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 Isaiah 19.

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 Kirk Paster is an artisanal professor in Australia.

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 One day you bring it up with your mother, and without a pause she comments,

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 Oh, I didn't tell you.

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 A new family moved here across the road, and I thought it would be nice to be neighborly.

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 So I took them a casserole, and I gave them grandma's wedding as well.

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 They looked so pleased.

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 And Paster, imagine the situation.

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 You might be rather bewildered by your mother's reckless, scandalous generosity.

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 You might have an outburst of anger or jealousy.

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 But the reason Paster gives that illustration here is because in Isaiah 19,

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 Isaiah is announcing God's plan to give away Israel's wedding ring.

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 Or at least to melt it down into three rings.

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 Yes, one for Israel, but apparently and astonishingly one for Egypt and one for Assyria.

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 And I don't know whether you've noticed it as I've been preaching through these early chapters,

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 that Isaiah is a book of surprises.

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 But here is one big surprise that I wasn't expecting.

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 Here in this chapter you see the reckless, scandalous generosity of God.

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 You see the reckless, scandalous love of God.

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 And the reckless, scandalous dreams of God.

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 All coming from itself.

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 From itself.

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 If you were here last week, let me try to really up to speed on where we're at.

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 I'm going to a new section.

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 Chapter 30 to 23.

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 It's really a series of oracles that are delivered to Judah about neighbouring nations.

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 In some ways it's the street of the nations address.

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 But what's interesting is that it's addressed to Judah.

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 Isaiah doesn't go around with all these other nations.

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 And speak to them.

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 No, he speaks to Judah about the other nations.

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 And the reason he does that is because very simply he is saying to Judah,

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 whatever you do, whatever you do, do not put your trust in these other nations.

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 Do not trust them.

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 You need to put your trust in the Lord God Almighty alone.

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 Because the problem is for Judah, at different points, all these different nations seem to be attractive.

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 In terms of form and political alliances.

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 So these nations, they might be the one Israel would think that could protect us against the other nations.

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 And so we see Isaiah goes through each of these nations and he says,

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 here's why you don't want to trust them.

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 Here's why you don't want to trust them.

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 And the bottom line is God is going to come and judge these people and destroy them.

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 So that's where we began with Babylon.

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 And God said that Babylon will be judged and destroyed.

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 And chapter by chapter he's working through these various nations.

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 The Philistines, Moab, Damascus, Hush.

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 All of which, for instance, chapter 19 of this oracle concerning Egypt.

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 And of all the nations that are mentioned,

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 Egypt would be the one that invoked memories.

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 Memories of opposition and persecution of God's people.

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 It was, of course, Pharaoh and the Egyptians who held Israeli slavery for 400 years.

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 And who God had delivered the Israelites some 700 years prior.

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 And Isaiah speaks here of them.

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 And you would think, wouldn't you, that that memory of what happened in Egypt would still be very strong.

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 The southern kingdom, they would have said, we've got nothing to do with Egypt.

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 And yet, what a difference that 700 years has made.

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 Because now with Babylon, that kind of not yet is the power,

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 and Assyria is still the mightiest nation on earth,

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 Judah is looking for something to help them.

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 They want to get out from under the rule of Assyria and Egypt.

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 And Egypt comes as a very willing volunteer and says,

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 if you do what we say, we'll protect you.

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 And Isaiah says to Judah,

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 don't even think about it.

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 And what is somewhat different from this oracle,

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 than the previous ones,

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 is what is promised to Egypt after judgment.

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 Here's what we're going to look into in this chapter.

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 We'll pick up on the language of verse 22.

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 Do you see that?

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 There's two things the Lord will do there.

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 He will strike and he will heal.

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 And what is promised to strike Egypt,

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 but then also heal them.

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 So first of all, the striking of Egypt.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud,

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 and he comes to Egypt.

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 And the idols of Egypt will thank God of his presence,

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 and the heart of the Egyptians will melt with him.

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 And I will stir up the Egyptians against Egyptians.

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 And they will fight against each other,

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 and each against his favour,

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 sitting against sitting,

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 kingdom against kingdom.

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 And the spirit of the Egyptians within them

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 will be emptied out.

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 I'll confound their counsel.

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 They'll inquire of the idols,

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 of the sorcerers,

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 the mediums,

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 the necromancers.

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 And I will give over the Egyptians

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 into the hand of a heart of master.

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 And a fierce king will rule over them,

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 says the Lord God of hosts.

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 Isaiah, he gets in all these articles.

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 He basically begins by saying,

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 God is almighty.

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 God's sovereign power.

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 Do you see what he's riding on in verse 1?

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 He's riding on a swift cloud,

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 because he's in such control,

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 and he's the master of the natural world.

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 And Israel can do nothing about what God is going to do.

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 And so it's no wonder he says,

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 that you and the Egyptians,

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 as well,

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 that idols tremble,

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 and their hearts match.

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 Well, I'm going to pick apart the whole section,

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 the first half of Isaiah 19,

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 but let me give you the basic breakdown

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 of what Isaiah says will happen to Egypt.

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 He says there will be a collapse in three areas.

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 First of all,

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 there will be a social collapse,

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 verse 24.

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 That God's actions are going to bring relationships falling apart.

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 Frustrations will set in.

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 Nothing in the nation will go to plan.

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 The Egyptians will fall into a kind of spiritual mumbo-jumbo.

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 The country will come under dictatorship.

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 And the question is,

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 who has got the power?

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 Who's got that kind of power

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 to turn one great nation against another great nation?

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 And Isaiah says,

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 the answer is the Lord God of mighty.

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 But there's not only social collapse,

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 there's economic collapse.

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 Look at verses 5 to 10.

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 Can you see what's mentioned again,

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 and again,

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 and again?

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 Look at verses 6 and 7.

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 Do you see one word that keeps being mentioned?

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 It comes up five times.

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 Four times as a synonym.

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 The synonym as well.

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 Isaiah wants you to understand

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 that there's an economic collapse coming.

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 And it's symbolised by the dry heaven of the Nile.

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 That's the word that's used again and again.

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 The Nile, the Nile, the Nile.

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 And the river was Egypt's lifeline.

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 No river, no life.

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 No river, no life.

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 Who is it that could and would drive the Nile?

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 Which means,

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 Jesus was not just a great river,

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 but the Nile was a great God in Egypt.

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 And Isaiah says,

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 well, there's only one man who can do it.

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 And that's the Lord God Almighty.

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 And then thirdly,

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 there's political collapse.

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 It's not just a corruption of our country.

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 It doesn't get distracted.

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 Then it's in the Lamb of the Thirteen.

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 The ruling cabinet of Egypt.

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 Well, there'll be folly there.

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 That's not the rules to free.

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 The leaders were enlightened in their claims.

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 They weren't reading the signs of the times.

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 And all they were doing is misleading.

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 So then all in all,

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 there's a comprehensive picture.

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 There's a total unraveling of Egypt.

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 The eternal unity will grow.

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 The traditional religion.

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 The political independence.

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 The water supply.

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 Agriculture.

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 Commerce.

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 Commerce.

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 Political strategy.

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 The markets.

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 Wise teaching.

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 Everything is unraveling.

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 And Egypt is unable to do anything about it.

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 And behind it all,

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 there's one sovereign Lord

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 riding on a cloud.

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 A cloud of judgment.

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 Judgment on a nation.

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 Which was really like an enlarged version of people.

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 Judgment's allowed to be talked about last week, didn't we?

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 The place where human determination,

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 where human felt,

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 humans felt we can meet every need

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 by self-project.

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 We've got the wisdom to solve every problem.

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 We don't need God.

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 And that pride of Babel

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 is at the very heart of this people.

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 And without turning to God,

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 God struck Babel.

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 And God will strike Egypt.

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 And so Isaiah says,

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 okay to Judah,

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 what are you going to do?

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 Are you going to put your trust in Egypt?

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 You think you're going to place

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 all your security and your safety

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 Isaiah says,

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 don't you dare.

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 Don't you do it.

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 The Lord says,

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 the one to trust is

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 the Lord who rides on the cross.

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 Our own rides on the clouds.

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 The one to trust is

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 the Lord

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 who strikes in judgment.

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 But in verse 16,

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 there's a great change of gear.

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 Can you pick that up?

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 Can you see me, others?

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 There's a change of writing style, actually.

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 It moves

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 from poetry to prose

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 in verse 16.

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 And it's a very deliberate contrast

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 in writing style.

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 And I think it's there

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 to make you stop

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 and think.

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 It's intended to point you

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 to a change.

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 There's a contrast.

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 And there's a series of five,

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 isn't there?

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 In that day.

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 Can you see that?

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 There's 16,

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 18,

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 19,

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 23,

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 24,

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 in that day.

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 And it points beyond

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 the striking of Egypt

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 to the astounding

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 healing of Egypt.

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 It's a shocker.

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 So verses 16 and 17,

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 there are a bit of a hinge

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 where Egypt is portrayed

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 as women who are fearful

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 of the Lord.

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 They're terrified.

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 But as we read on,

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 we read on that fear

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 is a good fear.

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 Because it's a fear

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 that has led to repentance.

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 Look at verse 18.

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 In that day,

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 there will be five cities

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 in the land of Egypt

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 that will speak the language

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 of Cagan.

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 And they'll swear allegiance

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 to the Lord of hosts.

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 And one of these

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 will be called

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 the city of destruction.

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 And in that day,

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 there will be an altar

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 to the Lord

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 in the midst of the land

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 of Egypt

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 and a pillar to the Lord

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 and his border.

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 And it will be a sign

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 and a witness

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 to the Lord of hosts

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 in the land of Egypt

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 where they cry to the Lord

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 because of oppressors.

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 He will send them

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 a saviour

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 and a defender

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 and a deliverer.

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 And the Lord

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 will make himself known

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 to the Egyptians.

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 And the Egyptians

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 will know the Lord

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 in that day

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 and they will worship

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 and sacrifice and offering

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 and they will make vows

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 to the Lord

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 and perform them.

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 And the Lord

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 will strike Egypt,

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 striking and healing.

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 And they will return

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 to the Lord

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 and he will listen

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 to their opinions

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 and mercy on the Lord.

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 So right away,

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 there's something

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 monumental happening.

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 There's a profound shift

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 in loyalty and allegiance

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 that's going to take place

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 in the future.

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 And do you notice

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 what Isaiah pictures?

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 He says,

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 you go into Cairo,

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 you'll put it into cities

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 and you'll go into the shop

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 and they will start speaking

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 Hebrew to you.

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 Now you talk to refugees

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 or migrants

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 who move from their homeland

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 to a new country.

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 And they will tell you

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 that the day they stop

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 speaking their mother tongue

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 and they start speaking

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 and thinking

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 and dreaming

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 and speaking naturally

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 the language of the land

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 they are living in,

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 that day is a huge day,

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 isn't it?

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 So for many of you,

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 you're not there yet,

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 are you?

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 For many of you,

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 second language is English.

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 You're not at that stage

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 where you think

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 and you speak

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 and you dream

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 and you pray

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 and your heart language

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 becomes English.

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 You're not there yet.

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 But when it comes up to you,

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 it will be

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 the moment of the state

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 of Cance.

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 Because what does it say?

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 It means that

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 in terms of your identity,

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 and perhaps in terms

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 of your allegiance,

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 they've changed me.

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 Now these people

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 here in Isaiah 19,

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 they've not moved

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 out of Egypt.

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 And yet,

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 they are speaking Hebrew.

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 And here it is

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 a representative

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 of a change of allegiance.

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 Something is going on

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 in the inside

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 that is represented

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 by a different language.

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 We've discussed today

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 and we talk about

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 totally a change of allegiance

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 in my life

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 or your life.

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 and where you're trying

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 to follow

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 after other things.

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 And you're trying

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 to find your fulfillment

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 and your happiness

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 and then you turn

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 and you start

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 worshipping God.

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 Now it's unlikely

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 that that's going to

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 be marked

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 by a change of language.

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 We continue to speak

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 the language we speak.

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 But what is helpful

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 in this passage

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 is there are four markers

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 which show

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 that there's a change

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 of allegiance going on.

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 And I think

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 the four markers

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 are helpful

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 because they show us

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 what does a change

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 of allegiance

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 look like in our lives.

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 It's not an exhaustive list.

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 But there are four things

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 that Isaiah

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 is pointing to

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 and let's use them

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 as a checklist

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 and say who might follow it.

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 So let's look at

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 the four together.

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 It's represented

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 in verse 19

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 by the altar.

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 Number one.

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 There's an altar.

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 The altar

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 that the Egyptians

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 would have put up

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 this monument.

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 It was for sale

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 as a sign

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 and a witness

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 to the Lord.

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 And we are told

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 that back in Joshua 22

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 we read about

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 the tribes of Israel

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 who settled

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 on the far side

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 of the Jordan River.

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 They built an altar

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 as a witness

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 to the fact

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 that they belonged.

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 To the fact

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 that they belonged

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 to the people

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 of the Lord

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 even though

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 they were separated

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 from the other tribes

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 by this body of water.

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 And the altar

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 represented a sign

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 and a witness

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 that they belonged

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 to God.

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 Now we don't build

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 holders today.

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 What do we do?

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 What we do

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 are signs.

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 We are signed

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 aren't we

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 at the time

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 of our baptism.

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 We are signed

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 in the name

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 of the Trinity.

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 You are baptized

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 into the name

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 of the Triune God.

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 What is happening

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 at baptism?

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 We are saying

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 that I

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 if we are being baptized

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 all my children

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 if they are being

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 baptized

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 they belong

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 to the Triune God.

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 That their

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 ultimate allegiance

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 is to the Lord.

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 And when we

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 take the bread

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 and the wine

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 it is a cup

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 of our allegiance.

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 It is not just

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 a ritual.

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 That when you

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 eat that bread

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 and drink that cup

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 you are saying

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 I belong to the Lord.

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 My allegiance

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 is ultimately to Him.

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 And that is

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 a pretty significant

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 and serious thing

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 to say.

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 Actually

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 that what He says

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 goes in my life.

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 That is a sign

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 and a witness

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 to the Lord

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 that we belong

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 to Him.

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 The second

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 is this

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 marker of prayer.

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 Look at verse 20.

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 It says

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 Egyptians will

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 cry out

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 to the Lord.

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 They will cry out

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 to the Lord.

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 Why?

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 Because they are now

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 in a relationship

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 with the Lord.

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 And their allegiance

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 has been marked

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 by this altar.

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 They are in a relationship

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 and it is a speaking

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 relationship.

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 But because they now

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 belong to the Lord

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 they enter into this

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 fellowship with Him.

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 So that now

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 as dangers come

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 and problems

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 need to be solved

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 they don't do it

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 just by human

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 self-confidence.

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 as the problem

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 was in the judgment.

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 And now

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 by prayer

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 and crying out

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 to the Lord

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 the Lord responds.

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 And the question

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 for you and I

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 is what is our

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 physical call

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 when we are in need?

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 And I suspect

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 the inclination

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 is not

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 to call

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 on the name

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 of the Lord.

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 The temptation

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 has got a

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 place to

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 spiritual orphans

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 to think that

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 well

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 we are alone.

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 No one can

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 help us.

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 We can fix

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 our problems

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 ourselves

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 but that is not

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 Bible tells us

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.500
 at all

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 is it?

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 That God

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 through His grace

00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:05.700
 for us

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.720
 in Jesus Christ

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 we are not

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 orphans.

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 Well that's just

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 as well isn't it

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 because you cannot

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 fix your problems.

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 But if you

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 were called

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 on the name

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 of the Lord

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 you are not

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 an orphan

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 you are a son

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 or a doer

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 in the living

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 God

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 and therefore

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 He delights

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 to hear us

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 cry out to Him.

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 The first

00:17:25.639 --> 00:17:26.460
 port of call

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 for the believer

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 when there is

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 a need

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 is to pray

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 and say

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 God I cannot

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 fix this.

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 I cannot

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 fix this

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 when you step

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 in and do it.

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 And God

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 delights

00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:39.180
 when we cry

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 to Him

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 in helpless

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 dependence.

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 Thirdly we see

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 the mark of

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 Revelation

00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.840
 verse 21

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 that God

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 would reveal

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 Himself

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 to His people

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 and what we

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 see here

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 is that God

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 is always

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 the initiator

00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:50.960
 of this

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 relationship.

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 That God

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 reveals Himself

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 and only

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 when God

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 reveals Himself

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 to the

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 Egyptians

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 know the

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 Lord.

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 Christianity

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 is not about

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 you searching

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 for God.

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 It is not

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 about you

00:18:05.540 --> 00:18:06.000
 searching for

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:06.340
 God but

00:18:06.340 --> 00:18:06.740
 it is about

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 you responding

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 to God's

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 reveals of truth

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 because God

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 has revealed

00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:11.759
 Himself in the

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.040
 Bible.

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 In His

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 Word.

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 You don't

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 have to go

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 searching for

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 God because

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 He says

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 read this

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 and you

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 will find

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 me.

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 You will

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 find out

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 who I am.

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 And the

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 Egyptians

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 will understand

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 that.

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 That revelation

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 will be given

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 so that they

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 would have a

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 relationship.

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 So that they

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 would know

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 to whom they

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 are speaking.

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 And so if

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 their allegiance

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 has changed

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 God's Word

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 has become

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 your truth.

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 You love

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 the Bible.

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 He's worried

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 about who He

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 is.

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 What He's

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 done.

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 And about

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 who we are.

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 The fourth

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 marker is there

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 in verse 21

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 is worship.

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 The word

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 that is used

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 literally there

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 is to serve.

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 And it

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 points to

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 what our

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 worship really

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 is.

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 Our service

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 of God

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 is 24

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 hours,

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 seven days

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 a week.

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 The Bible

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 picture of

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 worship is

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 not just

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 what we do

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 here every

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 morning from

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 10.30 to

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 11.40.

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 But what we

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 do in the

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 rest of our

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 lives.

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 As referred

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 to us,

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 vows to

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 the Lord.

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 But if

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 your allegiance

00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:23.359
 has changed,

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 you now

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 understand that

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 your life is

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 now primarily

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 about serving

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 God, not

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 yourself.

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 It's not

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 even serving

00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.519
 your boss

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 at work.

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 But life

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 is about

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 serving God.

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 So four

00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:34.740
 markers.

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 Four markers

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 have changed

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 allegiance.

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 But what is

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 additionally

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 surprising is

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 actually the

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 words in

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 Isaiah 19

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 form really

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 like a

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 Bible

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 overview.

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 The second

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 Old Testament

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 survey,

00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:50.019
 Isaiah 19.

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 Think about

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 the altars

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 and the

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 monuments.

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 What do

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 they remind

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:55.319
 you of?

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 They remind

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:57.480
 you of the

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 Israelites in

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 the book of

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 Joshua.

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 And they're

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 crying out

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 for deliverance.

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 What does

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 that remind

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 you of?

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 When did

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.879
 the Israelites

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:10.680
 cry out for

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.259
 deliverance?

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 Well it

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.740
 again reminds

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.099
 you of the

00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:14.400
 judges,

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 doesn't it?

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 They again

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:16.240
 and again

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.079
 cry out to

00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:17.539
 God for

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 deliverance

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 and God

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 sent a

00:20:19.179 --> 00:20:19.639
 judge to

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 deliverance

00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:20.539
 and receive

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 them.

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 The

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.240
 don't

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 sacrifice

00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:24.559
 and grain

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.039
 offerings

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:26.039
 and vows

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 reminds you

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 of what?

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 Well the

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:27.960
 book of

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.559
 Leviticus.

00:20:30.159 --> 00:20:30.379
 And so

00:20:30.379 --> 00:20:30.639
 the thing

00:20:30.639 --> 00:20:31.139
 is these

00:20:31.139 --> 00:20:32.119
 early chapters

00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.899
 from the

00:20:32.899 --> 00:20:33.279
 Old Testament

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.859
 who was the

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.500
 main character?

00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.559
 The main

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.099
 character was

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:37.460
 Israel.

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 But why

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.259
 Isaiah

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.439
 was

00:20:40.439 --> 00:20:40.700
 done in

00:20:40.700 --> 00:20:41.279
 Isaiah 19

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.599
 is he

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:41.899
 switched

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 that.

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 The main

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:44.920
 character of

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.519
 these events

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.500
 that were

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:46.940
 true of

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.299
 Israel

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.700
 he says

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:47.980
 they are

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.380
 now true

00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:48.579
 of

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.079
 Egypt.

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 And the

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.720
 people who

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:51.920
 would have

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.400
 been struck

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:52.839
 by God

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.299
 in judgment

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.700
 they are

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.000
 now going

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.200
 to be

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.500
 healed

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.140
 by God.

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 So the

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.700
 striking of

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.299
 Egypt and

00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:57.759
 the subsequent

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.599
 healing of

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.140
 Egypt is

00:20:59.140 --> 00:20:59.620
 going to lead

00:20:59.620 --> 00:20:59.859
 to the

00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:00.539
 conclusion of

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.059
 this chapter

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.839
 which would

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:03.039
 seem absolutely

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.559
 impossible.

00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:03.940
 Look at the

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.319
 last few

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:04.640
 verses.

00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:06.279
 Verse 23.

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 In that

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.059
 day there

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.279
 will be a

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.779
 highway from

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.359
 Egypt to

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:10.779
 land to

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.120
 Syria.

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:12.639
 Assyria

00:21:12.639 --> 00:21:13.019
 will come

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.159
 into

00:21:13.159 --> 00:21:13.579
 Egypt and

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.059
 Egypt into

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.539
 Assyria and

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:14.939
 the Egyptians

00:21:14.939 --> 00:21:15.459
 will worship

00:21:15.459 --> 00:21:15.799
 with the

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.339
 Assyrians.

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.019
 And in

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.359
 that day

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:17.779
 Israel will

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.179
 be third

00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:19.199
 with Egypt

00:21:19.199 --> 00:21:19.779
 and Assyria.

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:20.939
 A blessing

00:21:20.939 --> 00:21:21.359
 in the midst

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:21.659
 of the

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:22.279
 earth whom

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.599
 the Lord

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:22.939
 of hosts

00:21:22.939 --> 00:21:23.099
 has

00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:23.459
 blessed

00:21:23.459 --> 00:21:24.879
 the Egypt

00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.399
 my people

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:26.079
 and Assyria

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.479
 the work

00:21:26.479 --> 00:21:26.759
 of my

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.919
 hands and

00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:28.199
 Israel

00:21:28.199 --> 00:21:28.859
 my inheritance.

00:21:31.159 --> 00:21:31.679
 And right

00:21:31.679 --> 00:21:32.299
 here we see

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.779
 the wedding

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:34.699
 ring being

00:21:34.699 --> 00:21:35.319
 melted down

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.639
 and made

00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.019
 into three

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.479
 rings.

00:21:37.739 --> 00:21:38.059
 It's an

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.479
 astounding

00:21:38.479 --> 00:21:38.939
 picture.

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.559
 And so

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:40.859
 thirdly

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.139
 let's

00:21:41.139 --> 00:21:41.619
 see the

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:42.219
 astounding

00:21:42.219 --> 00:21:43.519
 scandalous

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.319
 act of

00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:44.699
 global

00:21:44.699 --> 00:21:45.139
 blessing.

00:21:47.219 --> 00:21:47.599
 You see

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.679
 Egypt and

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.379
 Assyria

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:50.759
 they weren't

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.240
 just the

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.719
 patch of

00:21:51.719 --> 00:21:52.679
 enemies of

00:21:52.679 --> 00:21:53.000
 Israel.

00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:53.579
 They hated

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.419
 Israel's guts.

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:55.959
 They couldn't

00:21:55.959 --> 00:21:56.500
 stand each

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:56.779
 other.

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.759
 And here we

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.179
 see that we

00:21:59.179 --> 00:21:59.539
 look at verse

00:21:59.539 --> 00:21:59.879
 23.

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.500
 You see this

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.519
 day when

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:01.879
 they're not

00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.419
 only found

00:22:02.419 --> 00:22:02.859
 to a point

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.119
 where they

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.439
 put up

00:22:03.439 --> 00:22:03.740
 with each

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.439
 other but

00:22:04.439 --> 00:22:04.819
 now they're

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.019
 in a

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.539
 delight of

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.039
 each other

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:07.319
 and enjoy

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.699
 one another.

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.099
 It's the

00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.419
 peaceful

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.960
 kingdom all

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.620
 over again.

00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:10.759
 It's

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.160
 Isaiah

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.620
 11

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:13.019
 which is

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.539
 portrayed by

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.180
 animals of

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.800
 a wolf and

00:22:14.800 --> 00:22:15.779
 a lamb but

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.360
 now it's

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:16.880
 nations.

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.519
 And in this

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.660
 kingdom Egypt is

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.360
 God's people

00:22:20.360 --> 00:22:21.759
 and Assyria is

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.740
 handiwork and

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.259
 Israel is

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.759
 inheritance.

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:24.820
 And the

00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:25.580
 kingdom is no

00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:26.279
 longer defined

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.960
 ethnically or

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.640
 nationally.

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.960
 In this

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.620
 kingdom God's

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.100
 people are no

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.720
 longer defined

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:35.779
 racially or by

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.940
 their ethnicity.

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.100
 city.

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.299
 But now we

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.240
 have a spreading

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.940
 kingdom of

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.100
 peace.

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.480
 In verse

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.180
 18 it's a

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.740
 few cities.

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.640
 In verse

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.299
 19 it's a

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.920
 whole country.

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.279
 But at the

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.620
 end of the

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.039
 chapter it's

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.700
 three nations.

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.320
 And I would

00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:48.840
 suggest to you

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.140
 that those

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.920
 nations represent

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.660
 all nations.

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.240
 It's a picture

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.140
 of God's peace

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.680
 coming to the

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.039
 hell of the

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.360
 world.

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.240
 Here's the

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.460
 question.

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:57.960
 How can this

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.200
 be?

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.640
 How can it

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.160
 be true?

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:01.019
 How can God

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.759
 melt down the

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.380
 wedding ring and

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:02.720
 give it to

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.440
 three nations?

00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.080
 In fact to

00:23:04.080 --> 00:23:04.900
 all nations.

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.140
 Egyptians.

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:07.040
 How can God

00:23:07.040 --> 00:23:07.840
 come to you

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.560
 and to me and

00:23:08.560 --> 00:23:09.019
 say you are

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.759
 now my people?

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.540
 You are my

00:23:11.540 --> 00:23:12.019
 inheritance.

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.540
 How can he

00:23:12.540 --> 00:23:12.980
 do that?

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.180
 You know

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.580
 don't you?

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:17.940
 We may not

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 be Egyptians

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 but we have

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:19.780
 that same

00:23:19.780 --> 00:23:20.120
 kind of

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:20.400
 attitude.

00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:22.120
 That's

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.860
 represented by

00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.480
 pride in

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.120
 every single

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.580
 one of our

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:24.920
 hearts.

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.860
 So how can

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:27.360
 self-confident

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:28.280
 proud Egyptians

00:23:28.280 --> 00:23:30.820
 or people like

00:23:30.820 --> 00:23:31.640
 us be treated

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.340
 now as God's

00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:32.600
 people?

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:32.719
 God.

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 And in

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.759
 verse 20

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.059
 I give

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.539
 the clue.

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 He refers to

00:23:37.199 --> 00:23:37.579
 them crying

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.359
 out and God

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:38.839
 giving a

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.819
 saviour who

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.319
 will rescue

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:40.519
 them.

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:40.779
 But I

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.419
 think Isaiah

00:23:41.419 --> 00:23:41.939
 wants to be

00:23:41.939 --> 00:23:42.679
 more specific.

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:42.980
 Look at

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.839
 verse 22.

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.579
 And the

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.119
 Lord will

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:49.259
 strike Egypt.

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.240
 Strike

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.819
 him and

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.179
 heath.

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.679
 Isaiah

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:56.279
 speaks of

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.719
 Egyptians

00:23:56.719 --> 00:23:57.319
 turning to

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:57.740
 the Lord

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.559
 and repenting

00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:59.079
 but God

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.500
 is still a

00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.779
 God of

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.119
 justice.

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:02.619
 It's not

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.059
 that when

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.599
 God puts

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.159
 his forgiveness

00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:04.919
 hat on

00:24:04.919 --> 00:24:05.819
 he kind

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.459
 of forgets

00:24:06.459 --> 00:24:06.959
 the justice

00:24:06.959 --> 00:24:07.379
 thing.

00:24:08.739 --> 00:24:09.459
 God cannot

00:24:09.459 --> 00:24:10.479
 pretend that

00:24:10.479 --> 00:24:11.259
 Egypt hasn't

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.739
 sinned.

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.919
 God cannot

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.319
 pretend that

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.019
 you haven't

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.559
 sinned.

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.359
 His heart

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.899
 longs to

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.519
 forgive but

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:18.979
 our sin

00:24:18.979 --> 00:24:19.500
 needs to be

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:19.939
 punished.

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.639
 And the

00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:21.919
 punishment

00:24:21.919 --> 00:24:22.439
 needs to be

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:22.899
 taken by

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:23.179
 someone.

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.659
 So how

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.759
 can self-confident

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.799
 proud defiant

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.279
 people like

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.759
 the Egyptians

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.739
 and like me

00:24:27.739 --> 00:24:28.799
 be treated as

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.399
 God's people

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:30.100
 and the

00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:30.540
 astounding

00:24:30.540 --> 00:24:32.220
 answer is

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.620
 because of

00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:32.960
 the one

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.300
 who was

00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:34.759
 struck as

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.240
 the one

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:37.080
 who was

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:37.580
 struck.

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:38.920
 That was

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.460
 his word

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.780
 and then

00:24:40.780 --> 00:24:41.180
 healed.

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.780
 He is

00:24:43.780 --> 00:24:44.040
 the one

00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:44.340
 who was

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.980
 struck so

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.280
 that you

00:24:45.280 --> 00:24:45.560
 and I

00:24:45.560 --> 00:24:45.880
 could be

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.060
 healed.

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.400
 Let me

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:46.759
 read you

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.180
 from Isaiah

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.820
 53.

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.480
 That's

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.820
 what he

00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:50.259
 says.

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.259
 Surely

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.800
 he is,

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.360
 it says

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:56.400
 this,

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.140
 he's

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.860
 despised

00:24:58.859 --> 00:25:00.500
 and rejected

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.199
 by men

00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.939
 amount of

00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:02.399
 sorrows and

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:02.719
 acquainted

00:25:02.719 --> 00:25:03.339
 with grief.

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.359
 And

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.639
 as one

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:05.979
 from whom

00:25:05.979 --> 00:25:06.179
 men

00:25:06.179 --> 00:25:06.559
 had their

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:06.839
 faces,

00:25:06.959 --> 00:25:07.159
 he was

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:07.839
 despised

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.619
 and we

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:08.979
 esteemed

00:25:08.979 --> 00:25:09.379
 him not

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.839
 surely he

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.199
 has borne

00:25:10.199 --> 00:25:10.799
 our griefs

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.219
 and carried

00:25:11.219 --> 00:25:12.039
 our sorrows,

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.019
 yet we

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:14.079
 esteemed him

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.679
 stricken,

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.279
 smitten

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:17.179
 by God

00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:19.299
 and afflicted.

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:23.279
 And he

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.740
 uses those

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.339
 exact same

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.759
 words.

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:27.240
 he was

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.660
 pierced

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.200
 for our

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.920
 transgressions,

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.220
 he was

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.720
 crushed for

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:29.940
 our

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.900
 iniquities,

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.559
 upon him

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.759
 he was

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:31.879
 the

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.379
 chastised

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:32.680
 from the

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.039
 broadest

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.259
 peace,

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:33.960
 and by

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.160
 his

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.440
 wounds

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.660
 we

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:34.879
 are

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.319
 healed,

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.680
 same

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:35.980
 words,

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.379
 Isaiah

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.839
 19.

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.279
 One

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.859
 will be

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:42.920
 struck so

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.480
 that some

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:43.879
 can be

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.299
 healed.

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.339
 Of course,

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.619
 Isaiah

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.240
 53 is

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.599
 talking of

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:47.799
 the Lord

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.099
 Jesus,

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.420
 isn't it?

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.859
 Who came

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.240
 into this

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.579
 world and

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.180
 was struck

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.779
 by God,

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.460
 and smitten

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.900
 by him,

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.180
 and was

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.720
 afflicted

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.120
 by him

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.480
 on the

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.860
 cross,

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:56.160
 struck by

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.799
 God on

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.299
 the cross,

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.000
 so that

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.460
 Egyptians,

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.500
 and Assyrians,

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.400
 and Brits,

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.259
 and Europeans,

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.279
 and Africans,

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.140
 and Asians,

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.579
 and every

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.480
 other nation

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:07.420
 could be

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:07.720
 healed.

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.720
 Do we

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.200
 deserve it?

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.579
 Of course

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.000
 we don't.

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.680
 Is he

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.180
 talking about

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.120
 everyone in

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:15.120
 every nation,

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.000
 they will be

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.279
 healed,

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.840
 they will be

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.120
 forgiven?

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:17.940
 No,

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.480
 he's talking

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.000
 about all

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.420
 those who

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:19.819
 put their

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.460
 faith in

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:20.620
 the

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:20.900
 suffering

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.279
 servant.

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.900
 Who put

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.079
 their

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.620
 faith in

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:23.720
 the

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.019
 one who

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.120
 is

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.480
 struck,

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:24.860
 so that

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:24.980
 you

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.259
 can be

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.600
 healed.

00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:27.480
 So that

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.640
 we can

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.140
 be adopted

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.539
 into his

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.980
 handily and

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.259
 forgiven,

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.640
 so that

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:29.860
 we can

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.220
 now be

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.620
 called his

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:30.900
 people,

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.180
 and his

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.740
 handily work

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:31.980
 and his

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.400
 inheritance,

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.240
 so that

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.779
 everyone who

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.200
 trusts in

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.920
 Jesus Christ,

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.740
 regardless of

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.380
 ethnicity,

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.840
 or nationality,

00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:38.920
 or background,

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.100
 knows that when

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:40.600
 they read the

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:41.180
 words of the

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.539
 apostle in the

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.100
 New Testament,

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.180
 that we're

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.640
 about to

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.000
 read,

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.559
 he's talking

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.100
 about us,

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.340
 he's talking

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.740
 about every

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.180
 believer,

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.079
 so that Peter

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.440
 says,

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.000
 you are a

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.860
 chosen race.

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.579
 You are a

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.420
 royal priesthood,

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.200
 you are a

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.200
 holy nation,

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.240
 a people by

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.640
 his own

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.180
 possession,

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.160
 that you may

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.700
 proclaim the

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.579
 excellencies of

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.880
 him who

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.400
 called you out

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.880
 of darkness

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.279
 into his

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.680
 marvellous

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.000
 light.

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.039
 Once you

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.519
 were not a

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:04.740
 people,

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.319
 but now you

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.700
 are a

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:05.920
 people.

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.140
 Once you

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.500
 have not

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:07.880
 received

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.259
 mercy,

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:08.700
 but now

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:08.940
 you have

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.259
 received

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.620
 mercy.

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:12.159
 Isaiah

00:27:12.159 --> 00:27:12.399
 is a

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:12.719
 family

00:27:12.719 --> 00:27:12.919
 of

00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:13.399
 Gentiles

00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:14.279
 foresaw

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.639
 the day

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:15.879
 of

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.619
 scandalous

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.139
 global

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.639
 blessing,

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.279
 a day

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.599
 made

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.139
 possible

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.639
 by the

00:27:20.639 --> 00:27:21.000
 striking

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.239
 of

00:27:21.239 --> 00:27:21.559
 Jesus

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:21.919
 for the

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.119
 healing

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.399
 of the

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:22.779
 nations,

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:24.879
 so that

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:25.299
 we as

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.619
 believers

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.079
 of Jesus

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.439
 Christ,

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:26.779
 we are

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.359
 referred to

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.039
 today as

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.519
 the chosen

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:28.939
 people,

00:27:29.979 --> 00:27:30.539
 the royal

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.099
 priesthood,

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:32.500
 the holy

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:32.939
 nation.

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:35.340
 Let me

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:35.519
 give you

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.660
 two

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.120
 applications,

00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:36.580
 one that

00:27:36.580 --> 00:27:36.759
 has got

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:36.940
 to do

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.059
 with

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.539
 identity,

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.840
 and one

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:38.960
 that has

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.180
 got to

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.240
 do

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.340
 with

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:39.860
 relationships.

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:42.180
 All

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.420
 of the

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.740
 churches,

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.820
 all of

00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.259
 the early

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.779
 churches

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.240
 in the

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.700
 Mediterranean

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.400
 world

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.799
 were

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.779
 multi-Afric.

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.539
 All of

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:50.880
 them were.

00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:52.559
 They

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:52.980
 consisted

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.600
 of at

00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:54.279
 least Jews

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.160
 and Gentiles,

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.059
 but many

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.320
 of them

00:27:57.320 --> 00:27:57.920
 were Afroans

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.360
 and Asians

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:58.860
 as well.

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.820
 And just

00:28:00.820 --> 00:28:01.140
 as we

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.480
 saw as

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.700
 Peter

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.180
 refers to

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.480
 Christians,

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.940
 he refers

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.579
 to us

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.059
 as a

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.380
 holy

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:05.079
 nation.

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.319
 Literally,

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.279
 the

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.380
 New

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.599
 Testament

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.099
 calls us

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.319
 a

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.240
 neo-ethnic

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.019
 for those

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.200
 who are

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.680
 in Christ.

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.319
 That

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.120
 means that

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.279
 our

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.839
 relationships

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.200
 to each

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.559
 other in

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.180
 Christ and

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.460
 our

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.559
 relationship

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.120
 to other

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.680
 believers in

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.120
 Christ are

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.860
 actually to be

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:21.980
 stronger than

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.700
 our relationships

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.160
 to our

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.900
 racial or

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.579
 ethnic or

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.360
 national group.

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.059
 That means

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.440
 if you are

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:28.900
 a Christian,

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.620
 you are

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.220
 not to

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.740
 primarily

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.220
 consider

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.660
 yourself

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:32.839
 as

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.279
 British,

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:34.880
 Irish,

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.299
 Welsh,

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.940
 Scottish,

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.900
 American,

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.859
 Iranian,

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.680
 Nigerian.

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.519
 You are

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.120
 not primarily

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.620
 Anglo,

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.700
 you are not

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.059
 primarily

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.559
 black,

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.120
 you are not

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:49.019
 primarily Asian,

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.220
 you are

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:52.059
 citizens of

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.339
 God's

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.700
 nation,

00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:54.420
 and that

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.720
 is your

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.319
 primary

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.039
 identity.

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.000
 That's a good

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.640
 question to ask,

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.380
 God's

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:01.759
 to say who

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.300
 are you,

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.540
 to ask

00:29:03.540 --> 00:29:04.020
 yourself who

00:29:04.020 --> 00:29:04.460
 am I,

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.180
 is that

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.500
 where I

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.960
 would begin?

00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:07.980
 I belong

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.259
 to the

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.460
 new

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.940
 ethnic,

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.960
 I'm part of

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.280
 God's

00:29:11.280 --> 00:29:11.560
 nation,

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:11.820
 it's

00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:12.220
 challenging

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.920
 to examine

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.460
 ourselves.

00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:17.140
 The implication

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.840
 of that,

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.120
 the New

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.380
 Testament

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:19.040
 teases out,

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.560
 it says that

00:29:19.560 --> 00:29:20.240
 the only real

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.180
 division in

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.540
 the human

00:29:21.540 --> 00:29:22.020
 race,

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.580
 there is

00:29:22.580 --> 00:29:23.220
 only one

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.960
 real division

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.200
 in the

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.759
 human race,

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.080
 and that

00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:25.280
 is the

00:29:25.280 --> 00:29:25.740
 division of

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.160
 faith.

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.559
 And so

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:28.740
 God

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.259
 understands,

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:29.660
 as God

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.019
 sees it,

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.240
 there are

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.700
 only really

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:30.920
 two

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.339
 nations

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.680
 there.

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.759
 There are

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.339
 two peoples,

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.680
 there are

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.019
 those who

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.559
 trust in

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:36.880
 Christ,

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.240
 and those

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.620
 who don't

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:38.059
 trust in

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.400
 Christ.

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.400
 And that

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.680
 is why,

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.059
 for example,

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.720
 God forbids

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.400
 marriage between

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.859
 a believer

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.299
 and an

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.880
 unbeliever,

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.279
 between a

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.779
 Christian and

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.120
 somebody who

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:45.579
 is not a

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:45.859
 Christian,

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.579
 God forbids

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.259
 that marriage,

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.640
 because that

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.240
 is the only

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.720
 way a

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.299
 Christian can

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.799
 marry you

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.480
 outside your

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.799
 people.

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:55.779
 faith and

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.259
 unbelief,

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:56.740
 they are

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:56.879
 the

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.559
 dividers.

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.720
 So let

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.159
 me ask you

00:30:00.159 --> 00:30:00.480
 this,

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.879
 if you

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.480
 would rather

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.059
 have your

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.960
 close friend

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.759
 or family

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:07.599
 member marry

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.200
 someone of

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.619
 the same

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.139
 race,

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.279
 or the

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.519
 same

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.379
 nationality,

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.059
 instead of

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.779
 a strong

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.399
 Christian of

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:14.839
 a different

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.379
 race,

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.639
 well,

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.139
 your racial

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.779
 prejudice has

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.139
 not been

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.559
 dealt with,

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.639
 and you've

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.099
 not understood

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.599
 the gospel.

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:24.460
 Let me ask

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.680
 you that

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:24.940
 again.

00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:25.419
 If you

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:25.839
 would rather

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.159
 have a

00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:26.720
 close friend

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.220
 or family

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.019
 member marry

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.500
 someone of

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.879
 the same

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.519
 race or

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.299
 nationality,

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.720
 instead of

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.200
 a strong

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.740
 Christian of

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.059
 a different

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.539
 race,

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.440
 you've

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.720
 got to

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.000
 listen to

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.399
 the gospel.

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:37.980
 And that

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.919
 new identity

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:40.519
 of the new

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.119
 ethnic,

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.440
 leads us

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:42.940
 secondly to

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.259
 being a

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.779
 blessing on

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.039
 the whole

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.399
 earth.

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.539
 He says

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:46.759
 at the

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.079
 end,

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.460
 at the

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.019
 very end

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.220
 of the

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.639
 passage,

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.240
 he says

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.680
 in Isaiah

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.099
 19,

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:51.980
 they will

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.720
 be blessed

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:54.339
 by Egypt,

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:54.960
 my people,

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.700
 and Assyria,

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.100
 the work of

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.600
 my hands.

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:58.839
 I came home

00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.220
 last week,

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.539
 I saw a

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.740
 land of

00:30:59.740 --> 00:30:59.880
 it,

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.839
 you know,

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.019
 one of

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.400
 those kind

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.779
 of plague

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.160
 things,

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:02.860
 and they're

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.140
 called

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.640
 Ireland,

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.319
 the land

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.600
 of a

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:05.000
 thousand,

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.920
 the land

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.160
 of a

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.420
 hundred

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.980
 thousand

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.579
 welcomes.

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.579
 I'm not

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:08.880
 sure my

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.259
 aim was,

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.680
 show me

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:10.799
 that.

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.620
 The land

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:12.839
 of a

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.039
 hundred

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.539
 thousand

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.140
 welcomes.

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.120
 That's

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.299
 good,

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:17.640
 isn't it?

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:19.140
 But I

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.360
 want to

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:19.580
 say to

00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:19.640
 you,

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.100
 the church

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:20.720
 should be

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.220
 the church

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.400
 of a

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.580
 hundred

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:21.980
 thousand

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.500
 welcomes.

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.220
 And that

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.560
 will cover

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:24.860
 a whole

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.400
 range of

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:25.780
 people and

00:31:25.780 --> 00:31:26.040
 groups.

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.380
 This is

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.720
 a quote

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.080
 from John

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:27.440
 Piper.

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.700
 He's

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.060
 addressing

00:31:29.060 --> 00:31:29.960
 our attitude

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.440
 to Muslims.

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.020
 Here's what he

00:31:31.020 --> 00:31:31.300
 says,

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:32.520
 maybe even as we

00:31:32.520 --> 00:31:32.800
 speak,

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.420
 the population

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.920
 of the planet

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.420
 is passing

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.259
 seven billion.

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.380
 And of those

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:37.000
 seven billion,

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.620
 well over a

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.000
 billion are

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.320
 Muslims.

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.360
 And as you

00:31:39.360 --> 00:31:39.540
 know,

00:31:39.620 --> 00:31:40.060
 tens of

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:40.360
 thousands

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:40.960
 live in our

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.600
 neighbourhoods,

00:31:41.780 --> 00:31:42.220
 and we

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.060
 are glad

00:31:43.060 --> 00:31:43.600
 they've

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:43.920
 come.

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.259
 Biblical

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.980
 Christians do

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.400
 not have a

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:46.900
 parochial

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.680
 mindset that

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.080
 wants to

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:49.039
 keep non-Christians

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.519
 out of our

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.220
 neighbourhoods.

00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:51.120
 Christians have

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.519
 a kingdom

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.940
 mindset that

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.779
 rejoices when

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.440
 King Jesus

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:55.759
 brings non-Christians

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.680
 who had once

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:58.039
 been far away

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.960
 near to the

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.440
 crossfall.

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.980
 Christians do

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.539
 not live to

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.720
 escape non-believers,

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.400
 we live to

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.700
 reach non-believers.

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:06.039
 Across the

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:07.480
 ocean and

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:07.940
 across the

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.300
 street.

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.259
 Now what

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.940
 mindset do

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.259
 you and I

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.600
 have?

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.039
 I don't

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.380
 know what

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:13.519
 your

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:13.759
 neighbors

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.200
 alike.

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:16.920
 But there

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.639
 might not

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.019
 be people

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.319
 that you

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.759
 naturally

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.279
 connect

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.619
 with.

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.680
 But you

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:23.940
 see, the

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.539
 gospel keeps

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.059
 pushing us

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.500
 out, doesn't

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.720
 it?

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.200
 Of a

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.779
 parochial

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:29.259
 mindset to

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.619
 a kingdom

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.240
 mindset.

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 And the

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.200
 gospel keeps

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.639
 pushing us

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:32.940
 out and

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.700
 saying, you

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.299
 know he's

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.879
 melted down

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 the rain.

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 And now

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:38.000
 every nation,

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.539
 and God is

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.000
 going to call

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.440
 people from

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.119
 every nation

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.779
 to this new

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.240
 ethnic.

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:43.480
 the gospel

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.059
 reminds us

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.440
 that God

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.019
 announced that

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.559
 Egypt will

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.920
 be my

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.900
 people, and

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.720
 Syria will

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.059
 be my

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.799
 handiwork, and

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.839
 Israel will

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.180
 be my

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.660
 inheritance.

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.640
 And you

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.120
 and I are

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.960
 not, we

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.759
 are not to

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.220
 live to

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.680
 escape

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.339
 non-believers,

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.799
 we are to

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.400
 live to reach

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.759
 out to the

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.059
 gospel.

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.900
 The gospel of

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.319
 the one who

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:02.299
 was struck, so

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.059
 that all nations

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.460
 could be

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:05.140
 healed, that

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:05.720
 people of all

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.579
 nations could be

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.039
 brought into

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.000
 one family,

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:10.059
 all as a

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.440
 part of

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.740
 God's

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.339
 stentless

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.740
 act of

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.039
 blessing.

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.640
 Let's pray.