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 So one of the things about your pastor taking a vacation is you get to hear from other godly men who come and proclaim the word of God.

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 And this morning we have Davis Morgan.

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 And I am a big fan of Davis Morgan, partly because when I asked him, I'm going to introduce you today, what is it that you want me to mention?

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 He said, I am a native Texan.

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 And you all know how I feel about that.

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 And he also said, and I said, well, how are you adjusting?

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 And he said, I miss Texas barbecue.

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 So you know how that makes me feel as well.

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 But he is the pastor of Westside Church.

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 He's been there about six months, I think we decided.

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 And we are just so gifted that he has chosen to come and preach to us this morning.

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 He is the father of three, June, May, and Asa.

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 And his wife's name is Tiffany.

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 So thank you so much for blessing us this morning.

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 And please come forward.

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 In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, amen.

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 It is so good to be with you, Cheyenne Mountain.

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 Greetings from one of your sister churches here in the city.

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 As Jim said, I am the pastor of Westside Church.

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 And we have worship on Sunday afternoons.

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 So I'm free to come and bring God's word to you this morning.

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 And it is an honor to do that.

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 So I want to invite you, if you have your Bibles, to open with me to the prophet Isaiah.

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 Isaiah chapter 9.

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 Isaiah chapter 9, verses 1 through 7.

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 And you may be thinking, well, isn't this a Christmas passage?

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 And I will admit that most of the time that we hear this passage, it is around the Advent season, around Christmas time.

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 But we as a church have been going through Isaiah this summer.

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 We've been going through Isaiah 1 through 12.

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 And I'll speak more on that here in just a moment.

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 But it has been such an encouragement to us going through this monumental book this summer.

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 And our plan is to go through it over the next five summers, actually.

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 So we're cutting it up into five pieces.

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 And so today, I actually preached the last sermon there from Isaiah chapters 11 and 12 before we go into the fall.

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 But I preached this sermon just a few weeks ago.

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 It was a blessing to me.

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 It was a blessing to our people.

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 And I pray it is a blessing to you.

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 So draw your attention to the reading of God's word, his holy, his inspired word, given to us for everything regarding life, faith, and godliness.

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 Isaiah chapter 9, verse 1.

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 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish.

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 In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali.

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 But in the latter time, he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

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 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.

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 Those who dwelt in the land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.

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 You have multiplied the nation.

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 You have increased its joy.

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 They rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.

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 For the yoke of his burden and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.

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 For every boot of the tramping warrior is in battle to molt, and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

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 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder.

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 And his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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 Of the increase of his government and of peace, there will be no end.

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 On the throne of David and over his kingdom to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore.

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 The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Amen.

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 Let's pray real quick for our time in his word.

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 Join me, please.

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 Lord God, we do thank you for this word.

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 We thank you for our time in it.

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 Lord, it is a privilege that we have getting to hear this word, getting to sit under the preaching of your word, your primary means of grace,

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 the way that you have chosen, Lord, to reveal the glory of Jesus to mankind and to us, your people.

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 We pray that you would help us have eyes to see, ears to hear, a heart to receive the truth of your word.

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 We also pray for the children who will be listening as well.

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 We pray that you might give them the gift of illumination, the gift of understanding, Lord.

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 We confess that apart from your grace, apart from your mercy and the work of your spirit, Lord, these things remain distant to us.

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 They remain folly to us.

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 And so we pray and ask that you would be gracious to your people now, that you would pour out your spirit and you would give us revelation of who Jesus Christ is.

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 We pray this.

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 We ask this in his name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, it's coming.

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 Are you ready?

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 It's 72 days, 8 hours, 28 minutes, and 43 seconds away.

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 42 seconds.

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 41 seconds.

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 Ready or not, it's coming.

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 Can you handle it?

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 What is it, you ask?

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 It is the 59th time in the history of our country that the presidential election will be held.

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 And with rioting and protesting in every major city or many major cities, the social, the civil tension in our country at levels not seen in 50 years, the political landscape looking more divisive than ever.

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 We could say that it appears that the stakes have never been higher.

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 On top of that, we are right in the middle of a global pandemic.

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 As of today, there have been 5,068 million cases of the coronavirus in our country.

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 Nearly 5,800 in El Paso County alone.

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 There have been 176,000 deaths in America.

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 151 of those have been in El Paso County.

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 A stunning 54 million Americans have filed for unemployment since March.

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 665,000 of those are in our state, which is nearly one-fifth of our state's workforce.

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 And on top of that, we are still faced with the unknown about when a vaccine will be developed to mitigate the virus to the point that life can, or if life can, return to normal pre-coronavirus.

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 As Bob Dylan said, the times indeed are changing.

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 We just don't know what they are changing into at this point.

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 And around the world, while trust in government is at an all-time high around the world,

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 in America, in a recent poll of 34,000 adults, 76% of those said they were more trusting of Amazon, Clorox, General Mills, and Hershey than our federal government.

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 I'd take chocolate over the government right now as well.

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 But in all seriousness, when we dig a little bit deeper beneath the surface of our country, what do we find?

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 We find approximately 3,000 abortions are performed every day in our country.

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 That's roughly 616,000 so far in 2020.

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 40% of all pregnancies in our country end in abortion.

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 Among minorities, those numbers are even more staggering,

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 with 1,000 of those 3,000 daily abortions being performed on minorities.

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 35% of children under the age of 18 live in homes with only one parent,

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 with the percentage among minorities double that, nearly 70%.

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 There are 443,000 children in foster care in our country,

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 and more than 123,000 of those are awaiting adoption.

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 Since March, there have been 1,600 shootings in Chicago,

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 with nearly 340 of those resulting in murder.

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 In New York, there have been nearly 600 shootings and nearly 200 killed.

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 There have been 24,000 gun-related deaths halfway through the year.

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 10,000 of those have been homicide.

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 14,000 of those have been suicide.

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 And to give you an idea of where those are typically at for the year,

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 for the year, we average 15,000, and we're already at 24,000.

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 Human trafficking organizations estimate that there are 40 million people,

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 40 million, who are in some form of slavery in the world,

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 whether that is labor, whether that is sexual,

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 whether that is child exploitation.

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 In America, there are an estimated 220,000 to 250,000 children

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 who are at risk for human trafficking or sexual exploitation.

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 What about faith in God?

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 Faith in God is at an all-time low in America,

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 with only 60%, 60% of those in the latest polls convinced that God exists.

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 That is down from 80% a decade ago.

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 This is reflected in the increase.

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 Maybe you've heard of this demographic.

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 The nuns, N-O-N-E-S.

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 The nuns, which stands for no affiliation,

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 is now at 20% of American adults.

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 This is at an all-time high, of course.

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 And at the same time, church membership in our country

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 is at an all-time low,

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 with only 50% of Americans

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 who say they belong to a church

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 are actually members of that church.

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 And I found out this recently

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 in the six months since the coronavirus,

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 that one-third of those who were previously attending church

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 are no longer attending church,

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 not even online, not even the live stream.

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 Why do I share all of that with you?

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 Well, as if you didn't already know,

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 but to draw all this together,

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 the outlook in our country is grim.

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 There is darkness over our land.

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 And it can be very easy for hopelessness

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 and for despair to set in.

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 Is it not?

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 But the reason I share that with you

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 is because much was the same

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 for the nation of Judah in Isaiah's day.

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 We come to Isaiah chapter nine,

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 and at the end of chapter eight in Isaiah,

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 the words that the prophet had

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 was distress and darkness,

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 the gloom of anguish over the land.

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 That is where Judah, that is where Isaiah,

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 that is where the nation of Israel was at the time.

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 And up to this point in the prophet Isaiah,

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 the questions that have become clear

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 that Isaiah wants us to understand

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 is one, who is man or understand the nature of man?

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 And the example that God used

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 was his own covenant people.

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 His own covenant people.

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 And right away in chapter one of Isaiah,

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 we find that they are ignorant of who God is.

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 They are full of sin and iniquity.

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 They have turned away from God.

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 And again, that is his chosen people.

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 Those were the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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 And the result was a society

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 that was much like the society

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 I just described of ours.

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 A society that celebrates evil,

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 intolerant of the good.

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 In chapter five, verse 20,

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 many of you may know that verse,

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 where God says,

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 woe to those who call evil good and good evil,

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 who put darkness for light and light for darkness.

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 That is where Judah was at in Isaiah's day.

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 The other question that is apparent

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 when you read Isaiah chapters one through 12

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 is who is God?

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 Who is God?

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 God is the Holy One of Israel.

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 He is absolutely sovereign.

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 He is absolutely holy.

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 And he is absolute just.

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 He is absolute just.

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 And as a result, he sends Isaiah.

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 He sends Isaiah, who is, as it were,

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 his covenant attorney,

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 his prosecutor that is going to the nation.

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 And he is bringing God's indictment to the people.

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 And he's saying, you are guilty.

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 This is how you are guilty.

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 And if you don't repent, what was going to happen?

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 Judgment was going to happen.

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 Judgment was imminent.

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 For Israel, the northern kingdom at the time,

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 God had sent the prophets Hosea and Amos.

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 They had pleaded with the people.

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 They had warned the people.

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 And Israel refused to listen.

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 So then God sends Isaiah primarily to the nation of Judah.

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 And Isaiah brings that same message.

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 That judgment is imminent.

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 But there is time to repent.

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 There is time to repent.

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 Darkness and distress over the land,

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 he says at the end of chapter eight.

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 And the chapter ends with this darkness over the land.

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 And the question,

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 the question that appears apparent

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 is that the Davidic dynasty,

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 the dynasty that God had promised to David,

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 the dynasty that would be an eternal dynasty,

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 that someone would sit on David's throne,

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 that his throne would never cease

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 to have someone seated upon the throne.

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 That seems in jeopardy

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 because the kings that had come after David,

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 for the most part,

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 had not followed in the ways of David.

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 There had been a few good ones, of course.

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 But overall, the kings are leading the people

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 further and further away from God.

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 So the question,

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 what of the Davidic promise?

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 What of the promise that God had made to his people?

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 From a human perspective,

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 if we read the first eight chapters of Isaiah,

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 it appears bleak.

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 It appears that there is no hope

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 from a human perspective

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 that this kingdom is going to continue.

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 But what of the divine perspective?

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 What will God do with the promises that he has made?

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 And that's when we come to chapter nine of Isaiah.

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 God will answer and he will answer emphatically.

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 He will answer so that his people are yet reminded

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 that he is the Lord and besides him, there is no God.

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 Now, what is that emphatic answer?

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 The emphatic answer is found in Isaiah nine,

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 verses one through seven.

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 Our passage breaks down.

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 Here is the outline that I'm using

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 if you would like to take notes.

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 In verses one through three,

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 we have the hope described.

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 We have the hope described in verses one through three.

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 We have the hope explained in verses four and five.

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 And then we have the hope realized in verses six through seven.

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 The hope described, the hope explained,

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 and the hope realized.

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 Now, look with me in verses one through three.

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 The first thing that I want to point your attention to

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 is the darkness is reversed.

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 The darkness is reversed there in the first few verses.

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 It says this,

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 but there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish.

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 In the former time, he brought into contempt

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 the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali.

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 This was the northern kingdom of Israel.

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 After Solomon had died,

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 Saul, David, and Solomon,

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 these were the kings under the united kingdom

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 of Judah and Israel.

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 And after Solomon died,

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 when his son Rehoboam took the throne,

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 rebellion ensued,

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 and the kingdom was split in half.

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 And Jeroboam took the northern kingdom,

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 took the northern kingdom of Israel,

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 and Judah remained loyal to the Davidic throne.

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 And so God is saying here

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 that it's going to start,

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 it's going to start in the place

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 where the people had initially turned away from God,

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 where the land was the darkest, we could say.

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 It says in the latter times,

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 he has made glorious the way of the sea,

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 the land beyond the Jordan,

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 Galilee of the nations.

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 Israel, you may recall,

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 fell to Assyria in 722.

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 And Assyria came down along the coast

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 into this very land

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 that Isaiah is saying,

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 light is going to dawn in this very place.

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 More than that,

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 the northern part of Israel

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 was where in the books of Kings, for example,

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 this is where idolatry and false worship

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 were the deepest seeded in the land.

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 You remember Jeroboam,

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 the first thing that Jeroboam did

00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:19.360
 when he took the northern kingdom away

00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:20.259
 from the southern kingdom

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 is that he set up two calves.

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 He set up two calves

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 in the land of Ephraim

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 so that people would no longer

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 travel down to Jerusalem.

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 And by doing so,

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 Jeroboam called the sacrificial system

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 that God had put in place.

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 At the very beginning,

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 he set up this false worship.

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 And if you remember what happened

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 at Mount Sinai,

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 when Aaron made the golden calf,

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 it really brings to light

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 the depths of the depravity,

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 the depths of the idolatry

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 where this was happening.

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 And God says that the light

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 is going to dawn there

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 in that very land.

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 Friends,

00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:00.879
 this is a great reminder

00:18:00.879 --> 00:18:03.720
 about the sovereignty of God.

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 That he is able to make glorious,

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 to use the language of verse one,

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 that which was an ugly scar

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 on the history of the nation.

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 And may that be a great comfort

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 to you and to me.

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 Our scars,

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 our shame,

00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:20.120
 our sins.

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 What is the Lord able to do

00:18:21.620 --> 00:18:22.500
 with those things?

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 He is able to make out of you

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 and out of me

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 something glorious.

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 No matter how dark it may be,

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 no matter how grim it may be,

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 no matter how enslaved

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 we may feel that we are,

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 his light is brighter,

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 his grace is greater,

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 and his power is mightier

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 than that sin

00:18:43.580 --> 00:18:44.920
 in which you struggle with

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 or that I struggle with.

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 This passage reiterates

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 the fact that his light

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 is able to dawn

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 into the darkest of places.

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 The light has dawned,

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 it says there in verse two.

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 And notice how he describes,

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 he talks about those

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 that were in deep darkness.

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 Deep darkness,

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:06.380
 a great light has dawned.

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 In the Bible,

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 deep darkness is talking moral,

00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:11.919
 it's talking spiritual darkness here.

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 It's talking about

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 the nature of the heart.

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 This is total depravity,

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 we could say.

00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:19.359
 The depravity that was rampant

00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:20.019
 in the land,

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 the sin and the rebellion

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.599
 that the people had had

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 against God.

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 And of course,

00:19:24.659 --> 00:19:25.119
 light,

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 light is associated

00:19:26.379 --> 00:19:28.439
 with the presence of God.

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 The presence of God

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 in history,

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 the presence of God

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 interceding

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 or intervening

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.979
 into history

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 to step into

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:37.179
 our dark world

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:39.560
 so that the devastation

00:19:39.560 --> 00:19:40.320
 might give way

00:19:40.320 --> 00:19:41.060
 to glory

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 and hope.

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 And it says,

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 in the land beyond the Jordan,

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:47.320
 in Galilee of the nations.

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 Now,

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.900
 what's significant about that

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:51.019
 is that this was the land

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.980
 that was lost

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:53.060
 in the exile.

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 God's work

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:56.100
 is that he's going

00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:57.060
 to bring light

00:19:57.060 --> 00:19:57.940
 into a place

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:59.200
 that there had not been

00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:00.160
 the presence of God

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:01.100
 in a long time.

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.740
 More than that,

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.340
 it tells us

00:20:03.340 --> 00:20:04.200
 that this is not only

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.640
 going to be

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.819
 for his covenant people,

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 for the Jewish people,

00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.600
 for Jews and Gentiles,

00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.779
 but the Galilee

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.580
 of the nations.

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.319
 Again,

00:20:11.600 --> 00:20:12.440
 this light,

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.240
 this light is going

00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:14.059
 to start there

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 and then it's going

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 to expand

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 and it's going

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 to encompass

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:18.039
 the nations.

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 Verse 3,

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 we have the darkness

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.500
 reversed

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 and then we have

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 the joy multiplied.

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 Look at verse 3

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 with me.

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 It says,

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 you have multiplied

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 the nation.

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 You have increased

00:20:30.840 --> 00:20:31.519
 its joy.

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 They rejoice

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 before you.

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 Who is the subject?

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 Who is doing

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.120
 all of these things,

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 friends?

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 It is the Lord.

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 You have multiplied

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 the nation.

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.140
 You have increased

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 its joy.

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 They rejoice

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:45.160
 before you.

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 Joy.

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 Joy multiplied

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 at the dawning

00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:50.140
 of this light.

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 What comes to your mind

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.920
 when you think

00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:54.180
 about the work of God?

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.519
 Is joy.

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.200
 Is it joy?

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.880
 Does joy,

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.480
 does your heart

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.960
 fill with joy?

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.019
 Joy in him.

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.460
 Joy in his sovereignty.

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.940
 Joy in his word,

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.539
 his promises

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.539
 and his work

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.400
 in which he has done.

00:21:07.620 --> 00:21:08.900
 Joy is one of those words

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:11.600
 that can be hard

00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.620
 to define sometimes.

00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:13.640
 Typically,

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.519
 we associate it

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.640
 perhaps with happiness

00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:17.240
 or welfare,

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:18.039
 prosperity,

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.840
 but that's not

00:21:19.840 --> 00:21:20.680
 biblical joy.

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.160
 Biblical joy

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:23.000
 is rooted,

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.840
 it's grounded,

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.940
 we could say,

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:26.580
 in the Lord,

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:28.580
 in the person

00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:29.580
 of who he is.

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:31.220
 you see life

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.279
 through the lens

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:33.519
 of him.

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.859
 You see life

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.480
 through the lens

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.779
 of God's glory,

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:39.099
 through his work

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:40.199
 in redemptive history.

00:21:41.199 --> 00:21:42.659
 The dawn of light

00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:43.319
 and joy

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:44.119
 in what God

00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:45.819
 is doing in us.

00:21:47.179 --> 00:21:47.519
 So,

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.240
 here's a question.

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:51.179
 Based off everything

00:21:51.179 --> 00:21:51.879
 that I shared with you

00:21:51.879 --> 00:21:52.319
 at the beginning,

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:54.179
 how is your joy

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:54.720
 right now?

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:56.240
 Are you struggling?

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.539
 Are you despondent

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.579
 about how the world

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:01.140
 is right now?

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:02.819
 About how our country is?

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.920
 Are you spiritually

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:06.360
 parched,

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.160
 down,

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.019
 famished?

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.480
 Are you overwhelmed

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.900
 by life?

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:13.559
 Our God, friends,

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:15.400
 our God has

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:17.720
 something for us.

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.620
 It is to see

00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.380
 his grace

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:21.200
 in action.

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.819
 It is to see

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.940
 his grace in action.

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.820
 The light

00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:26.220
 that has dawned

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.960
 in history

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.860
 through the

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.980
 redemptive work

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.539
 in which he is

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.160
 accomplishing.

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:31.779
 And he

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:33.140
 has included you

00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.440
 in that.

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.400
 He has invited you

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:34.759
 to that.

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.900
 You are here today

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.940
 because you

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.779
 are included.

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.360
 See that light.

00:22:41.340 --> 00:22:42.299
 Fight for the joy

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.960
 that is yours

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.700
 by faith.

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.360
 It's there

00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:45.720
 for you,

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.340
 dear Christian.

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.759
 Fight for the joy.

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.600
 It's yours.

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.500
 And when we say

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:50.640
 that,

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.120
 we're not just

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:51.940
 talking about

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:53.100
 on the good days.

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.559
 But especially

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:56.160
 on the bad ones.

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:58.080
 When the burden

00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:58.840
 and the oppression

00:22:58.840 --> 00:22:59.559
 of sin

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.500
 feel almost

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.299
 unbearable,

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.000
 remember,

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.000
 remember what it

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.680
 says here

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.920
 in Isaiah 9.

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.240
 The light,

00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:07.880
 the joy,

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.680
 and then in

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.500
 verses 4 and 5

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.460
 it talks about

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:12.580
 what it all means

00:23:12.580 --> 00:23:13.539
 that this light

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.299
 has come.

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.299
 The hope

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.920
 explained in

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.940
 verses 4 and 5.

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.620
 It says,

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.480
 for the yoke

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.240
 of his burden

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.039
 and the staff

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.660
 of his shoulder,

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.220
 the rod

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.039
 of his oppressor,

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.839
 the Lord

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.600
 has broken

00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:24.500
 as on the day

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.039
 of Midian.

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.519
 The Lord

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.279
 has broken

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.200
 the yoke.

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.600
 The Lord

00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:30.720
 has lifted,

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.339
 lifted the burden,

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.539
 the oppression

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.480
 he has done.

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.779
 There's freedom,

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.819
 there's life here.

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.740
 The burden

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.740
 of guilt,

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.059
 the stains

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.980
 of shame,

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:41.759
 friends.

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.420
 God has removed

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:43.880
 those.

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.880
 This is like

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:46.720
 Christian in

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.579
 The Pilgrim's Progress,

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.940
 that classic

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.700
 by John Bunyan,

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.360
 where he

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:52.299
 sees the cross

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.120
 and he runs

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:54.299
 up the way

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.039
 of salvation.

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:55.940
 And here's

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.340
 what Bunyan

00:23:56.340 --> 00:23:56.620
 says.

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.039
 He says,

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.240
 though the hill

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.980
 is high,

00:23:59.080 --> 00:24:00.059
 I still desire

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.940
 to walk up it.

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.980
 I don't care

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.480
 how difficult

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.100
 it is because

00:24:03.100 --> 00:24:03.759
 I understand

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.779
 that it is

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.380
 the way

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:06.360
 that leads

00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:07.400
 to life.

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.320
 Leads to life.

00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:11.279
 The power

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:12.059
 of grace,

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.080
 the power

00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:14.000
 of God's work

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.799
 to destroy

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:16.080
 the burden,

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.680
 the guilt

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.279
 of sin,

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.000
 the oppression

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.960
 of shame,

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.019
 the power

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.779
 of grace

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:22.019
 to bring

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.700
 victory

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.299
 in what we

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.940
 share in

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.640
 is what he

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.039
 says there

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.799
 in verse 5.

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.640
 Look at verse 5

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.079
 with me.

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.420
 He says,

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.319
 for every boot

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.000
 of the tramping

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.799
 warrior in battle

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.279
 to molt

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.160
 and every garment

00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:33.119
 rolled in blood

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:34.079
 will be burned

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.579
 as fuel

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.200
 for the fire.

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:35.579
 And here

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.740
 what Isaiah

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:38.960
 is foreseeing

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.759
 down the road

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.259
 is that the

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.519
 enemies of God,

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:43.140
 the enemies of God

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.099
 will be defeated.

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.819
 And the example

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.500
 that he gave,

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.319
 he talked about

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:48.679
 as the day

00:24:48.679 --> 00:24:49.700
 of Midian,

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.220
 he said there

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:50.559
 at the end

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.079
 of verse 4.

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.480
 And that was

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.240
 when Gideon,

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.700
 if you remember

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.339
 that story

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:55.019
 in Judges

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.779
 chapter 6,

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.179
 this is when

00:24:57.179 --> 00:24:58.159
 Gideon

00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:59.460
 started initially

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.700
 with 20,000

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.119
 warriors

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:02.639
 and God

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.899
 withered that

00:25:03.899 --> 00:25:05.039
 away to 300.

00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:07.159
 And through

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:08.399
 the work

00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:08.980
 of the Lord,

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.000
 he brought

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.539
 victory

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.779
 when they were

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.279
 outnumbered

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.099
 five to one.

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:15.000
 It was a

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.980
 great victory

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:17.160
 for Israel

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.920
 at the time

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.220
 and it was

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.619
 something that

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:18.880
 they would

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.740
 reflect upon

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.319
 because they

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.220
 had no business

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.319
 winning that

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.680
 victory.

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.220
 That was the

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.500
 point.

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.400
 It was God

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:25.299
 who did it

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.480
 and he will

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.220
 do this great

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.980
 work yet again,

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.460
 friends.

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.019
 Light into

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.539
 darkness,

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.839
 joy at the

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.740
 breaking of

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.559
 the chains

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.279
 of sin

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.920
 and slavery

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:36.000
 and he will

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.960
 also defeat

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.779
 the enmity

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.660
 that exists,

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:39.920
 the enmity

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.660
 that exists

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.460
 in the world,

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.420
 the language

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.220
 of warfare

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.740
 there,

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.840
 Isaiah sees.

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:47.940
 And what

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.980
 Isaiah,

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.660
 in verse

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.140
 five,

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:52.380
 what Isaiah

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:52.900
 is essentially

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.400
 seeing,

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:53.740
 friends,

00:25:53.800 --> 00:25:54.240
 is this.

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.340
 He is

00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:56.800
 seeing,

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.539
 God has

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:57.900
 given him

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.340
 a picture

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:59.400
 of all

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.300
 down the

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:00.759
 corridors

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.980
 of history.

00:26:03.080 --> 00:26:03.539
 Isaiah

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.580
 is seeing,

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.580
 is seeing

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:06.320
 this hope,

00:26:06.580 --> 00:26:07.220
 this hope

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.779
 that is

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.580
 described

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.620
 in verses

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.000
 one through

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.300
 three,

00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:11.039
 it's now

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.759
 being explained

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.640
 what is

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.140
 this light

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.640
 going to

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.160
 eventually

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.660
 do?

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:14.980
 What's

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.279
 going to

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.599
 be the

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.460
 end game?

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.099
 Isaiah

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.559
 sees it,

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.000
 that the

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.460
 enemies of

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:19.839
 God will

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.319
 be defeated.

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:22.879
 And why

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.140
 is he

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.740
 telling Isaiah

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.160
 this?

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.240
 It's so

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.900
 we don't

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.900
 miss when

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.379
 the hope

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.140
 is finally

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.720
 realized.

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.279
 In verses

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.759
 six and

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.019
 seven,

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.660
 the hope

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.240
 realized,

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.200
 the light,

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.240
 the joy,

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.740
 the victory,

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.119
 they are

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.500
 coming,

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:39.960
 declares

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.500
 the Lord.

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.220
 How are

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.339
 they

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.599
 coming?

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:44.599
 For

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.500
 unto us

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.720
 a child

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.200
 is born.

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.379
 Unto

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:48.980
 us

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:50.319
 a son

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.799
 is given.

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.200
 Now here's

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.519
 what I want

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.740
 you to

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:53.980
 see.

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.259
 God's

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.759
 promise of

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.119
 victory,

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:59.519
 it's not

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.099
 through an

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.519
 earthly

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.559
 conqueror

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.940
 by sword

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.819
 and oppression.

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.240
 Do you

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.640
 get that?

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.000
 It's through

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.640
 a child.

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.779
 It's through

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.480
 a son.

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:11.700
 That is

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.259
 absolutely

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.839
 incredible.

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.099
 This is

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.539
 completely

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.240
 counter to

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.559
 the way

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.259
 our world

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.819
 thinks

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.860
 about

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:21.339
 ambition,

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:22.480
 about power,

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.059
 about how

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.500
 do you

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.960
 set up,

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:27.180
 how do you

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:28.460
 rule over

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.900
 people.

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.120
 It must be

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.640
 through the

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:30.920
 sword,

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.420
 it must be

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:32.000
 through oppression,

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.519
 it must be

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.200
 through fear.

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.160
 That is not

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.599
 the way that

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.279
 God is going

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:38.220
 to accomplish

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.799
 his victory.

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.860
 What is

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:42.100
 he going

00:27:42.100 --> 00:27:42.480
 to do?

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.579
 First of

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:44.779
 all, it

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.079
 says he's

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.360
 going to

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:46.079
 set up

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.779
 a kingdom.

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:47.620
 It says

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.039
 the government

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.440
 shall be

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.860
 upon his

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.180
 shoulder,

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.079
 and if we

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.680
 take with

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:51.940
 what it

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.420
 says there

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:52.660
 at the

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:52.880
 end of

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.400
 verse 7

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.019
 as well,

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.000
 the throne

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.559
 of David,

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.500
 his kingdom

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.019
 will be

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.519
 established,

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:57.940
 it will

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.620
 be upheld

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.600
 with justice

00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:00.220
 and righteousness

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.799
 from this

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.460
 time forth

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.960
 and forever

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.339
 more.

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.460
 This is

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.000
 the coming

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.720
 of God's

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.259
 kingdom to

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.579
 earth.

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.720
 That is

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.640
 what he is

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.000
 going to

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.140
 do.

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.300
 He's

00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:08.580
 going to

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.080
 set up

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.259
 his

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.560
 kingdom.

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.540
 Now,

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.200
 who is

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.520
 this

00:28:11.520 --> 00:28:12.220
 son?

00:28:13.520 --> 00:28:13.740
 The

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.400
 description

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:14.880
 that we're

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.460
 given

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:17.340
 in verse 6,

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.600
 at the end

00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:18.140
 of verse 6,

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:18.920
 he is

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.520
 wonderful

00:28:19.520 --> 00:28:20.140
 counselor.

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:22.680
 Literally,

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.420
 his wisdom

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.380
 is unmatched.

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.320
 He is

00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:25.800
 mighty

00:28:25.800 --> 00:28:26.280
 God,

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.400
 the warrior

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.160
 God,

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.560
 we could

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:28.900
 say.

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.820
 His courage,

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.540
 his strength

00:28:30.540 --> 00:28:31.300
 is unmatched.

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.160
 He is

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.940
 everlasting

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.680
 father.

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:34.780
 Now,

00:28:34.820 --> 00:28:35.040
 what is

00:28:35.040 --> 00:28:35.380
 the meaning

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.000
 of this?

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.279
 This is

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.039
 covenantal

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.380
 language.

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.339
 This is

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.960
 covenantal

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.579
 love,

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.640
 covenantal

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.220
 power.

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.319
 His concern

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.740
 for his

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.700
 people is

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:46.160
 as though

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.640
 he is a

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.740
 father over

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.700
 his children.

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.140
 Prince of

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.460
 peace,

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.400
 the increase

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.759
 of his

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.180
 reign,

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.079
 and peace

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.480
 there will

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.960
 be no

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.480
 end.

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.579
 On the

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:56.940
 throne of

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.359
 David and

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:57.720
 over his

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.059
 kingdom,

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.079
 establish,

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.880
 uphold,

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:01.039
 with justice

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.599
 and righteousness

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.140
 from this

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.740
 time forth

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.460
 and forevermore.

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.500
 The zeal

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.860
 of the

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.180
 Lord of

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.460
 hosts

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.880
 will do

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.240
 this.

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.140
 The zeal,

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.700
 it is this

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:09.200
 burning desire

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.680
 that God

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.480
 has that

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.319
 this is

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.740
 going to

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.039
 be the

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.400
 answer.

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.340
 This is

00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:13.600
 going to

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:14.140
 be God's

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.900
 answer to

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:16.160
 his people's

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.680
 predicament.

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.440
 Not only

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.980
 his people,

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.559
 but for the

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.480
 world's

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.019
 predicament.

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.640
 For unto

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.259
 us a

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.860
 child is

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.100
 born.

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.460
 Unto

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.519
 us a

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.680
 son is

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.019
 given.

00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.259
 Little did

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.940
 Isaiah know

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:30.500
 that it would

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.000
 take 700

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.640
 years for this

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.059
 to happen.

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:33.759
 But what

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.000
 do we

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.240
 know?

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:35.720
 In the

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.220
 fullness of

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.579
 time,

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.039
 God sent

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.519
 forth his

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.759
 son.

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.120
 And we

00:29:41.120 --> 00:29:41.539
 read in

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:41.980
 Luke chapter

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.319
 2,

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.259
 almost verbatim

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.779
 with Isaiah

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.160
 7.

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.559
 You know

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.120
 the passage.

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.759
 For unto

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.220
 you is

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.059
 born this

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.500
 day in

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:49.819
 the city

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.299
 of David

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:51.220
 a Savior

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.500
 who is

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.740
 Christ the

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.059
 Lord.

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.440
 He is

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.079
 the Messiah.

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.680
 He will

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.140
 be great

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.519
 and he will

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.920
 be called

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.539
 the Son

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.880
 of the

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.579
 Most High.

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.480
 And the

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.960
 Lord God

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.460
 will give

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.779
 him the

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.120
 throne of

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.479
 his father

00:30:03.479 --> 00:30:03.799
 David.

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.359
 And he

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:04.879
 will reign

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.199
 over the

00:30:05.199 --> 00:30:05.619
 house of

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.359
 Jacob forever.

00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:07.039
 And of

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.500
 his kingdom

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:07.839
 there will

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.339
 be no

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.799
 end.

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.379
 Unto

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:10.799
 us,

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.239
 friends,

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.359
 a child

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.739
 has been

00:30:12.739 --> 00:30:12.979
 born.

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.299
 Unto

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.879
 us a

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.599
 son has

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:14.779
 been

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.059
 given.

00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:16.099
 Why

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.359
 has

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.559
 this

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:16.839
 son

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.139
 been

00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:17.699
 given?

00:30:18.219 --> 00:30:18.579
 So

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:18.799
 that

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.219
 anyone

00:30:19.219 --> 00:30:19.559
 who

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.119
 believes

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.419
 in

00:30:20.419 --> 00:30:20.759
 him

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.459
 should

00:30:21.459 --> 00:30:21.759
 not

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.119
 perish

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:22.339
 but

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.559
 have

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:22.859
 eternal

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.319
 life.

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.019
 For

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.279
 God

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.459
 did

00:30:24.459 --> 00:30:24.639
 not

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:24.839
 send

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.019
 his

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.219
 son

00:30:25.219 --> 00:30:25.379
 into

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.519
 the

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.699
 world

00:30:25.699 --> 00:30:25.899
 to

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.379
 condemn

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.619
 the

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:26.919
 world

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.299
 but

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.459
 that

00:30:27.459 --> 00:30:27.639
 the

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.039
 world

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:28.359
 through

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.879
 him

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.479
 might

00:30:29.479 --> 00:30:29.759
 be

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.480
 saved.

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.640
 And how

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:32.920
 would he

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.379
 do that?

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.180
 How

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.480
 would he

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.220
 establish

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.359
 his

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.660
 throne?

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:38.980
 He

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.259
 would do

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.559
 that

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.680
 by taking

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.000
 on the

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.319
 form of

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.680
 a servant.

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:43.980
 And Isaiah

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.680
 later

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:45.559
 in chapter

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.059
 53

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:47.519
 he sees

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.000
 this same

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.440
 son

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.819
 as a

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.180
 man of

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.720
 sorrows.

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.779
 He

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.220
 becomes a

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.480
 man of

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.839
 sorrows

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.279
 fully

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.940
 experiencing

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.680
 the pain

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.119
 and the

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.559
 darkness

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.339
 of this

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.779
 life.

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:59.799
 You

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.000
 have to

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.160
 keep

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.319
 that

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.440
 in

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.639
 mind

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:00.940
 because

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.379
 when

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:01.519
 we

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:01.720
 keep

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:01.899
 that

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.019
 in

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.180
 mind

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.359
 that

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.799
 Jesus

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:04.279
 experienced

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.220
 the

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.539
 darkness

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.000
 of our

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.359
 world

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:06.700
 first

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.139
 hand

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:08.440
 it

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.480
 brings

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.899
 it

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:11.680
 really

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.500
 emphasizes

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.740
 it

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.399
 magnifies

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:13.779
 what he

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.279
 said

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.980
 in

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.240
 John

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.559
 chapter

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:15.819
 8

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.319
 where

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.879
 he

00:31:16.879 --> 00:31:17.200
 said

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.539
 there

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.180
 I

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.379
 am

00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:18.559
 the

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:18.940
 light

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.180
 of

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.339
 the

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:19.839
 world

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.500
 whoever

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.059
 believes

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.220
 in

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.359
 me

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.559
 shall

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:21.779
 not

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.059
 walk

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.200
 in

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.519
 darkness

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.759
 but

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:22.920
 will

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.399
 have

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:24.139
 the

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.339
 light

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.460
 of

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.839
 life.

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.079
 And

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.220
 what

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.379
 that

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.579
 means

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:26.759
 for

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.160
 us

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:28.759
 is

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:28.900
 that

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.160
 Jesus

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.400
 is

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.680
 able

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.340
 to

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:30.840
 overcome

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.259
 our

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.680
 darkness

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:33.160
 he's

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.340
 able

00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:33.500
 to

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.779
 overcome

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.019
 our

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.519
 darkness

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:34.900
 no matter

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.140
 what

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.259
 it

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.640
 is

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:38.140
 example

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.840
 after

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.300
 example

00:31:39.300 --> 00:31:39.740
 in the

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.300
 gospels

00:31:40.300 --> 00:31:41.200
 of

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.620
 those

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:41.820
 who

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.019
 were

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.180
 in

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.620
 darkness

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:44.320
 the

00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:44.820
 dregs

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:44.940
 of

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.560
 society

00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:46.900
 drunkards

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:48.160
 tax

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.660
 collectors

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.900
 prostitutes

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.780
 even

00:31:50.780 --> 00:31:50.800
 even

00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:50.820
 even

00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:51.040
 the

00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:51.320
 self

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:51.680
 righteous

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.060
 and

00:31:52.060 --> 00:31:52.200
 the

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.660
 proud

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.019
 like

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.420
 Peter

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:53.820
 who

00:31:53.820 --> 00:31:54.160
 fell

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.360
 the

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:54.740
 hardest

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.240
 among

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.480
 his

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.040
 disciples

00:31:56.040 --> 00:31:57.360
 the

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:57.780
 darkness

00:31:57.780 --> 00:31:58.040
 that

00:31:58.040 --> 00:31:58.180
 we

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.480
 all

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.820
 know

00:31:58.820 --> 00:31:59.080
 is

00:31:59.080 --> 00:31:59.460
 there

00:31:59.460 --> 00:31:59.660
 the

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.000
 darkness

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.240
 that

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.380
 we

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:00.519
 are

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.720
 even

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.040
 unaware

00:32:01.040 --> 00:32:01.320
 of

00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:01.440
 that

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:01.560
 we

00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:01.700
 are

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.040
 blind

00:32:02.040 --> 00:32:02.280
 to

00:32:02.280 --> 00:32:02.420
 in

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:02.560
 our

00:32:02.560 --> 00:32:03.019
 lives

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.780
 Jesus

00:32:03.780 --> 00:32:04.080
 is

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.259
 the

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.560
 great

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:04.900
 light

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.100
 that

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:05.320
 God

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:06.060
 promised

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.560
 through

00:32:06.560 --> 00:32:07.019
 Isaiah

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.500
 that

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.820
 he

00:32:07.820 --> 00:32:08.080
 would

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.759
 dispel

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.060
 the

00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:09.540
 great

00:32:09.540 --> 00:32:10.080
 darkness

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.580
 in

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:11.080
 us

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.519
 the

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.780
 great

00:32:11.780 --> 00:32:12.140
 darkness

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.440
 that

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.880
 loomed

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.140
 over

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.560
 mankind

00:32:13.560 --> 00:32:15.420
 and

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.640
 here's

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:15.740
 what

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:15.900
 that

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.220
 means

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.259
 we

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.440
 can

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:20.759
 bring

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:20.980
 our

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.200
 sin

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.400
 to

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:21.820
 Jesus

00:32:21.820 --> 00:32:22.580
 and

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:22.740
 with

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.220
 confidence

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.640
 know

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.259
 that

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.460
 he

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:24.640
 can

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:24.900
 handle

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.160
 it

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.120
 that

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.420
 you

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:26.580
 are

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:26.780
 not

00:32:26.780 --> 00:32:27.019
 too

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.280
 sinful

00:32:27.280 --> 00:32:27.540
 for

00:32:27.540 --> 00:32:27.820
 Jesus

00:32:27.820 --> 00:32:28.300
 I

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:28.460
 am

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.640
 not

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:28.840
 too

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.100
 sinful

00:32:29.100 --> 00:32:29.340
 for

00:32:29.340 --> 00:32:29.640
 Jesus

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.120
 he

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.420
 will

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.720
 not

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.100
 cast

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.300
 us

00:32:31.300 --> 00:32:31.600
 off

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:31.780
 but

00:32:31.780 --> 00:32:32.120
 instead

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.500
 he

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.700
 will

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.300
 embrace

00:32:33.300 --> 00:32:33.600
 us

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:33.940
 and

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.040
 he

00:32:34.040 --> 00:32:34.200
 will

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.600
 shine

00:32:34.600 --> 00:32:34.860
 his

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.180
 light

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.380
 and

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:36.019
 dispel

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.280
 the

00:32:36.280 --> 00:32:36.700
 darkness

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:36.960
 in

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.220
 each

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.460
 one

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.600
 of

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.000
 us

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.920
 he

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.080
 can

00:32:40.080 --> 00:32:40.220
 do

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.420
 that

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.780
 friends

00:32:40.780 --> 00:32:41.220
 because

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.940
 he

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.200
 took

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.360
 the

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:42.640
 darkness

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:42.880
 of

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.160
 sin

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.460
 upon

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.900
 himself

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:45.200
 the

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.559
 wrath

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.740
 the

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.279
 condemnation

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.500
 of

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:46.840
 God

00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:48.059
 he

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.640
 paid

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.180
 he

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.860
 paid

00:32:49.860 --> 00:32:50.140
 the

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.500
 full

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.940
 price

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.160
 with

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.340
 his

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:51.740
 life

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.500
 as

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.680
 he

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.100
 hung

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.860
 on

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.000
 the

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.440
 cross

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:55.360
 and

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:55.700
 darkness

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.039
 covered

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.180
 the

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.519
 land

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:58.299
 when

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.460
 the

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:58.779
 enemies

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.120
 thought

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.259
 that

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.360
 they

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.500
 had

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.039
 triumphed

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.279
 over

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.580
 him

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:01.160
 he

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.559
 was

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.259
 triumphing

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.819
 over

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.400
 them

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.860
 as

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.019
 he

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.340
 said

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:04.460
 in

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.600
 his

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:04.880
 final

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.319
 words

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.920
 it

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.500
 is

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.400
 finished

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.700
 and

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:08.840
 then

00:33:08.840 --> 00:33:09.059
 to

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.960
 demonstrate

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.240
 the

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.779
 reality

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.100
 of

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:11.259
 what

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.420
 he

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:11.900
 accomplished

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:13.059
 what

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.160
 did

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.279
 he

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.460
 do

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:13.660
 he

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.160
 rose

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.380
 from

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.539
 the

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.039
 grave

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.920
 and

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.039
 the

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.480
 apostles

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.859
 say

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.059
 the

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.500
 reason

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:17.720
 he

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:17.960
 rose

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.119
 from

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.240
 the

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.480
 grave

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.879
 is

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.119
 because

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.259
 it

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.399
 was

00:33:19.399 --> 00:33:20.019
 impossible

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.319
 for

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.480
 the

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.740
 grave

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:20.960
 to

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.299
 hold

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.519
 him

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.119
 down

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:23.440
 and

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.700
 he

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:23.920
 has

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.099
 been

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.359
 given

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.859
 all

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.519
 authority

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.859
 in

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.200
 heaven

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.539
 and

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:26.700
 on

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.200
 earth

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:28.759
 his

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.240
 reign

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.000
 is

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.579
 come

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:31.680
 his

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:31.940
 reign

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.119
 has

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.460
 come

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.759
 repentance

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.420
 the

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:34.759
 forgiveness

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.059
 of

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.460
 sins

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.859
 are

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.200
 offered

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.440
 to

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:36.720
 you

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.200
 this

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.519
 day

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.579
 in

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:38.839
 his

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.159
 name

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:39.779
 for

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.019
 all

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.159
 who

00:33:40.159 --> 00:33:40.339
 will

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:40.720
 believe

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:42.879
 so

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.099
 where

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.180
 are

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.279
 you

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.460
 looking

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.659
 for

00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:44.139
 answers

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:45.860
 what are

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:45.980
 you

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.280
 hoping

00:33:46.280 --> 00:33:46.740
 for

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.800
 in

00:33:47.800 --> 00:33:48.259
 2020

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.920
 how are

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.040
 you

00:33:50.040 --> 00:33:50.360
 hoping

00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:50.520
 that

00:33:50.520 --> 00:33:50.800
 2020

00:33:50.800 --> 00:33:51.060
 is

00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:51.220
 going

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.400
 to

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.759
 end

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:53.820
 because

00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:54.280
 one day

00:33:54.280 --> 00:33:54.640
 it will

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:55.000
 end

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:56.040
 one day

00:33:56.040 --> 00:33:56.480
 2020

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.880
 will

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.240
 end

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.940
 but

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.259
 whatever

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.540
 our

00:33:59.540 --> 00:33:59.980
 outlook

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:01.640
 your

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.100
 king

00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:02.580
 is

00:34:02.580 --> 00:34:03.080
 reigning

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.620
 and

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:04.020
 ruling

00:34:04.020 --> 00:34:05.120
 even

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.900
 now

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.780
 until

00:34:06.780 --> 00:34:07.300
 that final

00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:07.520
 day

00:34:07.520 --> 00:34:07.980
 Isaiah

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.559
 saw that

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.140
 final day

00:34:09.140 --> 00:34:09.980
 when the

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.579
 enemies of

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:10.960
 God would

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.519
 be defeated

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:13.539
 with

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.780
 him

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:13.940
 you

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.119
 have

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.519
 perfect

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.000
 righteousness

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.320
 you

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.480
 have

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.119
 justice

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:17.079
 he

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.280
 will

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.500
 make

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:17.780
 all

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.139
 wrongs

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.460
 right

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.179
 perfect

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.820
 peace

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.199
 in

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.639
 him

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.860
 the

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.219
 day

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.519
 has

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.960
 arisen

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.199
 the

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.659
 day

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.259
 or

00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:24.460
 the

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.719
 day

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:24.920
 is

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.639
 foregone

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.199
 the

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.539
 light

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.860
 has

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.340
 come

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.860
 look

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.259
 up

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:28.599
 dear

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:28.920
 people

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.079
 of

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.280
 God

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.440
 for

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.579
 your

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.000
 redemption

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.739
 draws

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.039
 near

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.679
 your

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.000
 king

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.259
 has

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.639
 come

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.059
 and

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.179
 he

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.340
 is

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.599
 coming

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.000
 again

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.219
 amen

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:36.780
 amen

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.559
 let's

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:37.719
 pray

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.079
 together

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.460
 lord

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.619
 we

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:39.819
 thank

00:34:39.819 --> 00:34:39.940
 you

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.079
 for

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.259
 this

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.539
 time

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:40.699
 we

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:40.900
 thank

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.059
 you

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.460
 for

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.739
 the

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.159
 promise

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.420
 of

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.779
 isaiah

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.139
 chapter

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.539
 nine

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:45.199
 lord

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:46.319
 it

00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:46.420
 is

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:46.579
 not

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:46.759
 only

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:46.920
 a

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.440
 promise

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.099
 that

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.500
 unto

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:48.819
 us

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:49.019
 a

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.460
 child

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.659
 is

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:49.980
 born

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.199
 unto

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.539
 us

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:50.679
 a

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:50.819
 son

00:34:50.819 --> 00:34:50.960
 is

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.179
 given

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.440
 lord

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.599
 but

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:51.819
 that

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:52.199
 that

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.619
 promise

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:52.940
 has

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.219
 been

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:54.299
 realized

00:34:54.299 --> 00:34:55.099
 in

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.539
 history

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:57.099
 in

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.579
 the

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.319
 humble

00:34:58.319 --> 00:34:59.199
 first

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.519
 coming

00:34:59.519 --> 00:34:59.699
 of

00:34:59.699 --> 00:34:59.840
 your

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.139
 son

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:01.559
 lord

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.799
 we

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.219
 marvel

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.759
 at

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:04.139
 what

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.539
 Jesus

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.819
 has

00:35:04.819 --> 00:35:05.000
 done

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.259
 for

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:05.579
 us

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.739
 we

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.099
 marvel

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.279
 at

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:07.400
 the

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.679
 fact

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:07.960
 that

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:09.039
 lord

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:10.000
 there

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.139
 is

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.400
 great

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.760
 darkness

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.079
 over

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.260
 our

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:11.559
 land

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:11.760
 there

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:11.880
 is

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.099
 great

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:12.440
 darkness

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.740
 even

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.000
 over

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.199
 our

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.800
 lives

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.340
 to

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:14.519
 this

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.760
 very

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.099
 moment

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.400
 lord

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:16.019
 we

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.519
 confessed

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.780
 our

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.059
 sins

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.460
 earlier

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.740
 to

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.059
 you

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:19.320
 lord

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.659
 nothing

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:19.860
 in

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:19.980
 our

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.240
 hands

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:20.380
 do

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.519
 we

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:20.800
 bring

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.260
 simply

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:21.500
 to

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:21.699
 the

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.260
 cross

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.840
 do

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:22.980
 we

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.440
 cling

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:24.539
 and

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.800
 we

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.320
 long

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.480
 for

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.599
 the

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:25.780
 day

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:25.980
 when

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.139
 our

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.380
 king

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.679
 does

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.179
 return

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:28.260
 until

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.539
 then

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.740
 lord

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.039
 help

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.220
 us

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:29.360
 to

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:29.539
 be

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.360
 steadfast

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:31.500
 help

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:31.639
 us

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:31.800
 to

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.059
 see

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.260
 the

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:32.519
 world

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.699
 through

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:32.940
 the

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.480
 lens

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.079
 of

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.320
 king

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.840
 jesus

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.519
 help

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.660
 us

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 to

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