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 Hi everyone. I'm just reading Malachi chapter 1, the whole thing, 1 to 14.

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 The Oracle of the Word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.

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 I have loved you, says the Lord, but you say, how have you loved us?

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 Is not Esau Jacob's brother, declares the Lord?

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 Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated.

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 I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to the jackals of the desert.

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 If Edom says we are shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins, the Lord of hosts says,

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 they may rebuild, but I will tear down, and they will be called the wicked country,

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 and the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.

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 Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, great is the Lord beyond the border of Israel.

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 A son honours his father, and a servant his master.

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 If then I am a father, where is my honour?

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 And if I am a master, where is my fear?

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 Says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name.

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 But you say, how have we despised your name?

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 By offering polluted food upon my altar.

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 But you say, how have we polluted you?

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 By saying that the Lord's table may be despised.

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 When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil?

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 And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil?

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 Present that to your governor.

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 Will he accept you or show favour?

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 Says the Lord of hosts.

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 And now entreat the favour of God, that he may be gracious to us.

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 With such a gift from your hand, will he show favour to any of you?

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 Says the Lord of hosts.

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 Oh, that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain.

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 I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts.

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 And I will not accept an offering from your hand.

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 For the rising of the sun to its setting, from the rising of the sun to its setting, my name will be great among the nations.

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 And in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering.

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 For my name will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.

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 But you profane it when you say that the Lord's table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food, may be despised.

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 But you say, what a weariness this is, and you snort at it, says the Lord of hosts.

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 You bring what has been taken by violence, or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering.

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 Shall I accept that from your hand, says the Lord?

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 Lord, cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished.

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 For I am a great king, says the Lord of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations.

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 Three simple words.

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 I love you.

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 I love you.

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 They're probably, I think, the words we crave most to hear.

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 They're simple words, as I said, yet they declare a really complex relationship.

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 Relationship.

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 A relationship of personal delight.

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 A valuing.

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 Acceptance.

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 Long-term commitment.

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 Three simple words, and yet they're also very confronting words.

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 They are so powerfully emotional in the context of a relationship.

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 They're actually so outrageous in their claim.

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 And they're also so challenging in the responsibilities they infer.

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 And they're three simple words which will always bring a response.

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 Always.

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 That response might vary.

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 It might be a shallow response.

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 So we might actually, like so many people, just say love you as the way to start or end an interaction with somebody.

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 And it's just a sort of warm, fuzzy thing that doesn't really show any awareness of the actual state of the relationship.

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 Or the responsibilities involved in it.

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 Just love you.

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 Love you.

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 It's a very common way of speaking in our society.

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 Or it could be self-affirmation.

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 We actually could think when somebody says, I love you, well, no surprise there because I'm very lovable.

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 And I deserve to hear those words spoken to me.

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 And others, I can understand, are very keen to get into my friendship circle.

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 Or we can respond with suspicion.

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 We hear the words, but we don't feel there's any practical evidence of those words being real.

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 We might even suspect their motivation.

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 That is, we might think somebody's playing with the notion of love to get something else from us.

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 Or we can meet them with belief and acceptance.

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 That is, hearing the words in and of itself is an incentive to value the relationship even more.

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 It defines and describes the relationship and makes us want to long for even a greater love, a deeper relationship.

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 And we commit practically to growing that relationship.

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 But as I said, one thing is clear.

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 In response to the words, I love you, we will have a response in our hearts.

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 And that response will become obvious through our actions towards the person who expressed their love for us and to us.

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 And that's what connects us into God's message to his people through Malachi.

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 There's 55 verses in Malachi.

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 And 47 of those verses are God speaking directly to his people.

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 God speaking and uncovering the hidden thoughts and attitudes and responses in the hearts of his people.

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 And so God is saying, I love you to his people.

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 And then the balance of what's been said in here is God uncovering their response to that statement of his love and that experience of his love.

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 So in a sense, the whole of Malachi is about God saying what he thinks about what his people think of him.

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 And that's what makes it very, very confronting.

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 Because God shines a torch into our heart attitudes.

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 And it's not just confronting because of that, but it's confronting, I think, if you're going to be like me,

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 because the attitudes that are exposed are all too familiar, all too common.

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 In response to God's statement, I love you.

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 Well, let's jump into the text then with the first heading.

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 The love affirms, the Lord affirms his active commitment to his people.

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 When he says, the opening lines, I have loved you.

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 I have loved you.

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 Now, the final words before a period of being apart are always important.

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 They're always passionate.

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 Because those words are the words that will sustain the relationship until renewed communication.

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 And it's just so in this oracle through Malachi.

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 These are the last direct words the Lord says to his people for more than 400 years.

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 The next words are actually through John the Baptist and the arrival of Jesus.

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 And so it's not surprising, therefore, that for a period of separation, God closes down by saying,

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 I have loved you.

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 That's what he wants his people to take away with him.

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 And remind themselves of on a daily basis.

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 And so they're warm.

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 They're rich.

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 They're relational words.

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 They're expressing God's heart for and his commitment to his people.

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 The perfect tense, I have loved you, highlights a consistent and unwavering love,

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 which has begun some point in the past and continues into an undefined time in the future.

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 These three words describe, or actually four words,

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 these words describe the reality of the Lord's relationship with his people since,

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 go all the way back to Abraham,

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 when God cavernanted with his people to love them and bless them.

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 That's more than a thousand years earlier.

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 But then, as Matt and Grace brought out, verse 6,

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 they are also confronting words.

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 The context is God saying, I have loved you,

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 but then there's something else happening behind the scenes.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 I just feel the heartbrokenness, as it were, of God as Father.

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 A son honors his father and a servant his master.

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 If then I am a father, where is my honor?

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 And remember, in ancient Near Eastern language and culture,

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 not to honor is to bring shame upon.

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 If then I am a father, where is my honor?

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 And if I am a master or a king,

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 where is my fear or respect, says the Lord of hosts?

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 See, that says the Lord of hosts.

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 It's confronting in its awfulness.

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 God has loved his people generously and consistently,

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 but they have responded with careless indifference,

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 suspicion, and even contempt,

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 as some of the other verses suggest.

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 And if I can say this,

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 the Lord here presents as a broken-hearted father,

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 expressing something of the pain and hurt

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 of having children refuse to recognize or accept his love.

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 But the thing is, you see, for God, this isn't new.

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 200 years earlier, at the start of the prophet Isaiah's oracle,

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 it was introduced in almost the same way,

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 almost the same words.

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 This rejection of God's love is not just a flash in the pan.

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 This is a deep-seated attitude of God's people.

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 And we see it coming out in these verses.

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 Their immediate response,

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 as God sort of develops this conversation with himself,

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 but picking up, answering for his people,

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 because he can see the attitudes of their heart.

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 Their response,

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 how have you loved us?

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 It's a response that brings shame,

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 not honor, to the Lord.

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 God makes his people squirm,

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 facing the reality of horrible, sinful attitudes

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 that lie deep within them,

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 by nailing them on their actions,

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 which are the direct result of those hidden attitudes.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 God's people fail to believe God

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 and take him at his word.

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 Now, this is the Lord of hosts,

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 the Lord of the universe,

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 the covenant God saying to his people,

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 I have loved you.

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 By virtue of his own authority

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 and his own character,

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 God's people should just have believed that.

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 That was the Lord's public,

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 covenanted promise,

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 stated repeatedly to generation after generation

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 of his people,

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 that he would love and bless his covenant people, Israel.

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 But instead of tears of appreciation,

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 instead of thankfulness

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 and a joyful, loving embrace,

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 their response is really cutting and dismissive.

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 Hmm.

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 Well, that's a very interesting thought, Lord.

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 Can you just give me a little bit more information?

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 How exactly have you loved us?

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 Their accusation ignored the hard evidence of history

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 as well as the repeated public statements of the Lord.

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 The hard evidence of history

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 that the Lord then is forced to defend

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 and reiterate here in verses 3 onwards,

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 3 through 4 and 5.

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 Look at history, the Lord's saying.

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 I've demonstrated practically the nature and extent

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 of my love for my covenant people.

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 Against all normal expectations,

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 against all traditions,

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 God covenanted to love and bless Jacob's descendants,

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 not Esau's.

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 Their status and history as God's special loved people

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 was entirely due to this fact

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 that God graciously committed himself to loving them

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 as opposed to Edom's line or Esau's line.

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 And the difference is,

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 Jacob's line was blessed

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 and enjoyed the constant blessing and favor of the Lord.

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 Edom's line enjoyed the constant anger

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 and condemnation and judgment of the Lord.

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 The two statuses couldn't be any more different.

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 What explains the difference?

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 God's love.

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 And yet God's people seemed to be oblivious to it

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 and allowed their immediate circumstances

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 and feelings to dismiss all this carelessly

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 and thoughtlessly.

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 How did that happen?

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 Well, probably because they had particular expectations

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 of what God's love would look like

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 and mean for them practically.

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 Put bluntly,

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 they didn't get from God what they thought

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 they should get from God,

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 what they wanted from God,

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 what they demanded from God,

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 what they thought they had a right to.

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 So the conclusion is,

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 well, if God doesn't give me what I want,

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 then God doesn't love me.

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 Now, doesn't that sound very familiar to us?

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 But at another point,

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 there might be something even more sinister happening here.

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 It's quite likely, I think,

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 that their questioning of God's love

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 was because they wanted to avoid the implications

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 of acknowledging it.

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 In other words,

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 they wanted the benefits of God's blessing,

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 but didn't want to feel a sense of indebtedness

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 to the Lord for his love.

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 Or they didn't want to have a sense of responsibility

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 to the Lord given his love

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 and given his ongoing relationship with them.

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 So in a sense,

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 I think God's people might be playing

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 a very clever victim status game here.

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 That is,

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 casting themselves as victims,

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 suggesting that God was at fault

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 in all of this interaction,

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 and thereby shifting the focus away

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 from their own heart response

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 to a perceived failure on God's part.

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 Now again,

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 isn't that so very familiar to us

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 in how we operate our own relationships

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 at different levels?

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 We play the victim

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 and push the responsibility onto somebody else.

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 And I think that fits with verse 5.

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 At your own eyes shall see this,

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 and you shall say,

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 great is the Lord

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 beyond the border of Israel.

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 I think what the Lord's saying there

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 is that their response to God's love

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 should have demonstrated

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 to the world

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 how great God is.

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 That was God's desire for his people.

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 It wasn't the reason why he loved them,

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 but it was a desired outcome

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 of his love.

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 And then God's people

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 have also lost their vision

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 of God's value and worth,

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 picking up from verses 6 onwards then.

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 And again,

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 the Lord cuts through

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 and moves beyond

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 all the various religious activities

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 of his people.

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 And he exposes the heart attitude

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 that are behind all the books

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 taking religious activities.

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 And this part of section

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 is addressed to the priests,

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 but I think the connection is

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 that while the priests

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 particularly are being pinged

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 by the Lord,

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 their attitude has sort of

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 trickled down

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:46.680
 and become the attitude

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 of the whole people.

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 So we can say

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 in modern parlance,

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 from the very top down,

00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:55.519
 this attitude has just become

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 debased and sloppy

00:17:57.100 --> 00:17:58.860
 in response to the Lord.

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 They're still going through

00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.019
 the motions,

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:03.319
 doing the ritual worship,

00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:05.740
 but the Lord shows

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 there's no vitality,

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:08.100
 no substance in it.

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 It is what we call

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 box ticking.

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 Verse 6 again,

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 they claim to love,

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 they love to claim

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 God as their father,

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 but there's no concern

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 to honor him

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 as an obedient child.

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 There's no concern

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 to treat him

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 as an honorable,

00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:33.539
 worthy father.

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 They're quick to say

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 that God is their master,

00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:37.079
 their ruler,

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 or their king,

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:39.980
 but care little

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.920
 for their approach

00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:41.420
 to God

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 and care little

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 for respect

00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:46.960
 of him

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 in his holiness.

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 In short,

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 they've taken their

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 relationship with God

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 for granted.

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.259
 Again,

00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:57.599
 in modern parlance,

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 their actions speak

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 much, much louder

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 than their words.

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 And it reveals

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:05.319
 their heart attitude

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 which has trivialized

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 and made a mockery

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.779
 of God's name,

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 of God's character.

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 And again,

00:19:14.159 --> 00:19:14.659
 God's people

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 try to deny this reality.

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 They try to protest

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 their innocence.

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 But the plain truth

00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:22.579
 was that they no longer

00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.339
 thought of God

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 as worthy to be served.

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 No longer thought

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 of God as worthy

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 to be honored

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 as a great God

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 or a loving father.

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 Look at verse 13.

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 This is just awful

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 in the extreme,

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 isn't it?

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 The Lord exposing

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 what's in their hearts.

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 They wouldn't say this out loud,

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 but this is what they're feeling

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 in their hearts.

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 What a weariness

00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.920
 this is.

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 That is,

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 the reference

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.360
 to serving the Lord.

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 Ho-hum,

00:20:00.580 --> 00:20:01.420
 what a weariness

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:02.220
 this is.

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 And you snort at it.

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.360
 Snorting,

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 as far as I can see,

00:20:08.160 --> 00:20:09.400
 is just a sort of

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 a contemptuous,

00:20:10.620 --> 00:20:10.900
 ugh,

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 I'm stuck here.

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 I really don't want

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 to be doing this,

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 but I can't see

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 any other way out of it,

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 so I suppose

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 I have to get on with it.

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 It's dreadful.

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 Dreadful.

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 In their heart,

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 they resented

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.860
 the demands

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:30.779
 of relationship

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.400
 with the Lord.

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 That relationship

00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.599
 which was one

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 of blessing

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 and goodness,

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 which you'd think

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 would automatically

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:39.839
 would bring thankfulness,

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 but it doesn't.

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 They resent it.

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 Why?

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.920
 Because of the implications

00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:45.400
 and responsibilities

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.120
 attached to it.

00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:49.959
 serving the Lord

00:20:49.959 --> 00:20:51.119
 was tedious

00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:52.479
 and boring

00:20:52.479 --> 00:20:53.719
 and restricting.

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.859
 So their worship

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.679
 became formal

00:20:58.679 --> 00:20:59.299
 box ticking.

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 They were just

00:21:00.659 --> 00:21:02.039
 doing what they thought

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:04.279
 in terms of sacrifices

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.859
 and prayers

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.519
 and going to the temple.

00:21:05.739 --> 00:21:06.259
 They were doing

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.879
 what they thought

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:08.139
 would keep God on side,

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:11.699
 maintain respectability

00:21:11.699 --> 00:21:12.399
 before others

00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:13.619
 of their countrymen,

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 secure the practical benefits

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.419
 they wanted

00:21:16.419 --> 00:21:17.119
 from the Lord

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 and thought they deserved

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 and perhaps even expected.

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 Giving them to the Lord

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 in reward

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.099
 for their efforts

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 of doing the sacrifices

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 and praying.

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 So it becomes

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:30.079
 a circular argument.

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 It's just so empty

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 and formal

00:21:34.159 --> 00:21:37.039
 and offensive.

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 So put simply,

00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.439
 we can say

00:21:42.439 --> 00:21:43.419
 that God's people

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 didn't even begin

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 to love him

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:47.519
 in the way

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 that he had loved them.

00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:52.160
 Jordan Peterson

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 defines love

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 as ascribing

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 the highest value

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 to something.

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 Well,

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.539
 God intended

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.200
 his love

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 for his people

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 to lead them

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.300
 to ascribe

00:22:05.300 --> 00:22:05.920
 to him

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:07.700
 the highest value

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.420
 imaginable,

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 the greatest

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 obedience

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 possible,

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 the most

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 extravagant

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.240
 praise

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.960
 expressible.

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 In other words,

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.659
 God expected

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:22.099
 a response

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:23.299
 to his love

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.500
 from his people

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:24.919
 that would

00:22:24.919 --> 00:22:25.759
 quite literally

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.879
 idolize him

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 because that's what it is

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.779
 to idolize somebody.

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 It is to ascribe

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.279
 the highest value

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.700
 to them

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.500
 and make them

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.079
 the center

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:34.059
 of your attention

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.559
 and worship.

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:40.259
 But far

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:41.220
 from idolizing

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.679
 the Lord,

00:22:43.179 --> 00:22:43.799
 they treated

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.839
 him with shame

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:47.679
 as they idolized

00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:48.480
 themselves

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:51.139
 because that's really

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:51.619
 what they're doing

00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:51.879
 here.

00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.819
 They're idolizing

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.299
 themselves

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.200
 before God

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.899
 because

00:22:57.899 --> 00:22:58.940
 they looked

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.480
 at God

00:22:59.480 --> 00:22:59.899
 and then they

00:22:59.899 --> 00:23:00.419
 looked at what

00:23:00.419 --> 00:23:00.940
 they were doing

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.500
 in the religious

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.079
 activities

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.839
 and they

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.439
 added them

00:23:03.439 --> 00:23:03.779
 all up

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:03.980
 and thought

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.399
 well actually

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:05.679
 God should

00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:06.299
 sort of be

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.379
 quite

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:08.899
 happy

00:23:08.899 --> 00:23:09.439
 and content

00:23:09.439 --> 00:23:09.879
 and even

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.460
 grateful

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:11.919
 that we would

00:23:11.919 --> 00:23:12.759
 do this for him

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.679
 and be like

00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:14.500
 this to him.

00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:20.099
 That God

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.579
 would be very

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.159
 happy just

00:23:21.159 --> 00:23:21.679
 with whatever

00:23:21.679 --> 00:23:22.500
 they chose

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.079
 to give him.

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.299
 And that

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.019
 then extends

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.460
 into

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.619
 they developed

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.379
 a forgiveness

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:31.279
 is easy

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.379
 attitude

00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:32.959
 to sin.

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.279
 There's a lot

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.539
 in here

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.259
 about sacrifices

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.519
 and there

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.879
 will be

00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:37.699
 in the subsequent

00:23:37.699 --> 00:23:38.119
 chapters.

00:23:38.679 --> 00:23:39.099
 At the heart

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.799
 of the sacrificial

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.359
 system

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:41.839
 was the reality

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.459
 and Matt

00:23:42.459 --> 00:23:42.799
 and Grace

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.139
 brought that

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:43.439
 out again

00:23:43.439 --> 00:23:43.839
 this morning

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:45.059
 was the reality

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.579
 that it was

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.599
 actually very

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.419
 very difficult

00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:48.959
 for the holy

00:23:48.959 --> 00:23:49.659
 or clean

00:23:49.659 --> 00:23:50.259
 God

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.699
 to maintain

00:23:51.699 --> 00:23:52.199
 fellowship

00:23:52.199 --> 00:23:52.839
 or have any

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.239
 fellowship

00:23:53.239 --> 00:23:54.259
 with dirty

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.779
 or sinful

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.179
 people.

00:23:55.939 --> 00:23:56.699
 The holy

00:23:56.699 --> 00:23:57.139
 and clean

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.799
 don't mix

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.319
 with the dirty

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.819
 and sinful.

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:02.139
 In God's

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:03.779
 loving provision

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.459
 for his people

00:24:04.459 --> 00:24:06.139
 the proper

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:06.899
 offering of a

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.500
 sacrifice

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.259
 ensured

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.619
 that sin

00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:10.359
 wasn't a

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.799
 barrier

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.879
 to ongoing

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.500
 relationship

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.039
 ongoing

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.659
 fellowship

00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:14.339
 ongoing

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.899
 communion

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:16.099
 between God

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.739
 and his people

00:24:16.739 --> 00:24:17.839
 even as his

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.559
 people continued

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.179
 to be sinful.

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.519
 The sacrifice

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.419
 averted God's

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:22.659
 wrath

00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:23.379
 God's judgment.

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:25.699
 Now

00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:26.479
 the seriousness

00:24:26.479 --> 00:24:27.219
 of sin

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:29.819
 is reflected

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:31.200
 in the demand

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:32.019
 for the quality

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.839
 of the

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.259
 substitute

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.079
 sacrifice.

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:38.160
 Only the best

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.779
 was acceptable

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.600
 as an offering

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:40.380
 or substitute.

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.339
 The choicest

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.440
 portion of food

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.860
 the best

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.660
 of the flock

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:48.120
 were

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:52.080
 but what

00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:52.420
 were these

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.660
 people

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.060
 presenting

00:24:53.060 --> 00:24:53.420
 to the

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:53.640
 Lord

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:56.960
 as a

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.320
 symbol

00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:57.940
 of how

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.420
 serious

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.759
 they thought

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.180
 their sins

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.420
 were

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.620
 and how

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:02.240
 much

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.720
 they thought

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.860
 their relationship

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.240
 with the

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.420
 Lord

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.880
 was under

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.640
 threat.

00:25:06.840 --> 00:25:07.060
 Well

00:25:07.060 --> 00:25:08.960
 vegetables

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.420
 had pretty

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.940
 well gone

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.279
 off in

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.720
 the fridge.

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.800
 They're a bit

00:25:12.800 --> 00:25:13.200
 too far

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.680
 gone to have

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:13.980
 for tea.

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.400
 We'll take

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:15.720
 them to the

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.140
 temple for

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.700
 sacrifice.

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.519
 They won't

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.000
 be wasted.

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.720
 We're being

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.160
 very modern

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.820
 and economical

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:25.039
 and environmental.

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:29.920
 Or

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.000
 they would

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.519
 come across

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.320
 an animal

00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:33.279
 in their

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.660
 field that

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:33.920
 had been

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.640
 taken by

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:34.980
 violence.

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:35.299
 In other

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.500
 words it

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.860
 was already

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.259
 dead.

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.740
 Killed

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.920
 by some

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.480
 reason or

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.660
 other.

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:40.960
 Oh

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.640
 beauty

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.539
 a sacrifice.

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.779
 Or

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.039
 they'd

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.399
 look

00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:44.700
 around

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.039
 for

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.159
 an

00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:45.359
 animal

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.519
 who

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.639
 was

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:45.940
 about

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.099
 to

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.319
 die.

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.680
 It was

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:46.960
 sick,

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.960
 diseased,

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:48.859
 deformed.

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.819
 That would

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.039
 be good

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.220
 enough.

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.039
 We don't

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.399
 really want

00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:51.720
 it anyway.

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.099
 It's not

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.299
 going to

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.720
 cost us

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.099
 too much.

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:53.700
 That will

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.159
 work out

00:25:54.159 --> 00:25:54.659
 fine for

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:54.799
 a

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.259
 sacrifice.

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.240
 That was

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.619
 the attitude.

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.319
 As I

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.779
 express it

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:57.980
 without

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.359
 hopefully

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:58.680
 hearing

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.159
 just how

00:25:59.159 --> 00:26:00.039
 abhorrent

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.559
 that is.

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.019
 And they

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.339
 took them

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.619
 all to

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:07.759
 the

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:07.960
 temple

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.359
 and guess

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.639
 what?

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.019
 The

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.460
 priests

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.259
 didn't

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.899
 question

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:12.379
 any of

00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:12.519
 it.

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.819
 The

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.200
 priests

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.420
 said the

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.579
 same

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:14.799
 attitude.

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.000
 Yeah,

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.279
 that'll

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.559
 be fine.

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.019
 You're

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.279
 here,

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.059
 taking

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.299
 all the

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.579
 bucks.

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:26.240
 And each

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.940
 time that

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.480
 happened,

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.899
 God's

00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:30.359
 people were

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.740
 heaping

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:32.119
 shame on

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.259
 the

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.519
 Lord.

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:36.980
 Even

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.339
 worse,

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.559
 verse 14.

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:43.899
 Cursed

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.259
 be the

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.579
 cheat

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:44.960
 who

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.200
 is a

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.619
 maleness

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:45.960
 flock

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.139
 and

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:46.480
 vows

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:46.700
 it

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:48.179
 and yet

00:26:48.179 --> 00:26:48.799
 sacrifices

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.119
 to the

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.279
 Lord

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.419
 what

00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:49.519
 is

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:49.899
 blemished.

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:51.539
 So here's

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.200
 the duplicity

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.659
 of God's

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:52.919
 people.

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:53.859
 Knowing that

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.259
 God can

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.839
 see the

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.179
 attitudes

00:26:55.179 --> 00:26:55.399
 of their

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:55.639
 heart.

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:55.879
 What are

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.159
 they doing?

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.480
 With

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.859
 their lips

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.019
 they're

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.259
 saying,

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:58.599
 look,

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.639
 I'm

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.059
 deadly

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:01.139
 serious

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.319
 about

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.859
 worshipping

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.039
 the

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.200
 Lord.

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.000
 I will

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.599
 only give

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.759
 the

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:03.940
 Lord

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.119
 the

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.500
 best

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.140
 because

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.339
 the

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.680
 Lord's

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.680
 only

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:06.940
 worth

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.079
 the

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.440
 best.

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:08.920
 Or

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.140
 worth

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.380
 only

00:27:09.380 --> 00:27:09.539
 the

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:09.740
 best,

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:09.980
 whichever

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.140
 the

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.299
 right

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.420
 way

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.519
 to

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:10.660
 say

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:10.779
 that

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:10.960
 is.

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.640
 And

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:11.960
 then

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.200
 they

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.420
 turn

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.680
 around

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.940
 all

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.099
 the

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.440
 while

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.420
 intending

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.079
 to

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.259
 just

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.440
 give

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.539
 them

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.660
 a

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:16.900
 rubbish

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.539
 sacrifice.

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.299
 And

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.420
 the

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:20.880
 offense

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.160
 of that

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.420
 to the

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.619
 Lord

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:21.799
 is

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.099
 mentioned

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.400
 here.

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.720
 Brazen

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.339
 dishonesty

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.500
 and

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.900
 deceit

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.079
 as

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.220
 if

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.539
 somehow

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:28.799
 or

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:28.960
 other

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.619
 they

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:29.839
 could

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.779
 pull

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.039
 one

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.299
 over

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.500
 on

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:31.660
 the

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:31.980
 Lord.

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:37.319
 giving

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.579
 him

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:37.759
 the

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.019
 rubbish

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.220
 and

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.420
 keeping

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.579
 the

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:38.819
 best

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:38.960
 for

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.400
 themselves.

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.279
 What's

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.619
 behind

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:41.819
 that

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.119
 attitude?

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.279
 Well,

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.180
 behind

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.319
 that

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.579
 attitude

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:44.920
 is the

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.200
 thought

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.519
 that

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.220
 sin

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.460
 isn't

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.579
 a

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:46.720
 big

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.019
 deal.

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:48.539
 And

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:48.880
 forgiveness

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.119
 is

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.380
 something

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:49.619
 that

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.559
 God

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:50.680
 is

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.079
 expected

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.279
 to

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.480
 do.

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.319
 And

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.440
 it's

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:52.559
 not

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:52.660
 a

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:52.779
 big

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:52.960
 deal

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.099
 for

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.220
 him

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.500
 either.

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.700
 And

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:57.880
 even

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.299
 worse

00:27:58.299 --> 00:28:00.700
 is

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:00.819
 the

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.160
 offense

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.359
 that

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:02.140
 this

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.460
 caused

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.619
 the

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:02.779
 Lord.

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.119
 If

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:03.180
 you

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.299
 look

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.420
 in

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:03.640
 verse

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.039
 7,

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.900
 the

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.359
 altar

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.559
 is

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:06.779
 referred

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:06.940
 to

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.059
 the

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.279
 table.

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:07.400
 And

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.519
 there's

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:07.700
 only

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:07.920
 two

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.319
 places

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.140
 that

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.460
 happens

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.579
 in

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:09.680
 the

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:09.799
 Old

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.019
 Testament

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.240
 as

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.500
 far

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.579
 as

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:10.680
 I

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:10.859
 can

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.480
 understand

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.799
 and

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:11.920
 they're

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.079
 both

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.200
 here

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.299
 in

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.619
 Malachi.

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.700
 And

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:13.799
 I

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:13.960
 think

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.160
 what

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.380
 it's

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.700
 doing

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.039
 here

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.440
 is

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.000
 talking

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.180
 about

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.400
 the

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.740
 altar

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.400
 as

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:17.539
 a

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:17.960
 sacrifice

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.240
 but

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.380
 then

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:18.539
 the

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.940
 table

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.240
 is

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.359
 a

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.619
 picture

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:19.859
 of

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.200
 fellowship

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.220
 and

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.339
 the

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.500
 two

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.759
 things

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:21.960
 come

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.299
 together

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.539
 in

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:22.660
 a

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.000
 sacrifice.

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.319
 So

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.940
 the

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.339
 sacrifice

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:24.599
 is

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:24.759
 to

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.000
 deal

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.200
 with

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.539
 sin

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.379
 that

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.680
 then

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.279
 allows

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.519
 for

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:27.960
 ongoing

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.480
 fellowship.

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.000
 So

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.159
 it's

00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:30.559
 very much

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:30.859
 like a

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.200
 family

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.579
 meal

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:31.839
 in a

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.039
 sense.

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.339
 A

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.599
 little bit

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:32.799
 like

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.079
 Lord's

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.680
 supper

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:33.920
 but

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.359
 there

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:34.579
 are

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.099
 obviously

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.539
 very

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.039
 significant

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.480
 differences.

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:37.759
 But

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.000
 there's

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.139
 that

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.460
 idea

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.619
 of

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:38.960
 fellowship.

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:39.639
 And

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:39.980
 so

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.619
 it's

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:40.879
 as if

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.220
 God's

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.379
 people

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:41.559
 were

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.960
 coming

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.220
 to

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.420
 his

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:42.980
 table

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.500
 waltzing

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:44.839
 in

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:46.039
 without

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.500
 any

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.119
 regard

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.920
 for

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.059
 the

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.359
 holiness

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.619
 of

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:48.740
 the

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:48.980
 Lord.

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.680
 Careless

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.500
 near

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.759
 enough

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:52.899
 is

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.079
 good

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.319
 enough

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.759
 attitude

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:55.160
 trivialized

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.400
 the

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:55.920
 basis

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.259
 of

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.680
 fellowship

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:56.920
 with

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.160
 God

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.700
 as if

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:57.819
 it

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:57.960
 was

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.359
 very

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:58.859
 easily

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.400
 achieved

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.019
 very

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.440
 easily

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.940
 maintained

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.240
 and

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.519
 very

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:01.879
 hard

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.079
 to

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.400
 break.

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.400
 And

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.700
 then look

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:07.819
 at

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.299
 Lord's

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.940
 summary

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.759
 in

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.119
 verse

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:11.539
 10

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:11.700
 and

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.000
 11.

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.879
 Oh

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.220
 that there

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.599
 was one

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:19.039
 among you

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.279
 who would

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.559
 shut

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:19.740
 the

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.099
 doors.

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.059
 He's

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.379
 talking about

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.700
 the temple

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:22.920
 there.

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:25.220
 Let me

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.579
 paraphrase

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:25.819
 that.

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:26.879
 I wish

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.079
 to

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.539
 goodness

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.359
 somebody

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.660
 would

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:28.920
 just

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.379
 close

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:29.599
 the

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:29.940
 doors

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.160
 and

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.240
 close

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.460
 the

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.700
 temple

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.059
 down

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:33.859
 that

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.059
 you

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.379
 wouldn't

00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:34.559
 be

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:34.940
 bothered

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.480
 kindling

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.980
 fire

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.539
 on my

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:36.900
 altar

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:38.079
 because

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.440
 it's a

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:38.859
 serious

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.200
 waste

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.420
 of your

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.779
 time

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.299
 and

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.599
 mine.

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.000
 I

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.220
 have

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.799
 no

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.440
 pleasure

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.839
 in

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.119
 you

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.579
 says

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:45.759
 the

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:45.960
 Lord

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.119
 of

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.400
 hosts

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:48.200
 and

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.519
 I

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.759
 will

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.220
 not

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.900
 accept

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.220
 an

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.579
 offering

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.000
 from

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.319
 your

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.759
 hand

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:55.920
 but

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.140
 then he

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.400
 goes on

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.660
 to say

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.000
 something

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.599
 seems to

00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:57.960
 be quite

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.579
 contradictory

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.379
 from the

00:29:59.379 --> 00:29:59.920
 rising of

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.400
 the sun

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.200
 to its

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.559
 setting

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.379
 my name

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:02.940
 will be

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.259
 great

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.539
 among

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:03.759
 the

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.140
 nations

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:05.119
 and

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.259
 in

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.500
 every

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.920
 place

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.519
 incense

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.920
 will be

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.200
 offered

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.379
 to

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:07.579
 my

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.759
 name

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:07.920
 and

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.059
 a

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.279
 pure

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.660
 offering

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.900
 for

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.160
 my

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.420
 name

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:10.720
 will

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:10.940
 be

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.160
 great

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:11.359
 among

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:11.539
 the

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:11.920
 nations

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.279
 says

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.420
 the

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.599
 Lord

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:12.740
 of

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.059
 hosts

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:17.399
 the

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:17.599
 Lord

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:17.740
 is

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.419
 deeply

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:18.980
 deeply

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.619
 offended

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.960
 by the

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.279
 treatment

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.599
 of his

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:21.899
 people

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:23.220
 they are

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.399
 in

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:24.039
 serious

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.679
 serious

00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:25.399
 danger

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:32.059
 he's

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.220
 not

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.639
 surprised

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:32.940
 by it

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.220
 however

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.759
 this is

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:34.980
 nothing

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.339
 new

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:36.220
 in

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.419
 verse

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:36.859
 15

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.279
 as

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.440
 well

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.579
 as

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:37.799
 verse

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.240
 11

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.559
 as

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:39.679
 the

00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:39.919
 great

00:30:39.919 --> 00:30:40.319
 king

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:41.599
 he

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:41.980
 is

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.500
 he

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.720
 will

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.200
 continue

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.519
 to

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.940
 display

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.360
 himself

00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:44.559
 to

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:44.819
 all

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:44.920
 the

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.240
 nations

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.620
 as

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:45.720
 a

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:45.920
 great

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.220
 king

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:48.960
 so

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.319
 I

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.559
 move

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:49.819
 then

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.000
 to

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.480
 just

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.779
 draw

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.120
 some

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.839
 application

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.279
 and

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.759
 conclusion

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.019
 out of

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.180
 this

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.500
 passage

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.900
 because

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:55.559
 verse

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:55.839
 10

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:55.960
 and

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.259
 11

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.680
 put a

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.160
 huge

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.420
 amount

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:57.599
 of

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.579
 tension

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:58.980
 and

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.519
 threat

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:01.880
 and

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:01.960
 at

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.059
 the

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.180
 same

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.380
 time

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.099
 anticipation

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:05.000
 into

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.480
 God's

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.779
 last

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.259
 challenge

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.500
 of his

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.799
 people

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.240
 before

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.480
 his

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.819
 silence

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.000
 of

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.519
 400

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.900
 plus

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.299
 years

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.160
 and

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.500
 then

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.660
 the

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:10.940
 arrival

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.120
 of

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.400
 Jesus

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:13.320
 and

00:31:13.320 --> 00:31:13.640
 here's

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:13.820
 the

00:31:13.820 --> 00:31:14.800
 threat

00:31:14.800 --> 00:31:15.960
 he

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.380
 will

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:16.840
 not

00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:17.580
 accept

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:17.840
 an

00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.240
 offering

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.560
 from

00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:18.740
 their

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.100
 hand

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:20.540
 which

00:31:20.540 --> 00:31:20.900
 leaves

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.080
 them

00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:21.540
 under

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:22.180
 the

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.400
 guilt

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.540
 of

00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:22.680
 their

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:22.960
 sin

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:24.019
 and

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.240
 under

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.480
 the

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.060
 imminent

00:31:25.060 --> 00:31:25.380
 threat

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:25.519
 of

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.100
 God's

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.420
 wrath

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:26.840
 God's

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.180
 judgment

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:32.259
 and

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.440
 yet

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.860
 the

00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.019
 Lord

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.420
 says

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.759
 there

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.019
 will

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.340
 be

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:36.019
 sacrifice

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.460
 to

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.680
 my

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:36.940
 name

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:38.900
 and

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.039
 my

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.220
 name

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.440
 will

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.600
 be

00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:39.960
 great

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.320
 and

00:31:41.320 --> 00:31:41.420
 there

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.539
 will

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:41.660
 be

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:41.779
 a

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.000
 pure

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.720
 sacrifice

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:45.840
 so

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.039
 the

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.779
 tension

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.039
 then

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.180
 is

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.680
 how

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:47.900
 will

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.299
 Lord

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:49.720
 do

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.140
 both

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.580
 how

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:50.740
 will

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:50.840
 he

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.279
 continue

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.600
 to

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:52.900
 his

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.279
 promise

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.500
 to

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.900
 love

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.100
 and

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.400
 bless

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.600
 his

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:54.860
 people

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.100
 while

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.180
 at

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.279
 the

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.420
 same

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:55.660
 time

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.180
 refusing

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.460
 to

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.799
 accept

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.160
 a

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.600
 sacrifice

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:57.880
 from

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.039
 their

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.420
 hand

00:31:58.420 --> 00:32:00.740
 a

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:00.980
 people

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.160
 who

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.580
 refuse

00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:01.779
 to

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.320
 idolize

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:02.500
 them

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.920
 and

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.220
 treat

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.500
 sin

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.660
 with

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.200
 impunity

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.319
 and

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.519
 yet

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.900
 he

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.080
 wants

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.220
 to

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.500
 relate

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.640
 to

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:06.759
 them

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:06.840
 as

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:06.960
 the

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.160
 holy

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.440
 God

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.640
 how

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:07.799
 will

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:07.900
 he

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.080
 do

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.420
 that

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:11.380
 how

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:11.580
 will

00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:11.759
 he

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.519
 find

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.059
 pleasure

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.519
 in

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:13.920
 people

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.200
 verse

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.460
 10

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.580
 that

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:14.700
 he

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:14.880
 says

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:14.980
 he

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.080
 has

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.259
 no

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.600
 pleasure

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:15.880
 in

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:21.740
 and

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.019
 against

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.400
 all that

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.759
 God's

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.100
 promise

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:23.640
 his

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:23.880
 name

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.080
 will

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.220
 be

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.580
 great

00:32:24.580 --> 00:32:25.519
 there

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.779
 will

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:25.960
 be

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.440
 acceptable

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.000
 relationship

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.259
 there

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.440
 will

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.640
 be

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.000
 intimate

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.500
 fellowship

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.759
 at

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:28.900
 his

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.220
 table

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.380
 in

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.480
 the

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.840
 future

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:31.340
 friends

00:32:31.340 --> 00:32:31.720
 these

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:31.980
 things

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.160
 are

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.559
 totally

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.559
 incompatible

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.859
 until

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.139
 we

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.359
 hear

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:35.539
 what

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.720
 I

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.240
 love

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.440
 to

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.039
 say

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.440
 is

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.899
 the

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.240
 whisper

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.460
 of

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.799
 Jesus

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.559
 in

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:39.720
 the

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.019
 words

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.179
 of

00:32:40.179 --> 00:32:40.559
 Malachi

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:44.099
 listen

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.359
 now

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:44.559
 turn

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:44.740
 with

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:44.839
 me

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:44.960
 to

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.220
 Romans

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.500
 chapter

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:45.839
 5

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:45.980
 we're

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.079
 just

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.299
 going to

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.519
 touch

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:46.740
 down

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:46.899
 there

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.119
 just

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.500
 fairly

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.359
 quickly

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:48.519
 and

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.839
 I'm

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.059
 done

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.339
 then

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:50.659
 Romans

00:32:50.659 --> 00:32:50.940
 chapter

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.579
 5

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:55.139
 verse

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.539
 6

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:55.759
 7

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:55.859
 and

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:56.099
 8

00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:57.799
 for

00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:03.099
 while

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.299
 we

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.419
 were

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:03.679
 still

00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:04.059
 weak

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.639
 at

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:04.799
 the

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.039
 right

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.599
 time

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.439
 Christ

00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:07.019
 died

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.199
 for

00:33:07.199 --> 00:33:07.299
 the

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.779
 ungodly

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.659
 for

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:08.859
 one

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.019
 will

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.359
 scarcely

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.639
 die

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:09.819
 for

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:09.959
 a

00:33:09.959 --> 00:33:10.240
 righteous

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.740
 person

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.959
 though

00:33:11.959 --> 00:33:12.519
 perhaps

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:12.679
 for

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:12.799
 a

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:12.939
 good

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:13.359
 person

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:13.759
 one

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:13.959
 would

00:33:13.959 --> 00:33:14.219
 dare

00:33:14.219 --> 00:33:14.459
 even

00:33:14.459 --> 00:33:14.599
 to

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:14.859
 die

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:16.859
 but

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.240
 God

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.619
 shows

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:17.799
 his

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.139
 love

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.480
 for

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.819
 us

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.719
 in

00:33:19.719 --> 00:33:19.879
 that

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.179
 while

00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:20.379
 we

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:20.500
 were

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.759
 still

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.319
 sinners

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:22.319
 Christ

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.619
 died

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:22.799
 for

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.099
 us

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:26.139
 since

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.559
 therefore

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.059
 we

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.159
 have

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:27.319
 now

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.519
 been

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.000
 justified

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.299
 by

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.439
 his

00:33:28.439 --> 00:33:28.659
 blood

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:28.859
 how

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.119
 much

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.359
 more

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:29.559
 shall

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:29.659
 we

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:29.819
 be

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.159
 saved

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.379
 by

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.579
 him

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:31.359
 from

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:31.539
 the

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:39.079
 how

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.219
 do

00:33:39.219 --> 00:33:39.459
 we

00:33:39.459 --> 00:33:41.059
 move

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.299
 away

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.519
 from

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.319
 incompatible

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:42.799
 statements

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:44.139
 well

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.539
 it's

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.819
 simply

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.219
 this

00:33:45.219 --> 00:33:46.639
 God

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:46.839
 has

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.339
 always

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:47.579
 been

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:47.980
 working

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.819
 towards

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.740
 Jesus

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:51.179
 throughout

00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:51.359
 the

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.519
 Old

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:51.859
 Testament

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:53.319
 because

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:53.639
 Jesus

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.039
 is the

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.439
 greatest

00:33:54.439 --> 00:33:55.139
 demonstration

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.799
 of his

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.240
 love

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.879
 which

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.099
 would

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.359
 do

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.599
 two

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:58.919
 things

00:33:58.919 --> 00:33:59.279
 both

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.439
 it

00:33:59.439 --> 00:33:59.599
 would

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:00.039
 deal

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.419
 with

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:01.359
 the

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.519
 sin

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:01.740
 of his

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.079
 people

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:03.599
 and

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.119
 renew

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:04.439
 them

00:34:04.439 --> 00:34:04.659
 from

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:04.839
 the

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.299
 inside

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.679
 out

00:34:05.679 --> 00:34:06.799
 so

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.000
 they

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.099
 have

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.299
 new

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.899
 attitudes

00:34:07.899 --> 00:34:08.239
 new

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:08.739
 desires

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.039
 new

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.500
 ability

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.920
 to

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.480
 idolize

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:10.659
 him

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:16.420
 and so

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.619
 when

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:16.900
 God

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.420
 says here

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.920
 to

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.299
 Malachi

00:34:18.299 --> 00:34:19.799
 I will

00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:20.239
 not

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.779
 accept

00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:21.059
 an

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.420
 offering

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.719
 from

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.000
 your

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.599
 hand

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.159
 I will

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.440
 not

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.779
 accept

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.279
 a sin

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:24.559
 or

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.980
 fellowship

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.460
 offering

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.699
 from

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:25.900
 your

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.380
 hand

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.900
 opening

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.119
 the

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.319
 way

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.539
 to

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.199
 enjoy

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:30.599
 a

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:30.940
 place

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.059
 at

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.239
 my

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.659
 table

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.699
 when

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:32.799
 he

00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:33.039
 said

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.480
 that

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.559
 all

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:34.739
 the

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.059
 while

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.199
 he

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.359
 was

00:34:35.359 --> 00:34:35.659
 thinking

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.759
 and

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.039
 that's

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.619
 because

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.139
 I

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.440
 intend

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.899
 to

00:34:38.899 --> 00:34:39.159
 present

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.359
 an

00:34:39.359 --> 00:34:39.659
 offering

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:39.899
 from

00:34:39.899 --> 00:34:40.279
 my

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:40.519
 own

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.879
 hand

00:34:40.879 --> 00:34:42.379
 that

00:34:42.379 --> 00:34:42.539
 will

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.819
 do

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.059
 for

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.239
 you

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:43.460
 that

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.659
 which

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:43.799
 you

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:44.059
 cannot

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.239
 do

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.379
 for

00:34:44.379 --> 00:34:44.799
 yourself

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:51.000
 God's

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.159
 people

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.739
 couldn't

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.259
 offer

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.920
 that

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.219
 which

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.460
 was

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:54.139
 necessary

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.819
 to

00:34:54.819 --> 00:34:55.079
 deal

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.279
 with

00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:55.500
 sin

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.699
 and

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:55.960
 renew

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.339
 fellowship

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:58.740
 God

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.019
 took

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.180
 that

00:34:59.180 --> 00:34:59.360
 on

00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.740
 board

00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:00.300
 and

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.440
 his

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.800
 intention

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.039
 all

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.320
 along

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.440
 was

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.579
 to

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:01.760
 do

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:02.019
 that

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.420
 for

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.660
 his

00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:02.960
 people

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:04.100
 knowing

00:35:04.100 --> 00:35:04.280
 that

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.460
 the

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.860
 only

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.140
 way

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:05.280
 he

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.400
 would

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.579
 have

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:05.720
 a

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.019
 great

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.500
 nation

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:06.740
 without

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.160
 number

00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:07.300
 that

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.440
 would

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.000
 idolize

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.140
 him

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:09.380
 is

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.579
 if

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:09.780
 he

00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:10.920
 dealt

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.079
 with

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.200
 their

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.440
 sin

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.660
 and

00:35:11.660 --> 00:35:11.960
 renewed

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.180
 their

00:35:12.180 --> 00:35:12.539
 hearts

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:15.840
 and

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:15.960
 we

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.320
 see

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:17.240
 in

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.640
 Jesus

00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:18.000
 then

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.440
 the

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.800
 nature

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:18.940
 and

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.160
 extent

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:19.340
 of

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.660
 God's

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:19.920
 love

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:21.120
 God

00:35:21.120 --> 00:35:21.559
 really

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:21.960
 did

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.320
 give

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:22.500
 the

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.940
 best

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.180
 of

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.320
 the

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:23.660
 flock

00:35:23.660 --> 00:35:23.940
 as it

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.100
 were

00:35:24.100 --> 00:35:24.400
 so to

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.680
 speak

00:35:24.680 --> 00:35:25.200
 his only

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.559
 son

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:29.119
 he

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.539
 really

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:29.819
 did

00:35:29.819 --> 00:35:30.139
 give

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.339
 the

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:30.839
 best

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:32.500
 for

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:32.659
 the

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:32.899
 sake

00:35:32.899 --> 00:35:33.059
 of

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.199
 the

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.579
 worst

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:39.460
 immeasurable

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.980
 cost

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.159
 to

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:40.599
 himself

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.779
 God

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.139
 gave

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.319
 his

00:35:42.319 --> 00:35:42.899
 best

00:35:42.899 --> 00:35:43.219
 to

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.619
 die

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:45.599
 so

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:45.819
 the

00:35:45.819 --> 00:35:46.239
 worst

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.699
 might

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.099
 live

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:49.879
 and

00:35:49.879 --> 00:35:49.980
 that

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.139
 my

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.460
 friends

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.899
 is

00:35:50.899 --> 00:35:51.019
 what

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.139
 we

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.299
 call

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:51.439
 the

00:35:51.439 --> 00:35:51.759
 gospel

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:56.020
 more

00:35:56.020 --> 00:35:56.200
 than

00:35:56.200 --> 00:35:56.540
 that

00:35:56.540 --> 00:35:57.840
 we

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.100
 see

00:35:58.100 --> 00:35:58.500
 Jesus

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:58.660
 in

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:58.740
 the

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:58.920
 New

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.260
 Testament

00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:00.400
 contrasted

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.520
 with

00:36:00.520 --> 00:36:00.720
 these

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.180
 priests

00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:02.140
 Jesus

00:36:02.140 --> 00:36:02.440
 is

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.580
 the

00:36:02.580 --> 00:36:02.820
 true

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.240
 priest

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:04.680
 when

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:04.820
 the

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.120
 priests

00:36:05.120 --> 00:36:05.280
 in

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:05.920
 Malachi's

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.100
 day

00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:06.480
 got it

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.740
 wrong

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.720
 all

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.100
 God's

00:36:08.100 --> 00:36:08.300
 people

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.640
 got it

00:36:08.640 --> 00:36:08.900
 wrong

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.140
 in

00:36:09.140 --> 00:36:09.400
 line

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.600
 with

00:36:09.600 --> 00:36:09.780
 them

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:11.460
 but

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.700
 when

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.160
 Jesus

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.440
 the

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:12.800
 great

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.160
 high

00:36:13.160 --> 00:36:13.540
 priest

00:36:13.540 --> 00:36:13.840
 gets

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.020
 it

00:36:14.020 --> 00:36:14.360
 right

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.620
 then

00:36:15.620 --> 00:36:16.540
 all

00:36:16.540 --> 00:36:16.920
 God's

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.100
 people

00:36:17.100 --> 00:36:17.440
 get it

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.680
 right

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:17.940
 in

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.180
 line

00:36:18.180 --> 00:36:18.360
 with

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.540
 them

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:22.139
 the

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.400
 great

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:22.659
 high

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:22.980
 priest

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.219
 who

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.880
 properly

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.739
 understood

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.820
 the

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.420
 seriousness

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:26.759
 of

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:27.039
 sin

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.880
 who

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.500
 properly

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.579
 mediated

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.019
 between

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.539
 God

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:30.940
 and

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.059
 his

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.360
 people

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:32.079
 who

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.960
 properly

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.440
 brought

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.679
 them

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.500
 both

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.500
 to

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.699
 the

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.079
 altar

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.420
 which

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.579
 was

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:36.940
 himself

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.340
 and

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:37.519
 the

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.940
 sacrifice

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.360
 which

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.519
 was

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:38.960
 himself

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.800
 so

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:39.980
 that

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.099
 there

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.320
 might

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.500
 be

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:40.659
 a

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:40.900
 dealing

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.139
 with

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.400
 sin

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.019
 and

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.119
 a

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.440
 renewal

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.679
 of

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.059
 fellowship

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.860
 that

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.079
 the

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.380
 Lord's

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.559
 people

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:44.920
 might

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.320
 come

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:45.480
 to

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:45.679
 his

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.059
 table

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:47.460
 forever

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.579
 in

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.019
 enjoyment

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:52.240
 Jesus

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.619
 is the

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:52.980
 great

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.320
 high

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:53.740
 priest

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:55.260
 God's

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:55.460
 people

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.639
 have

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.059
 always

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.360
 needed

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.559
 but

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:56.800
 never

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.139
 had

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.579
 until

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.639
 Jesus

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:58.980
 turns

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.220
 up

00:36:59.220 --> 00:37:03.639
 and

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:03.820
 all

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.199
 of us

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:04.840
 all of

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.159
 that

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.820
 enables

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.220
 us

00:37:06.220 --> 00:37:06.780
 to

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.659
 idolize

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:07.860
 the

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.199
 Lord

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.760
 in

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:08.920
 our

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.360
 everyday

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.039
 response

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.240
 to

00:37:10.240 --> 00:37:10.360
 him

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.539
 our

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:10.860
 everyday

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.340
 worship

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:14.159
 and

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.460
 as one

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.720
 writer

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:15.079
 says

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:16.099
 if we

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.519
 can see

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:16.840
 that

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.280
 vision

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:17.440
 of

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:17.580
 the

00:37:17.580 --> 00:37:17.940
 Lord

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:19.580
 then

00:37:19.580 --> 00:37:19.720
 it

00:37:19.720 --> 00:37:19.840
 will

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.019
 be

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.300
 both

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:20.960
 soul

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.580
 thrilling

00:37:21.580 --> 00:37:23.960
 and

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.420
 sin

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.160
 destroying

00:37:25.160 --> 00:37:27.100
 soul

00:37:27.100 --> 00:37:27.540
 thrilling

00:37:27.540 --> 00:37:29.100
 and

00:37:29.100 --> 00:37:29.560
 sin

00:37:29.560 --> 00:37:30.120
 destroying

00:37:30.120 --> 00:37:31.920
 soul

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.240
 thrilling

00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:32.560
 as we

00:37:32.560 --> 00:37:33.280
 understand

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.540
 the

00:37:33.540 --> 00:37:34.019
 extent

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.180
 of

00:37:34.180 --> 00:37:34.519
 God's

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.900
 love

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:36.760
 sin

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:37.300
 destroying

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:38.500
 as we

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.200
 gladly

00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:41.060
 live

00:37:41.060 --> 00:37:41.340
 out

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:41.480
 our

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.320
 indebtedness

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:44.960
 under

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.120
 the

00:37:45.120 --> 00:37:45.400
 hand

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.700
 of

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:45.820
 the

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:45.980
 Lord

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.320
 Jesus

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:48.220
 friends

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:48.480
 I

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.640
 just

00:37:48.640 --> 00:37:48.920
 finish

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.059
 on

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.220
 this

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:49.460
 then

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:50.160
 there

00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:50.200
 will

00:37:50.200 --> 00:37:50.260
 be

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.440
 some

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.620
 here

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:50.800
 this

00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:51.019
 morning

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.200
 who

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:51.780
 aren't

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.360
 believers

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:54.400
 a very

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:54.600
 simple

00:37:54.600 --> 00:37:54.940
 question

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.160
 for you

00:37:55.160 --> 00:37:55.700
 if you're

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:56.140
 not yet

00:37:56.140 --> 00:37:56.300
 a

00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:56.660
 Christian

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:59.160
 then

00:37:59.160 --> 00:37:59.960
 it would

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.400
 seem to

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.660
 me that

00:38:00.660 --> 00:38:00.860
 you've

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.600
 not yet

00:38:01.600 --> 00:38:02.280
 properly

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:03.080
 considered

00:38:03.080 --> 00:38:04.500
 and understood

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.580
 those three

00:38:05.580 --> 00:38:06.519
 simple words

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:06.740
 that the

00:38:06.740 --> 00:38:07.140
 Lord wants

00:38:07.140 --> 00:38:07.440
 to say

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.700
 to you

00:38:07.700 --> 00:38:07.980
 today

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:09.420
 I

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:10.180
 forward

00:38:10.180 --> 00:38:11.320
 I

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:11.760
 have

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.200
 loved

00:38:12.200 --> 00:38:12.900
 you

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:19.240
 God

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.740
 loves

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:20.180
 you

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:22.320
 wants

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.079
 to be

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:23.280
 your

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:23.680
 father

00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:25.480
 and calls

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:25.880
 you to

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.280
 be his

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:26.820
 child

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.860
 to a

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.340
 life of

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:28.880
 blessing

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:30.159
 and renewal

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:32.940
 what would

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.400
 stop you

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.800
 from doing

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:34.099
 that

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:38.179
 unless

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.619
 you're

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:39.079
 determined

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.779
 to continue

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.559
 to idolise

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.099
 yourself

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:42.679
 and think

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:42.980
 you can

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.339
 work out

00:38:43.339 --> 00:38:43.679
 some sort

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:44.139
 of deal

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.659
 with God

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:47.219
 that will

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:47.559
 secure

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.119
 your future

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:50.960
 that may be

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.360
 your thinking

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:51.739
 at the moment

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.279
 but I tell you

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:52.860
 it's dangerous

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.299
 ground to

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:53.779
 stand on

00:38:53.779 --> 00:38:56.699
 and if you

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.179
 are a believer

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:59.599
 then

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.839
 do you

00:39:00.839 --> 00:39:01.579
 see how

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:01.960
 you're

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.460
 reluctant

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:03.480
 to respond

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.079
 wholeheartedly

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:06.139
 to God

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.699
 is so very

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.000
 ugly

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:10.119
 Malachi

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.539
 is a book

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:11.039
 I've lived

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.480
 in a lot

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:11.759
 over the

00:39:11.759 --> 00:39:12.259
 last seven

00:39:12.259 --> 00:39:12.519
 or eight

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:12.860
 years

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:14.000
 and this

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.219
 is what

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.480
 I come

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.940
 back to

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.799
 time and

00:39:15.799 --> 00:39:16.460
 time and

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:17.059
 time again

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:18.440
 the ugliness

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:18.940
 of

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:21.339
 speaking of

00:39:21.339 --> 00:39:21.739
 God's

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.239
 love

00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:24.420
 and yet

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:26.239
 deliberately

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:27.699
 and willfully

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.699
 holding back

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:29.539
 my best

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:31.659
 as I

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.239
 respond to

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:32.440
 him

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:36.400
 oh I

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:36.780
 know as

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.099
 Christians

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:37.340
 we're

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:37.740
 constantly

00:39:37.740 --> 00:39:38.280
 speaking

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:39.119
 of

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:39.559
 promising

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.720
 God the

00:39:40.720 --> 00:39:41.159
 best in

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.440
 everything

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:41.760
 we say

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:42.019
 well the

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.460
 best of

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:42.920
 our time

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.440
 the best

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.720
 of our

00:39:43.720 --> 00:39:44.079
 thinking

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.900
 the best

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.159
 of our

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:45.519
 energies

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:45.980
 the best

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.240
 of our

00:39:46.240 --> 00:39:46.579
 lives

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:46.960
 the best

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.220
 of our

00:39:47.220 --> 00:39:47.519
 money

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:49.800
 God the

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:50.420
 God the

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.519
 God the

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:52.420
 God the

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:52.699
 God the

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:54.480
 God the

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.179
 best of

00:39:55.179 --> 00:39:55.699
 all these

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:56.099
 things

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:57.960
 and we're

00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:59.079
 so readily

00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:00.579
 content to

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:01.380
 serve up to

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:01.719
 the Lord

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:02.619
 the leftovers

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:04.860
 the things

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.360
 in our life

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:06.079
 that cost us

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:07.119
 little to

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:08.300
 give over

00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:12.300
 friends

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:14.019
 let's not

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:15.740
 shame the

00:40:15.740 --> 00:40:16.100
 Lord

00:40:16.100 --> 00:40:17.620
 by our

00:40:17.620 --> 00:40:18.120
 actions

00:40:18.120 --> 00:40:21.080
 even while

00:40:21.080 --> 00:40:21.660
 we speak of

00:40:21.660 --> 00:40:21.940
 honoring

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.200
 him

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:23.919
 all

00:40:41.839 --> 00:40:42.079
 visions