranean Sea.

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 Do you know the story

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 of Dick Whittington?

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 The Lord Mayor of London?

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 And apparently,

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 according to the legend,

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 this is in the 1400s,

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 he was an orphan

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 whose only possession

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 was his cat.

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 And he used to catch

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 in rats and so on.

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 And he runs away.

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 I think he has one crack

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 at being Lord Mayor of London.

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 And he runs away.

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 And as he's running away

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 to the edge of the city of London,

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 he hears the great bell of Bo.

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 And Bo bells are ringing

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 in the distance.

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 And it's almost as if

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 they were saying to him,

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 he says,

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 turn again,

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 Whittington,

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 Lord Mayor of London.

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 He turned around

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 and went back into the city.

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 And according to the legend,

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 he became Lord Mayor of London

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 another three times.

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 And it's almost as if

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 Jonah is running away

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 from God.

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 And there he is

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 at the bottom of the sea

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 and his life is ebbing away.

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 And down there

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 at the bottom of the sea,

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 he seems to hear,

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 well, not the great Bo of London,

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 great Bo bell,

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 but the singing

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 of a congregation.

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 The singing of a familiar psalm

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 and hymn.

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 And those psalms

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 seem to be saying to him,

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 turn again,

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 Jonah.

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 Turn again.

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 So Jonah here

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 is hearing these psalms again

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 and he's turning back

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 at the bottom of the sea

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 at the very last moment.

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 Verse 4,

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 I've been driven away

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 from your sight.

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 Yet,

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 yet I shall look again

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 upon your holy temple.

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 He's turning

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 and there's hope.

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 Verse 7,

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 and when my life

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 was fading away,

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 I remember the Lord

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 and my prayer

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 came to you

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 and to your holy temple.

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 And some people

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 that live on your street

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 and live on my street

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 and who you work with

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 and who you stand

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 at the school gate with,

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 they have never cried out

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 to God

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 because they don't think

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 it matters.

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 And they don't think

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 it matters

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 because they think

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 they can live their lives

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 without Him.

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 And maybe that's you

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 this evening.

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 And you sleep easy

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 at life

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 at night.

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 You've got an interesting life,

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 a full life

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 and you sleep easy at night

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 just like Jonah on board

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 is in chapter 1.

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 And you've suppressed

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 your conscience.

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 It's easy to do that

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 in the church.

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 And you're quite happy

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 without God

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 really in your life

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 but you need to see

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 where it's leading you.

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 Because to live

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 without God

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 is to eventually

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 die without God.

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 And that is

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 a frightful prospect.

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 And Jesus calls it

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 dying in your sins.

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 And I know this is

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 a very pleasant subject

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 but we need to make

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 this point clear.

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 John Wesley,

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 the 18th century preacher

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 said about his people,

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 our people die well

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 but not everyone

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 dies well.

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 And to die well

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 you need a saviour.

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 Think of the train

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 journey to Wales.

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 You're going to

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 the promised land.

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 Right?

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 You get all that

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 having to.

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 You go on this train

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 through a pretty

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 grotty,

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 dig-off pathway

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 and red in its

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 Bristol Park

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 but even worse.

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 And then the

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 tunnels start.

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 And as you go along

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 you go under a bridge

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 and then you go under

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 a tunnel

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 and you say

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 am I there yet?

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 And then another tunnel

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 and then another tunnel

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 and then there's one

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 quite longer tunnel.

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 And you come out.

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 The sun is shut

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 and the rain is pouring.

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 You're through the tunnel.

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 Death, death is like that.

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 The Christian will not

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 see death

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 Jesus says.

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 A true believer

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 will not see death.

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 It will be like that.

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 You'll go through the tunnel

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 and before you know it

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 you'll see you

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 through the other side.

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 It's not like that

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 for those who are

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 left behind is it?

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 But that's what death

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 is like for the people.

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 You go through the tunnel

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 and you're out of it

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 before you know.

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 But if you're not a Christian

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 you will come crashing

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 into death.

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 And you will encounter

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 God as your judge

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 and that is a frightful

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 prospect.

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 Psalm 139

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 says

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 Many of our people

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 are saying

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 I take the winds

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 from the morning

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 and I dwell

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 in the uttermost parts

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 of the sea

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 the psalmist says.

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 Even there you are there.

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 That's exactly

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 what Job was trying to do.

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 If I go as far

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 as the east

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 is from the west

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 that's exactly

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 what he was trying to do.

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 I cannot escape God.

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 It's not true is it

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 that when you're dead

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 you're dead.

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 It's not true.

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 And so tonight

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 for every single person

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 in this room

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 and in this great city

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 you will either be gone

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 as your loving

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 heavenly father

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 or your angry judge.

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 And the time

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 is very short

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 to sort that out.

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 And that is why

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 you have to take

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 Jesus seriously.

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 Because some people

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 aren't there

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 and they think

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 it's too late.

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 It's too late

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 to cry out to God.

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 I've been in church

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 all my life.

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 I've become a church

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 member.

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 I've been baptised

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 and I still don't know God.

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 And I've lived

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 without him

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 all my life.

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 I've lived too long.

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 It's too late.

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 I've gone too far.

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 I've sunk too low.

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 Well,

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 Jonah chapter 2

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 is just your chapter.

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 And it's a great chapter

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 for those of us

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 who've got unbelieving

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 relatives

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 because as long

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 as there is life

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 there is hope.

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 Because there

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 at the bottom

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 of the sea

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 he cries out

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 at the end

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 of verse 3

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 all your waves

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 and your billows

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 they pass over me

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 and then I said

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 I've driven away

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 from your sights

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 yet I shall again

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 look upon the holy temple.

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 Hope in God.

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 There is hope.

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 Now Jonah quote

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 Psalm 42

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 remember how Psalm 42

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 ends

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 hope in God

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 for I shall again

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 pray to you

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 as long as there is life

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 there is hope.

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 Second point is

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 the God who saves us

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 from death

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 well that's

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 the God who saves us

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 from death

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 we've seen the death

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 we need to be saved from

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 certainly the God

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 who saves from death

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 in verse 17

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 chapter 1

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 and the Lord appointed

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 a great fish

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 for swallow

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 Jonah

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 the fish

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 who knows

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 who knows

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 what it was

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 but that fish

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 was appointed

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 appointed

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 by God

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 and it was

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 the vehicle

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 of Jonah's salvation

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 it's unimaginable

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 isn't it?

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 what it must be

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 like to wake up

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 at the belly

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 of a fish

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 and not know

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 whether they're

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 dead or alive

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 stuff and nightmares

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 it must have been

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 gross

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 but do you see

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 what he says

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 in verse 6

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 chapter 2

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 yet you

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 brought up

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 my life

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 from the pit

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 oh Lord

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 my God

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 the fish

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 was the vehicle

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 that God

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 used to bring

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 Jonah's life

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 up from the pit

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 to save him

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 the fish

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 was the answer

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 to his prayer

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 it was through

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 that fish

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 that God

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 rescued

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 him

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 and so

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 that it's

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 no coincidence

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 that this

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 denizen of the deep

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 just happened to turn up

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 at that very moment

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 the Lord appointed

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 a great fish

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 himself

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 he is the Lord

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 of heaven

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 and he can do

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 the ice

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 I hope you're not

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 embarrassed by

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 the supernaturalism

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 of the Bible

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 the supernaturalism

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 of creation

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 the supernaturalism

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 of Noah

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 of the prophets

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 of Jonah

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 the supernaturalism

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 of Jesus

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 we must be

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 unembarrassed

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 supernaturalists

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 he commands

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 the birds

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 of the air

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 and the fish

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 of the sea

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 have his will

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 he is their

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 creator

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 but thank God

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 he is their

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 saviour

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 and rescuer

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 what a great

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 rescuer he is

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 he said

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 what does it

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 take God

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 to create

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 how does God

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 create

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 he speaks

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 a word

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 it happens

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 it's very easy

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 for God

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 to create

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 he imagines

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 it

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 he speaks

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 it

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 and it

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 comes into

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 existence

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 but to

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 save

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 to save

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 he has to

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 give his son

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 and that is

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.240
 why Jesus

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 takes this

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 story of

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 Jonah

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 and connects

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 him with

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 his own

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 story

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 and that is

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 why he

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 links the

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 story of

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 Jonah

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 and the

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 fish

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 with his

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 own death

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 and resurrection

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 just like

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 Jonah

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 was three

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 days and

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 three nights

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 in the valley

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 of a fish

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 so the

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 son of man

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 will be

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 three days

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 and three nights

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 this is the

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 vehicle

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.940
 that God

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 will use

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 to save

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 human beings

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 just as he

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 appointed a

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.900
 great fish

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 to rescue

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 Jonah

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 in the

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 Mediterranean

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 so in

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 the fullness

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 of time

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 God sent

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 his own

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 son into

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 the world

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 to save

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 and to

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 rescue

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 at just

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 the right

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 time

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 God sent

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 his own

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 Jonah

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 was three

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:33.839
 days and

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 three nights

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 in the

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 valley of

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 the fish

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 so he

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 will be

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 three days

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 and three

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 nights

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 in the

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 valley of

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 the earth

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 Jesus

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 is the

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 equivalent

00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:40.160
 of that

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 great

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 fish

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 in fact

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 the sign

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 of being

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 a Christian

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 in the

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 early

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 times

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.460
 was a

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 fish

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 was it

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 why

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 because it

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 comes from

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 the word

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 ichthus

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 which is a

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 kind of

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 acronym

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 Jesus

00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:52.680
 Christ

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 son of

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 God

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 and

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 some

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 people

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 some

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 very bad

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 drivers

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 have it

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 on the

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 back

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 of their

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 car

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.319
 nobody

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 can cut

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 you up

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 and you

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 see the

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 fish

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.079
 sign

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 but it

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 was the

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 sign

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:03.460
 of early

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 Christians

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 and that's

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 how early

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 Christians

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 identified

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 themselves

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.819
 ichthus

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 Jesus

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.759
 Christ

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.240
 son of

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 God

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.079
 and saviour

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.420
 is what it

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 means

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:12.879
 the death

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.440
 and resurrection

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.019
 of Jesus

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.519
 who died

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:14.900
 for our

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 sins

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 and wrote

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 again for

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 our

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 justification

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:18.039
 the creed

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.440
 says he

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:18.980
 descended

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:21.279
 he descended

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:21.680
 to the

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.299
 dead

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:24.299
 Paul says

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.859
 he descended

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.200
 to the

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 lower

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.400
 parts

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:26.720
 of the

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.000
 earth

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.619
 he descended

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:27.879
 to the

00:21:27.879 --> 00:21:28.079
 dead

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.500
 why did

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.740
 he do

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:28.879
 it

00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:29.140
 was it

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.740
 a tragedy

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.539
 a mistake

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.339
 an accident

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:31.879
 it was

00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.220
 deliberate

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:34.839
 Jesus died

00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.359
 according

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:36.539
 to the

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.200
 determinate

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.680
 counsel

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.759
 and foreknowledge

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.259
 of God

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:42.259
 it was

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.799
 appointed

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:44.859
 in eternity

00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:46.960
 that Jesus

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.660
 should come

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.440
 and descend

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:49.379
 into Sheol

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:49.819
 into the

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.700
 lowest parts

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.000
 of the

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.319
 earth

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:52.019
 that was

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.480
 God's

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.099
 act of

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:53.619
 salvation

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:53.980
 for the

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.519
 human race

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.379
 and on the

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:56.180
 third day

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:57.759
 he raised him

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.039
 from the

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.400
 dead

00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:03.000
 in the

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.060
 late 1980s

00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:04.580
 I read this

00:22:04.580 --> 00:22:04.840
 this week

00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:05.259
 a Christian

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.759
 book star

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.140
 in England

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:07.380
 paid £50,000

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:08.080
 for the

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.880
 postmark

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.420
 Jesus is

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:09.640
 Alive

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:09.820
 you know

00:22:09.820 --> 00:22:10.360
 the postmark

00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:11.100
 they stamp

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.720
 every letter

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:13.920
 and he paid

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.600
 £50,000

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.300
 that every

00:22:15.300 --> 00:22:15.740
 letter in the

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.700
 UK would be

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.360
 stamped

00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:18.040
 with the

00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:18.660
 postmark

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.460
 Jesus is

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:19.620
 Alive

00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.100
 he wanted

00:22:20.100 --> 00:22:20.780
 Jesus is

00:22:20.780 --> 00:22:21.100
 Alive

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:21.800
 franked

00:22:21.800 --> 00:22:22.460
 on millions

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.160
 of letters

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:24.840
 leading up to

00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:25.600
 he paid

00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:26.380
 £50,000

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:27.200
 for it

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:28.380
 I'm not sure

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.900
 if it's a great

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.780
 use of

00:22:29.780 --> 00:22:29.960
 that

00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:31.220
 but it

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.700
 caused

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.800
 that upon

00:22:32.800 --> 00:22:32.920
 the

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.060
 God

00:22:33.060 --> 00:22:33.340
 crowd

00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:35.320
 the British

00:22:35.320 --> 00:22:35.860
 Humanist

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.380
 Society

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.080
 complained in

00:22:37.080 --> 00:22:37.440
 a letter

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:37.780
 to the

00:22:37.780 --> 00:22:38.160
 Guardian

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:40.460
 those who

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.040
 believe that

00:22:41.040 --> 00:22:41.600
 Jesus is

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.200
 dead and

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.740
 have devoted

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.520
 certain thoughts

00:22:43.520 --> 00:22:43.780
 to the

00:22:43.780 --> 00:22:44.240
 matter do

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.780
 not wish to

00:22:44.780 --> 00:22:45.200
 be told

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.980
 every day

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.440
 for six

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:46.920
 weeks that

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.860
 he isn't

00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:50.380
 other letters

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.260
 concern phrases

00:22:51.260 --> 00:22:52.160
 like greatly

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.020
 perturbed

00:22:53.020 --> 00:22:53.640
 deeply

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.480
 offensive

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.380
 obscene

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:57.520
 Bernard

00:22:57.520 --> 00:22:57.840
 Lemon

00:22:57.840 --> 00:22:58.660
 wasn't a

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:58.960
 Christian

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.320
 but he

00:22:59.320 --> 00:22:59.560
 was a

00:22:59.560 --> 00:22:59.900
 journalist

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.160
 for the

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.320
 time

00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:00.500
 through

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:00.860
 and

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.560
 in

00:23:01.560 --> 00:23:01.720
 a

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.280
 brilliantly

00:23:02.280 --> 00:23:02.700
 named

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.180
 article

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.660
 the

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.040
 article

00:23:04.040 --> 00:23:04.280
 was

00:23:04.280 --> 00:23:04.820
 called

00:23:04.820 --> 00:23:05.800
 when

00:23:05.800 --> 00:23:06.480
 franking

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:06.720
 in

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.320
 senses

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:15.400
 he wrote

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.640
 this in

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:15.720
 the

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 text

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 he said

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 suppose

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 you

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 go wrong

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 surely

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 you don't

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 mind

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 supposing

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 if we

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 promise

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 not to

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 tell anyone

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 and that

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 bloke

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 from

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 South

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 then

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 he was

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 so

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 hooked

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 on

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 the

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 pale

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 of

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 Galilee

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 to

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 the

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 extent

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:27.579
 that

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 he's

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 willing

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 to

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 shout

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 out

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 52,000

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 pound

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 to

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 promote

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 him

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 suppose

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 if he's

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 right

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 and Jesus

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 is alive

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 what is so

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 terrible about

00:23:35.459 --> 00:23:35.779
 that

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 why wouldn't

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 you want

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 that to be

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 true

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 why is it

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.699
 so disturbing

00:23:40.699 --> 00:23:41.059
 to you that

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.459
 Jesus is

00:23:41.459 --> 00:23:41.859
 alive

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 it's very

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 interesting isn't

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 it coming

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 from an

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:46.979
 easiest

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 why is it

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.799
 so disturbing

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 to people

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 let me tell

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 you

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 because people

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 just want

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 to be left

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 alone

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 they want

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 to be left

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 alone

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 they want

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 to live

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 their lives

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 without any

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 kind of

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:01.840
 interference

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:02.400
 without any

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 kind of

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 accountability

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 especially to

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.299
 God

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 but you see

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.299
 if Jesus

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.120
 really did go

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.759
 down to the

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.400
 depths of the

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 grave for our

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 sins

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:10.220
 and if God

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.960
 really didn't

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.019
 raise him on the

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.960
 third day from

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 the dead

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 then it's not the

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.440
 kind of information

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.920
 that you can

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.660
 file away in the

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.080
 back of your

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 mind as if

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 it was just

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.619
 interesting

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:23.180
 that information

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.680
 that Jesus

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.299
 Christ is

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.899
 risen from

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.539
 the dead

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:27.720
 well it's

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.200
 bomb in the

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:28.480
 building

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.899
 information

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:30.339
 isn't it

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:32.779
 it's going to

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 Heathrow

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 airport tomorrow

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.099
 morning and the

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.740
 announcement comes

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 over the

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 time

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.039
 it says it's

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.460
 an official

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.279
 announcement

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 there is a

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:38.259
 bomb in the

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.720
 tomb and I'll

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.339
 please evacuate

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 the building

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:41.099
 what would you

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.399
 do

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:44.079
 would you order

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:45.139
 another flat

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.539
 white

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 I doubt it

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:49.380
 you would

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:49.779
 act on it

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.120
 wouldn't you

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:51.120
 especially if

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.380
 it was an

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:51.680
 official

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.100
 announcement

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:54.100
 because that

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.380
 sort of

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:54.880
 information you

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.680
 cannot ignore

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.160
 and I'm

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.660
 telling you

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:57.279
 that this

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.940
 is the sign

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.320
 that God

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:58.720
 has given

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.440
 the world

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.840
 it's the

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:00.279
 sign of

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.560
 Jonah

00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:00.940
 that on

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.380
 the third

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:01.900
 day God

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.600
 raised Jesus

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:02.960
 from the

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.480
 belly of the

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.759
 earth

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.759
 for our

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.360
 justification

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.620
 that is how

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.600
 Paul preached

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.400
 the resurrection

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.259
 to the

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.200
 intelligentsia

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 in Athens

00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:11.460
 on Mars

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 Hill

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:16.420
 he preaches

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 the resurrection

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.679
 he says to

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 the academics

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:20.119
 on the

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.699
 Areopagus

00:25:20.699 --> 00:25:21.419
 therefore God

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:21.980
 has overlooked

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.539
 the times of

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:22.960
 ignorance

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:24.759
 isn't that a

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.220
 wonderful way

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.699
 of summing up

00:25:25.699 --> 00:25:26.319
 civilization

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.919
 he speaks to

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.259
 the Greeks

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.639
 for goodness

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:28.960
 sake

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:30.899
 he talks about

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.839
 Greek civilization

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.939
 he talks about

00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:33.980
 Roman civilization

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.619
 the greatest

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.619
 civilizations that

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.079
 the world has

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.500
 ever seen

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.879
 and he says

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.740
 God

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.980
 God's winks

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.379
 at those

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:39.779
 times of

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.220
 ignorance

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:42.000
 those great

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.740
 Greek philosophers

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.480
 those great

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.339
 Roman statesmen

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.960
 God is not

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.659
 impressed by that

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.399
 he overlooks them

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:48.280
 at these

00:25:48.280 --> 00:25:48.700
 times of

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.000
 ignorance

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.420
 and now

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.040
 God commands

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:50.580
 all people

00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:51.380
 every culture

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:52.480
 every civilization

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.440
 every language

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.259
 everywhere

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.580
 to repent

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.000
 and to turn

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.240
 around

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.720
 because he

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.160
 has set a

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.560
 day that he

00:25:57.560 --> 00:25:57.980
 will judge

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.500
 the world

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.320
 in righteousness

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:06.659
 people talk

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:07.539
 about apologetics

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:09.220
 arguing

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.139
 the cause

00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.399
 of the faith

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:11.299
 I've got a big

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.519
 common

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.399
 apologetics

00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:14.519
 in fact I think

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.939
 apologetics

00:26:14.939 --> 00:26:14.919
!

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:15.159
 I agree

00:26:15.159 --> 00:26:15.539
 but it's

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:15.919
 got to get

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.299
 to there

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:19.299
 you've got to

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.759
 get to the

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.259
 point where

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.980
 you call

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.339
 people to

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.720
 repent

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:24.639
 you've got to

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:24.919
 get to the

00:26:24.919 --> 00:26:25.299
 people when

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.079
 you say to

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.220
 people

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.559
 God has

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.779
 said a

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.019
 day that

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.220
 you have

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.519
 judged the

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:27.819
 words

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:30.159
 and if

00:26:30.159 --> 00:26:30.559
 you don't

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:30.879
 get there

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.299
 whatever you're

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.439
 doing

00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:32.980
 it's not

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.299
 possible

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.799
 proclamation

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:37.639
 and he

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:37.960
 will judge

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.279
 the world

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.799
 in righteousness

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.419
 by the man

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.919
 he's appointed

00:26:39.919 --> 00:26:41.179
 and how do you

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.599
 know that?

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.119
 Because he's

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.460
 raised him

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:42.700
 from the

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:42.939
 dead

00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:43.339
 that's what

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:43.819
 Paul says

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.240
 that is a

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.579
 sign of

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:44.839
 Jonah

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:46.299
 and embarrassed

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.279
 supernaturalism

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:50.139
 and that's

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.799
 why you have

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.099
 to take

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.379
 Jesus

00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:51.759
 seriously

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.200
 to it

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:54.460
 so what

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.599
 do we

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:54.779
 need to

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.099
 do about

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.299
 it?

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.779
 Last point

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.139
 how are we

00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.639
 to respond

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:57.940
 to what

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.220
 God has

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.480
 done for

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.039
 three things

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.379
 that Jonah

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.259
 mentions at

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.500
 the end

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.700
 of the

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.000
 chapter

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:02.420
 verse 8

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.240
 identify

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.099
 your idols

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:07.819
 those

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:09.460
 who pay

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.099
 regard

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:12.000
 to vain

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.720
 idols

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:15.779
 I think

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.120
 the NIV

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.980
 I can't

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.180
 say it's

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.500
 the NIV

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.579
 I think

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.059
 something like

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.600
 those who

00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:21.140
 cling to

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.700
 vain idols

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.319
 is that

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.460
 right?

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:22.700
 Leslie

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:22.960
 Bals

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.200
 is my

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.579
 NIV

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.200
 expert

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:26.940
 get off

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.279
 Facebook

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.640
 Leslie

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:37.440
 it never

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:37.839
 works

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.059
 when you

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.240
 can't

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.380
 go

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.880
 interactive

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.440
 does it?

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.500
 What is

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.700
 what is

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.299
 verse 8

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.720
 in the NIV

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.119
 does anybody

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.359
 have the

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.639
 NIV?

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.839
 Yes

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:47.000
 paper

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.579
 bibles

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.639
 those who

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.079
 cling to

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.379
 worthless

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:49.639
 idols

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.059
 it's very

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.339
 helpful

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.980
 isn't it?

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.899
 Jonah

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.899
 wakes up

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.099
 in the

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.359
 belly of

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.759
 the fish

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:57.240
 he wakes

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.619
 himself up

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.059
 it's very

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.359
 interesting

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.839
 Jonah was

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.279
 a prophet

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.980
 this isn't

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.200
 the only

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.579
 place you

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.039
 see Jonah

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.480
 Jonah was

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.799
 a prophet

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.059
 in the

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.319
 northern

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.680
 kingdom

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.059
 and he's

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.579
 been used

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.200
 by God

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.019
 marvelously

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.359
 you can

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.279
 read about

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.539
 that in

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:06.980
 two kings

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.779
 this isn't

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.000
 the only

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.399
 place you

00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:08.819
 find Jonah

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.019
 in the

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.139
 Old

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.460
 Testament

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.940
 he's

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.220
 a prophet

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.440
 in the

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.700
 northern

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.039
 kingdom

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.299
 he's

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.440
 a

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:12.700
 servant

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.079
 of God

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.539
 and suddenly

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:13.920
 he's in the

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.319
 belly of the

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.519
 fish

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.079
 and in

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.759
 the crisis

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.940
 he wakes up

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.480
 to the fact

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:17.980
 that all

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.759
 his life

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.559
 he's made

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.039
 an idol

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.279
 of his

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.839
 ministry

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:25.339
 that is a

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.720
 terrible

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.500
 thing to

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.019
 wake up to

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:29.359
 you could have

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.720
 been in

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.519
 church work

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.659
 all your

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:32.139
 life

00:28:32.139 --> 00:28:34.819
 and suddenly

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.339
 you wake up

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.819
 and you realise

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.159
 it's been

00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:36.720
 idolatry

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:39.559
 he wanted

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:39.960
 ministry

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.400
 success

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.720
 that's why

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:40.960
 he'd run

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.319
 away

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.600
 he didn't

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:41.779
 want to

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.000
 go to

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.279
 Nineveh

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.640
 so he

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.039
 ran away

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.400
 and God

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.740
 was telling

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.019
 him to

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.279
 go

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.720
 he says

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.100
 no

00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:45.720
 why

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.160
 because he

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.460
 put his

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:46.880
 ministry

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.420
 first and

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.079
 his reputation

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.559
 first

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.700
 it's more

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.420
 complicated than

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:50.600
 that

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.180
 it's more

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.680
 subtle than

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:51.860
 that

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:52.360
 he also

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:52.680
 had a

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:52.960
 kind of

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.440
 religious

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:53.839
 idol

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:55.079
 because we

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.420
 know that

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.180
 he felt

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.180
 superior to

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.920
 the Ninevites

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:59.420
 and that's

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.620
 why he

00:28:59.620 --> 00:28:59.820
 didn't want

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.000
 to go

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.120
 there

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.380
 they are

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:00.820
 pagans

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.080
 they are

00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:01.539
 Israel's

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:01.900
 enemies

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.779
 and he's

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.140
 a Jew

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.580
 he is

00:29:03.580 --> 00:29:03.940
 in covenant

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.840
 with Yahweh

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.560
 and he'd

00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:06.560
 rather go to

00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:07.060
 hell

00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:08.080
 and see

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:08.700
 those pagans

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:08.980
 say

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.400
 I don't

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:09.820
 want people

00:29:09.820 --> 00:29:10.360
 like that

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:10.940
 in this

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.539
 church

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:15.480
 I'd rather

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.019
 go to hell

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.360
 and see

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:16.700
 pagans

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.140
 and so

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.400
 he runs

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.779
 away

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:19.840
 and at

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.100
 the bottom

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:20.340
 of the

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:21.200
 tree

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:22.279
 God shows

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.660
 him that's

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.180
 idolatry

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.539
 Jonah

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.019
 and as

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.380
 long as

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.960
 you cling

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.920
 to that

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.380
 way of

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:26.720
 thinking

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.880
 you forfeit

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.640
 my grace

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:28.980
 can you see

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.240
 that at the

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.520
 end of

00:29:29.520 --> 00:29:30.040
 verse 8

00:29:30.040 --> 00:29:31.080
 you forsake

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:32.280
 their hope

00:29:32.280 --> 00:29:33.420
 of steadfast

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.860
 love

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:36.340
 you forfeit

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:37.280
 my covenant

00:29:37.280 --> 00:29:38.040
 love

00:29:38.040 --> 00:29:39.920
 what a lesson

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.300
 to learn

00:29:40.300 --> 00:29:40.640
 at the very

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.060
 end

00:29:41.060 --> 00:29:42.520
 that could

00:29:42.520 --> 00:29:42.740
 have been

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.060
 it for

00:29:43.060 --> 00:29:43.220
 during

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.580
 goodness

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:44.480
 and he

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.700
 could have

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.060
 gone into

00:29:45.060 --> 00:29:45.460
 eternity

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.040
 clutching

00:29:46.040 --> 00:29:46.320
 to an

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:46.600
 idol

00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:48.160
 clinging

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.540
 to an

00:29:48.540 --> 00:29:48.700
 idol

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:48.980
 he could

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.160
 have

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:50.620
 forfeited

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:50.960
 he could

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.100
 have

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.680
 forsake

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.120
 the hope

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.840
 of steadfast

00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:53.280
 love

00:29:53.280 --> 00:29:54.400
 of God

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.280
 is that

00:29:55.280 --> 00:29:55.580
 how you

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.060
 will die

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:58.980
 that you

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.359
 will wake

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.619
 up to

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.000
 the fact

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.379
 that all

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:00.819
 your life

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.139
 you've been

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.679
 clutching

00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:02.259
 in idols

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:04.279
 it's possible

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.819
 for ministers

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.079
 that they

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.139
 have

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.679
 to do

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:05.899
 that

00:30:05.899 --> 00:30:08.799
 what is

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:08.980
 your

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.319
 idol

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:14.339
 well one

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.500
 of the

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.799
 things that

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:14.940
 you've

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.220
 nightmares

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.460
 about

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:18.139
 what is

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.539
 your greatest

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:18.919
 nightmare

00:30:18.919 --> 00:30:20.940
 what do

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.460
 you worry

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.339
 about losing

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:23.179
 the most

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:25.640
 that's

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:25.759
 your

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.019
 idol

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:29.060
 what do

00:30:29.060 --> 00:30:29.420
 you rely

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.740
 on to

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.000
 comfort

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.400
 yourself

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:30.820
 when things

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.279
 go bad

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.660
 or difficult

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.000
 what do

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.279
 you run

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.519
 into

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.900
 food

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:36.200
 shopping

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:38.039
 sex

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:39.019
 leisure

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.340
 what is

00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:39.640
 it

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:42.720
 sport

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.940
 can't be

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.039
 no

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.340
 look at

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:44.560
 it

00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:46.620
 what's

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:46.720
 going to

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:46.860
 happen

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.080
 when you're

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.420
 too old

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.680
 and too

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.039
 fat

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.400
 to play

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.759
 anymore

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:50.039
 will your

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.279
 idol

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.640
 comfort

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.080
 you then

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.539
 of course

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:51.720
 it will

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.440
 drop you

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.640
 drop you

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:53.820
 to the

00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:54.039
 second

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.259
 team

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.559
 what is

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:54.779
 it

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.860
 is

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.180
 work

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.360
 your

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:56.660
 idol

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:59.600
 do you

00:30:59.600 --> 00:30:59.740
 think

00:30:59.740 --> 00:30:59.960
 God

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.080
 would

00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:00.500
 impress

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.680
 with

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:00.799
 your

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.140
 sporting

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.759
 trophies

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.519
 bring

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:02.620
 them

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:02.759
 on

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:02.980
 judgment

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.380
 day

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:05.820
 if you're

00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:06.100
 clinging

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.480
 to your

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.840
 career

00:31:06.840 --> 00:31:07.160
 and you

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.460
 get your

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.860
 sense

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.259
 of who

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.940
 you are

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.580
 and your

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:09.900
 sense

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.100
 of

00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:10.559
 salvation

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.100
 from your

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.500
 job

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.880
 and your

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.400
 identity

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.840
 what's

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.100
 going to

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.340
 happen

00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:13.660
 when they

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.019
 lay off

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.259
 people

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.480
 in the

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.900
 workplace

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.140
 you're

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.240
 going to

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.519
 take your

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.080
 appraisal

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.360
 in on

00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:16.600
 judgment

00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:16.920
 day

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.900
 very well

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:17.920
!

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.860
 got a

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.240
 bonus

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:21.600
 will

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.059
 work be

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.259
 kind

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.660
 to you

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.400
 what about

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.539
 your

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:23.839
 peers

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.359
 those who

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.259
 promise you

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.680
 such a good

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:25.980
 time

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.339
 will they

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.740
 still love

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:26.980
 you when

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.099
 you're

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:27.440
 no fun

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:27.680
 to be

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:27.920
 with

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:30.519
 what will

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.640
 it

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.059
 profit a

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.319
 man if

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:31.640
 he gains

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.019
 the whole

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.379
 world

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:32.660
 Jesus

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.000
 says

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.259
 I mean

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.599
 he loses

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:33.879
 his own

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.259
 soul

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:39.579
 maybe quite

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.019
 possibly

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:41.200
 you're one of

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.720
 those beautiful

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.220
 people and

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.700
 you've lived a

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.319
 charmed life

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.720
 and you've

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.119
 gained the

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.700
 whole world

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.259
 and such

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.660
 I know

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:46.980
 people like

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.079
 that

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.319
 they've got

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.680
 plenty of

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:47.920
 money

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.359
 they've got

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:48.660
 a decent

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.059
 home

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:53.319
 and then

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.639
 the news

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.079
 comes in

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.359
 from your

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.679
 doctor

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:54.980
 that the

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.339
 results

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:55.619
 of the

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:55.919
 tests

00:31:55.919 --> 00:31:56.279
 are in

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:58.579
 and all

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.039
 the money

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.399
 in all

00:31:59.399 --> 00:31:59.799
 the world

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.099
 is no

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.519
 use to

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.159
 you then

00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:03.599
 because

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.019
 what you

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.740
 need then

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.519
 can you

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.899
 see it

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:08.059
 it's the

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.379
 end of

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:08.819
 verse 8

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:10.179
 steadfast

00:32:10.179 --> 00:32:10.579
 love

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:13.799
 loving

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.339
 kindness

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:15.559
 it's grace

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:18.339
 and those

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.879
 who cling

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.179
 if you

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.720
 persist in

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:19.960
 clinging

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.339
 to that

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.919
 worthless

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:21.319
 idol

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.879
 well you

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.339
 won't have

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.519
 it

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.960
 when you

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.460
 need it

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:25.220
 and you

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.859
 will forfeit

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.299
 the grace

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.799
 of God

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.339
 and it's

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.879
 so serious

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.200
 that we

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.619
 need to

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.259
 identify

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.919
 our idols

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.419
 we need

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.720
 to go

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.099
 home and

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.500
 take a

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.240
 good long

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.759
 hard look

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.279
 at ourselves

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.039
 and say

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.579
 what am I

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:34.960
 clinging

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.399
 to

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:37.279
 to give

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.659
 me my

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:38.539
 self-worth

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.159
 to give

00:32:39.159 --> 00:32:39.519
 me my

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.279
 self-esteem

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:42.440
 and that's

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.779
 the first

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:42.919
 thing

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:43.359
 identify

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:43.799
 your idols

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:46.119
 certainly

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.419
 give

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:46.720
 yourself

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.019
 to the

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.220
 Lord

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.799
 verse 9

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:50.980
 but I

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.240
 with the

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.619
 voice of

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.180
 thanksgiving

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:52.619
 will not

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.039
 sacrifice

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.519
 to you

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.859
 what I

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.299
 vowed

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.399
 I

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:54.559
 will

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:54.839
 pay

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:59.879
 a

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:00.099
 friend

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.359
 of mine

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:00.639
 who was a

00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:00.839
 minister

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.139
 went to

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.359
 visit

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:01.659
 someone

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:02.079
 who hadn't

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.399
 been to

00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:02.799
 their church

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.659
 for years

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:04.919
 and they

00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.159
 had been in

00:33:05.159 --> 00:33:05.419
 the church

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:05.859
 generations

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.379
 past

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:06.680
 and they

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:06.859
 had a

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.139
 connection

00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:07.460
 with the

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:07.680
 church

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:07.839
 and he

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.139
 went on

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.220
 a

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.379
 visit

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.680
 in the

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:08.899
 pastor

00:33:08.899 --> 00:33:09.319
 went in

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.559
 and he

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:09.799
 saw

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.240
 on the

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.639
 wall

00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:11.539
 a

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.099
 framed

00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:12.919
 baptismal

00:33:12.919 --> 00:33:13.379
 certificate

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:15.140
 he said

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.320
 well I

00:33:15.320 --> 00:33:15.580
 talked to

00:33:15.580 --> 00:33:15.760
 him about

00:33:15.760 --> 00:33:15.980
 that

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.980
 why

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.160
 is he

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.280
 putting

00:33:17.280 --> 00:33:17.420
 that

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.660
 on the

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:17.880
 wall

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.180
 so he

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.520
 asked

00:33:18.520 --> 00:33:18.740
 him

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.520
 the

00:33:19.520 --> 00:33:19.940
 man

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.880
 what is

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.180
 this

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:22.600
 and he

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:22.800
 says

00:33:22.800 --> 00:33:23.240
 that's my

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.580
 certificate

00:33:23.580 --> 00:33:23.940
 to say

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.220
 I was

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.800
 baptised

00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:25.160
 in your

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.720
 church

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:28.620
 and the

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:28.900
 minister

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.380
 sounded

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.080
 brilliantly

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:31.580
 when are you

00:33:31.580 --> 00:33:31.780
 going to

00:33:31.780 --> 00:33:32.100
 cash it

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.360
 in

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:34.240
 when are you

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.380
 going to

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.760
 cash it

00:33:34.760 --> 00:33:34.980
 in

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:38.300
 and some

00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:38.500
 of you

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.960
 are members

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.260
 of this

00:33:39.260 --> 00:33:39.700
 church

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.120
 and you've

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.300
 made

00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:40.820
 membership

00:33:40.820 --> 00:33:41.300
 vows

00:33:41.300 --> 00:33:41.780
 to belong

00:33:41.780 --> 00:33:42.120
 to this

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.380
 church

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:43.000
 and serve

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.180
 the

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.400
 Lord

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.620
 through

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:43.840
 this

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:44.140
 local

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.560
 church

00:33:44.560 --> 00:33:44.940
 when

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.520
 will you

00:33:45.520 --> 00:33:45.720
 take

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:45.960
 those

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.220
 vows

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.720
 seriously

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:51.360
 our

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:51.780
 idols

00:33:51.780 --> 00:33:52.500
 are not

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.160
 obvious

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:55.140
 but what

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.720
 idolatry

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.060
 does

00:33:56.060 --> 00:33:56.200
 is

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.840
 idolatry

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.600
 drains

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:57.980
 the

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.420
 spiritual

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.820
 energy

00:33:58.820 --> 00:33:59.140
 out of

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.440
 us

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.760
 so you've

00:34:00.760 --> 00:34:00.980
 got no

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.460
 time

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:04.720
 and Jonah

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.120
 says I've

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.600
 woken up to

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:05.960
 myself

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.340
 and from

00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:06.760
 now on

00:34:06.760 --> 00:34:07.220
 he says I'm

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.420
 going to

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.940
 fulfil my

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.220
 vows

00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:08.460
 and I'm

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.599
 going to

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.920
 take you

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.300
 seriously

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:13.100
 so let's

00:34:13.100 --> 00:34:13.380
 think about

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.800
 sport on

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.039
 Sunday

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:16.160
 there's nothing

00:34:16.160 --> 00:34:16.560
 wrong with

00:34:16.560 --> 00:34:16.780
 sport

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.180
 don't get me

00:34:17.180 --> 00:34:17.519
 wrong

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:19.260
 but if it

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.720
 comes to a

00:34:19.720 --> 00:34:20.300
 choice between

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:21.080
 sport on

00:34:21.080 --> 00:34:21.620
 Sunday

00:34:21.620 --> 00:34:22.820
 or gathering

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.180
 with the

00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:23.539
 Lord's

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.039
 people on

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.160
 the

00:34:24.160 --> 00:34:24.539
 Lord's

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:24.840
 day

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:26.519
 it really

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.100
 is no

00:34:27.100 --> 00:34:27.760
 contest

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:32.840
 with a

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.200
 song of

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:33.680
 thanksgiving

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:34.080
 with a

00:34:34.080 --> 00:34:34.519
 voice of

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.039
 thanksgiving

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:36.539
 I'll keep

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.140
 my vow to

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:37.519
 gather with

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.880
 the Lord's

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.220
 people on

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.600
 the Lord's

00:34:38.600 --> 00:34:38.840
 day

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:40.920
 and so

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.160
 let's

00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:41.860
 identify our

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.280
 idols and

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.700
 let's give

00:34:42.700 --> 00:34:43.260
 ourselves to

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.480
 the Lord

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.420
 let's recommit

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.059
 ourselves to

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.200
 him

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:45.500
 listen to

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.740
 what I

00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:46.120
 read from

00:34:46.120 --> 00:34:46.400
 J.I.

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:46.880
 Packard this

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.059
 week

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.600
 the only

00:34:47.600 --> 00:34:48.340
 proof of

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.680
 past

00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:49.220
 conversion

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:50.380
 is present

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:51.200
 convertedness

00:34:51.200 --> 00:34:53.740
 the only

00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:54.300
 proof of

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:54.600
 past

00:34:54.600 --> 00:34:55.039
 conversion

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.559
 is present

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.380
 convertedness

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:59.260
 smash your

00:34:59.260 --> 00:34:59.620
 idols

00:34:59.620 --> 00:35:00.980
 hand your

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.380
 life open

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.559
 to the

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.840
 Lord

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.480
 and then

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:02.780
 lastly

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.260
 pray like

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.539
 Jonah

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.120
 verse 7

00:35:04.120 --> 00:35:06.519
 when my

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:08.220
 life was

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:08.660
 fading away

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.099
 I remember

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.399
 the Lord

00:35:09.399 --> 00:35:09.639
 and my

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.139
 prayer came

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.460
 to you in

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:10.819
 your holy

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.119
 temple

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.980
 like Daniel

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.440
 in Babylon

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.940
 remember

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.339
 Daniel he

00:35:13.339 --> 00:35:13.759
 opens the

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.379
 window towards

00:35:14.379 --> 00:35:14.759
 Jerusalem

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:16.599
 it's interesting

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.119
 because Jonah is

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.619
 from the north

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.139
 of Samaria

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:20.359
 and yet at the

00:35:20.359 --> 00:35:20.719
 bottom of the

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.239
 sea he looks

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:22.059
 towards Jerusalem

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:23.219
 and the temple

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.719
 in Jerusalem

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.299
 and all it

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:24.940
 signifies

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:29.139
 and tonight

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:29.740
 through the death

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:29.980
 and the

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.400
 resurrection

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.880
 of Jesus

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.200
 Christ

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:31.519
 we have

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.940
 access

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:34.260
 we come

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:34.800
 boldly to

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.079
 the throne

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.519
 of grace

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:37.159
 and we

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.480
 are bold

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:37.960
 to enter

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.320
 the holy

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.659
 place

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:38.940
 through the

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.260
 blood of

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.500
 Jesus

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.940
 through a

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.340
 new and

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:40.619
 through a

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.200
 living way

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:42.619
 that he's

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.179
 opened for

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.559
 us

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.659
 through the

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.059
 curtain

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:47.059
 that is his

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.440
 flesh

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.960
 and so

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.659
 tonight as we

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:49.079
 come to the

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.500
 table that

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.800
 is growing

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.220
 here

00:35:50.220 --> 00:35:52.580
 let's not

00:35:52.580 --> 00:35:53.120
 claim to

00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:54.120
 worthless idols

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:56.260
 let's commit

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:57.120
 our lives to

00:35:57.120 --> 00:35:57.460
 the Lord

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.800
 and let us

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.280
 come back to

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:59.280
 him in

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.560
 prayer