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 Good morning, everyone.

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 Whoa, nice and loud.

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 It's great to see you in the new year.

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 And one of the things that I asked on Facebook,

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 I'm sure some of you are my Facebook friends.

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 I'm happy to add you if you're not.

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 But one of the questions I asked on Friday is,

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 what do people fear?

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 And some people commented on my wall.

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 And I got a few responses.

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 Basically, there are a few types of things that people fear.

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 Some fears basically have no basis for these fears.

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 Some people fear that we might lose the ashes.

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 It's not going to happen.

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 And some people, but there are some more serious fears.

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 The word fear can mean frightened.

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 So some of the things that people fear are natural disasters like cyclones

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 or something that's man-made or caused by people like terrorism and wars.

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 But fear can also mean worry and anxieties.

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 And that type of fear is actually even worse for us

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 because if you're frightened of something,

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 if you have a spider, you just get shocked.

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 But if there's an anxiety, it gnaws at you.

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 This thing keeps you thinking at night.

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 And there's even a new acronym that has come out.

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 F-O-M-O.

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 I'm not sure how to pronounce it because I'm getting old now.

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 Is it FOMO?

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 I'm not sure.

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 It is.

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 Good.

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 So what does that stand for?

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 Fear of missing out.

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 That's right.

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 This is something that people...

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 If you don't know what that means, you can look it up on Wikipedia.

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 I did as well.

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 So it came up in 2004.

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 It originally meant that people,

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 when they see what's happening on Facebook or other social media sites,

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 they fear that they're missing out on something.

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 But I think this is something that's true of all of us.

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 This is the society that we live in.

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 In fact, this is the fear that consumes us.

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 This is the fear that we have at the start of the creation.

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 The serpent said,

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 don't you want to taste this fruit of good and evil?

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 Basically asking us,

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 you might miss out on that.

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 And this is true of all stages of life.

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 In our youth,

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 we might just think that we might...

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 If we don't do the things that our friends do,

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 we are missing out.

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 If you are single,

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 you might see that you might miss out on a relationship.

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 So you might date a non-Christian or drift into pornography.

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 And if you are working,

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 you might see that you don't get to tick off your bucket list.

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 I want to go to these places.

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 I want to travel.

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 I want to have all these experiences.

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 I want to go to that restaurant.

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 At work,

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 we might plow in many countless hours

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 because we fear that we don't get a promotion.

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 When colleagues participate in office politics,

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 we might fear that we don't get a promotion

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 because we are not hanging in the right circles

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 or saying different things to get ahead.

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 Once you are married,

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 you might fear that your kids might miss out.

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 Therefore,

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 you try to give them the best start in life possible.

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 Enroll them in different classes

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 or just swimming classes

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 or different types of tutoring.

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 Or you might want them to hang around different friends

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 or buy them the best things

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 so that they do not miss out.

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 And I've seen people that grow older.

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 One of the things that people of my parents' generation,

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 they keep saying to us is that,

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 I want to do this for you and buy this for you

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 because I don't want you to miss out.

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 They fear that we will miss out.

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 If you think about it,

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 all these fears are just

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 different manifestations of selfish fears

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 that drive us to hoard our money

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 and our time

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 to spend it on ourselves and our loved ones.

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 So you can see that today,

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 the things that we fear

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 might be very different

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 from what is seen in Psalm 46.

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 So the original title under the psalm,

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 so when you read the psalm,

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 there are little letters just below Psalm 46.

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 Those titles tell us

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 who is this psalm used for

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 and what is the situation.

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 Unfortunately, in this psalm,

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 they don't tell us,

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 the writer did not tell us

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 when these events happened.

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 But we can read,

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 if you read through the psalm,

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 you will have noticed that

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 it is about God rescuing them.

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 And there are many instances

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 in the Bible where

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 Israel or Judah

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 is surrounded by enemies.

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 And one of the passages

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 that fits in this sort of

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 description and context

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 is Psalm 2 Kings

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 chapters 18 to 19.

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 So what I'm going to do today

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 is do something a little bit different.

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 I'm going to read

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 this psalm alongside

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 with 2 Kings 18 to 19.

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 So that's like a little

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 backstory and illustration

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 to this psalm.

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 So we can actually feel

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 what it means

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 to be under siege

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 and be attacked.

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 So,

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 the only things that,

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 if you look at the psalm,

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 like any good sermon,

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 it's in three sections,

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 so it makes it easy for me.

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 There are three sections

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 in this psalm.

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 Verses 1 to 3,

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 God is present

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 to calm his people.

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 Second section is

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 verses 4 to 7,

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 God is present

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 to comfort his city.

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 The third section is

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 verses 8 to 11,

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 God is present

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 to control the nations.

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 So,

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 let's look at

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 the first section,

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 which is,

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 God is present

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 to calm his people.

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 So,

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 I want to set the scene

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 for this psalm,

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 so you can probably

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 read through the psalm.

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 The psalm is crying

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 to God

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 as their strength

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 and refuge.

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 And one of the things,

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 if you read 2 Kings

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 chapters 18 to 19,

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 you can see that

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 that's a situation

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 that God's people

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 needed rescuing from.

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 They were under siege.

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 And I haven't been

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 under siege,

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 which is great.

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 But I like watching movies

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 with sieges in it,

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 especially like

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 the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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 Those siege scenes

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 are awesome.

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 And siege scenes

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 are always great

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 because you know that

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 there's a lot of pressure

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 built up

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 and there are always

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 heroic armies

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 marching out.

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 And you know that

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 the people under siege,

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 they tend to escape,

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 which is always

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 a good ending,

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 a happy ending.

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 But in reality,

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 sieges are actually

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 very scary.

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 Sieges are

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 a horrible way

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 to conquer a city

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 for those that are

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 under siege.

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 They might die

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 of disease

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 and starvation.

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 And usually,

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 it doesn't end well,

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 unlike most movies.

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 And the situation

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 described in 2 Kings

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 is especially

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 terrifying.

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 So let's do some math

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 to help us understand

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 why it is terrifying.

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 We have to do,

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 fast forward to

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 2 Kings

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 chapter 19,

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 verse 35.

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 We know that

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 the Assyrian army

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 had at least

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 185,000 people

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 because that's how many

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 got

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 slaughtered

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 at the end of the story.

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 And

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 in the middle,

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 when

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 the king of Assyria

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 taunted

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 Hezekiah,

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 he implied that

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 Jerusalem didn't even

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 have 2,000 men

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 to be mounted warriors

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 to meet this army.

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 So you can think

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 of it as the math,

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 185,000

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 to 2,000.

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 That's 92 to 1.

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 These are not good odds.

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 Humanly speaking,

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 there's no way

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 for them to survive.

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 Let's trace the story

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 back to the beginning

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 in 2 Kings.

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 So if you have the Bible,

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 turn to 2 Kings

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 chapter 18.

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 If not,

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 you can just follow

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 this story along with me.

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 So in 2 Kings

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 chapter 18,

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 verse 13

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 onwards,

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 we can see that

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 the Assyrians

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 is a very

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 large and cruel army

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 coming from the north.

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 They've come,

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 destroyed

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 all the other nations,

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 and they're now

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 coming up to Judah.

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 Hezekiah

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 is the king

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 of Judah

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 and Jerusalem.

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 he is scared

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 of the Assyrians,

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 so he tried

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 to appease

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 this king

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 by giving him

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 a tribute.

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 He basically

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 tried to find

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 all the gold

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 and all the wealth

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 that he can find,

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 even by scraping off

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 all the gold

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 from the temple

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 and giving it

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 to the king

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 of Assyria,

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 Sennacherib,

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 as a tribute.

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 He thought

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 that that might

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 appease the king,

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 but instead

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 of appeasing

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 the king,

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 the king

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 of Assyria,

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 Sennacherib,

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 taunted Judah,

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 taunted them

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 for the fact

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 that they tried

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 to rely

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 on Egypt

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 and taunted

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 them,

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 taunted

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 Judah's god.

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 We can see

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 this taunt

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 in 2 Kings

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 chapter 18,

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 verses 19 to 23.

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 I'll read that now.

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 On what do you

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 rest this trust

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 of yours?

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 Do you think

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 that mere words

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 are strategy

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 and power

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 for war?

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 In whom

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 do you now trust

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 that you have

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 rebelled against me?

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 Behold,

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 you are trusting

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 now in Egypt,

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 that broken reed

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 of a staff,

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 which will appease

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 the hand of any man

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 who leans on it.

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 Such is Pharaoh,

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 king of Egypt,

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 to all who trust

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 in him.

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 But if you say

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 to me,

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 we have removed,

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 we trust

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 in the Lord

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 our God,

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 is it not

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 he whose

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 high places

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 and altars

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 Hezekiah

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 has removed,

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 saying to Judah

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 and to Jerusalem,

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 you shall worship

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 before this altar

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 in Jerusalem.

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 Come now,

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 make a wager

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 with me,

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 my master,

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 the king of Assyria.

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 I will give you

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 2,000 horses

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 if you are able

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 to,

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 on your part,

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 set riders

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 on them.

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 So you can see

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 in this taunt,

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 he's saying

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 that there's no way

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 for Israel,

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 for Jerusalem

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 to survive.

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 With this background,

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 and we know

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 the end of the story

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 that God

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 rescued Jerusalem,

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 we can actually

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 understand why

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 the psalmist

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 was so glad

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 to sing

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 that God

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 is our refuge,

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 our very present

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 help in trouble

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 in verse 1.

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 Judah needed

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 a place to hide,

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 and although

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 they were tempted

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 to buy off

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 their enemies

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 and rely on Egypt,

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 at the end

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 they realized

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 that,

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 Hezekiah realized

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 that the only

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 place to hide

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 is God.

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 What's more,

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 they needed

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 to be delivered

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 soon,

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 because they

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 were besieged.

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 We will trace

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 the story back

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 a little bit later

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 to see how close

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 they were

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 to destruction.

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 That's why

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 the psalmist

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 prayed that

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 it's a very

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 present help

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 in trouble.

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 God helped

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 them just

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 at the right

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 time when

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 they needed

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 help.

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 You can

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 actually,

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 remembering

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 the odds,

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 the overwhelming

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 odds that they

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 have,

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 92 to 1

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 man,

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 185,000

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 army to

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 2,000,

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 is a miraculous

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 salvation.

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 That's why

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 the psalmist

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 kept singing

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 in verses 2

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 and 3,

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 that though

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 we will not

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 fear,

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 though the

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 earth gives

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 way,

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 though the

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 mountains be

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 moved in

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 the heart

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 of the sea,

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 though the

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 waters roam

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 and fall,

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 raw and foam,

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 though the

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 mountains tremble

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 at its

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 swelling.

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 What is

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 mentioned

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 here are

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 all the

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 terrifying

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 natural

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 disasters,

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 like

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 earthquakes

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 and the

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 sea.

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 And if

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 you know

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 the Bible

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 in the

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 Old Testament,

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 the Jews

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 are scared,

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 absolutely

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 terrified of

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 the sea.

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 At the

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 beginning of

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 creation,

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 darkness

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 and the

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 sea is

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 a total

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 chaos.

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 So

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 they are

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 scared of

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 the sea

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 and they're

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 scared of

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 all these

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 natural

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 disasters.

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 So what

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 is mentioned

00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:19.539
 here is

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 total chaos

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 destruction.

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 And the

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 psalmist is

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 saying that

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 even in

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 this

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 environment,

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 they are

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 not going

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 to fear.

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 They will

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 not be

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 moved.

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 So we

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 can actually

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 see how

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 God has

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 rescued them.

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 We can

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 actually move

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 from the

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 second section

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 of verses

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 four to

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 seven.

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 We can

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 summarize how

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 God is

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 present to

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 comfort his

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 city.

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 So let's

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 pick up the

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 story of the

00:12:48.900 --> 00:12:49.280
 siege of

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 Israel in

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 2 Kings.

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 So you've

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 got an

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 army approaching

00:12:54.539 --> 00:12:55.299
 the city of

00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:55.659
 Jerusalem.

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 And Jerusalem,

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 if you know

00:12:58.579 --> 00:12:59.699
 the geography

00:12:59.699 --> 00:13:00.240
 around it,

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 God has

00:13:01.199 --> 00:13:01.659
 actually given

00:13:01.659 --> 00:13:02.099
 them little

00:13:02.099 --> 00:13:03.419
 fortresses and

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 little small

00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:04.519
 cities,

00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:05.659
 satellite cities

00:13:05.659 --> 00:13:06.699
 around Jerusalem.

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 And one of

00:13:08.939 --> 00:13:09.599
 these cities is

00:13:09.599 --> 00:13:10.359
 called Lipna.

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 And you can

00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:12.919
 see that story

00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:14.719
 in 2 Kings

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 chapter 19.

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 The Assyrian

00:13:18.719 --> 00:13:19.539
 army moved

00:13:19.539 --> 00:13:20.079
 closer to

00:13:20.079 --> 00:13:21.219
 the city of

00:13:21.219 --> 00:13:22.719
 Jerusalem and

00:13:22.719 --> 00:13:23.399
 attacked Lipna.

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 And they

00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:25.980
 did it

00:13:25.980 --> 00:13:26.419
 throughout the

00:13:26.419 --> 00:13:26.659
 day.

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 And because

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 it took a

00:13:29.059 --> 00:13:30.099
 while, they

00:13:30.099 --> 00:13:30.699
 needed to

00:13:30.699 --> 00:13:31.139
 take a break

00:13:31.139 --> 00:13:31.819
 in the

00:13:31.819 --> 00:13:32.199
 afternoon.

00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:34.719
 And the

00:13:34.719 --> 00:13:35.079
 Assyrians

00:13:35.079 --> 00:13:35.539
 sent another

00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:37.000
 taunt to

00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:38.659
 Hezekiah and

00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:39.019
 Jerusalem.

00:13:39.579 --> 00:13:40.480
 Now he's

00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:41.219
 taunting God

00:13:41.219 --> 00:13:41.860
 directly,

00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:43.579
 taunting how

00:13:43.579 --> 00:13:44.480
 has the

00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:45.000
 Lord helped

00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:45.219
 you?

00:13:45.659 --> 00:13:46.059
 He's not

00:13:46.059 --> 00:13:46.240
 going to

00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:46.779
 rescue you.

00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:48.139
 So in

00:13:48.139 --> 00:13:48.740
 this situation,

00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:49.279
 we can see

00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:50.220
 that Hezekiah

00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:51.259
 really needed

00:13:51.259 --> 00:13:51.759
 to rely on

00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:52.000
 God.

00:13:52.740 --> 00:13:53.240
 So we can

00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:53.839
 actually see

00:13:53.839 --> 00:13:54.480
 how he

00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:55.839
 prayed in

00:13:55.839 --> 00:13:56.779
 2 Kings

00:13:56.779 --> 00:13:57.559
 chapter 19

00:13:57.559 --> 00:13:58.379
 verses 15

00:13:58.379 --> 00:13:58.939
 to 19.

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 I'll read

00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:01.860
 from verse 15.

00:14:01.860 --> 00:14:22.879
 Listen to the

00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:23.720
 words Sennacherib

00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:24.759
 has sent to

00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.320
 ridicule the

00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:25.920
 living God.

00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:28.459
 It is true,

00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:29.360
 Lord, that

00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:29.860
 the Assyrian

00:14:29.860 --> 00:14:30.779
 kings have

00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:31.579
 laid waste

00:14:31.579 --> 00:14:33.039
 these nations

00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:33.579
 and their

00:14:33.579 --> 00:14:34.000
 lands.

00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:35.099
 They have

00:14:35.099 --> 00:14:35.500
 thrown their

00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.120
 gods into

00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:36.959
 the fire and

00:14:36.959 --> 00:14:37.620
 destroyed them.

00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:38.719
 For they

00:14:38.719 --> 00:14:39.599
 were not gods

00:14:39.599 --> 00:14:40.539
 but only wood

00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:41.159
 and stone,

00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:42.439
 fashioned by

00:14:42.439 --> 00:14:43.299
 human hands.

00:14:43.939 --> 00:14:44.500
 Now, Lord,

00:14:44.579 --> 00:14:45.019
 our God,

00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:46.579
 deliver us from

00:14:46.579 --> 00:14:47.199
 His hand,

00:14:47.959 --> 00:14:48.659
 such as all the

00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:49.419
 kingdoms of the

00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:49.679
 earth.

00:14:50.179 --> 00:14:50.639
 May I know

00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:51.639
 that you alone,

00:14:52.079 --> 00:14:52.939
 Lord, is our

00:14:52.939 --> 00:14:53.199
 God.

00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:56.000
 Notice that

00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.800
 in this prayer,

00:14:57.560 --> 00:14:58.800
 Hezekiah isn't

00:14:58.800 --> 00:14:59.900
 centred on the

00:14:59.900 --> 00:15:00.660
 need for

00:15:00.660 --> 00:15:01.180
 rescuing.

00:15:02.020 --> 00:15:02.580
 If I was the

00:15:02.580 --> 00:15:02.980
 king in this

00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:03.620
 situation, I

00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:04.020
 would have just

00:15:04.020 --> 00:15:05.000
 prayed, God,

00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:05.800
 please help us.

00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:06.620
 There's a big

00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:07.420
 army outside.

00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:08.680
 Please destroy

00:15:08.680 --> 00:15:09.420
 the Assyrians.

00:15:10.660 --> 00:15:11.520
 But Hezekiah

00:15:11.520 --> 00:15:12.259
 didn't pray that.

00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:14.100
 He appealed to

00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:15.540
 who God is,

00:15:15.640 --> 00:15:16.100
 the Lord.

00:15:16.400 --> 00:15:17.460
 The Lord is

00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:18.520
 the name Yahweh

00:15:18.520 --> 00:15:19.740
 for God in the

00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.240
 Old Testament.

00:15:21.060 --> 00:15:21.720
 He appealed to

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.700
 God being the

00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:23.180
 one that is

00:15:23.179 --> 00:15:23.899
 different.

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:25.519
 He is above

00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.000
 all the other

00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.419
 nations.

00:15:27.359 --> 00:15:28.299
 Notice that he

00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:28.979
 describes the

00:15:28.979 --> 00:15:30.279
 Lord in verse

00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:30.959
 15 as

00:15:30.959 --> 00:15:32.120
 enthroned between

00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:32.879
 the cherubims.

00:15:33.819 --> 00:15:35.000
 The cherubims are

00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:36.519
 two little angels

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:38.139
 in the temple.

00:15:39.419 --> 00:15:40.319
 It's representing

00:15:40.319 --> 00:15:41.579
 that God is in

00:15:41.579 --> 00:15:42.639
 the temple in

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 Jerusalem.

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 It's describing

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 how God is

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 present above

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 the Ark of the

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 Covenant.

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 Therefore, we

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 can see that

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 Hezekiah is

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 appealing,

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 for God to

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 save Jerusalem,

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 not because

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 it needed

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 rescuing,

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 but because of

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 His name and

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 His place,

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 Jerusalem,

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 where He dwells

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 in the temple.

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 This is why

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 in verse 4 of

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 Psalm 46,

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 we can see that

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 the psalmist is

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 saying that

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 there's a river

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 that flows

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 and that makes

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 glad the city of

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 God.

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 This is where

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 the Most High

00:16:16.079 --> 00:16:16.679
 dwells.

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 God dwells in

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 Jerusalem in

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 Jerusalem in the

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 temple.

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 And you can

00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:22.480
 actually see the

00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:23.419
 contrast between

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 the total chaos

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 outside being

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 besieged and

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 how they felt

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 inside because

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 God is with

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 them.

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 So we are

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 reminded of

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 earthquake and

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 chaos and

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 destruction outside,

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 but the picture

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 inside is that

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 God is in the

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 midst of her.

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 She will not be

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 moved.

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 And God will

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 help her when

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 the morning

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 dawns.

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 And these

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 are amazing

00:16:46.199 --> 00:16:46.539
 words,

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 considering

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 they were

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 besieged

00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:48.980
 overnight and

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 they are

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 awaiting their

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 fate the next

00:16:51.699 --> 00:16:52.059
 morning.

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 And we can

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:54.120
 actually see what

00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:55.559
 happened that

00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:56.740
 night when

00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.639
 Hezekiah prayed

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:59.240
 in 2 Kings

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 chapter 19,

00:17:00.319 --> 00:17:01.039
 verse 35.

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 That night the

00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:03.240
 angel of the

00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:04.059
 Lord went out

00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.720
 and put to

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.900
 death 185,000

00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:08.039
 in the Assyrian

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.440
 camp.

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 When the people

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.420
 got up the

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:10.960
 next morning,

00:17:11.639 --> 00:17:12.079
 they were all

00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:12.579
 dead bodies.

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 So God's

00:17:17.179 --> 00:17:18.599
 angel is God's

00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:19.159
 means of

00:17:19.159 --> 00:17:19.839
 destroying the

00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.659
 Assyrian armies.

00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:23.460
 This is why in

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 verses 7 and

00:17:24.919 --> 00:17:25.839
 11, the

00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.299
 psalmist can

00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:26.619
 sing,

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:28.039
 The Lord of

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 hosts is with

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 us.

00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:30.480
 The God of

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.319
 Jacob is our

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 fortress.

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 The phrase,

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 the Lord of

00:17:33.899 --> 00:17:34.639
 hosts, or the

00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.159
 Lord Almighty,

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 depending on

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 which translation

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:38.220
 you use, is

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:39.579
 describing God

00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:40.379
 as the warrior

00:17:40.379 --> 00:17:42.500
 king over his

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.640
 angelic armies.

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 So let's step

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 back.

00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:48.000
 We use the

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.539
 siege as an

00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.440
 illustration of

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.140
 Psalm 46.

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 We think about

00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:52.200
 what happens in

00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:53.599
 this siege, and

00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:54.440
 indeed some of

00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:55.720
 the sieges in

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.339
 the rest of the

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 Old Testament.

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 We can see that

00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:59.140
 usually human

00:17:59.140 --> 00:18:00.539
 means does not

00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:00.859
 work.

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:02.119
 In this instance,

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.240
 nothing that

00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:04.039
 Hezekiah did,

00:18:04.619 --> 00:18:05.079
 whether it's

00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:05.799
 paying a tribute

00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:06.940
 to Assyria,

00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.099
 forming an

00:18:08.099 --> 00:18:08.559
 alliance with

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:10.619
 Egypt, that

00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:11.099
 didn't work.

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 Hezekiah didn't

00:18:12.919 --> 00:18:13.679
 even send an

00:18:13.679 --> 00:18:14.319
 army out to

00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:14.659
 meet the

00:18:14.659 --> 00:18:15.159
 Assyrians.

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.559
 God's army

00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.279
 destroyed the

00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:18.000
 Assyrians before

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.679
 they did

00:18:18.679 --> 00:18:19.579
 anything the

00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:20.079
 next morning.

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 This is why

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:23.579
 God alone is

00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:24.539
 a strength and

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:24.959
 refuge.

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 The third

00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:29.019
 section of

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.599
 the psalm is

00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:30.679
 verses 8 to

00:18:30.679 --> 00:18:30.980
 11.

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.719
 We can see

00:18:32.719 --> 00:18:33.779
 how here God

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:35.139
 is present to

00:18:35.139 --> 00:18:35.779
 control the

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.819
 nations and

00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.319
 what he asks

00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:37.819
 of us in

00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:38.319
 response.

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 So if you

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.299
 think about

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:43.359
 an ancient

00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:44.960
 battle, when

00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.439
 a country

00:18:45.439 --> 00:18:46.200
 wins, it

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:46.720
 doesn't affect

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.460
 just the

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:47.980
 relationship

00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.460
 between these

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 two countries.

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 When a victory

00:18:50.899 --> 00:18:51.500
 is achieved,

00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:52.319
 all the other

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:53.019
 nations around

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.700
 them are going

00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.220
 to hear of

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.399
 it.

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 So this is

00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.539
 what happens

00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:59.039
 in verses

00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.779
 8 to 11

00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.220
 of the

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:00.500
 psalm.

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.819
 Notice that

00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.099
 there's a

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:05.000
 difference between

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.700
 the tone

00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:06.299
 between verses

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:07.019
 1 to 7

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.960
 and 8 to

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.299
 11.

00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:09.440
 So in

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.059
 verses 1 to

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.519
 7, we

00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:11.639
 can hear how

00:19:11.639 --> 00:19:12.200
 the psalmist

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:13.879
 described how

00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:15.139
 God saved

00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:16.160
 his people.

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:17.639
 But in

00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:18.259
 verses 8 to

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.859
 11, there

00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:20.180
 are two

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:21.379
 instructions for

00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:22.279
 the people of

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:23.920
 Jerusalem, or

00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:25.139
 the readers of

00:19:25.139 --> 00:19:25.519
 the psalm.

00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:27.480
 In verse 8,

00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.359
 the instruction

00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:28.879
 is for them

00:19:28.879 --> 00:19:29.519
 to come.

00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:31.259
 Come to see

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.819
 what the Lord

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.339
 has done.

00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:34.240
 Come to see

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:35.819
 how the Lord

00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.420
 has destroyed

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.320
 his enemies.

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.820
 It's important

00:19:39.820 --> 00:19:41.100
 to see how

00:19:41.100 --> 00:19:42.019
 God do

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.700
 things differently.

00:19:43.560 --> 00:19:44.220
 Whereas Hezekiah

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.759
 is trying to

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.720
 use alliances

00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:47.120
 to appease

00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:48.019
 and to

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.640
 strategize,

00:19:49.300 --> 00:19:50.019
 God alone

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.620
 is the king.

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.580
 He alone

00:19:52.580 --> 00:19:53.220
 can crush

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:54.120
 everyone else.

00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.340
 He can use

00:19:55.340 --> 00:19:56.019
 his own means

00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.420
 to do

00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:57.039
 everything.

00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.300
 But the

00:20:00.300 --> 00:20:00.700
 thing is,

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:01.680
 his destruction

00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.340
 is fair.

00:20:02.600 --> 00:20:02.900
 Some people

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.340
 might ask

00:20:03.340 --> 00:20:03.720
 whether it's

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:05.460
 cruel for

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.700
 God to

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.000
 be the

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.640
 Lord of

00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:08.360
 everyone,

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.640
 and to

00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:10.100
 shatter the

00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:10.559
 spears,

00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:11.380
 and to

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:12.039
 destroy other

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.779
 enemies.

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.620
 In this

00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:15.000
 instance,

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:15.440
 we can see

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:15.759
 that the

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.579
 Assyrian king

00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.840
 taunted

00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:20.460
 the Lord

00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:21.299
 and his

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:21.700
 people.

00:20:22.340 --> 00:20:22.799
 But in

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.019
 fact,

00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:23.420
 if you look

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:23.640
 at the

00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:24.120
 context of

00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.579
 the psalm,

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.340
 in Psalm 2,

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.680
 that is true

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.279
 for all

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.819
 peoples and

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.539
 all kings.

00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:29.680
 Because all

00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:30.519
 nations have

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.720
 conspired to

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.299
 go against

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.819
 the Lord.

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:34.839
 And it's

00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.460
 fair for

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:36.079
 God to

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.599
 judge

00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.940
 everyone

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:38.859
 and anyone

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.579
 that

00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:40.139
 taunts and

00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:40.859
 defies God.

00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:43.779
 And it's

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.579
 actually important

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.259
 for the people

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.799
 of Judah to

00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.440
 recognize that

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.139
 God is fair

00:20:47.139 --> 00:20:47.619
 in judgment.

00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:49.440
 And the

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.259
 psalmists tell

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.480
 them,

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:51.720
 come and look

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.099
 at the work

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.500
 of the Lord.

00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:53.399
 The Lord is

00:20:53.399 --> 00:20:53.960
 able to

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.440
 destroy his

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:54.919
 enemies.

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:55.839
 You need to

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:57.519
 see the work

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:57.919
 of the Lord

00:20:57.919 --> 00:20:58.720
 to see how

00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.559
 powerful he

00:20:59.559 --> 00:20:59.799
 is.

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:02.039
 The second

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.480
 instruction

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.559
 given to

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.399
 the reader

00:21:04.399 --> 00:21:04.819
 is to

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.139
 cease

00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:05.919
 striving.

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.139
 This is

00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:08.000
 found in

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:09.039
 verse 10.

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.220
 They need

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.599
 to stop

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:11.039
 using their

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.599
 own means

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.319
 to plot

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:13.480
 and strategize,

00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:14.639
 but instead

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:15.460
 come to

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:15.839
 know that

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:16.359
 they need

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.680
 to know

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.019
 God.

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.879
 So I've

00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:20.639
 quickly looked

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.019
 through what

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.419
 the psalm

00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:21.899
 means.

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:22.960
 Let's look

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.379
 through what

00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:23.859
 it means

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.399
 for us.

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.000
 So one

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.200
 of the

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.859
 ways to

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:28.299
 work out

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:28.539
 what it

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:28.899
 means for

00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:29.139
 us is

00:21:29.139 --> 00:21:29.359
 to work

00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:29.639
 out what

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:29.960
 it doesn't

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.280
 mean.

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 So I

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.080
 want to

00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:33.100
 quickly step

00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:33.480
 through what

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:33.900
 it doesn't

00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.320
 mean for

00:21:34.320 --> 00:21:34.860
 us before

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.300
 we work

00:21:35.300 --> 00:21:35.800
 out what

00:21:35.800 --> 00:21:36.259
 it does

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.600
 mean for

00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:36.860
 us.

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 Firstly,

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.759
 right now,

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.520
 no nation

00:21:41.520 --> 00:21:42.040
 on earth

00:21:42.040 --> 00:21:43.220
 can claim

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.740
 that they

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.280
 are God's

00:21:44.280 --> 00:21:45.720
 nation and

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.420
 can claim

00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:46.940
 that God

00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:47.380
 is fighting

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:47.920
 on behalf

00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.340
 of them.

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:50.000
 We can't

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.640
 transfer what

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.100
 is said

00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:53.020
 to Israel

00:21:53.020 --> 00:21:53.480
 or Judah

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.759
 or the

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.080
 people of

00:21:54.080 --> 00:21:54.320
 God in

00:21:54.320 --> 00:21:54.560
 the Old

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 Testament

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:56.400
 to us

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:56.920
 right now

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:58.259
 because

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.680
 no nation

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.079
 on earth

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.759
 are God's

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.079
 chosen

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.579
 nation,

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.660
 no earthly

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.079
 nation.

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.619
 And that's

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.259
 important because

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.019
 we don't want

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.579
 to use the

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.720
 Bible to

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.519
 unjustly

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.319
 justify

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:09.799
 religious

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.220
 wars.

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.759
 Secondly,

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.480
 God's holy

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.079
 city promise

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.640
 right now

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.400
 is not

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.259
 the earthly

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.779
 Jerusalem.

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.859
 If you

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.759
 look at

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.279
 on Google

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.579
 Maps

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.440
 on Jerusalem,

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.579
 if you look

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.619
 at the city

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.259
 and look

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.459
 at the

00:22:26.459 --> 00:22:26.739
 rivers,

00:22:27.439 --> 00:22:27.719
 there's

00:22:27.719 --> 00:22:28.219
 actually no

00:22:28.219 --> 00:22:28.899
 river flowing

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.139
 through

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.500
 Jerusalem

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.239
 right now.

00:22:32.939 --> 00:22:34.719
 In the

00:22:34.719 --> 00:22:35.299
 middle section

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:35.559
 of the

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:35.759
 psalm,

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.500
 even in

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.059
 Hezekiah's

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.399
 time,

00:22:38.739 --> 00:22:39.259
 there's a

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.759
 river flowing

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:39.979
 through

00:22:39.979 --> 00:22:40.319
 Jerusalem,

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:40.739
 but it's

00:22:40.739 --> 00:22:41.219
 something that

00:22:41.219 --> 00:22:42.319
 Hezekiah

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.919
 dug underneath

00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:44.619
 to supply the

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:44.939
 city with

00:22:44.939 --> 00:22:45.239
 water.

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.839
 So that's

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.339
 probably not

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:49.059
 the promised

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:50.759
 city that we

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.059
 are looking

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.519
 forward to.

00:22:52.219 --> 00:22:52.819
 We are

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.219
 looking forward

00:22:53.219 --> 00:22:53.719
 to a heavenly

00:22:53.719 --> 00:22:54.339
 Jerusalem.

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:54.480
 Jerusalem.

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.899
 Certainly,

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.439
 this psalm is

00:22:56.439 --> 00:22:57.019
 not saying

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.639
 that God

00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:58.299
 is like a

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:59.119
 magic genie

00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.639
 in a lamp.

00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:00.679
 If we need

00:23:00.679 --> 00:23:00.939
 help,

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.639
 just pray

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.019
 and rub

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.379
 the lamp.

00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:03.740
 He is our

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.159
 present help

00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:04.539
 in trouble.

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.259
 We will

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.919
 solve any

00:23:05.919 --> 00:23:06.720
 trouble that

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.099
 we have.

00:23:08.899 --> 00:23:09.419
 So we

00:23:09.419 --> 00:23:09.639
 have to

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:09.959
 work out

00:23:09.959 --> 00:23:10.259
 what this

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.639
 means for

00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:10.959
 us right

00:23:10.959 --> 00:23:11.240
 now.

00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:12.759
 The

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.359
 instructions

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:14.179
 given to

00:23:14.179 --> 00:23:14.500
 the people

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:14.859
 of God

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.099
 in the

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.279
 Old

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.659
 Testament

00:23:15.659 --> 00:23:16.959
 is also

00:23:16.959 --> 00:23:17.500
 true for

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:17.819
 us.

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.519
 We are

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.259
 to also

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.639
 see,

00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.759
 come to

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.240
 see the

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.559
 work of

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.899
 the Lord.

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:25.619
 The natural

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.199
 question for

00:23:26.199 --> 00:23:26.639
 us is,

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.720
 we are

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.359
 not Jews.

00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.539
 How can

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.480
 we come

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.939
 to see the

00:23:30.939 --> 00:23:31.199
 work of

00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:31.579
 the Lord

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.639
 and be

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:33.159
 happy about

00:23:33.159 --> 00:23:33.480
 that?

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.359
 We need

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.859
 to understand

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.399
 now,

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.039
 it's not

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.759
 the Jews

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.240
 that are

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:40.259
 the people

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.759
 of God.

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.980
 It's those

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.500
 that trust

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.159
 in Jesus.

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:45.220
 And on

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.579
 the flip

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:45.939
 side,

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.179
 it's those

00:23:47.179 --> 00:23:47.799
 that defy

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:49.379
 Jesus that

00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:49.899
 face a

00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:50.199
 similar

00:23:50.199 --> 00:23:50.619
 judgment

00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.319
 to the

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.859
 Assyrians.

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.379
 We can

00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:54.579
 see that

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:54.759
 in the

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.299
 New Testament

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:56.399
 in 2

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.359
 Thessalonians

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:59.000
 chapter 1

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.619
 verses 6

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:00.139
 to 8,

00:24:01.479 --> 00:24:02.319
 God

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:03.019
 considers it

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.679
 just to

00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.179
 repay

00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:05.459
 affliction

00:24:05.459 --> 00:24:06.659
 those who

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:07.319
 afflict you

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.179
 and to

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:08.939
 grant relief

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.839
 to you

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.159
 who are

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.699
 afflicted

00:24:10.699 --> 00:24:11.119
 as well

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.419
 as to

00:24:11.419 --> 00:24:11.719
 us.

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.799
 And the

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.419
 Lord Jesus

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.119
 is revealed

00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:14.839
 from heaven

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.579
 with his

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.500
 mighty angels

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.479
 in flaming

00:24:17.479 --> 00:24:18.000
 fire,

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.159
 inflicting

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:19.959
 vengeance on

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.980
 those who

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.279
 do not

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.940
 know God

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.840
 and on

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.240
 those who

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.500
 do not

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.059
 obey the

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.600
 gospel of

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.299
 Lord Jesus.

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.559
 We don't

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.840
 often celebrate

00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:31.660
 the fact or

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.400
 actively tell

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.400
 people to

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:33.700
 look at

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.039
 God's

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.340
 judgment.

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.059
 But in

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.900
 some situations

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.660
 this is

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.200
 exactly what

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.720
 is needed

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.319
 to comfort

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.000
 those people.

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:41.620
 You don't

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.059
 have to cast

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.420
 your mind

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.700
 far back

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.180
 in the news

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:45.259
 to see how

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.600
 that is

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.519
 going to be

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.079
 of comfort

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.480
 to some

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.840
 people.

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.400
 Just a

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:49.720
 couple of

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.140
 weeks ago

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.500
 you would

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.900
 have probably

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.339
 heard in

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.720
 the news

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.940
 that a

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.460
 few Christians

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.120
 in Tyrol

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:56.279
 was killed

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.039
 during the

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.279
 Christmas

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.759
 period

00:24:57.759 --> 00:25:00.039
 inside the

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.400
 church.

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:01.920
 Under that

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.180
 sort of

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.440
 religious

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.120
 persecution

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:05.620
 Christians

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.039
 will be

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.380
 comforted

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:06.640
 by the

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.339
 fact that

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.319
 God is

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.579
 going to

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.019
 repay

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.620
 those that

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.079
 will afflict

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.319
 them.

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.500
 The second

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.940
 instruction

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:15.059
 is in

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:16.460
 Psalm 46

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.380
 verse 10.

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:19.540
 the

00:25:19.540 --> 00:25:19.800
 psalmist

00:25:19.800 --> 00:25:20.140
 is telling

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.520
 God's

00:25:20.520 --> 00:25:20.740
 people

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:20.980
 to

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.480
 seize

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.400
 and

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:22.700
 know

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.220
 the

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.620
 creator.

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:26.880
 The

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.260
 word to

00:25:27.260 --> 00:25:27.580
 seize

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:27.960
 driving

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.300
 doesn't

00:25:28.300 --> 00:25:28.620
 mean to

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:28.940
 stop

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.440
 trying,

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:29.920
 drop

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.300
 everything

00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:30.640
 and

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:30.840
 just

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.080
 let

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.340
 God

00:25:31.340 --> 00:25:31.540
 do

00:25:31.540 --> 00:25:32.060
 everything.

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.640
 The

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.080
 instruction

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:35.280
 to

00:25:35.280 --> 00:25:35.520
 seize

00:25:35.520 --> 00:25:35.860
 driving

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.260
 is to

00:25:36.260 --> 00:25:36.780
 seize

00:25:36.780 --> 00:25:37.360
 driving

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:38.440
 and to

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.640
 know

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:38.980
 God

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.660
 our

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.440
 creator.

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:43.259
 and I

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.600
 want you

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:44.160
 to cast

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.700
 our

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:44.960
 mind

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.360
 back

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:45.820
 to

00:25:45.820 --> 00:25:46.799
 the

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.259
 examples

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.620
 I've

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:47.840
 given

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.220
 about

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.400
 fears

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.880
 in

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.360
 particular

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:51.400
 some

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:51.660
 of our

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.000
 worries

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.180
 and

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.759
 anxieties

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.160
 in our

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.539
 life.

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.779
 A lot

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.000
 of our

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.380
 striving

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.860
 is not

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.120
 about

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.500
 God

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.779
 and we

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.080
 actually

00:26:00.080 --> 00:26:00.820
 need to

00:26:00.820 --> 00:26:01.940
 know

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.460
 in here

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.940
 the

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.200
 important

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.400
 thing

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.620
 is

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.340
 not

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:04.580
 for

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:04.940
 God

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.460
 come

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:05.640
 to

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:05.820
 God

00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:05.980
 to

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.180
 solve

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.320
 our

00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:06.779
 problems.

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.980
 The

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.240
 instruction

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.660
 is to

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.019
 seize

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.440
 driving

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:09.859
 and

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.119
 know

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:10.339
 our

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.799
 creator.

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 We

00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:11.879
 need to

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.079
 know

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.480
 God

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.160
 not

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.559
 for

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:13.720
 the

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.059
 relief

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.240
 that

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.359
 he

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.660
 gives

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.399
 but

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:15.579
 for

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:15.720
 the

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:15.899
 God

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:16.039
 that

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.180
 he

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.500
 is.

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.559
 Remember

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.099
 the

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.639
 illustration

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.019
 I gave

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.379
 at the

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:22.619
 start

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.819
 FOMO

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.200
 FOMO

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.119
 if we

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.539
 try to

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:25.980
 obtain

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.399
 everything

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:26.700
 in our

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.059
 life

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:28.019
 so we

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.180
 don't

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.440
 miss out

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.539
 on

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.779
 anything

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.059
 in our

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.399
 life

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:30.680
 that

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:30.839
 is

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.119
 one

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.440
 form

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.599
 of

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:31.980
 striving

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.899
 we

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.019
 are

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.619
 strategizing

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.059
 to

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.519
 provide

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:34.759
 for

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.180
 ourselves

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.639
 and not

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:35.879
 trust

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.200
 in our

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.539
 God.

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:38.559
 It's

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:38.660
 a

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:39.000
 lifestyle

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.240
 that

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.019
 denies

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.200
 that

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.440
 Jesus

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:40.680
 is

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.039
 Lord

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.680
 and

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:41.779
 the

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:41.960
 most

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.299
 important

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.519
 thing

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.740
 in our

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.099
 life

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:44.279
 and

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.539
 it

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.899
 doesn't

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.539
 take

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:45.680
 into

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:45.859
 the

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.079
 fact

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.599
 that

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.240
 our

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.519
 city

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.220
 is

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:49.039
 the

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.200
 city

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.359
 of

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:49.700
 Jerusalem

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.359
 in

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:50.599
 heaven.

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.000
 Heaven

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.379
 is what

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:52.539
 we

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:52.859
 need

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.240
 not

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.440
 the

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.639
 earthly

00:26:53.639 --> 00:26:53.940
 things

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.119
 that

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:54.279
 we

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.460
 have

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.639
 right

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:54.920
 now.

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:56.879
 If

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.019
 we

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.480
 know

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.859
 that

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.220
 heaven

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.379
 is

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:58.539
 our

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.799
 home

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.660
 we

00:26:59.660 --> 00:26:59.799
 don't

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.000
 have

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.119
 to

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.319
 fear

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.480
 that

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.579
 we

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.660
 will

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:00.819
 miss

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:00.920
 out

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.039
 on

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.279
 anything

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.460
 on

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.740
 earth.

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.000
 So

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.119
 at

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.200
 the

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:08.500
 which

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.039
 area

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.500
 are

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.720
 we

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.240
 striving

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.299
 to

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.899
 be

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.279
 secure

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.460
 in

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.980
 ourselves

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.359
 secure

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:14.680
 in

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:14.839
 our

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.180
 earthly

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.779
 competencies

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.079
 and

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.460
 pleasures

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.440
 rather

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.579
 than

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:17.700
 to

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:17.839
 live

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.019
 for

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.299
 God.

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.599
 So

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.019
 we're

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.180
 going to

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.500
 explore

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.660
 that

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:20.819
 a

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:20.980
 little

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.680
 more

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:21.920
 next

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.180
 week.

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.399
 We

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:22.559
 need

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:22.660
 to

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:22.819
 work

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:22.980
 out

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.279
 how

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.460
 to

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:23.779
 strive

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:23.960
 for

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.240
 God

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.039
 and

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.279
 the

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.440
 sermon

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.660
 next

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:25.859
 week

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.339
 might

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.160
 touch

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.279
 on

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.379
 that

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:27.500
 a

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.579
 little

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:27.700
 bit

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:27.899
 more.

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.460
 But

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:29.879
 just

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.059
 as

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.240
 we

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.440
 have

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.740
 at

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:30.839
 the

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:30.960
 start

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.059
 of

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.160
 the

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.359
 year

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.539
 we

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.680
 need

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:31.759
 to

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:31.980
 take

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.259
 stock

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:38.779
 to

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:42.039
 come

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.200
 to

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.359
 know

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:42.660
 God

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.440
 and

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.680
 come

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:43.839
 for

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.000
 us

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.119
 to

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:46.240
 strive

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.639
 to

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:47.519
 save

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.960
 ourselves.

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:48.720
 I

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:48.920
 want

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.059
 you

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.240
 to

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.619
 join

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:49.940
 in

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.079
 the

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.319
 work

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.460
 of

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.680
 telling

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.119
 others

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.940
 how

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.139
 they

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.359
 can

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.000
 come

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.139
 to

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.299
 know

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.559
 God

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:53.819
 and

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:53.980
 see

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.440
 striving.

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.299
 I

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.480
 want

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.579
 to

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:56.779
 actually

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.139
 tell

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.299
 you

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.440
 a

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:57.720
 story

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.139
 of

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.379
 someone

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.599
 that

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:58.720
 I

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:58.879
 met

00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.180
 last

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.359
 year.

00:27:59.440 --> 00:27:59.539
 Her

00:27:59.539 --> 00:27:59.700
 name

00:27:59.700 --> 00:27:59.819
 is

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.160
 Rose.

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.119
 And

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:01.299
 she

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:01.420
 is

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.539
 a

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:01.819
 lady

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.720
 although

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:02.920
 she

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.139
 doesn't

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.299
 know

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.559
 God

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.519
 yet,

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.160
 she

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.259
 is

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.379
 trying

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.480
 to

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.639
 work

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:05.779
 out

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.039
 how

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.099
 to

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.240
 know

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.480
 God

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:07.660
 and

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:07.879
 see

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.299
 striving

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.480
 for

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:08.839
 herself.

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.500
 I

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.539
 will

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:09.639
 tell

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:09.740
 you

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:09.859
 a

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:09.960
 little

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.119
 bit

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.460
 of

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:10.559
 the

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:10.839
 story.

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:12.839
 Rose

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.019
 is

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.200
 a

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.579
 typical

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:13.819
 lady

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:13.960
 that

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.099
 goes

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.200
 to

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.559
 ESL

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:14.720
 right

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:14.980
 now.

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:15.859
 They

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:15.940
 are

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.200
 quite

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.339
 a

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.559
 group

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:16.819
 of

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.200
 people

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.460
 right

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.680
 now

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:17.819
 that

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:17.980
 go

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.119
 to

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.619
 ESL.

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.680
 They

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.180
 accompany

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.480
 their

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.879
 children.

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.259
 So

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.420
 their

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.619
 children

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.160
 studies

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.779
 in

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.240
 Australia

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.220
 and

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.440
 because

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.599
 the

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:24.920
 parents

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.819
 are

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.759
 scared

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.440
 they

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:27.660
 want

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:27.759
 to

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:27.859
 be

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.019
 with

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.139
 the

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.420
 children.

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:28.740
 They

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:28.859
 want

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:28.940
 to

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.099
 look

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.279
 after

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.440
 the

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.680
 children.

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:30.840
 And

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.039
 Rose

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.220
 is

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.080
 one

00:28:32.080 --> 00:28:32.259
 such

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.539
 lady.

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.460
 So

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:33.620
 she

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:33.860
 wants

00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:33.940
 to

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.080
 look

00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:34.220
 after

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.380
 her

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.660
 child

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:34.920
 here.

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.680
 And

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:35.779
 at

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:35.880
 the

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.039
 same

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.279
 time

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.400
 she

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:36.500
 is

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.880
 separated

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.100
 from

00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.240
 her

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.620
 husband

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.480
 because

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.840
 not

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.600
 legally

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:40.059
 separated

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.340
 but

00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:40.900
 just

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.100
 because

00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:41.240
 she

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.360
 has

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:41.460
 to

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.580
 be

00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:41.920
 here

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.440
 to

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.580
 look

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:42.720
 after

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:42.880
 her

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.140
 child.

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.279
 And

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.460
 she

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:44.840
 worries

00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.100
 about

00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:45.440
 a lot

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:45.539
 of

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.759
 things

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.059
 back

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.220
 in

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.539
 China.

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:47.500
 She

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.759
 has

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.600
 ageing

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:48.759
 and

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:48.900
 sick

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.299
 relatives

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.559
 that

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:49.779
 she

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.100
 needs

00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:50.220
 to

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.380
 take

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.559
 care

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:50.759
 of.

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.059
 And

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.600
 she

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:55.340
 is

00:28:55.340 --> 00:28:55.600
 trying

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:55.759
 to

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.219
 strive

00:28:56.219 --> 00:28:56.599
 to

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.099
 plan

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.539
 life

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.119
 both

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.259
 in

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.719
 Australia

00:28:58.719 --> 00:28:59.439
 and

00:28:59.439 --> 00:28:59.619
 in

00:28:59.619 --> 00:28:59.919
 China

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.199
 to

00:29:00.199 --> 00:29:00.399
 work

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:00.619
 out

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.279
 how

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.439
 to

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:01.659
 make

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.019
 the

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.219
 best

00:29:02.219 --> 00:29:02.339
 of

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:02.659
 everything.

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.579
 So

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:04.819
 we

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.699
 rose

00:29:05.699 --> 00:29:05.919
 along

00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:06.079
 with

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.359
 a few

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.619
 other

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.079
 people

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.259
 from

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.659
 ESL.

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.199
 We

00:29:08.199 --> 00:29:08.359
 did

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:08.480
 a

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.619
 Bible

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:08.879
 study

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.599
 on

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:09.819
 Friday

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.159
 night

00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:11.500
 because

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.179
 Friday

00:29:12.179 --> 00:29:12.319
 night

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.419
 is

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:12.500
 a

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.619
 great

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:12.859
 time

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.159
 for

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.439
 Bible

00:29:13.439 --> 00:29:13.599
 study

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:13.740
 for

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.059
 these

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.319
 people.

00:29:14.699 --> 00:29:15.000
 Their

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.199
 children

00:29:15.199 --> 00:29:15.419
 go to

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:15.599
 youth

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:15.859
 group

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.500
 and

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:16.619
 they

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:16.759
 go

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.000
 and

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.059
 do

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.240
 Bible

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.539
 study.

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.659
 So

00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:19.859
 we

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.480
 went

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.659
 through

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:20.779
 the

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.019
 gospel

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.339
 and

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.500
 read

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.679
 through

00:29:21.679 --> 00:29:21.959
 Acts

00:29:21.959 --> 00:29:22.379
 17.

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.539
 When

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:24.659
 we

00:29:24.659 --> 00:29:24.980
 presented

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.199
 the

00:29:25.199 --> 00:29:25.500
 picture

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.740
 that

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.079
 God

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.480
 is

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:26.839
 different

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.099
 from

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.359
 any

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.519
 of

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.619
 the

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:27.899
 gods

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.199
 that

00:29:28.199 --> 00:29:28.500
 the

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:28.720
 Greeks

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.059
 knew,

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.000
 that

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.159
 God

00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:30.319
 is

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.519
 in

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.059
 control

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.359
 of

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.539
 all

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:31.639
 the

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.019
 nations

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.439
 and

00:29:32.439 --> 00:29:32.599
 God

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:32.720
 is

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:32.879
 in

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.319
 control

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:33.639
 even

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:33.879
 where

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.159
 people

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.500
 live

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.259
 and

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.480
 how

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.859
 everyone

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.679
 moves,

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.679
 she

00:29:37.679 --> 00:29:37.859
 is

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.240
 confident.

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.619
 She

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:38.879
 wants

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:38.980
 to

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.099
 know

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.240
 that

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.539
 God.

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:40.439
 She

00:29:40.439 --> 00:29:40.779
 wants

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:40.939
 to

00:29:40.939 --> 00:29:41.579
 cease

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.059
 thriving

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.419
 and

00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:42.639
 know

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:42.779
 a

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.079
 creator

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.299
 that

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.419
 is

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:43.599
 in

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:44.000
 control

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.919
 of

00:29:44.919 --> 00:29:45.319
 all

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.419
 the

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:45.779
 nations

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.220
 and

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.539
 everything

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.720
 that

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:46.819
 we

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.079
 do.

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:48.519
 But

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.700
 from

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.119
 an

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.480
 atheistic

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.980
 background,

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:50.659
 she

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:51.099
 finds it

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.379
 very

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.779
 hard

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:51.940
 to

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.259
 accept

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.579
 that

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.079
 there

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.200
 is

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.480
 actually

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:53.639
 a

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:53.799
 God

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.000
 like

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.319
 that.

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.399
 She

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.500
 is

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:55.720
 still

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.220
 wrestling

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.460
 with

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.559
 the

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:56.740
 truth

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:56.839
 of

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:56.940
 the

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.180
 gospel.

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.180
 You

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.279
 can

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.420
 see

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:00.539
 that

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:00.619
 there

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:00.720
 are

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.039
 many

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.920
 non-Christians

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.119
 like

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.519
 Rose

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.680
 exploring

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:03.859
 the

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.159
 gospel

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:06.019
 and

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.359
 trying

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:06.700
 to

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.159
 work

00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:07.299
 out

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.440
 what

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.559
 it

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:07.859
 means

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.059
 for

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.279
 them.

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.019
 So

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.220
 we

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.599
 desperately

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:09.960
 need

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.379
 people

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:10.759
 in

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.099
 ESL

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.259
 to

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.619
 teach

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:12.220
 and

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.339
 we

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.539
 need

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:12.920
 people

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.759
 if

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:13.879
 you

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.120
 can't

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.400
 teach

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.820
 English

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.420
 or

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.300
 do

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:16.460
 other

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.780
 things.

00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:17.160
 We

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.560
 need

00:30:17.560 --> 00:30:17.760
 people

00:30:17.760 --> 00:30:17.960
 just

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.100
 to

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:18.400
 talk

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.580
 with

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:18.760
 these

00:30:18.760 --> 00:30:19.120
 people

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.840
 on

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:19.960
 a

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.180
 Tuesday

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.340
 and

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:20.640
 Friday

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.020
 morning.

00:30:21.300 --> 00:30:21.440
 We

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.560
 have

00:30:21.560 --> 00:30:21.680
 a

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:21.860
 play

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.060
 group

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:23.080
 called

00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:23.500
 Jelly Beans

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.620
 on

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:23.960
 Tuesday

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.960
 and ESL

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.080
 on

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.400
 Friday.

00:30:25.540 --> 00:30:25.660
 It would

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:25.760
 be

00:30:25.760 --> 00:30:26.100
 great

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.860
 if

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:26.940
 we

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.100
 just

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.300
 make

00:30:27.300 --> 00:30:27.660
 friends

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:27.840
 with

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.040
 them,

00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:28.820
 talk

00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:28.980
 to

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.260
 them,

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.080
 so

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.200
 that

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.320
 they

00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:30.520
 can

00:30:30.520 --> 00:30:33.600
 come

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:33.800
 to

00:30:33.800 --> 00:30:34.140
 hear,

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:34.980
 come

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.140
 to

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.360
 see

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.700
 God,

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.280
 come

00:30:36.280 --> 00:30:36.400
 to

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.540
 see

00:30:36.540 --> 00:30:36.700
 His

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.020
 work

00:30:37.020 --> 00:30:37.560
 and

00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:37.740
 come

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:37.880
 to

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.020
 know

00:30:38.020 --> 00:30:38.160
 the

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.520
 Creator.

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:42.119
 So

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:43.180
 I

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.480
 suggest

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.740
 another

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.200
 opportunity

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.920
 for us

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.319
 to

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.400
 help

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:47.740
 the

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.059
 community

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.400
 around

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.599
 us

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:48.759
 to

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:48.900
 know

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.039
 the

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.319
 gospel.

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:50.799
 And

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:50.960
 this

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.019
 is

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.299
 actually

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.779
 by

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:53.579
 joining

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:53.900
 me

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.119
 in

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.279
 going

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.440
 on

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.500
 a

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.700
 global

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.039
 mission.

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:56.879
 I'm

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.099
 planning

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.359
 to

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:59.400
 lead

00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.539
 a

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.720
 team

00:30:59.720 --> 00:30:59.839
 to

00:30:59.839 --> 00:30:59.940
 go

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.240
 to

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.900
 China

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.639
 at

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:01.740
 the

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:01.839
 end

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:01.960
 of

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.059
 the

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.240
 year.

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.400
 So

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.599
 this

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:03.660
 is

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:03.779
 a

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.000
 great

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.400
 time

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.579
 for

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:04.720
 us

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:04.859
 to

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.279
 learn

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.259
 how

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.400
 to

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:06.720
 be

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:06.940
 in

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.059
 a

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.259
 different

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.740
 culture.

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.759
 And

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:08.920
 try

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.059
 to

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.400
 cross

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.019
 cultural

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.319
 bridges.

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.160
 And

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.299
 this

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.400
 is

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:11.500
 the

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.720
 things

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:11.859
 that

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.200
 we

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.500
 need

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.900
 exactly

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.599
 to

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:13.839
 reach

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:13.960
 the

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.259
 community

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.599
 around

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:14.920
 us.

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.799
 We're

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.079
 desperate

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.400
 for

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.099
 people

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.279
 to

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.500
 know

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.859
 Jesus

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.079
 and

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.460
 encounter

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.879
 Jesus.

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:19.940
 So

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.220
 we need

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.319
 to

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.579
 equip

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:20.920
 ourselves

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.079
 to

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.180
 do

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.379
 that

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:21.819
 properly.

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.160
 So

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.279
 if

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.420
 you're

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:23.799
 interested

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.500
 either

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.759
 in

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:24.900
 the

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.160
 local

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.480
 work

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.619
 or

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:25.700
 the

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:25.879
 global

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.180
 work

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.519
 please

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.759
 come

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:26.900
 to

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.119
 me

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.799
 write

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:27.900
 it

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.019
 on

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.139
 the

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.480
 card

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.599
 and

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.079
 tell

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.200
 me.

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.400
 I'd

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:30.539
 love

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.660
 to

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:30.859
 know.

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:32.839
 I

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.000
 want

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.119
 to

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.299
 end

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.439
 the

00:31:33.439 --> 00:31:33.679
 sermon

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:33.980
 though

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.539
 on a

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:35.740
 word

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:35.859
 that

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:35.980
 we

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.279
 haven't

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.399
 looked

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:37.720
 at.

00:31:38.199 --> 00:31:38.659
 It's

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:38.939
 in

00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:39.179
 verses

00:31:39.179 --> 00:31:39.720
 3,

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.279
 7,

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 and

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:40.879
 11.

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 It's

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.159
 called

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:42.599
 Selah.

00:31:43.939 --> 00:31:44.179
 So

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:45.559
 in the

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.039
 Amplified

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.439
 Bible

00:31:46.439 --> 00:31:47.299
 it

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.879
 translates

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.500
 as to

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.319
 pause

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.939
 and

00:31:49.939 --> 00:31:50.179
 think

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:50.339
 on

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.599
 that.

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:51.839
 So

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.519
 the

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.779
 psalm

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.359
 usually

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:53.639
 is

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.079
 written

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.259
 in

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.379
 the

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:54.699
 Bible

00:31:54.699 --> 00:31:55.539
 so

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:55.799
 we

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.019
 have

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.159
 a

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:56.459
 paragraph

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:56.699
 we

00:31:56.699 --> 00:31:56.799
 need

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:56.919
 to

00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:57.599
 pause

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.099
 and

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.319
 think

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.419
 on

00:31:58.419 --> 00:31:58.519
 what

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.639
 that

00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:58.879
 means

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.019
 for

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.279
 us.

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:00.699
 And

00:32:00.699 --> 00:32:01.379
 incidentally

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.000
 there's

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.439
 also a

00:32:02.439 --> 00:32:02.819
 name

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.740
 of

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.179
 Takeshi

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:04.339
 and

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.859
 Katie's

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.159
 daughter.

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.179
 You

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:06.299
 can

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.619
 ask

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:06.799
 them

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.139
 why

00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:07.299
 they

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.519
 chose

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.639
 that

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:07.879
 name

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.059
 at

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.139
 the

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:08.259
 end

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.339
 of

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.419
 the

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:08.759
 service.

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.559
 If

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:09.619
 you

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:09.740
 don't

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:09.879
 get

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.000
 to

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.179
 speak

00:32:10.179 --> 00:32:10.299
 with

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.439
 them

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:10.859
 today

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.359
 you

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.480
 can

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.379
 ask

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.519
 them

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.720
 throughout

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:12.879
 the

00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.119
 year.

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:13.759
 There

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:13.819
 are

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:13.980
 many

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.480
 opportunities

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.720
 to

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.159
 do

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:15.439
 that.

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.319
 Actually

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.480
 I

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.619
 haven't

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:16.799
 really

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.119
 asked

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.459
 you

00:32:17.459 --> 00:32:17.799
 properly.

00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:18.039
 I

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.119
 have

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.579
 asked

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:18.699
 you

00:32:18.699 --> 00:32:18.899
 but

00:32:18.899 --> 00:32:19.019
 I

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.720
 will

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:19.899
 join

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.039
 the

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.240
 queue

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.500
 at

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.599
 the

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:20.659
 end

00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:20.740
 of

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:20.799
 the

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.059
 service.

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.939
 But

00:32:22.939 --> 00:32:23.099
 for

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.279
 us

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.480
 right

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.819
 now we

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.160
 need to

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.500
 actually

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.120
 pause

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:25.519
 and

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.819
 think

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:26.900
 what

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:28.759
 the

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.620
 psalmist

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:29.740
 is

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:29.920
 trying

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.059
 to

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.180
 tell

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.299
 us

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.400
 to

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:30.559
 do.

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.000
 I

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.140
 want

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:32.259
 us

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.380
 to

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:32.599
 pause

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:32.759
 and

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.000
 think

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.160
 on

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.579
 two

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.220
 questions

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:35.599
 based

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:35.700
 on

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:35.819
 the

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.000
 two

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.339
 instructions

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.539
 that

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.700
 he's

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:36.860
 given

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.180
 us.

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.099
 When

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.460
 Jesus

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.980
 comes

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.200
 to

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.480
 destroy

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:40.700
 his

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.019
 enemies

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:42.539
 are

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.740
 you

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.180
 confident

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:44.000
 to

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.259
 stand

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.539
 before

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:44.759
 him?

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.099
 Are

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.240
 you

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.559
 confident

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.759
 by

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:45.900
 the

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.140
 fact

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.640
 that

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:46.819
 he's

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:46.920
 going

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.000
 to

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.259
 destroy

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.420
 his

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:47.700
 enemies?

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:49.559
 If

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:49.660
 you

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:49.779
 are

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.120
 not

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:50.819
 please

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.420
 come

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.579
 and

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:51.779
 know

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.180
 Jesus

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.639
 so

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:53.799
 that

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:53.960
 you

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.119
 will

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.359
 be

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:58.379
 glad

00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:58.940
 of

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.099
 his

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.359
 coming

00:32:59.359 --> 00:32:59.740
 judgment.

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.399
 The

00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:01.559
 second

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:01.799
 question

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:01.940
 I

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.160
 want

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.539
 to

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:02.759
 ask

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:02.920
 you

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.119
 is

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:05.119
 are

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:05.240
 you

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.460
 taking

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.879
 steps

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.299
 to

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:07.039
 stop

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.460
 some

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.539
 of

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:08.599
 the

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:08.720
 things

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:08.819
 that

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:08.839
 you

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:08.920
 are

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.160
 doing

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.720
 so

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:09.819
 that

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:09.920
 you

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.079
 will

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.319
 know

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.680
 God

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.160
 that

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.579
 is

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:11.819
 going

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:11.879
 to

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.000
 be

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.420
 exalted

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:13.399
 amongst

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:13.680
 the

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.099
 nations?

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:15.839
 Are

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:15.980
 there

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.700
 things

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:16.839
 we

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.000
 need

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.099
 to

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.480
 actively

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.000
 stop

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.460
 doing?

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.059
 Are

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.160
 there

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.319
 things

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:19.420
 that

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.500
 we

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.619
 need

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:19.720
 to

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.059
 stop

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.579
 pursuing

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:20.799
 in

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:20.940
 our

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.299
 lives?

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.299
 So

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.420
 that

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:22.559
 we

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:22.720
 can

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:22.859
 have

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:22.980
 the

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.279
 energy

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.660
 to

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.099
 strive

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.319
 to

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.500
 know

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.859
 God

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.420
 and

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.740
 strive

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:25.920
 to

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.039
 do

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.420
 things

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.240
 for

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.480
 him

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.920
 not

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.099
 for

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.559
 ourselves

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:28.819
 not

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:28.980
 for

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.099
 our

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.500
 security

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.299
 but

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.460
 so

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:30.599
 that

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:30.819
 he

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:30.940
 is

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.359
 exalted

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:32.960
 amongst

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.119
 the

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.480
 nations.

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.279
 I'm

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.980
 going to

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.740
 hand the

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.059
 time back

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.379
 to Nick

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:37.940
 and help

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.200
 us to

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.420
 pause

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:38.680
 to think

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:38.799
 on

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.019
 that.