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 Well, let's begin our worship this evening. We're singing in Psalm 106, Psalm 106 in the

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 St. Psalms. That's from page 140, the tune is Ottawa.

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 Praise the Lord, extol His goodness, for His love endures always. Who can tell His mighty actions

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 or in full declare His praise? Blessed are those whose way is right, acting justly in His sight.

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 We're singing down to the end of verse 13, Psalm 106. Praise the Lord, extol His goodness.

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 Praise the Lord, extol His goodness.

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 Praise the Lord, extol His goodness.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 We have sinned just like our fathers. We have done what was not right.

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 When our fathers wedded Egypt, they despised your peace of mind.

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 All your mercies, they ignored, at the Red Sea's firm, the Lord.

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 Yet for His men's sake, He saved them, and revealed His mighty hand.

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 By His word, the seed-hearted led them through us all dry land.

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 From the hand of the force set free, rescued from the enemy.

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 Then in adversaries found there, not a single one survived.

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 So the people sang His praises, and His promises believed.

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 But His words made soon for God, and His counsel set an all.

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 Let's now call upon the Lord in prayer.

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 Let's join together in prayer.

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 Almighty and gracious God, as we come and as we bow in Your presence in prayer,

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 as we lift up our voices in praise to You, as we hear Your word, and as we give our mind to its teaching.

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 O Lord, help us to believe all that Your word tells us about Yourself, about ourselves, about the world in which we live.

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 Help us truly to relish in our hearts those things of salvation that it speaks about, and that it brings to us with Your own authority, and with that unerring authorship of Your Spirit.

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 We give thanks, Lord, tonight that we come to worship You in a world that so largely ignores the importance of worshiping and acknowledging God.

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 And we thank You for the testimony and the witness that this itself brings to the world.

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 For, Lord, we think perhaps that few people see us as we come to gather in church, and yet we know that there are those who take note of our comings and goings from these places of worship.

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 And we give thanks, O Lord, tonight for the opportunities that You give us to serve You and to testify to the world about You.

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 And we pray that we may do this unashamedly, and in a way that would depend upon Your own blessing, so as to carry this further.

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 We give thanks, O Lord, for all Your goodness to us.

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 We come before You as a people who know that Your goodness to us has been displayed in so many ways over so many years.

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 That You still continue to bless us.

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 That You still continue to give us from Your Word that which encourages us.

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 That You still continue to speak to us and to speak into our hearts.

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 That You still continue at times to rebuke us, to bring us the reproof that Your Word itself contains.

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 Help us, Lord, we pray, to receive all of these facets of Your truth in a way that would wholeheartedly acknowledge them as Your Word and as Your wisdom.

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 And we pray tonight as we gather here, O Lord, and as we are joined online by those who join us in that way.

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 Help us, we pray together, as we come to worship the Lord.

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 Help us to look to You and to look to Your Spirit.

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 We come, Lord, to use Your Word.

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 We come to read Your Word and to hear its teaching.

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 And we acknowledge, Lord, that we need the blessing of the author of the Word, Your Holy Spirit, whom You used to bring men of old, to bring these things together in these books that we have in our Bible.

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 We thank You for the wonder, O Lord, that down through many centuries, so You caused these things to be written and caused them to be brought together so that we have them now as Your Word in its wholeness.

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 We thank You for Your preservation of Your Word down through the years.

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 We pray tonight that You would bless Your Word throughout the world in all the various languages into which Your Word has been translated.

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 We pray that that work of translation will go on, that the work of Bible societies and other agencies that seek to bring Your Word before the world.

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 Lord, we ask that they may be furthered in their attempts to bring Your Word into the public domain.

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 And we pray that every agency that is true to Yourself and to Your Word, that they will know Your blessing and Your continued provision for them to bring Your Word before the world.

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 And to translate it into the many languages that yet don't have a Bible in their own native tongue.

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 And Lord, we ask Your blessing to be with all attempts to bring that about.

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 We thank You for the way in which we gathered on Friday evening last to commemorate and to launch the new recordings of the New Testament.

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 And we pray that these may be widely used when they become finally fully available to us.

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 We pray especially that they may be of use in our children's education.

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 And that they may prove to be valuable materials for the teaching of our young people, the things of God, the teaching of Your truth.

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 And we ask that they may be a blessing to many in the years to come.

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 And we pray, O Lord, that Your blessing will be with all Your people this evening.

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 Once again, we remember fellow Christians in different parts of the world, very different to ours in their circumstances.

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 But yet we give thanks that You are able to deal with them and bring them the help that they require.

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 Lord, we thank You that we call upon a God who is the commander of the universe, who has Himself the infinite wisdom and ability to do for us far more abundantly, exceedingly, than we are able to ask or think.

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 We thank You for the riches of Your grace, for the fullness, Lord, of Your blessing that You keep in store for those who fear You and love You.

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 And we pray that out of that store this evening, there will be many who will come to be blessed and to be fed from Your truth.

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 And remember, we pray, those who carry Your Word into different parts of the world and face difficulties and trials beyond what we ourselves can experience.

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 We ask that You would bless those whom we know ourselves, O Lord, who serve You in this capacity.

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 We pray that You would grant blessing to Marsalee Campbell as she goes forth shortly to Bolivia to begin help with a new work there.

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 We ask, O Lord, that You would bless her and keep her and use her.

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 We thank You for the news that she brought us of that work.

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 And we pray that You would continue to uphold and strengthen her fault.

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 And we pray for our own Muriel as well, as she anticipates going back to Cambodia.

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 Lord, we pray that Your blessing will be with her in her preparations.

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 We pray that You would grant to her, Lord, as she anticipates with a desire to go back to that work.

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 And we pray that Your blessing will accompany her in that work itself.

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 And that all that she does there will know Your continued hand upon her.

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 And all that she meets with and all that she does, Lord, in Your name, that it will be pleased, O Lord, You will be pleased to grant Your blessing to this.

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 Lord, we pray for our nation at this time, O Lord, when we find so much in our news about the impending election of a new leader for the SNP and potentially to be the first minister of Scotland.

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 Lord, we pray that You would guide us as a people in that regard in our prayers, in our concerns, and especially those who have a direct hand in such an election.

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 We pray for the parliament itself, and we pray that You would grant them wisdom, Lord, to make the right decision.

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 We pray again for Kate Forbes.

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 We thank You for her testimony, for the brightness of her witness, for her faithfulness to Your truth and to Your calling of her.

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 We pray for her, for Your protection of her, for Your strengthening of her, for Your confirmation to her, O Lord.

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 Not only that she is where You have called her to be, but that You are her God and that she is precious in Your sight.

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 And we pray that as she seeks to withstand the many different assaults from many angles that have been directed against her in past days.

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 Lord, make her strong, we pray, in the grace that is in Jesus Christ.

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 And grant that to Thee witness that she is born and been witnessed to over the different types of media where that is brought to public notice.

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 O Lord, we pray that that itself will prove to be a blessing and a means by which others will come to think deeply upon that position and relation to You throughout our land.

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 And will be used by You as an instrument towards reaching into the hearts and minds of people who may be very unfamiliar with the gospel.

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 And yet know integrity and honesty when they see it.

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 And we pray, gracious one, for Your blessing to continue to be with her.

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 Remember all others in our parliament, both here in Westminster as well, who are Your people and who serve You in the ways in which they do.

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 Lord, we pray that You would keep them faithful.

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 And we pray that their testimony publicly will be in accordance with Your truth, that You would grant them the grace, Lord, by which they will adhere to Your ways.

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 And not be brought aside by the subtleties of false teaching, by the subtleties of political pressure or any other way in which they may have these temptations placed before them.

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 And we ask, O Lord, for Your people in public life everywhere, locally here as well as elsewhere, that they may know Your continued blessing upon them.

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 And we ask, Lord, in our own community here locally, where we find increasingly a distaste for the gospel,

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 where we find, O Lord, so few and high prominence in public life locally that are prepared to come to know You and to follow You and to commend You and to commend Your ways,

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 even to the point of resisting them.

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 Lord, we ask in Your mercy that You would remember us as a people, that You would restore to us, Lord, a relish for Your Word, for Your day, for Your cause,

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 for all the things that have prospered as in the past.

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 And we commit all of this to You and seek Your blessing.

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 Lord, help us to believe that when we pray to You for these things, that You are a God who hears us and answers our prayer.

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 Help us not to be surprised or amazed when You show Your hand in those who stand for You publicly,

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 and do so in a way that unashamedly confesses Christ.

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 We thank You for Your upholding of us at all times.

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 Bless now those who can't be with us this evening.

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 We pray especially for those who are ill, for those in hospital, for those in our care homes.

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 We pray again for those who have had death in their experience recently in their families.

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 Bless all these families, we pray, and all who have still the wound of mourning and loss and sorrow in their lives,

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 though it be many years since their loved ones passed away.

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 Continue, we pray, to bless them and to comfort them.

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 Receive our thanks now and pardon us and cleanse us from all our sin.

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 We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Let's sing again to God's praise this time.

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 It's in Psalm 119.

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 That's in the Scottish Psalter version 119 from verse 129.

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 Singing that section to 136.

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 The tune this time is Ayrshire.

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 Thy statutes, Lord, are wonderful.

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 My soul them keeps with care.

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 The entrance of Thy words gives light, makes wise who simple are.

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 Readings and singings this evening are particularly focused on the Word of God

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 and the importance of the Word of God to us in our lives privately and publicly.

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 And so we're following the psalmist here as he expresses to God how precious his Word is to him

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 as he lives out his life in the presence of those who may well be his enemies.

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 So we'll sing the section, Thy Statutes, Lord, are wonderful.

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 Thy Statutes, Lord, are wonderful.

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 Thy soul and feet will hear.

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 The angels of Thy Word desire.

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 May twice decipher I.

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 My mind, Thy heart, Thy open head,

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 Have planted earnest me.

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 While after Thy commandment,

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 Thy love exceedingly.

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 Look on me, Lord, and merciful to have and to be true.

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 As Thy heart, O Lord, are wonderful.

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 As Thy heart, O Lord, are wonderful.

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 To do to those Thy name who truly are.

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 O let my first steps in Thy Word arise,

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 To your life shall order free.

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 Let no iniquity of shame

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 No lenient over me.

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 From man's oppression save Thou need.

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 So keep Thy laws, Thy will.

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 Thy faith be gone,

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 Thy servant shy.

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 Teach me Thy statutes still.

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 Teach me Thy statutes still.

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 Rev'ers, O waters, call my night.

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 They run down when I saw.

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 Thy wicked men run on its day,

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 And do not be thy law.

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 Now let's turn to read God's Word.

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 We'll find it tonight in the first letter of Kings.

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 First book of Kings, rather.

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 The first book of the Kings, chapter 22.

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 And reading from the beginning.

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 First Kings, chapter 22.

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 We'll read the passage down to verse 28.

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 It's a lengthy passage, but there are important issues in it connected together.

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 So we'll read these verses 1 to 28.

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 For three years, Syria and Israel continued without war.

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 But in the third year, Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, came down to the king of Israel.

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 And the king of Israel said to his servants,

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 Do you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us?

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 And we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria.

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 And he said to Jehoshaphat,

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 Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth Gilead?

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 And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel,

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 I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

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 And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel,

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 Enquire first for the word of the Lord.

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 Then the king of Israel gathered all the prophets together,

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 About four hundred men, and said to them,

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 Shall I go to battle against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?

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 And he said, Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.

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 But Jehoshaphat said,

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 Is there not here another prophet of the Lord, of whom we may inquire?

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 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat,

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 There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord,

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 Micaiah the son of Imla, but I hate him.

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 For he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.

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 And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

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 Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said,

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 Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

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 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah

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 Were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes,

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 At the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria.

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 And all the prophets were prophesying before them.

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 And Zedekiah the son of Hinnana made for himself horns of iron,

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 And said, Thus says the Lord,

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 With these you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed.

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 And all the prophets prophesied so, and said,

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 Go up to Ramoth-Gilead and triumph.

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 The Lord will give it into the hand of the king.

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 And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him,

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 Behold the words of the prophets with one accord are favourable to the king.

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 Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favourably.

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 But Micaiah said, As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak.

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 And when he had come to the king, the king said to him,

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 Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?

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 And he answered him, Go up and triumph.

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 The Lord will give it into the hand of the king.

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 But the king said to him, How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me

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 Nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?

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 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd.

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 And the Lord said, These have no master.

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 Let each return to his home in peace.

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 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat,

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 Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me but evil?

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 And Micaiah said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord.

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 I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing beside him,

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 And he died on his right hand and on his left.

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 And the Lord said, Who will entice Ahab that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-Gilead?

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 And one said one thing, and another said another.

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 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, I will entice him.

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 And the Lord said to him, By what means?

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 And he said, I will go out, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.

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 And he said, You are to entice him, and you shall succeed.

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 Go out and do so.

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 Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets.

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 The Lord has declared disaster for you.

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 Then Zedekiah the son of Hinnana came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?

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 And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.

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 And the king of Israel said, Seize Micaiah, and take him back to Ammon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son.

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 And say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in prison, and feed him meager rations of bread and water, until I come in peace.

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 And Micaiah said, If you return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.

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 And he said, Hear, all you peoples.

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 May the Lord bless to us that portion of his word.

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 Let's sing again in Psalm 37 this time.

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 Psalm 37, and that's on page 252.

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 The tune this time is rest.

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 We'll sing verses 1 to 7.

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 Amen.

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 For evildoers, fret thou not thyself unquietly.

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 Now do thou envy bear to those that work in equity.

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 For even like unto the grass soon be cut down shall they.

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 And like the green and tender herb, they wither shall away.

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 Set thou thy trust upon the Lord.

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 And be thou doing good, and so thou in the land shalt dwell, and verily have food.

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 We'll sing six stanzas to the end of the verse mark seven.

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 For evildoers, fret thou not.

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 For evildoers, fret thou not thyself unquietly.

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 Nor do thou ever spread thou not thyself unquietly.

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 Nor do thou envy bear to those that work in equity.

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 For evildoers, fret thou not thyself unquietly.

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 For evildoers, fret thou not thyself unquietly.

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 For evildoers, fret thou not thyself unquietly.

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 For evildoers, fret thou not thyself unquietly.

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 Nor beindoers, fret thou not thyself unquietly.

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 For evildoers, fret thou not thyself unquietly.

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 For evildoers, fret thou not thyself unquietly.

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 By the wobbles, fret thou not thyself unquietly.

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 For evildoers, fret thou not thyself unquietly.

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 For evildoers, fret thou not

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 darn theirирÍs unquietly.

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榮 whether oub Taste thy biennospietly.

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 wither shall away.

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 Set thou thy trust upon the Lord,

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 and be thou doing good.

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 And so thou in the land shalt dwell,

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 and many have lain.

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 Be like thyself, then God he'll give,

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 thine heart's desire to lead.

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 Thy way to God, go with interest,

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 it bring to us shall be.

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 And thy come to the light,

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 he shall thy righteous death display.

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 And he thy judgment shall bring forth,

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 like noontide all the day.

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 Rest in the Lord, not patiently,

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 wait for him, do not pray.

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 For they who cross drink in his way,

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 such that sin sin shall be.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, turn with me now, please,

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 to 1 Kings chapter 22.

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 We're going to look at certain aspects of this passage.

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 We can focus our mind on verse 8,

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 and then see how other aspects of the chapter relate to that.

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 So, 1 Kings 22, as we read in verse 8,

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 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat,

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 There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord,

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 Micaiah the son of Imla, but I hate him.

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 For he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.

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 I'm taking a sidestep tonight from our series in 1 Corinthians 15.

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 It's really in relation to the things that have been happening in our own nation over the last week or so.

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 Just to look at these things, hopefully, in the light of this passage,

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 in the light of Scripture,

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 and to let the Word of God shine upon these events,

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 which I think is always wise for us and good for us to do.

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 We'll come back to 1 Corinthians 15, God willing,

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 next time we come together in the evening.

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 Well, this was an alliance doomed to failure, wasn't it?

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 This was never going to work,

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 because here is an alliance between the king of Judah, Jehoshaphat,

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 a good man with some failures, as we all have,

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 a man who was by and large obedient to God and serving of God,

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 but yet here made a very near fatal mistake for himself.

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 He very nearly got killed as a result, if you read down to the end of the chapter.

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 And here he is himself coming to ally himself

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 with one of the worst kings ever in the history of Israel.

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 At this time, the two nations, Judah and Israel, are often at war.

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 But here is the king Ahab,

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 and you notice in, go back just to chapter 21 and verse 25,

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 you find a description there of Ahab in a summary fashion.

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 There was none like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the Lord,

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 whom Jezebel, his wife, incited.

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 He acted very abominably in going after idols,

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 as the Amorites had done,

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 whom the Lord cast out before the people of Israel.

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 Here was a wicked man, an evil man,

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 a man who was opposed to God,

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 a man who was opposed to God's people,

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 a king who hated God,

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 who hated the truth as God gave it to him

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 whenever he heard it through faithful prophets,

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 which was seldom.

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 Although, of course, we remember Elijah

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 as well at this particular time in history.

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 Well, this was an alliance

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 that really was bound

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 to failure from the very start.

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 Because what's happening here is that

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:33.779
 Jehoshaphat is really putting his politics

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:35.719
 above his piety.

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:39.119
 He's putting his political situation

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 before his own faithfulness to God.

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 Not the first time it happened.

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 Certainly wasn't the last time it happened,

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 and it still happens.

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 Putting his politics

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:51.500
 before his piety.

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:55.560
 Putting his own political career

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:57.900
 before his relationship to God

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 and to the truth of God.

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 And that's what you find

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 happening in our own land as well.

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 But there are, of course,

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 exceptions, very prominently.

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 The exception of Kate Forbes at this time.

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 I don't want to focus too much on her at all,

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 but nevertheless, it's important

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:17.960
 that we see what's taking place

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:20.200
 and give our support to those

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 who are standing for God's cause.

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 And one of the reasons we admire Kate Forbes

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:27.000
 is by the grace of God.

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 She's come to say, for example,

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.539
 she said when she was questioned

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:33.279
 about her view of same-sex marriage,

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.620
 her view of other issues

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 in that ethical sphere,

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 and she said,

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 politics will pass.

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 Politics will pass.

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 I was a human being

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 before I was a politician.

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 And she meant by that, I think,

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 that whenever her political career is over,

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 it's not going to change anything

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 in terms of her relationship with God.

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 Politics will pass.

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 And whatever political persuasion we're of,

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 that's going to be the case.

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 We're never to put our politics

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:10.380
 above our piety,

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:11.980
 above our principles,

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:14.920
 above our relationship with God.

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 And it's important in all ages

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 and for all age groups

00:33:20.820 --> 00:33:23.539
 that our personal morality

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 is the morality of the Bible.

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 I say to the young folks here tonight,

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.080
 you're ethical,

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.940
 you're moral standing,

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 you're the quality of your life

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:36.019
 as you want to live it out

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:37.580
 and as you're growing up in the world.

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 Make sure that it's the morality of the Bible.

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 Don't be taken in by

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:44.180
 the kind of stuff you're listening to these days

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.340
 that you hear so often,

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:47.680
 that the Bible is completely irrelevant

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:49.140
 and outmoded

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:51.480
 and old-fashioned for these days,

00:33:51.780 --> 00:33:52.980
 for 2023.

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:56.280
 The Bible has always been

00:33:56.280 --> 00:33:57.660
 directly relevant

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:59.820
 for every age of the world,

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 and it will be so to the end of the world.

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 And so, that's why we're saying to you,

00:34:05.100 --> 00:34:05.580
 young people,

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:08.260
 that the Bible continues to be so

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:10.559
 centrally and foundationally

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.920
 important to your life.

00:34:13.160 --> 00:34:14.800
 And if you give in to

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:17.079
 the kind of pressure that you get,

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:19.319
 maybe from some of your own age group,

00:34:19.759 --> 00:34:21.599
 it's not going to be a good thing for yourself

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:23.840
 or for the age group that you live in.

00:34:24.299 --> 00:34:25.900
 God has given you the advantage

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:28.400
 of being brought up in the church,

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:30.539
 in a church that believes the Bible,

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:32.759
 a church that values the Bible,

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:34.799
 a church that holds out the Bible

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:36.019
 as the Word of God.

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 And it's an appeal to you all tonight,

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:41.000
 as we do at all times.

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:43.539
 Please take the Bible seriously.

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:45.360
 Please have the Bible

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:47.579
 as the foundation of your life

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.940
 morally and spiritually,

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:51.599
 because that's really what this passage

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.940
 is telling us about.

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:54.240
 Micaiah, as we'll see,

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:56.099
 he was not prepared

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:59.680
 to turn aside from his obedience to God

00:34:59.680 --> 00:35:01.880
 despite the pressures

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:03.840
 that were brought to bear upon him.

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:06.079
 So, we're looking at two things.

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 First of all, we're looking at

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:09.900
 Ahab and his advisors.

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:12.079
 He had 400 of them,

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:13.960
 at least 400 prophets,

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:16.139
 Ahab and his advisors.

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.420
 And then secondly,

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:20.239
 we're looking at Micaiah and his God.

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 Because it comes across in this passage

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:25.319
 as somebody who's standing on his own

00:35:25.319 --> 00:35:27.480
 against Ahab and his advisors,

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:30.980
 and yet Micaiah has God on his side.

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:33.699
 And as one of the Reformers once said,

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:35.819
 if you have God on your side,

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:37.119
 you're always in the majority,

00:35:37.819 --> 00:35:39.460
 however many people are against you.

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:41.440
 The important thing is to have God

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:43.639
 as your support and on your side.

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:45.820
 That's what Micaiah really is

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:47.119
 in the chapter before us.

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:48.519
 He's a man who's standing

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.619
 very much on his own

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.559
 against the pressures

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:52.220
 of Ahab and his advisors,

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:54.500
 yet he continues to speak the truth

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:56.240
 as he knows it from God.

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:58.340
 So, Ahab and his advisors,

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.539
 you see what's happening here,

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.800
 the context is given us

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:02.699
 as we look at Ahab and his advisors.

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.139
 Verses 1 to 6,

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 and there's verse 3.

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 The king of Israel said to his servants,

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:09.640
 Do you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to me,

00:36:10.140 --> 00:36:12.019
 to us, and we keep quiet

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:13.940
 and do not take it out of the hand

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.880
 of the king of Assyria?

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.920
 He said to Jehovah,

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:18.940
 Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth Gilead?

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.820
 In other words, he's saying,

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:25.880
 This land, this particular area of Syria,

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:27.380
 Ramoth Gilead,

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:29.420
 actually belongs to us.

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:32.539
 And I want to take it back into our possession.

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:36.200
 So will you join me in trying to do that?

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:37.859
 Will you go with me to battle there,

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:40.599
 to get this back under our control?

00:36:40.759 --> 00:36:44.980
 There's very much aspects of that

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:47.299
 that remind you of what's happening in Ukraine,

00:36:47.439 --> 00:36:48.480
 what's happening with Putin.

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:51.980
 He's been a kind of an Old Testament,

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:53.299
 Putin at that stage.

00:36:53.439 --> 00:36:55.039
 He wants this territory for himself,

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:57.139
 and he wants others to join with him

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.879
 as far as possible

00:36:57.879 --> 00:36:59.559
 to bring it back under his control.

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 And that's why he's asking the king of Judah,

00:37:03.879 --> 00:37:04.500
 Jehoshaphat,

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.980
 Will you join me in this?

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:07.300
 Will you come to join me?

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:10.360
 If you go to the equivalent passage

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:12.019
 in 2 Chronicles chapter 18,

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.579
 it uses an interesting word

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:15.519
 that the king, Jehoshaphat,

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:17.559
 was induced or enticed

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:19.119
 into this relationship,

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:20.820
 into this alliance.

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:22.739
 And that's an important word.

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.880
 He was taken in.

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.920
 He was taken aside.

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:27.320
 And that passage in 2 Chronicles 18

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:30.519
 tells us that Ahab put on a great show.

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.639
 He made a great party.

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:33.559
 He really entertained Jehoshaphat,

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.759
 and he fell for it.

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:37.179
 He fell into the trap.

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:42.699
 And so Ahab here calls his 400 prophets

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:45.659
 because Jehoshaphat in verse 8 there,

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:48.440
 Jehoshaphat is a little bit uneasy

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:51.199
 about just going along with Ahab's word.

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.119
 He's saying,

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:53.159
 well, first of all,

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:55.420
 let's inquire for the Lord.

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.739
 Let's get a word from the Lord

00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:58.139
 just to make this sure.

00:37:58.859 --> 00:38:00.779
 I'd like to know what the Lord thinks about this.

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 And of course, in those days,

00:38:02.220 --> 00:38:04.060
 that was largely through prophets.

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:06.260
 So Ahab called his prophets.

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:08.240
 He gathered together the prophets,

00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:09.900
 about 400 men,

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.620
 and he said to them,

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:13.080
 shall I go to battle against Ramoth Gilead

00:38:13.080 --> 00:38:14.000
 or shall I refrain?

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.900
 And they said,

00:38:15.200 --> 00:38:15.720
 go up,

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:17.060
 for the Lord will give it

00:38:17.060 --> 00:38:18.640
 into the hand of the king.

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:21.060
 He had an instant response

00:38:21.060 --> 00:38:22.460
 on the part of the prophets.

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.720
 They say, yes, do this.

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:24.540
 Come on, go up.

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:26.420
 Of course you're going to win.

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.519
 You're going to take it back.

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:29.400
 The problem for Ahab is

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:31.360
 his prophets are false prophets.

00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:33.920
 His prophets don't know the Lord.

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:35.300
 His prophets are prophets

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:36.179
 that tell the king

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:37.239
 what he wants to hear.

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:39.280
 They're in his employ.

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.460
 They're in his payment.

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:42.739
 They actually are concerned

00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:44.280
 only to give out something

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:45.800
 that will gratify the king.

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:47.599
 Whether they're afraid of him or not,

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:48.179
 we don't know.

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.699
 But that's what they're there for,

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.780
 the 400 of them.

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:52.420
 They're all concerted together,

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.420
 and all they want to do

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:54.679
 is please Ahab.

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:56.619
 And they just give him things

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:58.480
 which they know he wants to hear.

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:01.460
 It's not new there either,

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:01.839
 is there?

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:03.440
 Nothing new there either.

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:06.079
 That's the situation

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:07.940
 as it's described there.

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:09.139
 They are false prophets.

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:09.779
 Now you know that

00:39:09.779 --> 00:39:11.440
 throughout the Old Testament

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:12.839
 and indeed into the New Testament,

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:14.539
 you have this constant tension

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:16.719
 between the false prophets

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:19.199
 and the true prophets of the Lord

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:20.899
 or the true apostles of the Lord.

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.219
 And when you go to

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:24.339
 the book of Jeremiah, for example,

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:26.340
 more than any other book in the Bible,

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:27.840
 I think he speaks about

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:29.019
 the false prophets.

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:30.140
 And the false prophets

00:39:30.140 --> 00:39:31.780
 are saying to the people

00:39:31.780 --> 00:39:32.980
 of Jeremiah's day,

00:39:33.200 --> 00:39:34.500
 peace, peace.

00:39:35.100 --> 00:39:36.360
 Listen to what we're saying.

00:39:36.680 --> 00:39:38.440
 This is what the guarantee of peace is.

00:39:38.720 --> 00:39:40.160
 Never mind the likes of Jeremiah.

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:41.380
 Never mind this man

00:39:41.380 --> 00:39:42.059
 that's so attached

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:43.760
 to the word of the Lord.

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:45.780
 We'll give you our opinion,

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:47.059
 and our opinion is the one

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.960
 you need to really take.

00:39:48.160 --> 00:39:49.740
 If you really are serious about peace,

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:51.180
 listen to what we're saying.

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:53.440
 Of course, Jeremiah knew.

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:55.220
 They were talking falsehood.

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:57.119
 They didn't know the mind of the Lord.

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.200
 And so,

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.740
 these 400 prophets,

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:01.420
 here they are,

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:03.519
 they come to Ahab

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:04.320
 and they say to him,

00:40:04.700 --> 00:40:05.159
 go up.

00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:07.519
 You're going to be successful.

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:09.220
 Why should you hold back?

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:10.059
 Just do it.

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:12.880
 But,

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:16.200
 Jehoshaphat's still not

00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:17.920
 very easy in his mind,

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.280
 is he?

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:20.080
 Because he says,

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:21.519
 is there not

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.720
 another prophet,

00:40:23.660 --> 00:40:24.880
 someone else here,

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.960
 a prophet of the Lord,

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:27.820
 of whom we may inquire?

00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:30.400
 He knows

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:31.680
 the kind of man

00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:32.680
 that Ahab is,

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:33.500
 and yet he's still

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:34.440
 prepared to go into

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.380
 an alliance with him.

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.800
 And so,

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:37.560
 he comes and says,

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:39.540
 is there anybody else here

00:40:39.540 --> 00:40:40.360
 that can give us

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:41.620
 the word of the Lord

00:40:41.620 --> 00:40:42.640
 just to offset it

00:40:42.640 --> 00:40:43.540
 against these 400?

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:44.719
 And of course,

00:40:44.779 --> 00:40:45.739
 Ahab comes and says,

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:46.139
 yes,

00:40:46.259 --> 00:40:46.719
 there is.

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:48.699
 There is one man here

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:49.820
 by whom we may inquire,

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:50.699
 Micaiah,

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:51.779
 the son of Imlah,

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:54.179
 but I hate him,

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:56.300
 for he never prophesies

00:40:56.300 --> 00:40:57.579
 good concerning me,

00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:59.039
 only evil.

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.000
 And you see,

00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:00.599
 what's happening

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:04.159
 in Ahab's mind

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:05.800
 is that he's really,

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:09.980
 he's putting truth

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:11.099
 and error

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:12.659
 the wrong way around.

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.579
 What he's actually doing

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:16.500
 is for Ahab,

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:18.440
 as you find him here

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:20.139
 speaking about

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:21.460
 this Micaiah,

00:41:22.259 --> 00:41:23.599
 he doesn't like Micaiah

00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:24.579
 because Micaiah

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:26.460
 always speaks to him

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:27.480
 in the name of the Lord,

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.719
 the truth of the Lord.

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:30.380
 And Ahab hates the truth.

00:41:31.259 --> 00:41:32.940
 The last thing Ahab wants

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:34.420
 is the truth of God.

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:37.360
 It's fine on the surface

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:37.699
 saying,

00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:37.880
 yes,

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.940
 I want to know the Lord

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.920
 and His will

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.880
 and I want my prophets

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:41.739
 to actually give me

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:42.519
 the word of the Lord,

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.320
 but it's the word

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:44.460
 that he wants to hear.

00:41:45.220 --> 00:41:45.760
 It's the word

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:46.700
 that will please him.

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:48.940
 He's very unhappy about it.

00:41:49.200 --> 00:41:50.360
 He's scathing about it

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:51.740
 if somebody comes to him

00:41:51.740 --> 00:41:53.280
 with a word from the Lord

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:54.720
 that's actually the truth.

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:56.640
 So that brings you

00:41:56.640 --> 00:41:57.960
 to see Micaiah

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.820
 and his God.

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.720
 That's the situation

00:41:59.720 --> 00:42:01.180
 in which Micaiah

00:42:01.180 --> 00:42:01.960
 is placed.

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:03.059
 That's Ahab

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:04.360
 and his advisors,

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.440
 but look at Micaiah

00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:06.800
 and his God.

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.039
 Now,

00:42:07.140 --> 00:42:08.880
 Micaiah only appears

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.960
 in this chapter

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:11.880
 and in the equivalent chapter

00:42:11.880 --> 00:42:13.059
 in 2 Chronicles.

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:13.860
 The only time

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:14.340
 it's mentioned

00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:15.400
 in the Bible.

00:42:17.220 --> 00:42:18.119
 And there's a point

00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:19.639
 made by that itself

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:20.300
 and it's this,

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:21.500
 that although he's not

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:23.400
 prominent like Elijah

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:24.619
 or Elisha

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:25.699
 or Moses

00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:26.900
 or somebody like that

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:29.139
 who is demonstrably

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:30.900
 and publicly powerful

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:31.960
 in the name of the Lord,

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:33.720
 yet Micaiah here,

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:35.280
 as he stands for the Lord,

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.980
 is doing just as important

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:38.219
 at work in many respects

00:42:38.219 --> 00:42:39.019
 as the ones

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.679
 who are prominent

00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:40.860
 in the ways of the Lord.

00:42:41.240 --> 00:42:42.039
 And it reminds you

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:42.820
 and I ourselves,

00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:43.860
 even if we say,

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.740
 well, I can't do

00:42:44.740 --> 00:42:45.400
 the kind of things

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:46.320
 that other people

00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:47.159
 are doing for the Lord.

00:42:47.240 --> 00:42:48.159
 I don't have the gifts

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:49.380
 that other people have

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:50.420
 that are more public,

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.079
 that are actually

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:52.599
 obviously more to the front,

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.539
 to the forefront

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:55.240
 of the cause of Christ.

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:56.119
 I'm not like that.

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:56.880
 The Lord is saying,

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.820
 I don't want you

00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.659
 to be like that.

00:42:58.840 --> 00:42:59.579
 What I'm saying is,

00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:00.579
 what he's saying to you is,

00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:01.920
 whatever he has given you

00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:03.039
 to use, use it.

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:04.679
 Whether it's prominent or not.

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.679
 Here's a man

00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:07.119
 who's faithful to the Lord,

00:43:07.419 --> 00:43:08.879
 facing all of these pressures.

00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:10.079
 He's not really

00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:11.099
 a man who's given

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:13.019
 to being in the public eye,

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.059
 it seems,

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.980
 from this passage.

00:43:16.339 --> 00:43:16.659
 And yet,

00:43:16.719 --> 00:43:17.339
 here he is,

00:43:17.919 --> 00:43:20.039
 presenting the will of God

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:22.079
 to 400

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:23.980
 of Ahab's prophets

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:25.099
 and to Ahab himself.

00:43:26.739 --> 00:43:27.659
 Now, you don't have to be,

00:43:27.659 --> 00:43:29.119
 you don't have to be prominent.

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:31.319
 You don't have to be

00:43:31.319 --> 00:43:32.779
 to the fore publicly.

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:34.780
 Wherever God

00:43:34.780 --> 00:43:36.080
 has placed you in life,

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:38.260
 that's where you serve him.

00:43:39.420 --> 00:43:40.740
 Whatever your view is

00:43:40.740 --> 00:43:42.120
 of how he has endowed you

00:43:42.120 --> 00:43:42.680
 or otherwise,

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.680
 or how you compare

00:43:43.680 --> 00:43:44.440
 with other people

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:45.140
 or otherwise,

00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:46.560
 what the Lord

00:43:46.560 --> 00:43:47.800
 is calling for you to do

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:48.620
 is to use

00:43:48.620 --> 00:43:49.560
 what he's given you,

00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:50.980
 where he's placed you,

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:53.120
 and to do that

00:43:53.120 --> 00:43:55.740
 in dependence upon himself.

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:58.900
 And you can see Ahab's

00:43:58.900 --> 00:44:00.260
 hatred of the truth,

00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:01.620
 as we're seeing here,

00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:03.259
 Micaiah and his God.

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:04.219
 But then, you see,

00:44:04.279 --> 00:44:05.659
 as the narrative moves on,

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:07.539
 this is what Ahab says,

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:09.960
 I hate him,

00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:11.059
 for he never prophesies

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:12.199
 good concerning me,

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:13.759
 but evil.

00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:15.619
 And you see,

00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:16.579
 what Ahab is doing is

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:20.739
 he's calling good

00:44:20.739 --> 00:44:22.799
 what pleases himself.

00:44:23.799 --> 00:44:24.779
 And he's calling

00:44:24.779 --> 00:44:26.739
 what is a word from the Lord

00:44:26.739 --> 00:44:27.900
 through the likes of Micaiah

00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:29.299
 as evil.

00:44:29.300 --> 00:44:31.420
 He's turned his own world

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:32.220
 upside down

00:44:32.220 --> 00:44:34.100
 because he is so much

00:44:34.100 --> 00:44:35.019
 against God

00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:36.860
 and in favor of just hearing

00:44:36.860 --> 00:44:38.500
 something that flatters himself.

00:44:40.280 --> 00:44:40.900
 And you know,

00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:41.800
 that's still the truth.

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:42.800
 That's still true

00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:43.860
 of the world

00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:44.760
 in which we live.

00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:46.620
 How many times

00:44:46.620 --> 00:44:47.580
 over the last week

00:44:47.580 --> 00:44:49.400
 have you read something,

00:44:49.680 --> 00:44:50.340
 whether on Twitter,

00:44:50.600 --> 00:44:51.100
 Facebook,

00:44:51.640 --> 00:44:52.340
 news reports,

00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:52.840
 or whatever,

00:44:53.300 --> 00:44:55.180
 wherever you've seen it,

00:44:55.220 --> 00:44:55.760
 but you've seen

00:44:55.760 --> 00:44:56.600
 more than once,

00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:57.099
 I'm sure.

00:44:57.699 --> 00:44:58.519
 The idea,

00:44:59.059 --> 00:45:00.019
 the statement,

00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:00.779
 something like,

00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:02.119
 here is someone

00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:02.960
 who believes

00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:04.360
 the Bible literally,

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:06.719
 something that's not fit

00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:08.119
 for this century,

00:45:08.279 --> 00:45:09.199
 something that's not fit

00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:10.079
 for 2023.

00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:11.860
 How can anyone

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:13.139
 who actually believes

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:14.099
 these things

00:45:14.099 --> 00:45:15.099
 be thought of

00:45:15.099 --> 00:45:16.099
 as a suitable leader

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:16.779
 of a country

00:45:16.779 --> 00:45:18.259
 in this day and age?

00:45:19.139 --> 00:45:19.299
 Well,

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:20.539
 Micaiah faced that.

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.699
 Micaiah faced

00:45:21.699 --> 00:45:22.880
 that same philosophy.

00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:24.599
 Micaiah faced

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:25.339
 the same thing

00:45:25.339 --> 00:45:26.839
 as he faced

00:45:26.839 --> 00:45:27.719
 Ahab and these

00:45:27.719 --> 00:45:28.500
 false prophets

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:29.599
 who would say,

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:30.019
 no,

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:30.659
 your version of

00:45:30.659 --> 00:45:31.380
 the word of the Lord,

00:45:31.460 --> 00:45:32.819
 that's completely outdated.

00:45:33.279 --> 00:45:33.860
 What we want

00:45:33.860 --> 00:45:34.440
 is people

00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:35.279
 who are actually

00:45:35.279 --> 00:45:36.339
 progressive.

00:45:38.259 --> 00:45:39.360
 People are progressive

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:40.699
 and don't actually

00:45:40.699 --> 00:45:41.980
 have that old-fashioned way,

00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:43.159
 this is what the Lord

00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:43.759
 is saying,

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:44.759
 this is the word

00:45:44.759 --> 00:45:45.360
 of the Lord.

00:45:49.019 --> 00:45:49.279
 You see,

00:45:49.339 --> 00:45:49.679
 Ahab

00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:51.539
 really calls

00:45:51.539 --> 00:45:52.539
 good

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:54.239
 what pleases himself.

00:45:55.119 --> 00:45:56.119
 That's what's suitable.

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:57.860
 That's what fits

00:45:57.860 --> 00:45:59.199
 with the society he wants.

00:45:59.739 --> 00:46:00.519
 That's what really

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:03.219
 is so much different

00:46:03.219 --> 00:46:05.199
 to the likes of Micaiah.

00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:07.539
 And what Micaiah says to him,

00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:08.639
 oh, that's evil.

00:46:09.259 --> 00:46:10.079
 That's not good.

00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:10.880
 That's bad.

00:46:11.519 --> 00:46:12.420
 Don't want to hear that.

00:46:12.519 --> 00:46:13.339
 That's not suitable.

00:46:13.940 --> 00:46:14.759
 That's not relevant.

00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:15.480
 That doesn't fit

00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:16.739
 the situation at all.

00:46:17.119 --> 00:46:18.139
 Put that behind you.

00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:19.460
 Give me something

00:46:19.460 --> 00:46:20.539
 that's up to date.

00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:23.000
 Something that pleases myself.

00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:24.480
 Something that flatters

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:26.219
 my human ingenuity.

00:46:28.820 --> 00:46:30.480
 And that's Ahab's

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:32.199
 hatred of the truth.

00:46:33.739 --> 00:46:34.400
 And that's

00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:36.519
 countered by

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:38.460
 Micaiah's love

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:40.219
 of the truth.

00:46:42.380 --> 00:46:43.079
 There's an attempt,

00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:43.420
 you see,

00:46:43.659 --> 00:46:43.679
 in,

00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:45.280
 incidentally,

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:46.300
 Micaiah's name

00:46:46.300 --> 00:46:47.699
 actually means

00:46:47.699 --> 00:46:49.800
 who is like

00:46:49.800 --> 00:46:50.660
 the Lord.

00:46:51.600 --> 00:46:52.180
 Who's like

00:46:52.180 --> 00:46:53.160
 Yahweh or Jehovah.

00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:54.580
 That's interesting

00:46:54.580 --> 00:46:55.680
 that that's the meaning

00:46:55.680 --> 00:46:56.560
 of his Hebrew name

00:46:56.560 --> 00:46:57.100
 Micaiah.

00:46:58.240 --> 00:46:59.560
 Who is like

00:46:59.560 --> 00:47:00.060
 the Lord?

00:47:00.180 --> 00:47:00.500
 And, you know,

00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:02.160
 if people were really

00:47:02.160 --> 00:47:03.260
 taking account

00:47:03.260 --> 00:47:04.500
 of names in those days

00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:05.400
 as they often did,

00:47:05.860 --> 00:47:06.980
 here is Ahab

00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:08.660
 knowing who Micaiah is

00:47:08.660 --> 00:47:09.519
 and what he stands for.

00:47:09.700 --> 00:47:10.920
 And there before him

00:47:10.920 --> 00:47:12.220
 in the very person

00:47:12.220 --> 00:47:13.720
 and the name of Micaiah

00:47:13.720 --> 00:47:15.060
 is this great question

00:47:15.060 --> 00:47:15.760
 that he should really

00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:16.460
 be facing.

00:47:17.120 --> 00:47:18.180
 Who is like

00:47:18.179 --> 00:47:18.759
 the Lord?

00:47:21.619 --> 00:47:22.559
 And that comes

00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:23.519
 across to ourselves,

00:47:23.639 --> 00:47:24.000
 doesn't it?

00:47:24.279 --> 00:47:25.179
 Who is like

00:47:25.179 --> 00:47:25.659
 the Lord?

00:47:26.279 --> 00:47:26.859
 That's what we're

00:47:26.859 --> 00:47:27.519
 standing for.

00:47:27.779 --> 00:47:28.419
 The uniqueness,

00:47:29.319 --> 00:47:30.019
 the greatness,

00:47:30.699 --> 00:47:31.739
 the glory of this

00:47:31.739 --> 00:47:32.759
 God we worship

00:47:32.759 --> 00:47:34.579
 unlike any other,

00:47:35.399 --> 00:47:36.759
 superior to any other,

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:39.559
 above everyone else,

00:47:40.399 --> 00:47:41.899
 and alone worthy

00:47:41.899 --> 00:47:43.619
 of our worship.

00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:44.519
 Well, here is

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:46.319
 a first attempt,

00:47:46.419 --> 00:47:46.559
 you see,

00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:47.199
 in verse 9,

00:47:48.259 --> 00:47:49.159
 if you read these verses

00:47:49.159 --> 00:47:50.699
 from verse 9,

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:52.799
 Jehoshaphat said,

00:47:52.920 --> 00:47:53.719
 let not the king see.

00:47:53.820 --> 00:47:54.900
 So then the king of Israel

00:47:54.900 --> 00:47:56.719
 summoned an officer

00:47:56.719 --> 00:47:57.279
 and said,

00:47:57.619 --> 00:47:59.440
 bring quickly Micaiah,

00:47:59.779 --> 00:48:00.860
 the son of Imlah.

00:48:01.559 --> 00:48:02.159
 So he's going to send

00:48:02.159 --> 00:48:02.679
 a messenger

00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:04.139
 to get Micaiah

00:48:04.139 --> 00:48:04.880
 wherever he is

00:48:04.880 --> 00:48:06.059
 to come to where the king

00:48:06.059 --> 00:48:07.820
 and where Jehoshaphat are.

00:48:08.779 --> 00:48:09.639
 But meantime,

00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:11.320
 what does he do?

00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:12.199
 What does Ahab do?

00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:13.460
 Well, he calls

00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:14.380
 these prophets

00:48:14.380 --> 00:48:15.099
 of the Lord.

00:48:15.579 --> 00:48:16.220
 They were sitting,

00:48:16.340 --> 00:48:16.980
 these kings,

00:48:17.140 --> 00:48:17.500
 two of them

00:48:17.500 --> 00:48:18.619
 were sitting on their thrones,

00:48:19.220 --> 00:48:20.460
 arrayed in their robes,

00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:21.180
 very grand.

00:48:21.960 --> 00:48:23.180
 And then this man,

00:48:23.260 --> 00:48:23.820
 Zedekiah,

00:48:24.320 --> 00:48:25.400
 one of the false prophets,

00:48:25.559 --> 00:48:26.500
 the son of Hananah,

00:48:27.200 --> 00:48:28.160
 he made for himself

00:48:28.160 --> 00:48:29.260
 horns of iron.

00:48:29.960 --> 00:48:30.420
 And he said,

00:48:30.640 --> 00:48:31.780
 thus says the Lord,

00:48:32.019 --> 00:48:33.059
 with these you shall

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:34.119
 push the Syrians

00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:35.800
 until they are destroyed.

00:48:36.140 --> 00:48:37.260
 And all the prophets

00:48:37.260 --> 00:48:38.220
 prophesied so.

00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:39.160
 They said the same thing

00:48:39.160 --> 00:48:39.599
 and said,

00:48:39.980 --> 00:48:41.000
 go up to Ramoth,

00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:41.340
 Gilead,

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:41.940
 and triumph,

00:48:42.219 --> 00:48:43.320
 the Lord will give it

00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:44.480
 into the hand of the king.

00:48:45.500 --> 00:48:46.179
 See what's happening?

00:48:46.260 --> 00:48:46.980
 They're trying to actually

00:48:46.980 --> 00:48:48.559
 put on such a show

00:48:48.559 --> 00:48:52.420
 and such a persuasive show,

00:48:53.219 --> 00:48:57.900
 such a thing for Jehoshaphat

00:48:57.900 --> 00:48:59.000
 that will persuade him

00:48:59.000 --> 00:49:01.139
 and really bring his mind

00:49:01.139 --> 00:49:02.199
 to be confirmed that,

00:49:02.559 --> 00:49:03.059
 yes, these people

00:49:03.059 --> 00:49:04.119
 are telling you the truth.

00:49:06.119 --> 00:49:06.360
 You see,

00:49:06.400 --> 00:49:06.880
 they want to do it

00:49:06.880 --> 00:49:08.179
 before Micaiah comes.

00:49:08.179 --> 00:49:11.619
 Because when Micaiah comes,

00:49:12.159 --> 00:49:13.399
 Ahab knows full well

00:49:13.399 --> 00:49:14.980
 he's not going to go along

00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:15.399
 with us.

00:49:16.039 --> 00:49:17.139
 He's not going to go along

00:49:17.139 --> 00:49:17.480
 with us,

00:49:17.559 --> 00:49:18.399
 Sharad, at all.

00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:19.819
 And so he wants,

00:49:20.119 --> 00:49:20.960
 as far as possible,

00:49:21.619 --> 00:49:22.539
 that Jehoshaphat

00:49:22.539 --> 00:49:23.359
 will be convinced

00:49:23.359 --> 00:49:24.719
 what Ahab is doing

00:49:24.719 --> 00:49:25.519
 is a good thing.

00:49:25.980 --> 00:49:26.739
 What these prophets

00:49:26.739 --> 00:49:27.299
 are saying

00:49:27.299 --> 00:49:28.339
 is really the truth

00:49:28.339 --> 00:49:29.000
 from God.

00:49:29.339 --> 00:49:30.599
 And he wants to persuade

00:49:30.599 --> 00:49:31.379
 Jehoshaphat,

00:49:31.839 --> 00:49:32.440
 you can easily,

00:49:32.539 --> 00:49:33.539
 you can very readily

00:49:33.539 --> 00:49:34.539
 go along with this.

00:49:34.719 --> 00:49:35.239
 It's fine.

00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:36.279
 Everything's okay.

00:49:36.639 --> 00:49:37.539
 This is the way to go.

00:49:38.179 --> 00:49:41.960
 And that's why

00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:43.559
 he has this performance.

00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:45.759
 And you know,

00:49:45.799 --> 00:49:46.940
 that's what's really serious.

00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:49.859
 We know that

00:49:49.859 --> 00:49:51.339
 the truth of God

00:49:51.339 --> 00:49:53.099
 will always be opposed

00:49:53.099 --> 00:49:54.759
 by what is not true,

00:49:55.500 --> 00:49:57.019
 by false teaching,

00:49:57.440 --> 00:49:58.199
 by heresy,

00:49:59.059 --> 00:50:00.839
 by what is completely

00:50:00.839 --> 00:50:03.139
 at odds with the Word of God.

00:50:03.219 --> 00:50:03.699
 We know that

00:50:03.699 --> 00:50:04.659
 that's what's going to happen.

00:50:04.940 --> 00:50:05.339
 We know that

00:50:05.339 --> 00:50:06.440
 that's what's happening now.

00:50:06.440 --> 00:50:07.519
 We know it happens

00:50:07.519 --> 00:50:08.519
 in every generation

00:50:08.519 --> 00:50:09.380
 to some extent.

00:50:09.820 --> 00:50:10.860
 But what you find here

00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:12.360
 is a step further than that.

00:50:12.800 --> 00:50:13.760
 The serious thing is

00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:15.119
 that truth is now,

00:50:15.500 --> 00:50:16.940
 the false rather,

00:50:17.320 --> 00:50:18.500
 is now seeing itself

00:50:18.500 --> 00:50:20.220
 as being the true.

00:50:21.380 --> 00:50:22.039
 These people

00:50:22.039 --> 00:50:23.539
 look to be themselves.

00:50:23.720 --> 00:50:24.500
 Perhaps they are

00:50:24.500 --> 00:50:25.240
 just convinced.

00:50:25.380 --> 00:50:26.059
 That's what happens,

00:50:26.139 --> 00:50:26.340
 you see,

00:50:26.400 --> 00:50:27.659
 when you give yourself

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:28.659
 over to the lie,

00:50:28.900 --> 00:50:29.679
 when you give yourself

00:50:29.679 --> 00:50:30.900
 over to be swallowed up

00:50:30.900 --> 00:50:31.659
 by the heresy

00:50:31.659 --> 00:50:32.579
 that you yourself

00:50:32.579 --> 00:50:33.200
 are promoting.

00:50:33.500 --> 00:50:33.860
 Eventually,

00:50:33.860 --> 00:50:35.059
 you come to believe it.

00:50:35.559 --> 00:50:36.039
 And eventually,

00:50:36.180 --> 00:50:36.740
 you come to believe

00:50:36.740 --> 00:50:37.860
 that this is in fact

00:50:37.860 --> 00:50:38.340
 the truth.

00:50:38.800 --> 00:50:39.920
 That this is really superior

00:50:39.920 --> 00:50:40.860
 to anything the likes

00:50:40.860 --> 00:50:42.099
 of Micaiah is saying.

00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:43.500
 And here are these

00:50:43.500 --> 00:50:44.680
 400 people

00:50:44.680 --> 00:50:46.059
 going through this performance

00:50:46.059 --> 00:50:47.000
 headed up by

00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:47.740
 Zedekiah,

00:50:47.900 --> 00:50:48.760
 the son of Henanah.

00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:50.840
 And there is the lie.

00:50:51.220 --> 00:50:52.480
 There is the falseness.

00:50:52.800 --> 00:50:53.740
 There is the heresy

00:50:53.740 --> 00:50:55.079
 parading itself

00:50:55.079 --> 00:50:56.079
 as the truth,

00:50:56.400 --> 00:50:57.240
 believing itself

00:50:57.240 --> 00:50:58.200
 to be the truth.

00:50:58.199 --> 00:51:02.599
 And that's when

00:51:02.599 --> 00:51:03.679
 it gets really serious.

00:51:05.179 --> 00:51:06.179
 Because that's what

00:51:06.179 --> 00:51:06.759
 we're facing

00:51:06.759 --> 00:51:08.199
 in our generation.

00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:09.899
 We're not just

00:51:09.899 --> 00:51:10.879
 aware of a clash

00:51:10.879 --> 00:51:11.899
 between that

00:51:11.899 --> 00:51:12.759
 which is false

00:51:12.759 --> 00:51:13.819
 and that which is true.

00:51:14.179 --> 00:51:15.219
 We're aware of

00:51:15.219 --> 00:51:15.899
 the false

00:51:15.899 --> 00:51:17.259
 passing itself off

00:51:17.259 --> 00:51:18.179
 as the true.

00:51:19.279 --> 00:51:20.159
 We're aware of

00:51:20.159 --> 00:51:20.879
 church people

00:51:20.879 --> 00:51:21.899
 being taken in

00:51:21.899 --> 00:51:22.960
 by the false

00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:24.019
 because they've come

00:51:24.019 --> 00:51:24.579
 to believe

00:51:24.579 --> 00:51:25.460
 that it's the true.

00:51:25.919 --> 00:51:26.679
 And it doesn't matter

00:51:26.679 --> 00:51:27.819
 whether they're moderators

00:51:27.820 --> 00:51:28.760
 or bishops

00:51:28.760 --> 00:51:30.000
 or archbishops

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:30.940
 or priests

00:51:30.940 --> 00:51:31.760
 or ministers

00:51:31.760 --> 00:51:33.039
 whatever they are.

00:51:33.380 --> 00:51:34.539
 Once you start believing

00:51:34.539 --> 00:51:35.220
 that the false

00:51:35.220 --> 00:51:36.019
 is the true

00:51:36.019 --> 00:51:37.820
 you have a real crisis.

00:51:40.019 --> 00:51:41.260
 And you have a crisis

00:51:41.260 --> 00:51:41.980
 because

00:51:41.980 --> 00:51:42.960
 people are going

00:51:42.960 --> 00:51:43.660
 to follow that

00:51:43.660 --> 00:51:45.780
 because it's a lot easier

00:51:45.780 --> 00:51:46.820
 than to stand

00:51:46.820 --> 00:51:48.280
 where Micaiah is standing

00:51:48.280 --> 00:51:49.400
 and actually say

00:51:49.400 --> 00:51:50.640
 no this is the truth.

00:51:50.960 --> 00:51:51.840
 This is what God

00:51:51.840 --> 00:51:52.400
 is saying.

00:51:53.340 --> 00:51:53.960
 That's where

00:51:53.960 --> 00:51:54.600
 it's a challenge.

00:51:55.100 --> 00:51:55.539
 That's where

00:51:55.539 --> 00:51:56.120
 it's difficult.

00:51:56.700 --> 00:51:57.080
 That's where

00:51:57.080 --> 00:51:57.640
 you really need

00:51:57.639 --> 00:51:58.440
 the grace of God

00:51:58.440 --> 00:51:59.559
 to steal you.

00:52:01.679 --> 00:52:02.519
 And especially

00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:04.299
 when you're outnumbered

00:52:04.299 --> 00:52:05.460
 400 to 1.

00:52:09.219 --> 00:52:10.039
 And that's why

00:52:10.039 --> 00:52:10.679
 Paul wrote

00:52:10.679 --> 00:52:11.579
 as he did

00:52:11.579 --> 00:52:12.039
 to the likes

00:52:12.039 --> 00:52:12.839
 of Galatians.

00:52:14.059 --> 00:52:15.079
 Listen to what he says

00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:15.839
 in the first chapter

00:52:15.839 --> 00:52:17.699
 verses 6 to 10.

00:52:17.699 --> 00:52:19.019
 I am astonished

00:52:19.019 --> 00:52:20.259
 that you are

00:52:20.259 --> 00:52:20.839
 so quickly

00:52:20.839 --> 00:52:21.859
 deserting him

00:52:21.859 --> 00:52:23.099
 who called you

00:52:23.099 --> 00:52:23.639
 in the grace

00:52:23.639 --> 00:52:24.159
 of Christ

00:52:24.159 --> 00:52:25.019
 and are turning

00:52:25.019 --> 00:52:27.019
 to a different gospel.

00:52:27.519 --> 00:52:28.519
 Not that there is

00:52:28.519 --> 00:52:29.179
 another one

00:52:29.179 --> 00:52:30.239
 but there are some

00:52:30.239 --> 00:52:31.099
 who trouble you

00:52:31.099 --> 00:52:32.239
 and want to

00:52:32.239 --> 00:52:33.900
 distort the gospel

00:52:33.900 --> 00:52:34.559
 of Christ.

00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:36.420
 But even if we

00:52:36.420 --> 00:52:37.380
 or an angel

00:52:37.380 --> 00:52:38.019
 from heaven

00:52:38.019 --> 00:52:39.059
 should preach

00:52:39.059 --> 00:52:39.559
 to you

00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:40.280
 a gospel

00:52:40.280 --> 00:52:41.940
 contrary to the one

00:52:41.940 --> 00:52:42.800
 we preached to you

00:52:42.800 --> 00:52:43.980
 let him be

00:52:43.980 --> 00:52:44.579
 accursed.

00:52:45.460 --> 00:52:46.519
 As we have said

00:52:46.519 --> 00:52:47.019
 before

00:52:47.019 --> 00:52:48.519
 so now I say

00:52:48.519 --> 00:52:49.420
 if anyone

00:52:49.420 --> 00:52:49.960
 is preaching

00:52:49.960 --> 00:52:50.440
 to you

00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:51.420
 a gospel

00:52:51.420 --> 00:52:52.940
 contrary to the one

00:52:52.940 --> 00:52:53.700
 you received

00:52:53.700 --> 00:52:55.300
 let him be

00:52:55.300 --> 00:52:56.720
 accursed.

00:53:00.220 --> 00:53:01.179
 As strong

00:53:01.179 --> 00:53:02.380
 words as even

00:53:02.380 --> 00:53:02.920
 an apostle

00:53:02.920 --> 00:53:03.639
 could write.

00:53:04.320 --> 00:53:04.619
 Why?

00:53:05.260 --> 00:53:06.500
 Why is he so vehement?

00:53:07.320 --> 00:53:08.220
 Why is he using

00:53:08.220 --> 00:53:09.200
 such language?

00:53:10.059 --> 00:53:11.139
 Because he knows

00:53:11.139 --> 00:53:12.019
 that something

00:53:12.019 --> 00:53:12.639
 is happening

00:53:12.639 --> 00:53:13.059
 that's going

00:53:13.059 --> 00:53:13.740
 to destroy

00:53:13.740 --> 00:53:14.760
 the gospel.

00:53:15.639 --> 00:53:16.280
 That's going

00:53:16.280 --> 00:53:17.159
 to get people's

00:53:17.159 --> 00:53:17.980
 minds to think

00:53:17.980 --> 00:53:18.679
 that the false

00:53:18.679 --> 00:53:19.280
 is actually

00:53:19.280 --> 00:53:19.800
 the true.

00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:21.460
 When you go

00:53:21.460 --> 00:53:21.920
 through the

00:53:21.920 --> 00:53:22.840
 the New Testament

00:53:22.840 --> 00:53:23.360
 you'll find

00:53:23.360 --> 00:53:24.059
 that the

00:53:24.059 --> 00:53:24.559
 second last

00:53:24.559 --> 00:53:25.599
 book of

00:53:25.599 --> 00:53:26.059
 the Bible

00:53:26.059 --> 00:53:26.380
 the book

00:53:26.380 --> 00:53:26.940
 of Jude

00:53:26.940 --> 00:53:27.920
 very short

00:53:27.920 --> 00:53:28.220
 book

00:53:28.220 --> 00:53:29.840
 but a very

00:53:29.840 --> 00:53:30.740
 important

00:53:30.740 --> 00:53:31.720
 dynamic book

00:53:31.720 --> 00:53:32.220
 in its own

00:53:32.220 --> 00:53:32.539
 right

00:53:32.539 --> 00:53:33.559
 and Jude

00:53:33.559 --> 00:53:34.619
 tells those

00:53:34.619 --> 00:53:34.860
 who are

00:53:34.860 --> 00:53:35.480
 receiving his

00:53:35.480 --> 00:53:35.800
 letter

00:53:35.800 --> 00:53:36.300
 as to

00:53:36.300 --> 00:53:37.220
 why he's

00:53:37.220 --> 00:53:37.579
 chosen

00:53:37.579 --> 00:53:38.119
 to actually

00:53:38.119 --> 00:53:38.519
 write

00:53:38.519 --> 00:53:38.880
 in the way

00:53:38.880 --> 00:53:39.360
 he does.

00:53:39.680 --> 00:53:40.079
 I meant

00:53:40.079 --> 00:53:40.519
 to write

00:53:40.519 --> 00:53:40.820
 to you

00:53:40.820 --> 00:53:41.119
 he said

00:53:41.119 --> 00:53:41.800
 about

00:53:41.800 --> 00:53:42.380
 a common

00:53:42.380 --> 00:53:43.079
 salvation.

00:53:43.760 --> 00:53:43.980
 You're going

00:53:43.980 --> 00:53:44.240
 to write

00:53:44.240 --> 00:53:44.639
 something

00:53:44.639 --> 00:53:45.940
 of a treatise

00:53:45.940 --> 00:53:46.340
 whether it

00:53:46.340 --> 00:53:46.860
 be justification

00:53:46.860 --> 00:53:47.820
 or whatever

00:53:47.820 --> 00:53:49.119
 but he said

00:53:49.119 --> 00:53:49.639
 I found

00:53:49.639 --> 00:53:50.200
 it necessary

00:53:50.200 --> 00:53:50.720
 to write

00:53:50.720 --> 00:53:51.280
 to appeal

00:53:51.280 --> 00:53:51.800
 to you

00:53:51.800 --> 00:53:53.240
 to contend

00:53:53.240 --> 00:53:53.920
 for the

00:53:53.920 --> 00:53:54.360
 faith

00:53:54.360 --> 00:53:55.160
 that was

00:53:55.160 --> 00:53:55.920
 once for

00:53:55.920 --> 00:53:56.660
 all delivered

00:53:56.660 --> 00:53:57.480
 to the saints

00:53:57.480 --> 00:53:59.200
 for certain

00:53:59.200 --> 00:54:00.300
 people have

00:54:00.300 --> 00:54:01.380
 crept in

00:54:01.380 --> 00:54:02.600
 unnoticed

00:54:02.600 --> 00:54:04.140
 who were

00:54:04.140 --> 00:54:05.019
 already designated

00:54:05.019 --> 00:54:05.580
 for this

00:54:05.580 --> 00:54:06.340
 condemnation

00:54:06.340 --> 00:54:07.720
 ungodly

00:54:07.720 --> 00:54:08.200
 people

00:54:08.200 --> 00:54:09.640
 who pervert

00:54:09.640 --> 00:54:10.540
 the grace

00:54:10.540 --> 00:54:11.420
 of our God

00:54:11.420 --> 00:54:13.500
 into sensuality

00:54:13.500 --> 00:54:15.080
 that's right

00:54:15.080 --> 00:54:15.620
 up to date

00:54:15.620 --> 00:54:16.320
 isn't it?

00:54:17.160 --> 00:54:17.860
 Who pervert

00:54:17.860 --> 00:54:18.700
 the grace

00:54:18.699 --> 00:54:19.339
 of God

00:54:19.339 --> 00:54:20.859
 into sensuality

00:54:20.859 --> 00:54:21.519
 and deny

00:54:21.519 --> 00:54:22.480
 our only

00:54:22.480 --> 00:54:22.859
 master

00:54:22.859 --> 00:54:23.460
 and lord

00:54:23.460 --> 00:54:24.259
 Jesus

00:54:24.259 --> 00:54:25.000
 Christ?

00:54:25.839 --> 00:54:26.399
 And that's

00:54:26.399 --> 00:54:26.699
 you see

00:54:26.699 --> 00:54:27.299
 what's happened

00:54:27.299 --> 00:54:27.919
 it's come

00:54:27.919 --> 00:54:28.679
 from within

00:54:28.679 --> 00:54:29.719
 when the

00:54:29.719 --> 00:54:30.359
 people of the

00:54:30.359 --> 00:54:30.639
 church

00:54:30.639 --> 00:54:30.980
 when the

00:54:30.980 --> 00:54:31.259
 ministers

00:54:31.259 --> 00:54:31.619
 of the

00:54:31.619 --> 00:54:31.899
 church

00:54:31.899 --> 00:54:32.480
 when the

00:54:32.480 --> 00:54:32.799
 bishops

00:54:32.799 --> 00:54:33.259
 of the

00:54:33.259 --> 00:54:33.619
 church

00:54:33.619 --> 00:54:34.339
 when they

00:54:34.339 --> 00:54:34.619
 actually

00:54:34.619 --> 00:54:35.059
 come to

00:54:35.059 --> 00:54:35.419
 believe

00:54:35.419 --> 00:54:35.919
 the false

00:54:35.919 --> 00:54:36.299
 to be

00:54:36.299 --> 00:54:36.859
 the true

00:54:36.859 --> 00:54:38.199
 this is

00:54:38.199 --> 00:54:38.779
 what happens

00:54:38.779 --> 00:54:39.439
 it spreads

00:54:39.439 --> 00:54:40.319
 like a poison

00:54:40.319 --> 00:54:42.139
 and it

00:54:42.139 --> 00:54:42.519
 weakens

00:54:42.519 --> 00:54:43.219
 the cause

00:54:43.219 --> 00:54:44.859
 and it

00:54:44.859 --> 00:54:45.139
 becomes

00:54:45.139 --> 00:54:45.500
 totally

00:54:45.500 --> 00:54:46.059
 ineffective

00:54:46.059 --> 00:54:47.539
 of changing

00:54:47.539 --> 00:54:48.059
 people's

00:54:48.059 --> 00:54:48.539
 lives

00:54:48.539 --> 00:54:51.779
 I remember

00:54:51.779 --> 00:54:52.299
 one time

00:54:52.299 --> 00:54:53.480
 when I was

00:54:53.480 --> 00:54:54.419
 doing agriculture

00:54:54.419 --> 00:54:57.099
 and my

00:54:57.099 --> 00:54:57.699
 father said

00:54:57.699 --> 00:54:58.339
 when you

00:54:58.339 --> 00:54:58.759
 go back

00:54:58.759 --> 00:54:58.980
 to the

00:54:58.980 --> 00:54:59.199
 college

00:54:59.199 --> 00:54:59.519
 this was

00:54:59.519 --> 00:54:59.959
 on holiday

00:54:59.959 --> 00:55:01.099
 and he

00:55:01.099 --> 00:55:01.379
 said

00:55:01.379 --> 00:55:02.279
 ask one

00:55:02.279 --> 00:55:02.839
 of the

00:55:02.839 --> 00:55:03.059
 folk

00:55:03.059 --> 00:55:03.579
 in the

00:55:03.579 --> 00:55:03.859
 college

00:55:03.859 --> 00:55:04.459
 of agriculture

00:55:04.459 --> 00:55:04.879
 they ask

00:55:04.879 --> 00:55:05.039
 them

00:55:05.039 --> 00:55:06.459
 if they

00:55:06.459 --> 00:55:06.759
 know

00:55:06.759 --> 00:55:07.099
 what's

00:55:07.099 --> 00:55:07.459
 happening

00:55:07.459 --> 00:55:08.379
 to the

00:55:08.379 --> 00:55:08.699
 potato

00:55:08.699 --> 00:55:09.199
 plants

00:55:09.199 --> 00:55:10.179
 because

00:55:10.179 --> 00:55:10.459
 there's

00:55:10.459 --> 00:55:10.919
 a little

00:55:10.919 --> 00:55:11.279
 worm

00:55:11.279 --> 00:55:12.099
 that's

00:55:12.099 --> 00:55:12.279
 been

00:55:12.279 --> 00:55:12.879
 growing up

00:55:12.880 --> 00:55:13.500
 inside

00:55:13.500 --> 00:55:13.740
 the

00:55:13.740 --> 00:55:14.140
 potato

00:55:14.140 --> 00:55:14.940
 stalks

00:55:14.940 --> 00:55:15.920
 and it

00:55:15.920 --> 00:55:16.140
 kills

00:55:16.140 --> 00:55:16.340
 off

00:55:16.340 --> 00:55:16.480
 the

00:55:16.480 --> 00:55:16.840
 plant

00:55:16.840 --> 00:55:17.980
 and see

00:55:17.980 --> 00:55:18.119
 if you

00:55:18.119 --> 00:55:18.480
 can find

00:55:18.480 --> 00:55:18.700
 out

00:55:18.700 --> 00:55:19.400
 what

00:55:19.400 --> 00:55:19.660
 that

00:55:19.660 --> 00:55:20.119
 is

00:55:20.119 --> 00:55:20.579
 so I

00:55:20.579 --> 00:55:20.740
 went

00:55:20.740 --> 00:55:21.140
 and asked

00:55:21.140 --> 00:55:21.420
 one of

00:55:21.420 --> 00:55:21.519
 the

00:55:21.519 --> 00:55:21.920
 lecturers

00:55:21.920 --> 00:55:23.220
 what this

00:55:23.220 --> 00:55:23.440
 was

00:55:23.440 --> 00:55:23.780
 and he

00:55:23.780 --> 00:55:24.019
 said

00:55:24.019 --> 00:55:24.700
 I know

00:55:24.700 --> 00:55:25.039
 what that

00:55:25.039 --> 00:55:25.280
 is

00:55:25.280 --> 00:55:25.980
 that's

00:55:25.980 --> 00:55:26.160
 the

00:55:26.160 --> 00:55:26.980
 rosy

00:55:26.980 --> 00:55:27.500
 rustic

00:55:27.500 --> 00:55:28.000
 moth

00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:29.300
 and when

00:55:29.300 --> 00:55:29.599
 it lays

00:55:29.599 --> 00:55:30.019
 its eggs

00:55:30.019 --> 00:55:30.579
 and develops

00:55:30.579 --> 00:55:31.099
 into a

00:55:31.099 --> 00:55:31.579
 larvae

00:55:31.579 --> 00:55:32.500
 the larvae

00:55:32.500 --> 00:55:32.980
 of the

00:55:32.980 --> 00:55:33.380
 rosy

00:55:33.380 --> 00:55:33.880
 rustic

00:55:33.880 --> 00:55:34.360
 moth

00:55:34.360 --> 00:55:35.320
 it burrows

00:55:35.320 --> 00:55:35.960
 inside

00:55:35.960 --> 00:55:36.180
 the

00:55:36.180 --> 00:55:36.579
 potato

00:55:36.579 --> 00:55:37.180
 stem

00:55:37.180 --> 00:55:38.260
 it works

00:55:38.260 --> 00:55:38.619
 its way

00:55:38.619 --> 00:55:39.039
 it eats

00:55:39.039 --> 00:55:39.380
 its way

00:55:39.380 --> 00:55:39.780
 up the

00:55:39.780 --> 00:55:40.340
 inside

00:55:40.340 --> 00:55:40.680
 of the

00:55:40.680 --> 00:55:40.940
 stem

00:55:40.940 --> 00:55:41.480
 and eventually

00:55:41.480 --> 00:55:41.940
 of course

00:55:41.940 --> 00:55:42.780
 the plant

00:55:42.780 --> 00:55:43.380
 dies

00:55:43.380 --> 00:55:44.220
 there's no

00:55:44.220 --> 00:55:44.519
 growth

00:55:44.519 --> 00:55:44.780
 so there's

00:55:44.780 --> 00:55:44.900
 no

00:55:44.900 --> 00:55:45.360
 product

00:55:45.360 --> 00:55:48.179
 that's

00:55:48.179 --> 00:55:48.599
 what false

00:55:48.599 --> 00:55:48.940
 teaching

00:55:48.940 --> 00:55:49.380
 does

00:55:49.380 --> 00:55:51.000
 it doesn't

00:55:51.000 --> 00:55:51.420
 come out

00:55:51.420 --> 00:55:52.340
 unashamedly

00:55:52.340 --> 00:55:52.659
 and say

00:55:52.659 --> 00:55:53.220
 look at me

00:55:53.220 --> 00:55:53.840
 I'm false

00:55:53.840 --> 00:55:54.380
 teaching

00:55:54.380 --> 00:55:56.300
 it's like

00:55:56.300 --> 00:55:56.780
 the rosy

00:55:56.780 --> 00:55:57.260
 rustic

00:55:57.260 --> 00:55:57.940
 larvae

00:55:57.940 --> 00:55:58.300
 it gets

00:55:58.300 --> 00:55:58.900
 inside

00:55:58.900 --> 00:55:59.539
 and it

00:55:59.539 --> 00:55:59.840
 starts

00:55:59.840 --> 00:56:00.139
 eating

00:56:00.139 --> 00:56:00.800
 from within

00:56:00.800 --> 00:56:02.079
 and before

00:56:02.079 --> 00:56:02.440
 you know it

00:56:02.440 --> 00:56:02.780
 the plant

00:56:02.780 --> 00:56:03.200
 is beginning

00:56:03.200 --> 00:56:03.840
 to die

00:56:03.840 --> 00:56:05.059
 and if

00:56:05.059 --> 00:56:06.059
 it's not

00:56:06.059 --> 00:56:06.380
 changed

00:56:06.380 --> 00:56:06.740
 it will

00:56:06.740 --> 00:56:07.159
 die

00:56:07.159 --> 00:56:12.079
 and here

00:56:12.079 --> 00:56:12.319
 is

00:56:12.319 --> 00:56:13.219
 the first

00:56:13.219 --> 00:56:13.779
 attempt

00:56:13.779 --> 00:56:15.639
 to take

00:56:15.639 --> 00:56:16.579
 Micaiah

00:56:16.579 --> 00:56:17.480
 aside

00:56:17.480 --> 00:56:18.879
 to take

00:56:18.879 --> 00:56:19.139
 him out

00:56:19.139 --> 00:56:19.359
 of the

00:56:19.359 --> 00:56:19.839
 equation

00:56:19.839 --> 00:56:21.579
 to knock

00:56:21.579 --> 00:56:21.960
 out what

00:56:21.960 --> 00:56:22.259
 he's going

00:56:22.259 --> 00:56:22.719
 to say

00:56:22.719 --> 00:56:23.399
 but of

00:56:23.399 --> 00:56:23.539
 course

00:56:23.539 --> 00:56:24.239
 the next

00:56:24.239 --> 00:56:24.639
 attempt

00:56:24.639 --> 00:56:25.359
 is the

00:56:25.359 --> 00:56:25.639
 man who

00:56:25.639 --> 00:56:25.980
 went to

00:56:25.980 --> 00:56:26.440
 fetch

00:56:26.440 --> 00:56:27.039
 Micaiah

00:56:27.039 --> 00:56:29.279
 in verse

00:56:29.279 --> 00:56:29.719
 15

00:56:29.719 --> 00:56:30.079
 this is

00:56:30.079 --> 00:56:30.279
 what

00:56:30.279 --> 00:56:31.259
 you read

00:56:31.259 --> 00:56:31.480
 there

00:56:31.480 --> 00:56:31.779
 in verse

00:56:31.779 --> 00:56:32.139
 15

00:56:32.139 --> 00:56:32.379
 here's

00:56:32.379 --> 00:56:32.659
 the man

00:56:32.659 --> 00:56:33.359
 who went

00:56:33.359 --> 00:56:33.639
 to

00:56:33.639 --> 00:56:34.079
 Micaiah

00:56:34.079 --> 00:56:34.460
 when he'd

00:56:34.460 --> 00:56:34.759
 come to

00:56:34.759 --> 00:56:35.519
 the king

00:56:35.519 --> 00:56:36.920
 he said

00:56:36.920 --> 00:56:39.199
 to

00:56:39.199 --> 00:56:41.039
 this man

00:56:41.039 --> 00:56:42.320
 who was

00:56:42.320 --> 00:56:42.759
 sent as a

00:56:42.759 --> 00:56:43.099
 messenger

00:56:43.099 --> 00:56:44.019
 to win

00:56:44.019 --> 00:56:44.519
 Micaiah

00:56:44.519 --> 00:56:45.079
 over

00:56:45.079 --> 00:56:45.980
 he said

00:56:45.980 --> 00:56:46.159
 to him

00:56:46.159 --> 00:56:46.579
 now all

00:56:46.579 --> 00:56:47.380
 of these

00:56:47.380 --> 00:56:48.119
 prophets

00:56:48.119 --> 00:56:48.699
 of the

00:56:48.699 --> 00:56:48.940
 Lord

00:56:48.940 --> 00:56:49.360
 all these

00:56:49.360 --> 00:56:49.699
 prophets

00:56:49.699 --> 00:56:50.219
 have said

00:56:50.219 --> 00:56:51.219
 the one

00:56:51.219 --> 00:56:51.539
 thing

00:56:51.539 --> 00:56:52.300
 and

00:56:52.300 --> 00:56:53.679
 I want

00:56:53.679 --> 00:56:53.840
 you

00:56:53.840 --> 00:56:54.219
 you should

00:56:54.219 --> 00:56:54.440
 really

00:56:54.440 --> 00:56:54.699
 just

00:56:54.699 --> 00:56:55.099
 comply

00:56:55.099 --> 00:56:55.360
 with

00:56:55.360 --> 00:56:55.639
 that

00:56:55.639 --> 00:56:57.460
 all

00:56:57.460 --> 00:56:57.679
 of

00:56:57.679 --> 00:56:57.980
 these

00:56:57.980 --> 00:56:58.719
 prophets

00:56:58.719 --> 00:56:59.199
 have said

00:56:59.199 --> 00:56:59.719
 favorable

00:56:59.719 --> 00:57:00.280
 to the

00:57:00.280 --> 00:57:00.480
 king

00:57:00.480 --> 00:57:00.780
 in verse

00:57:00.780 --> 00:57:01.300
 13

00:57:01.300 --> 00:57:02.159
 behold

00:57:02.159 --> 00:57:02.719
 the words

00:57:02.719 --> 00:57:03.000
 of the

00:57:03.000 --> 00:57:03.340
 prophets

00:57:03.340 --> 00:57:03.840
 with one

00:57:03.840 --> 00:57:04.340
 accord

00:57:04.340 --> 00:57:04.920
 are

00:57:04.920 --> 00:57:05.440
 favorable

00:57:05.440 --> 00:57:05.880
 to the

00:57:05.880 --> 00:57:06.039
 king

00:57:06.039 --> 00:57:06.599
 let

00:57:06.599 --> 00:57:06.860
 your

00:57:06.860 --> 00:57:07.200
 word

00:57:07.200 --> 00:57:07.360
 be

00:57:07.360 --> 00:57:07.559
 like

00:57:07.559 --> 00:57:07.720
 the

00:57:07.720 --> 00:57:07.980
 word

00:57:07.980 --> 00:57:08.119
 of

00:57:08.119 --> 00:57:08.300
 one

00:57:08.300 --> 00:57:08.460
 of

00:57:08.460 --> 00:57:08.619
 them

00:57:08.619 --> 00:57:08.780
 and

00:57:08.780 --> 00:57:09.099
 speak

00:57:09.099 --> 00:57:09.679
 favorably

00:57:09.679 --> 00:57:10.179
 you can

00:57:10.179 --> 00:57:10.340
 just

00:57:10.340 --> 00:57:10.619
 always

00:57:10.619 --> 00:57:11.179
 picture

00:57:11.179 --> 00:57:11.599
 that

00:57:11.599 --> 00:57:12.099
 you can

00:57:12.099 --> 00:57:12.300
 always

00:57:12.300 --> 00:57:12.559
 picture

00:57:12.559 --> 00:57:12.760
 this

00:57:12.760 --> 00:57:12.960
 man

00:57:12.960 --> 00:57:13.220
 coming

00:57:13.220 --> 00:57:13.380
 to

00:57:13.380 --> 00:57:13.780
 Micaiah

00:57:13.780 --> 00:57:13.980
 and

00:57:13.980 --> 00:57:14.340
 really

00:57:14.340 --> 00:57:14.579
 putting

00:57:14.579 --> 00:57:14.720
 his

00:57:14.720 --> 00:57:14.900
 arm

00:57:14.900 --> 00:57:15.139
 around

00:57:15.139 --> 00:57:15.260
 him

00:57:15.260 --> 00:57:15.559
 on

00:57:15.559 --> 00:57:15.740
 his

00:57:15.740 --> 00:57:16.059
 shoulder

00:57:16.059 --> 00:57:16.240
 and

00:57:16.240 --> 00:57:16.380
 saying

00:57:16.380 --> 00:57:16.559
 now

00:57:16.559 --> 00:57:16.740
 look

00:57:16.740 --> 00:57:17.119
 Micaiah

00:57:17.119 --> 00:57:18.000
 all

00:57:18.000 --> 00:57:18.159
 of

00:57:18.159 --> 00:57:18.360
 these

00:57:18.360 --> 00:57:18.559
 the

00:57:18.559 --> 00:57:18.880
 400

00:57:18.880 --> 00:57:19.280
 of

00:57:19.280 --> 00:57:19.400
 them

00:57:19.400 --> 00:57:20.059
 unanimously

00:57:20.059 --> 00:57:20.300
 have

00:57:20.300 --> 00:57:20.559
 come

00:57:20.559 --> 00:57:20.940
 to

00:57:20.940 --> 00:57:21.200
 speak

00:57:21.200 --> 00:57:21.760
 favorably

00:57:21.760 --> 00:57:21.980
 to

00:57:21.980 --> 00:57:22.179
 the

00:57:22.179 --> 00:57:22.500
 king

00:57:22.500 --> 00:57:23.159
 why

00:57:23.159 --> 00:57:23.460
 should

00:57:23.460 --> 00:57:23.639
 you

00:57:23.639 --> 00:57:23.800
 be

00:57:23.800 --> 00:57:23.980
 a

00:57:23.980 --> 00:57:24.200
 fool

00:57:24.200 --> 00:57:24.380
 and

00:57:24.380 --> 00:57:24.539
 go

00:57:24.539 --> 00:57:24.980
 differently

00:57:24.980 --> 00:57:25.500
 why

00:57:25.500 --> 00:57:25.740
 should

00:57:25.739 --> 00:57:25.899
 you

00:57:25.899 --> 00:57:26.079
 say

00:57:26.079 --> 00:57:26.419
 something

00:57:26.419 --> 00:57:26.799
 different

00:57:26.799 --> 00:57:27.000
 to

00:57:27.000 --> 00:57:27.179
 them

00:57:27.179 --> 00:57:27.759
 what's

00:57:27.759 --> 00:57:27.899
 the

00:57:27.899 --> 00:57:28.119
 point

00:57:28.119 --> 00:57:28.259
 of

00:57:28.259 --> 00:57:28.500
 making

00:57:28.500 --> 00:57:28.879
 trouble

00:57:28.879 --> 00:57:29.099
 for

00:57:29.099 --> 00:57:29.419
 yourself

00:57:29.419 --> 00:57:29.639
 and

00:57:29.639 --> 00:57:29.979
 danger

00:57:29.979 --> 00:57:30.199
 for

00:57:30.199 --> 00:57:30.559
 yourself

00:57:30.559 --> 00:57:31.500
 just

00:57:31.500 --> 00:57:32.579
 actually

00:57:32.579 --> 00:57:33.179
 go along

00:57:33.179 --> 00:57:33.559
 with what

00:57:33.559 --> 00:57:33.699
 they're

00:57:33.699 --> 00:57:34.000
 saying

00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:34.279
 for the

00:57:34.279 --> 00:57:34.539
 moment

00:57:34.539 --> 00:57:35.099
 you can

00:57:35.099 --> 00:57:35.419
 keep

00:57:35.419 --> 00:57:35.799
 your own

00:57:35.799 --> 00:57:36.099
 views

00:57:36.099 --> 00:57:36.279
 to

00:57:36.279 --> 00:57:36.779
 yourself

00:57:36.779 --> 00:57:37.500
 you can

00:57:37.500 --> 00:57:37.899
 believe

00:57:37.899 --> 00:57:38.259
 what you

00:57:38.259 --> 00:57:38.459
 do

00:57:38.459 --> 00:57:38.879
 believe

00:57:38.879 --> 00:57:39.359
 you can

00:57:39.359 --> 00:57:39.779
 go on

00:57:39.779 --> 00:57:40.139
 believing

00:57:40.139 --> 00:57:40.439
 what you

00:57:40.439 --> 00:57:40.759
 want to

00:57:40.759 --> 00:57:41.179
 believe

00:57:41.179 --> 00:57:41.939
 but just

00:57:41.939 --> 00:57:42.299
 keep it

00:57:42.299 --> 00:57:42.619
 quiet

00:57:42.619 --> 00:57:42.919
 for the

00:57:42.919 --> 00:57:43.179
 moment

00:57:43.179 --> 00:57:43.399
 will

00:57:43.399 --> 00:57:43.619
 you

00:57:43.619 --> 00:57:47.299
 he's

00:57:47.299 --> 00:57:47.699
 trying to

00:57:47.699 --> 00:57:47.960
 actually

00:57:47.960 --> 00:57:48.480
 bring him

00:57:48.480 --> 00:57:49.179
 alongside

00:57:49.179 --> 00:57:49.779
 so that

00:57:49.779 --> 00:57:50.019
 he won't

00:57:50.019 --> 00:57:50.299
 be a

00:57:50.299 --> 00:57:50.920
 troublemaker

00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:55.119
 but he

00:57:55.119 --> 00:57:55.380
 meets

00:57:55.380 --> 00:57:55.980
 as much

00:57:55.980 --> 00:57:58.839
 as the

00:57:58.839 --> 00:57:59.139
 Lord

00:57:59.139 --> 00:57:59.739
 lives

00:57:59.739 --> 00:58:01.259
 what the

00:58:01.259 --> 00:58:01.579
 Lord

00:58:01.579 --> 00:58:02.199
 says to

00:58:02.199 --> 00:58:02.539
 me

00:58:02.539 --> 00:58:03.759
 that

00:58:03.759 --> 00:58:03.980
 will

00:58:03.980 --> 00:58:04.179
 I

00:58:04.179 --> 00:58:04.639
 speak

00:58:04.639 --> 00:58:06.619
 what

00:58:06.619 --> 00:58:06.779
 the

00:58:06.779 --> 00:58:07.059
 Lord

00:58:07.059 --> 00:58:07.440
 says

00:58:07.440 --> 00:58:07.619
 to

00:58:07.619 --> 00:58:07.880
 me

00:58:07.880 --> 00:58:08.799
 that

00:58:08.799 --> 00:58:09.019
 will

00:58:09.019 --> 00:58:09.239
 I

00:58:09.239 --> 00:58:09.659
 speak

00:58:09.659 --> 00:58:10.960
 and

00:58:10.960 --> 00:58:11.219
 that's

00:58:11.219 --> 00:58:11.359
 what

00:58:11.359 --> 00:58:11.579
 we're

00:58:11.579 --> 00:58:11.920
 committed

00:58:11.920 --> 00:58:12.159
 to

00:58:12.159 --> 00:58:12.259
 it

00:58:12.259 --> 00:58:12.440
 doesn't

00:58:12.440 --> 00:58:12.679
 matter

00:58:12.679 --> 00:58:12.940
 whether

00:58:12.940 --> 00:58:13.119
 we

00:58:13.119 --> 00:58:13.599
 in

00:58:13.599 --> 00:58:14.139
 pulpits

00:58:14.139 --> 00:58:14.339
 or

00:58:14.339 --> 00:58:14.799
 whether

00:58:14.799 --> 00:58:15.159
 we're

00:58:15.159 --> 00:58:15.759
 serving

00:58:15.759 --> 00:58:15.940
 the

00:58:15.940 --> 00:58:16.099
 Lord

00:58:16.099 --> 00:58:16.239
 in

00:58:16.239 --> 00:58:16.500
 whatever

00:58:16.500 --> 00:58:16.779
 way

00:58:16.779 --> 00:58:16.980
 we're

00:58:16.980 --> 00:58:17.339
 serving

00:58:17.339 --> 00:58:17.519
 him

00:58:17.519 --> 00:58:18.019
 whatever

00:58:18.019 --> 00:58:18.500
 we

00:58:18.500 --> 00:58:19.039
 have

00:58:19.039 --> 00:58:19.900
 as a

00:58:19.900 --> 00:58:21.420
 privilege

00:58:21.420 --> 00:58:21.659
 of

00:58:21.659 --> 00:58:22.139
 upholding

00:58:22.139 --> 00:58:22.299
 the

00:58:22.299 --> 00:58:22.579
 truth

00:58:22.579 --> 00:58:22.799
 of

00:58:22.799 --> 00:58:23.099
 God

00:58:23.099 --> 00:58:23.739
 when

00:58:23.739 --> 00:58:23.940
 the

00:58:23.940 --> 00:58:24.239
 world

00:58:24.239 --> 00:58:24.759
 comes

00:58:24.759 --> 00:58:25.019
 and

00:58:25.019 --> 00:58:25.219
 says

00:58:25.219 --> 00:58:25.440
 look

00:58:25.440 --> 00:58:25.719
 just

00:58:25.719 --> 00:58:25.920
 go

00:58:25.920 --> 00:58:26.199
 along

00:58:26.199 --> 00:58:26.359
 with

00:58:26.359 --> 00:58:26.480
 this

00:58:26.480 --> 00:58:26.779
 why

00:58:26.779 --> 00:58:26.900
 do

00:58:26.900 --> 00:58:27.059
 not

00:58:27.059 --> 00:58:27.460
 fall

00:58:27.460 --> 00:58:27.659
 in

00:58:27.659 --> 00:58:27.839
 with

00:58:27.839 --> 00:58:27.980
 the

00:58:27.980 --> 00:58:28.519
 majority

00:58:28.519 --> 00:58:29.219
 surely

00:58:29.219 --> 00:58:29.400
 they

00:58:29.400 --> 00:58:29.699
 can't

00:58:29.699 --> 00:58:29.940
 all

00:58:29.940 --> 00:58:30.119
 be

00:58:30.119 --> 00:58:30.420
 wrong

00:58:30.420 --> 00:58:30.679
 these

00:58:30.679 --> 00:58:31.159
 400

00:58:31.159 --> 00:58:31.619
 and

00:58:31.619 --> 00:58:31.839
 you

00:58:31.839 --> 00:58:32.000
 as

00:58:32.000 --> 00:58:32.319
 one

00:58:32.319 --> 00:58:32.799
 person

00:58:32.799 --> 00:58:33.319
 you're

00:58:33.319 --> 00:58:33.440
 going

00:58:33.440 --> 00:58:33.539
 to

00:58:33.539 --> 00:58:34.099
 stand

00:58:34.099 --> 00:58:34.420
 surely

00:58:34.420 --> 00:58:34.599
 you're

00:58:34.599 --> 00:58:34.759
 not

00:58:34.759 --> 00:58:34.880
 going

00:58:34.880 --> 00:58:34.980
 to

00:58:34.980 --> 00:58:35.159
 say

00:58:35.159 --> 00:58:35.739
 I'm

00:58:35.739 --> 00:58:35.980
 actually

00:58:35.980 --> 00:58:36.139
 of

00:58:43.119 --> 00:58:43.259
 Lord

00:58:43.259 --> 00:58:43.440
 that

00:58:43.440 --> 00:58:43.619
 I

00:58:43.619 --> 00:58:44.139
 believe

00:58:44.139 --> 00:58:44.460
 it

00:58:44.460 --> 00:58:44.639
 doesn't

00:58:44.639 --> 00:58:44.859
 matter

00:58:44.859 --> 00:58:45.039
 what

00:58:45.039 --> 00:58:45.339
 anybody

00:58:45.339 --> 00:58:45.739
 tells

00:58:45.739 --> 00:58:46.000
 me

00:58:46.000 --> 00:58:46.759
 this

00:58:46.759 --> 00:58:46.920
 is

00:58:46.920 --> 00:58:47.099
 where

00:58:47.099 --> 00:58:47.259
 I

00:58:47.259 --> 00:58:47.779
 stand

00:58:47.779 --> 00:58:48.619
 this

00:58:48.619 --> 00:58:48.759
 is

00:58:48.759 --> 00:58:48.900
 what

00:58:48.900 --> 00:58:49.079
 I'm

00:58:49.079 --> 00:58:49.239
 going

00:58:49.239 --> 00:58:49.460
 to

00:58:49.460 --> 00:58:50.139
 stand

00:58:50.139 --> 00:58:50.739
 for

00:58:50.739 --> 00:58:52.940
 and

00:58:52.940 --> 00:58:53.139
 that's

00:58:53.139 --> 00:58:53.299
 what

00:58:53.299 --> 00:58:53.500
 Kate

00:58:53.500 --> 00:58:53.819
 Forbes

00:58:53.819 --> 00:58:54.019
 is

00:58:54.019 --> 00:58:54.319
 doing

00:58:54.319 --> 00:58:54.460
 in

00:58:54.460 --> 00:58:54.579
 her

00:58:54.579 --> 00:58:54.819
 own

00:58:54.819 --> 00:58:55.639
 sphere

00:58:55.639 --> 00:58:55.940
 of

00:58:55.940 --> 00:58:56.659
 serving

00:58:56.659 --> 00:58:57.119
 God

00:58:57.119 --> 00:58:57.339
 where

00:58:57.339 --> 00:58:57.480
 she

00:58:57.480 --> 00:58:57.699
 is

00:58:57.699 --> 00:58:58.440
 that's

00:58:58.440 --> 00:58:59.679
 why

00:58:59.679 --> 00:58:59.980
 it's

00:58:59.980 --> 00:59:00.440
 difficult

00:59:00.440 --> 00:59:02.380
 that's

00:59:02.380 --> 00:59:02.519
 why

00:59:02.519 --> 00:59:02.699
 it's

00:59:02.699 --> 00:59:03.039
 difficult

00:59:03.039 --> 00:59:03.279
 for

00:59:03.279 --> 00:59:03.799
 Micaiah

00:59:03.799 --> 00:59:05.199
 he's

00:59:05.199 --> 00:59:05.599
 facing

00:59:05.599 --> 00:59:06.219
 the

00:59:06.219 --> 00:59:06.659
 prospect

00:59:06.659 --> 00:59:06.980
 as

00:59:06.980 --> 00:59:07.319
 it

00:59:07.319 --> 00:59:07.539
 turned

00:59:07.539 --> 00:59:07.759
 out

00:59:07.759 --> 00:59:08.000
 indeed

00:59:08.000 --> 00:59:08.279
 he's

00:59:08.279 --> 00:59:08.699
 facing

00:59:08.699 --> 00:59:08.880
 the

00:59:08.880 --> 00:59:09.219
 prospect

00:59:09.219 --> 00:59:09.500
 of

00:59:09.500 --> 00:59:10.179
 imprisonment

00:59:10.179 --> 00:59:10.339
 which

00:59:10.339 --> 00:59:10.739
 is

00:59:10.739 --> 00:59:10.900
 what

00:59:10.900 --> 00:59:11.279
 happened

00:59:11.280 --> 00:59:12.620
 he knows

00:59:12.620 --> 00:59:12.800
 he's

00:59:12.800 --> 00:59:12.980
 going

00:59:12.980 --> 00:59:13.160
 to

00:59:13.160 --> 00:59:13.780
 face

00:59:13.780 --> 00:59:14.140
 real

00:59:14.140 --> 00:59:14.660
 difficulty

00:59:14.660 --> 00:59:14.960
 if he

00:59:14.960 --> 00:59:15.240
 stands

00:59:15.240 --> 00:59:15.440
 up

00:59:15.440 --> 00:59:15.580
 and

00:59:15.580 --> 00:59:15.820
 says

00:59:15.820 --> 00:59:16.120
 this

00:59:16.120 --> 00:59:17.640
 but

00:59:17.640 --> 00:59:17.760
 he

00:59:17.760 --> 00:59:17.980
 did

00:59:17.980 --> 00:59:19.900
 and

00:59:19.900 --> 00:59:20.000
 the

00:59:20.000 --> 00:59:20.360
 attempt

00:59:20.360 --> 00:59:20.780
 failed

00:59:20.780 --> 00:59:21.840
 to

00:59:21.840 --> 00:59:22.060
 take

00:59:22.060 --> 00:59:22.160
 him

00:59:22.160 --> 00:59:22.620
 aside

00:59:22.620 --> 00:59:23.720
 and

00:59:23.720 --> 00:59:23.920
 there's

00:59:23.920 --> 00:59:24.019
 his

00:59:24.019 --> 00:59:24.280
 answer

00:59:24.280 --> 00:59:24.460
 in

00:59:24.460 --> 00:59:24.620
 verse

00:59:24.620 --> 00:59:25.000
 14

00:59:25.000 --> 00:59:25.160
 as

00:59:25.160 --> 00:59:25.260
 we

00:59:25.260 --> 00:59:25.580
 said

00:59:25.580 --> 00:59:26.840
 as

00:59:26.840 --> 00:59:27.000
 the

00:59:27.000 --> 00:59:27.240
 Lord

00:59:27.240 --> 00:59:27.860
 lives

00:59:27.860 --> 00:59:28.940
 what

00:59:28.940 --> 00:59:29.080
 the

00:59:29.080 --> 00:59:29.460
 Lord

00:59:29.460 --> 00:59:29.760
 has

00:59:29.760 --> 00:59:30.140
 said

00:59:30.140 --> 00:59:31.340
 that

00:59:31.340 --> 00:59:31.980
 I

00:59:31.980 --> 00:59:32.180
 will

00:59:32.180 --> 00:59:32.620
 speak

00:59:32.620 --> 00:59:34.480
 that

00:59:34.480 --> 00:59:35.660
 I

00:59:35.660 --> 00:59:35.860
 will

00:59:35.860 --> 00:59:36.340
 speak

00:59:36.340 --> 00:59:40.420
 what

00:59:40.420 --> 00:59:40.620
 is

00:59:40.620 --> 00:59:40.760
 it

00:59:40.760 --> 00:59:40.920
 that

00:59:40.920 --> 00:59:41.160
 gives

00:59:41.160 --> 00:59:41.320
 a

00:59:41.320 --> 00:59:41.660
 person

00:59:41.660 --> 00:59:43.080
 to

00:59:43.080 --> 00:59:43.280
 be

00:59:43.280 --> 00:59:43.640
 loyal

00:59:43.640 --> 00:59:43.880
 to

00:59:43.880 --> 00:59:44.060
 the

00:59:44.060 --> 00:59:44.420
 truth

00:59:44.420 --> 00:59:44.640
 of

00:59:44.640 --> 00:59:45.060
 God

00:59:45.060 --> 00:59:47.020
 well

00:59:47.020 --> 00:59:48.360
 in

00:59:48.360 --> 00:59:48.520
 a

00:59:48.520 --> 00:59:48.820
 word

00:59:48.820 --> 00:59:49.280
 it's

00:59:49.280 --> 00:59:49.980
 love

00:59:49.980 --> 00:59:50.240
 for

00:59:50.240 --> 00:59:50.680
 God

00:59:50.680 --> 00:59:52.600
 if

00:59:52.600 --> 00:59:52.760
 you

00:59:52.760 --> 00:59:53.060
 love

00:59:53.060 --> 00:59:53.540
 God

00:59:53.540 --> 00:59:54.180
 you

00:59:54.180 --> 00:59:54.360
 will

00:59:54.360 --> 00:59:54.780
 love

00:59:54.780 --> 00:59:54.980
 his

00:59:54.980 --> 00:59:55.320
 truth

00:59:55.320 --> 00:59:56.560
 if

00:59:56.560 --> 00:59:56.720
 you

00:59:56.720 --> 00:59:56.980
 love

00:59:56.980 --> 00:59:57.140
 the

00:59:57.140 --> 00:59:57.460
 Lord

00:59:57.460 --> 00:59:57.820
 you

00:59:57.820 --> 00:59:58.000
 will

00:59:58.000 --> 00:59:58.380
 stand

00:59:58.380 --> 00:59:58.620
 up

00:59:58.620 --> 00:59:58.820
 for

00:59:58.820 --> 00:59:59.000
 his

00:59:59.000 --> 00:59:59.340
 truth

00:59:59.340 --> 01:00:00.180
 if

01:00:00.180 --> 01:00:00.360
 you

01:00:00.360 --> 01:00:00.580
 love

01:00:00.580 --> 01:00:00.740
 the

01:00:00.740 --> 01:00:00.980
 Lord

01:00:00.980 --> 01:00:01.140
 you

01:00:01.140 --> 01:00:01.260
 will

01:00:01.260 --> 01:00:01.420
 not

01:00:01.420 --> 01:00:01.620
 give

01:00:01.620 --> 01:00:02.000
 away

01:00:02.000 --> 01:00:02.260
 his

01:00:02.260 --> 01:00:02.640
 truth

01:00:02.640 --> 01:00:03.640
 for

01:00:03.640 --> 01:00:03.820
 a

01:00:03.820 --> 01:00:04.100
 mess

01:00:04.100 --> 01:00:04.320
 of

01:00:04.320 --> 01:00:04.940
 pottage

01:00:04.940 --> 01:00:05.840
 for

01:00:05.840 --> 01:00:06.320
 political

01:00:06.320 --> 01:00:06.720
 whatever

01:00:06.720 --> 01:00:07.500
 advantage

01:00:07.500 --> 01:00:11.300
 but

01:00:11.300 --> 01:00:11.480
 this

01:00:11.480 --> 01:00:11.599
 is

01:00:11.599 --> 01:00:11.760
 the

01:00:11.760 --> 01:00:11.940
 new

01:00:11.940 --> 01:00:12.440
 tolerance

01:00:12.440 --> 01:00:12.679
 you

01:00:12.679 --> 01:00:12.900
 see

01:00:12.900 --> 01:00:14.760
 this

01:00:14.760 --> 01:00:14.880
 is

01:00:14.880 --> 01:00:15.019
 the

01:00:15.019 --> 01:00:15.239
 new

01:00:15.239 --> 01:00:15.519
 type

01:00:15.519 --> 01:00:15.699
 of

01:00:15.699 --> 01:00:16.099
 tolerance

01:00:16.099 --> 01:00:16.360
 we

01:00:16.360 --> 01:00:17.000
 are

01:00:17.000 --> 01:00:17.340
 told

01:00:17.340 --> 01:00:17.559
 is

01:00:17.559 --> 01:00:17.719
 what

01:00:17.719 --> 01:00:17.860
 we

01:00:17.860 --> 01:00:18.059
 need

01:00:18.059 --> 01:00:18.219
 to

01:00:18.219 --> 01:00:18.599
 follow

01:00:18.599 --> 01:00:19.239
 in

01:00:19.239 --> 01:00:19.400
 our

01:00:19.400 --> 01:00:20.079
 generation

01:00:20.079 --> 01:00:21.579
 you

01:00:21.579 --> 01:00:22.039
 accept

01:00:22.039 --> 01:00:22.619
 all

01:00:22.619 --> 01:00:23.460
 moral

01:00:23.460 --> 01:00:24.159
 positions

01:00:24.159 --> 01:00:25.119
 as

01:00:25.119 --> 01:00:25.860
 equals

01:00:25.860 --> 01:00:27.579
 that's

01:00:27.579 --> 01:00:27.960
 a new

01:00:27.960 --> 01:00:28.219
 way

01:00:28.219 --> 01:00:28.679
 relatively

01:00:28.679 --> 01:00:29.019
 new

01:00:29.019 --> 01:00:29.260
 way

01:00:29.260 --> 01:00:29.719
 of

01:00:29.719 --> 01:00:30.000
 looking

01:00:30.000 --> 01:00:30.199
 at

01:00:30.199 --> 01:00:30.559
 tolerance

01:00:30.559 --> 01:00:30.880
 because

01:00:30.880 --> 01:00:31.440
 tolerance

01:00:31.440 --> 01:00:32.500
 in the

01:00:32.500 --> 01:00:32.840
 old

01:00:32.840 --> 01:00:33.559
 sense

01:00:33.559 --> 01:00:33.900
 of the

01:00:33.900 --> 01:00:34.239
 word

01:00:34.239 --> 01:00:34.880
 tolerance

01:00:34.880 --> 01:00:35.159
 was

01:00:35.159 --> 01:00:35.699
 I

01:00:35.699 --> 01:00:36.440
 have

01:00:36.440 --> 01:00:36.639
 all

01:00:36.639 --> 01:00:36.819
 these

01:00:36.819 --> 01:00:37.179
 different

01:00:37.179 --> 01:00:37.460
 views

01:00:37.460 --> 01:00:38.000
 confronting

01:00:38.000 --> 01:00:38.219
 me

01:00:38.219 --> 01:00:38.619
 I

01:00:38.619 --> 01:00:38.759
 have

01:00:38.759 --> 01:00:38.940
 my

01:00:38.940 --> 01:00:39.159
 own

01:00:39.159 --> 01:00:39.559
 belief

01:00:39.559 --> 01:00:39.699
 I

01:00:39.699 --> 01:00:39.839
 have

01:00:39.839 --> 01:00:39.980
 my

01:00:39.980 --> 01:00:40.179
 own

01:00:40.179 --> 01:00:40.539
 view

01:00:40.539 --> 01:00:41.000
 but

01:00:41.000 --> 01:00:41.399
 tolerance

01:00:41.399 --> 01:00:41.799
 means

01:00:41.799 --> 01:00:42.219
 I'm

01:00:42.219 --> 01:00:42.420
 allowed

01:00:42.420 --> 01:00:42.619
 to

01:00:42.619 --> 01:00:42.940
 keep

01:00:42.940 --> 01:00:43.219
 that

01:00:43.219 --> 01:00:43.559
 view

01:00:43.559 --> 01:00:44.059
 without

01:00:44.059 --> 01:00:44.500
 actually

01:00:44.500 --> 01:00:44.739
 having

01:00:44.739 --> 01:00:44.920
 to

01:00:44.920 --> 01:00:45.039
 say

01:00:45.039 --> 01:00:45.219
 that

01:00:45.219 --> 01:00:45.699
 every

01:00:45.699 --> 01:00:46.059
 other

01:00:46.059 --> 01:00:46.460
 single

01:00:46.460 --> 01:00:46.719
 view

01:00:46.719 --> 01:00:46.879
 is

01:00:46.879 --> 01:00:47.000
 of

01:00:47.000 --> 01:00:47.359
 equal

01:00:47.359 --> 01:00:47.839
 validity

01:00:47.839 --> 01:00:49.879
 but

01:00:49.879 --> 01:00:50.039
 here

01:00:50.039 --> 01:00:50.199
 we

01:00:50.199 --> 01:00:50.420
 are

01:00:50.420 --> 01:00:50.819
 seeing

01:00:50.819 --> 01:00:51.379
 in

01:00:51.379 --> 01:00:51.559
 our

01:00:51.559 --> 01:00:51.920
 nation

01:00:51.920 --> 01:00:52.960
 some

01:00:52.960 --> 01:00:53.259
 people

01:00:53.259 --> 01:00:53.579
 actually

01:00:53.579 --> 01:00:53.879
 saying

01:00:53.879 --> 01:00:54.399
 here

01:00:54.399 --> 01:00:54.619
 is

01:00:54.619 --> 01:00:54.920
 a

01:00:54.920 --> 01:00:55.199
 woman

01:00:55.199 --> 01:00:55.719
 who

01:00:55.719 --> 01:00:55.940
 does

01:00:55.940 --> 01:00:56.299
 not

01:00:56.299 --> 01:00:56.659
 actually

01:00:56.659 --> 01:00:57.259
 believe

01:00:57.259 --> 01:00:57.639
 that

01:00:57.639 --> 01:00:57.920
 same

01:00:57.920 --> 01:00:58.199
 sex

01:00:58.199 --> 01:00:58.659
 marriage

01:00:58.659 --> 01:00:59.019
 is

01:00:59.019 --> 01:00:59.139
 the

01:00:59.139 --> 01:00:59.319
 right

01:00:59.319 --> 01:00:59.559
 thing

01:00:59.559 --> 01:00:59.739
 for

01:00:59.739 --> 01:01:00.039
 human

01:01:00.039 --> 01:01:00.659
 relationships

01:01:00.659 --> 01:01:01.159
 here

01:01:01.159 --> 01:01:01.279
 is

01:01:01.279 --> 01:01:01.379
 a

01:01:01.379 --> 01:01:01.559
 woman

01:01:01.559 --> 01:01:01.759
 who

01:01:01.759 --> 01:01:02.159
 says

01:01:02.159 --> 01:01:02.420
 that

01:01:02.420 --> 01:01:02.699
 she

01:01:02.699 --> 01:01:02.980
 doesn't

01:01:02.980 --> 01:01:03.319
 believe

01:01:03.319 --> 01:01:03.559
 that

01:01:03.559 --> 01:01:04.119
 females

01:01:04.119 --> 01:01:04.539
 ought to

01:01:04.539 --> 01:01:04.659
 be

01:01:04.659 --> 01:01:05.039
 ordained

01:01:05.039 --> 01:01:05.199
 to

01:01:05.199 --> 01:01:05.579
 office

01:01:05.579 --> 01:01:05.799
 in

01:01:05.799 --> 01:01:05.940
 the

01:01:05.940 --> 01:01:06.379
 church

01:01:06.379 --> 01:01:07.319
 here

01:01:07.319 --> 01:01:07.440
 is

01:01:07.440 --> 01:01:07.559
 a

01:01:07.559 --> 01:01:07.779
 woman

01:01:07.779 --> 01:01:08.059
 who

01:01:08.059 --> 01:01:09.059
 confines

01:01:09.059 --> 01:01:09.480
 herself

01:01:09.480 --> 01:01:09.699
 to

01:01:09.699 --> 01:01:10.019
 the

01:01:10.019 --> 01:01:10.420
 ethics

01:01:10.420 --> 01:01:10.679
 of

01:01:10.679 --> 01:01:10.859
 the

01:01:10.859 --> 01:01:11.219
 Bible

01:01:11.219 --> 01:01:12.339
 and

01:01:12.339 --> 01:01:12.440
 you

01:01:12.440 --> 01:01:12.619
 know

01:01:12.619 --> 01:01:13.099
 this

01:01:13.099 --> 01:01:13.279
 is

01:01:13.279 --> 01:01:13.559
 then

01:01:13.559 --> 01:01:14.019
 the

01:01:14.019 --> 01:01:14.460
 reaction

01:01:14.460 --> 01:01:14.739
 of

01:01:14.739 --> 01:01:15.219
 the

01:01:15.219 --> 01:01:15.599
 world

01:01:15.599 --> 01:01:16.059
 of

01:01:16.059 --> 01:01:16.299
 most

01:01:16.299 --> 01:01:16.460
 of

01:01:16.460 --> 01:01:16.579
 the

01:01:16.579 --> 01:01:16.859
 world

01:01:16.859 --> 01:01:17.239
 the

01:01:17.239 --> 01:01:17.579
 reaction

01:01:17.579 --> 01:01:17.960
 is

01:01:17.960 --> 01:01:18.279
 well

01:01:18.279 --> 01:01:19.779
 that

01:01:19.779 --> 01:01:20.219
 person

01:01:20.219 --> 01:01:20.639
 isn't

01:01:20.639 --> 01:01:20.899
 fit

01:01:20.899 --> 01:01:21.099
 to

01:01:21.099 --> 01:01:21.259
 lead

01:01:21.259 --> 01:01:21.399
 a

01:01:21.399 --> 01:01:21.779
 nation

01:01:21.779 --> 01:01:22.579
 if

01:01:22.579 --> 01:01:22.719
 she

01:01:22.719 --> 01:01:23.039
 doesn't

01:01:23.039 --> 01:01:23.460
 accept

01:01:23.460 --> 01:01:24.079
 every

01:01:24.079 --> 01:01:24.460
 point

01:01:24.460 --> 01:01:24.619
 of

01:01:24.619 --> 01:01:24.839
 view

01:01:24.839 --> 01:01:25.379
 of

01:01:25.379 --> 01:01:25.899
 equal

01:01:25.899 --> 01:01:26.399
 validity

01:01:30.659 --> 01:01:31.139
 ignorance

01:01:31.139 --> 01:01:32.420
 that's

01:01:32.420 --> 01:01:32.940
 tyranny

01:01:32.940 --> 01:01:34.879
 if I

01:01:34.879 --> 01:01:35.019
 have

01:01:35.019 --> 01:01:35.279
 every

01:01:35.279 --> 01:01:35.719
 single

01:01:35.719 --> 01:01:36.019
 view

01:01:36.019 --> 01:01:36.279
 set

01:01:36.279 --> 01:01:36.579
 before

01:01:36.579 --> 01:01:36.759
 me

01:01:36.759 --> 01:01:36.899
 that

01:01:36.899 --> 01:01:37.179
 people

01:01:37.179 --> 01:01:37.599
 think

01:01:37.599 --> 01:01:38.279
 and

01:01:38.279 --> 01:01:38.399
 if

01:01:38.399 --> 01:01:38.579
 I'm

01:01:38.579 --> 01:01:38.879
 told

01:01:38.879 --> 01:01:39.239
 you

01:01:39.239 --> 01:01:39.379
 know

01:01:39.379 --> 01:01:39.539
 the

01:01:39.539 --> 01:01:39.819
 only

01:01:39.819 --> 01:01:40.039
 way

01:01:40.039 --> 01:01:40.199
 that

01:01:40.199 --> 01:01:40.299
 we

01:01:40.299 --> 01:01:40.460
 can

01:01:40.460 --> 01:01:40.980
 accept

01:01:40.980 --> 01:01:41.219
 you

01:01:41.219 --> 01:01:41.899
 as

01:01:41.899 --> 01:01:42.059
 a

01:01:42.059 --> 01:01:42.339
 leader

01:01:42.339 --> 01:01:42.819
 in

01:01:42.819 --> 01:01:43.480
 political

01:01:43.480 --> 01:01:43.920
 life

01:01:43.920 --> 01:01:44.279
 is

01:01:44.279 --> 01:01:44.440
 if

01:01:44.440 --> 01:01:44.559
 you

01:01:44.559 --> 01:01:44.719
 say

01:01:44.719 --> 01:01:44.859
 of

01:01:44.859 --> 01:01:45.339
 all

01:01:45.339 --> 01:01:45.539
 of

01:01:45.539 --> 01:01:45.819
 these

01:01:45.819 --> 01:01:46.259
 views

01:01:46.259 --> 01:01:46.659
 whether

01:01:46.659 --> 01:01:46.879
 it's

01:01:46.879 --> 01:01:47.039
 on

01:01:47.039 --> 01:01:47.559
 marriage

01:01:47.559 --> 01:01:48.059
 or

01:01:48.059 --> 01:01:48.339
 human

01:01:48.339 --> 01:01:48.920
 relationship

01:01:48.920 --> 01:01:49.299
 or

01:01:49.299 --> 01:01:49.759
 whatever

01:01:49.759 --> 01:01:50.339
 if

01:01:50.339 --> 01:01:50.480
 you

01:01:50.480 --> 01:01:50.799
 actually

01:01:50.799 --> 01:01:51.379
 come

01:01:51.379 --> 01:01:51.599
 to

01:01:51.599 --> 01:01:51.859
 say

01:01:51.859 --> 01:01:52.219
 I

01:01:52.219 --> 01:01:52.699
 accept

01:01:52.699 --> 01:01:52.899
 that

01:01:52.899 --> 01:01:53.000
 they

01:01:53.000 --> 01:01:53.139
 are

01:01:53.139 --> 01:01:53.619
 all

01:01:53.619 --> 01:01:54.219
 equally

01:01:54.219 --> 01:01:54.679
 valid

01:01:54.679 --> 01:01:56.019
 that's

01:01:56.019 --> 01:01:56.399
 tyranny

01:01:56.399 --> 01:01:57.899
 that's

01:01:57.899 --> 01:01:58.099
 not

01:01:58.099 --> 01:01:58.460
 liberty

01:01:58.460 --> 01:01:58.699
 of

01:01:58.699 --> 01:01:59.119
 conscience

01:01:59.119 --> 01:02:01.280
 that's

01:02:01.280 --> 01:02:01.500
 not

01:02:01.500 --> 01:02:01.840
 freedom

01:02:01.840 --> 01:02:02.099
 at

01:02:02.099 --> 01:02:02.519
 all

01:02:02.519 --> 01:02:07.519
 I'm

01:02:07.519 --> 01:02:07.699
 reading

01:02:07.699 --> 01:02:07.880
 through

01:02:07.880 --> 01:02:08.159
 a book

01:02:08.159 --> 01:02:08.340
 just

01:02:08.340 --> 01:02:08.519
 now

01:02:08.519 --> 01:02:08.800
 which

01:02:08.800 --> 01:02:10.360
 by

01:02:10.360 --> 01:02:10.659
 Don

01:02:10.659 --> 01:02:11.079
 Carson

01:02:11.079 --> 01:02:12.400
 has

01:02:12.400 --> 01:02:12.519
 the

01:02:12.519 --> 01:02:13.440
 interesting

01:02:13.440 --> 01:02:14.500
 title

01:02:14.500 --> 01:02:14.720
 of

01:02:14.720 --> 01:02:14.880
 the

01:02:14.880 --> 01:02:15.840
 intolerance

01:02:15.840 --> 01:02:16.599
 of

01:02:16.599 --> 01:02:17.059
 tolerance

01:02:17.059 --> 01:02:18.619
 and

01:02:18.619 --> 01:02:18.760
 this

01:02:18.760 --> 01:02:18.920
 is

01:02:18.920 --> 01:02:19.220
 really

01:02:19.220 --> 01:02:20.260
 where

01:02:20.260 --> 01:02:20.420
 I

01:02:20.420 --> 01:02:20.599
 found

01:02:20.599 --> 01:02:20.800
 that

01:02:20.800 --> 01:02:21.260
 definition

01:02:21.260 --> 01:02:21.480
 or

01:02:21.480 --> 01:02:21.740
 rather

01:02:21.740 --> 01:02:23.220
 this

01:02:23.220 --> 01:02:23.720
 kind

01:02:23.720 --> 01:02:23.860
 of

01:02:23.860 --> 01:02:24.199
 idea

01:02:24.199 --> 01:02:24.480
 that

01:02:24.480 --> 01:02:24.920
 tolerance

01:02:24.920 --> 01:02:25.159
 has

01:02:25.159 --> 01:02:25.480
 changed

01:02:25.480 --> 01:02:25.679
 in

01:02:25.679 --> 01:02:26.000
 meaning

01:02:26.000 --> 01:02:26.800
 from

01:02:26.800 --> 01:02:26.940
 the

01:02:26.940 --> 01:02:27.059
 way

01:02:27.059 --> 01:02:27.199
 that

01:02:27.199 --> 01:02:27.340
 it

01:02:27.340 --> 01:02:27.519
 used

01:02:27.519 --> 01:02:27.699
 to

01:02:27.699 --> 01:02:27.840
 be

01:02:27.840 --> 01:02:27.960
 in

01:02:27.960 --> 01:02:28.059
 the

01:02:28.059 --> 01:02:28.259
 older

01:02:28.259 --> 01:02:28.719
 days

01:02:28.719 --> 01:02:29.960
 and

01:02:29.960 --> 01:02:30.440
 Carson

01:02:30.440 --> 01:02:30.860
 writes

01:02:30.860 --> 01:02:32.079
 about

01:02:32.079 --> 01:02:32.119
 one

01:02:32.119 --> 01:02:33.159
 of

01:02:33.159 --> 01:02:33.320
 the

01:02:33.320 --> 01:02:33.719
 most

01:02:33.719 --> 01:02:34.440
 central

01:02:34.440 --> 01:02:35.239
 myths

01:02:35.239 --> 01:02:35.639
 of

01:02:35.639 --> 01:02:35.860
 our

01:02:35.860 --> 01:02:36.239
 time

01:02:36.239 --> 01:02:37.360
 and

01:02:37.360 --> 01:02:37.480
 he

01:02:37.480 --> 01:02:37.900
 explains

01:02:37.900 --> 01:02:38.119
 that

01:02:38.119 --> 01:02:38.239
 he

01:02:38.239 --> 01:02:38.420
 says

01:02:38.420 --> 01:02:39.340
 according

01:02:39.340 --> 01:02:39.599
 to

01:02:39.599 --> 01:02:39.860
 this

01:02:39.860 --> 01:02:40.360
 myth

01:02:40.360 --> 01:02:41.320
 a

01:02:41.320 --> 01:02:41.920
 society

01:02:41.920 --> 01:02:42.219
 is

01:02:42.219 --> 01:02:42.579
 likely

01:02:42.579 --> 01:02:42.820
 to

01:02:42.820 --> 01:02:42.960
 be

01:02:42.960 --> 01:02:43.320
 most

01:02:43.320 --> 01:02:43.820
 tolerant

01:02:43.820 --> 01:02:44.840
 if

01:02:44.840 --> 01:02:44.980
 it

01:02:44.980 --> 01:02:45.279
 holds

01:02:45.279 --> 01:02:45.500
 to

01:02:45.500 --> 01:02:46.199
 flexible

01:02:46.199 --> 01:02:47.159
 non

01:02:47.159 --> 01:02:47.880
 dogmatic

01:02:47.880 --> 01:02:48.639
 notions

01:02:48.639 --> 01:02:48.900
 of

01:02:48.900 --> 01:02:49.279
 truth

01:02:49.279 --> 01:02:50.799
 conversely

01:02:50.799 --> 01:02:51.440
 a

01:02:51.440 --> 01:02:51.960
 society

01:02:51.960 --> 01:02:52.360
 is

01:02:52.360 --> 01:02:52.699
 likely

01:02:52.699 --> 01:02:52.940
 to

01:02:52.940 --> 01:02:53.099
 be

01:02:53.099 --> 01:02:53.539
 most

01:02:53.539 --> 01:02:54.420
 intolerant

01:02:54.420 --> 01:02:54.799
 this

01:02:54.799 --> 01:02:54.920
 is

01:02:54.920 --> 01:02:55.099
 a

01:02:55.099 --> 01:02:55.320
 myth

01:02:55.320 --> 01:02:55.500
 he

01:02:55.500 --> 01:02:55.719
 say

01:02:55.719 --> 01:02:56.940
 one

01:02:56.940 --> 01:02:57.039
 of

01:02:57.039 --> 01:02:57.179
 the

01:02:57.179 --> 01:02:57.579
 central

01:02:57.579 --> 01:02:57.880
 myths

01:02:57.880 --> 01:02:58.019
 of

01:02:58.019 --> 01:02:58.159
 our

01:02:58.159 --> 01:02:58.500
 time

01:02:58.500 --> 01:02:59.319
 conversely

01:02:59.319 --> 01:02:59.659
 he says

01:02:59.659 --> 01:03:00.840
 society

01:03:00.840 --> 01:03:01.779
 is likely

01:03:01.779 --> 01:03:02.099
 to be

01:03:02.099 --> 01:03:02.420
 most

01:03:02.420 --> 01:03:03.460
 intolerant

01:03:03.460 --> 01:03:04.279
 when it

01:03:04.279 --> 01:03:04.779
 holds to

01:03:04.779 --> 01:03:05.579
 absolute

01:03:05.579 --> 01:03:06.259
 truths

01:03:06.259 --> 01:03:07.079
 such as

01:03:07.079 --> 01:03:07.519
 the bible

01:03:07.519 --> 01:03:08.099
 which is

01:03:08.099 --> 01:03:08.440
 absolute

01:03:08.440 --> 01:03:08.819
 truth

01:03:08.819 --> 01:03:09.739
 truths that

01:03:09.739 --> 01:03:10.659
 are inflexible

01:03:10.659 --> 01:03:11.559
 and unbending

01:03:11.559 --> 01:03:12.340
 but he says

01:03:12.340 --> 01:03:13.299
 the reality

01:03:13.299 --> 01:03:13.679
 of the

01:03:13.679 --> 01:03:14.219
 situation

01:03:14.219 --> 01:03:14.900
 is just

01:03:14.900 --> 01:03:15.500
 the opposite

01:03:15.500 --> 01:03:16.340
 of what

01:03:16.340 --> 01:03:16.860
 we have

01:03:16.860 --> 01:03:17.360
 been led

01:03:17.360 --> 01:03:18.159
 to believe

01:03:18.159 --> 01:03:19.799
 put simply

01:03:19.799 --> 01:03:20.819
 tyranny

01:03:20.819 --> 01:03:21.679
 is not

01:03:21.679 --> 01:03:22.319
 the inevitable

01:03:22.319 --> 01:03:23.079
 outcome

01:03:23.079 --> 01:03:23.980
 of an

01:03:23.980 --> 01:03:24.980
 absolutist

01:03:24.980 --> 01:03:25.500
 view of

01:03:25.500 --> 01:03:25.900
 truth

01:03:25.900 --> 01:03:27.079
 but is

01:03:27.079 --> 01:03:27.480
 rather

01:03:27.480 --> 01:03:28.639
 the product

01:03:28.639 --> 01:03:29.500
 of

01:03:29.500 --> 01:03:30.360
 relativism

01:03:30.360 --> 01:03:31.800
 although

01:03:31.800 --> 01:03:32.660
 views

01:03:32.660 --> 01:03:32.960
 count

01:03:32.960 --> 01:03:33.400
 the same

01:03:33.400 --> 01:03:34.780
 likewise

01:03:34.780 --> 01:03:36.160
 tolerance

01:03:36.160 --> 01:03:36.800
 arises

01:03:36.800 --> 01:03:37.559
 not

01:03:37.559 --> 01:03:37.840
 from

01:03:37.840 --> 01:03:38.680
 relativism

01:03:38.680 --> 01:03:39.980
 but from

01:03:39.980 --> 01:03:40.539
 the very

01:03:40.539 --> 01:03:41.220
 thing that

01:03:41.220 --> 01:03:42.280
 our society

01:03:42.280 --> 01:03:43.900
 anathematizes

01:03:43.900 --> 01:03:45.420
 the belief

01:03:45.420 --> 01:03:46.320
 in

01:03:46.320 --> 01:03:47.220
 absolutes

01:03:47.220 --> 01:03:49.139
 the belief

01:03:49.139 --> 01:03:50.160
 in

01:03:50.160 --> 01:03:50.840
 absolutes

01:03:50.840 --> 01:03:51.579
 God

01:03:51.579 --> 01:03:52.579
 God's

01:03:52.579 --> 01:03:52.860
 truth

01:03:52.860 --> 01:03:53.519
 God's

01:03:53.519 --> 01:03:53.860
 law

01:03:53.860 --> 01:03:54.940
 word

01:03:54.940 --> 01:03:55.980
 the

01:03:55.980 --> 01:03:56.320
 old

01:03:56.320 --> 01:03:56.860
 tolerance

01:03:56.860 --> 01:03:57.120
 he goes

01:03:57.120 --> 01:03:57.440
 on to

01:03:57.440 --> 01:03:57.620
 say

01:03:57.620 --> 01:03:58.820
 is the

01:03:58.820 --> 01:03:59.200
 willingness

01:03:59.200 --> 01:04:00.059
 to put

01:04:00.059 --> 01:04:00.640
 up with

01:04:00.640 --> 01:04:01.680
 to allow

01:04:01.680 --> 01:04:02.519
 and to

01:04:02.519 --> 01:04:03.000
 endure

01:04:03.000 --> 01:04:03.640
 people

01:04:03.640 --> 01:04:04.880
 with ideas

01:04:04.880 --> 01:04:05.900
 and ideas

01:04:05.900 --> 01:04:06.400
 with whom

01:04:06.400 --> 01:04:07.099
 we disagree

01:04:07.099 --> 01:04:08.940
 the new

01:04:08.940 --> 01:04:09.460
 tolerance

01:04:09.460 --> 01:04:10.620
 is the

01:04:10.620 --> 01:04:10.980
 social

01:04:10.980 --> 01:04:11.559
 commitment

01:04:11.559 --> 01:04:12.500
 to treat

01:04:12.500 --> 01:04:13.820
 all ideas

01:04:13.820 --> 01:04:15.120
 and people

01:04:15.120 --> 01:04:15.960
 as equally

01:04:15.960 --> 01:04:16.579
 right

01:04:16.579 --> 01:04:18.480
 except for

01:04:18.480 --> 01:04:18.900
 those who

01:04:18.900 --> 01:04:19.360
 disagree

01:04:19.360 --> 01:04:20.640
 with this

01:04:20.640 --> 01:04:21.059
 view of

01:04:21.059 --> 01:04:21.460
 tolerance

01:04:21.460 --> 01:04:24.000
 and that's

01:04:24.000 --> 01:04:24.519
 the world

01:04:24.519 --> 01:04:26.079
 that Kate

01:04:26.079 --> 01:04:26.639
 Forbes is

01:04:26.639 --> 01:04:27.079
 facing

01:04:27.079 --> 01:04:28.739
 that's the

01:04:28.739 --> 01:04:29.079
 world in

01:04:29.079 --> 01:04:29.380
 which she

01:04:29.380 --> 01:04:29.659
 has to

01:04:29.659 --> 01:04:30.000
 present

01:04:30.000 --> 01:04:30.860
 consistency

01:04:30.860 --> 01:04:32.179
 to absolute

01:04:32.179 --> 01:04:32.820
 truth

01:04:32.820 --> 01:04:34.340
 that's why

01:04:34.340 --> 01:04:34.759
 she needs

01:04:34.759 --> 01:04:36.039
 our prayers

01:04:36.039 --> 01:04:37.320
 our support

01:04:37.320 --> 01:04:38.179
 our ongoing

01:04:38.179 --> 01:04:39.179
 encouragement

01:04:39.179 --> 01:04:39.699
 of it

01:04:39.699 --> 01:04:40.199
 whatever the

01:04:40.199 --> 01:04:40.539
 outcome

01:04:40.539 --> 01:04:41.199
 of the

01:04:41.199 --> 01:04:41.519
 election

01:04:41.519 --> 01:04:41.820
 is

01:04:41.820 --> 01:04:42.639
 she's in

01:04:42.639 --> 01:04:43.099
 the public

01:04:43.099 --> 01:04:43.659
 domain

01:04:43.659 --> 01:04:44.799
 public view

01:04:44.799 --> 01:04:46.019
 and public

01:04:46.019 --> 01:04:47.059
 target

01:04:47.059 --> 01:04:47.500
 now

01:04:47.500 --> 01:04:48.460
 and will

01:04:48.460 --> 01:04:48.679
 be

01:04:48.679 --> 01:04:48.920
 from

01:04:48.920 --> 01:04:49.139
 now

01:04:49.139 --> 01:04:49.460
 on

01:04:49.460 --> 01:04:52.719
 but let's

01:04:52.719 --> 01:04:53.079
 not fool

01:04:53.079 --> 01:04:53.699
 ourselves

01:04:53.699 --> 01:04:56.480
 time has

01:04:56.480 --> 01:04:56.760
 passed

01:04:56.760 --> 01:04:57.079
 I'm going

01:04:57.079 --> 01:04:57.380
 to finish

01:04:57.380 --> 01:04:58.099
 with this

01:04:58.099 --> 01:04:59.900
 my

01:04:59.900 --> 01:05:00.119
 Kai

01:05:00.119 --> 01:05:00.480
 I knew

01:05:00.480 --> 01:05:01.199
 one thing

01:05:01.199 --> 01:05:02.860
 that Ahab

01:05:02.860 --> 01:05:03.440
 didn't

01:05:03.440 --> 01:05:04.739
 and you know

01:05:04.739 --> 01:05:05.019
 it makes

01:05:05.019 --> 01:05:05.599
 all the

01:05:05.599 --> 01:05:05.940
 difference

01:05:05.940 --> 01:05:06.280
 in the

01:05:06.280 --> 01:05:06.579
 world

01:05:06.579 --> 01:05:06.940
 to a

01:05:06.940 --> 01:05:07.159
 human

01:05:07.159 --> 01:05:07.599
 being

01:05:07.599 --> 01:05:08.980
 and it's

01:05:08.980 --> 01:05:09.340
 this

01:05:09.340 --> 01:05:10.500
 my

01:05:10.500 --> 01:05:10.739
 Kai

01:05:10.739 --> 01:05:11.059
 I knew

01:05:11.059 --> 01:05:11.300
 that

01:05:11.300 --> 01:05:12.019
 whatever

01:05:12.019 --> 01:05:12.820
 outcomes

01:05:12.820 --> 01:05:13.639
 may be

01:05:13.639 --> 01:05:14.079
 in

01:05:14.079 --> 01:05:14.559
 anyone's

01:05:14.559 --> 01:05:14.960
 life

01:05:14.960 --> 01:05:15.599
 or in

01:05:15.599 --> 01:05:16.019
 anyone's

01:05:16.019 --> 01:05:16.400
 progress

01:05:16.400 --> 01:05:17.119
 in life

01:05:17.119 --> 01:05:19.219
 God

01:05:19.219 --> 01:05:20.159
 is in

01:05:20.159 --> 01:05:20.719
 charge

01:05:20.719 --> 01:05:22.319
 and if

01:05:22.319 --> 01:05:22.799
 God

01:05:22.799 --> 01:05:23.319
 has

01:05:23.319 --> 01:05:24.059
 actually

01:05:24.059 --> 01:05:24.679
 determined

01:05:24.679 --> 01:05:25.139
 something

01:05:25.139 --> 01:05:25.719
 if God

01:05:25.719 --> 01:05:26.000
 has

01:05:26.000 --> 01:05:26.579
 purposed

01:05:26.579 --> 01:05:26.880
 something

01:05:26.880 --> 01:05:27.259
 to come

01:05:27.259 --> 01:05:27.639
 to pass

01:05:27.639 --> 01:05:28.500
 that

01:05:28.500 --> 01:05:28.719
 will

01:05:28.719 --> 01:05:29.019
 come

01:05:29.019 --> 01:05:29.539
 to pass

01:05:29.539 --> 01:05:30.159
 whatever

01:05:30.159 --> 01:05:30.739
 attempts

01:05:30.739 --> 01:05:31.279
 are made

01:05:31.279 --> 01:05:31.900
 against it

01:05:31.900 --> 01:05:32.519
 and if

01:05:32.519 --> 01:05:32.880
 God

01:05:32.880 --> 01:05:33.179
 has

01:05:33.179 --> 01:05:33.679
 determined

01:05:33.679 --> 01:05:34.000
 or

01:05:34.000 --> 01:05:34.819
 purposed

01:05:34.819 --> 01:05:35.859
 or willed

01:05:35.859 --> 01:05:36.119
 something

01:05:36.119 --> 01:05:36.739
 will not

01:05:36.739 --> 01:05:37.159
 come to

01:05:37.159 --> 01:05:37.420
 pass

01:05:37.420 --> 01:05:38.000
 whatever

01:05:38.000 --> 01:05:38.460
 attempts

01:05:38.460 --> 01:05:39.019
 are made

01:05:39.019 --> 01:05:39.420
 to bring

01:05:39.420 --> 01:05:39.679
 it to

01:05:39.679 --> 01:05:39.900
 pass

01:05:39.900 --> 01:05:40.299
 they

01:05:40.299 --> 01:05:40.500
 will

01:05:40.500 --> 01:05:41.059
 fail

01:05:41.059 --> 01:05:42.739
 my

01:05:42.739 --> 01:05:42.980
 Kai

01:05:42.980 --> 01:05:43.279
 I knew

01:05:43.279 --> 01:05:43.619
 that

01:05:43.619 --> 01:05:44.460
 Kate Forbes

01:05:44.460 --> 01:05:44.759
 knows

01:05:44.759 --> 01:05:45.119
 that

01:05:45.119 --> 01:05:46.219
 she's

01:05:46.219 --> 01:05:46.539
 committed

01:05:46.539 --> 01:05:47.619
 to the

01:05:47.619 --> 01:05:48.119
 God

01:05:48.119 --> 01:05:48.880
 who is

01:05:48.880 --> 01:05:49.320
 governor

01:05:49.320 --> 01:05:49.960
 over all

01:05:49.960 --> 01:05:50.420
 things

01:05:50.420 --> 01:05:51.719
 in all

01:05:51.719 --> 01:05:52.119
 of human

01:05:52.119 --> 01:05:52.639
 life

01:05:52.639 --> 01:05:54.480
 and so

01:05:54.480 --> 01:05:54.940
 must we

01:05:54.940 --> 01:05:55.199
 be

01:05:55.199 --> 01:05:56.719
 and we

01:05:56.719 --> 01:05:57.119
 must not

01:05:57.119 --> 01:05:57.579
 forget

01:05:57.579 --> 01:05:59.259
 that what

01:05:59.259 --> 01:05:59.500
 really

01:05:59.500 --> 01:06:01.059
 lies behind

01:06:01.059 --> 01:06:02.019
 all of

01:06:02.019 --> 01:06:02.420
 this very

01:06:02.420 --> 01:06:02.920
 much is

01:06:02.920 --> 01:06:04.599
 similar to

01:06:04.599 --> 01:06:05.380
 indeed what

01:06:05.380 --> 01:06:05.880
 the Lord

01:06:05.880 --> 01:06:06.719
 prayed in

01:06:06.719 --> 01:06:07.199
 his prayer

01:06:07.199 --> 01:06:08.000
 in the

01:06:08.000 --> 01:06:08.199
 upper

01:06:08.199 --> 01:06:08.480
 Roman

01:06:08.480 --> 01:06:08.800
 John

01:06:08.800 --> 01:06:09.360
 17

01:06:09.360 --> 01:06:12.179
 and this

01:06:12.179 --> 01:06:12.440
 is what

01:06:12.440 --> 01:06:12.719
 the Lord

01:06:12.719 --> 01:06:13.059
 said

01:06:13.059 --> 01:06:13.320
 and this

01:06:13.320 --> 01:06:13.599
 is what

01:06:13.599 --> 01:06:13.900
 really

01:06:13.900 --> 01:06:15.320
 in many

01:06:15.320 --> 01:06:15.740
 ways a

01:06:15.740 --> 01:06:16.420
 key to

01:06:16.420 --> 01:06:16.980
 it all

01:06:16.980 --> 01:06:17.920
 to what

01:06:17.920 --> 01:06:18.059
 you're

01:06:18.059 --> 01:06:18.340
 seeing

01:06:18.340 --> 01:06:18.720
 happening

01:06:18.720 --> 01:06:19.000
 at the

01:06:19.000 --> 01:06:19.280
 present

01:06:19.280 --> 01:06:19.599
 time

01:06:19.599 --> 01:06:20.039
 and indeed

01:06:20.039 --> 01:06:20.740
 a key

01:06:20.740 --> 01:06:21.680
 to similar

01:06:21.680 --> 01:06:22.160
 things down

01:06:22.160 --> 01:06:22.500
 through the

01:06:22.500 --> 01:06:22.860
 ages

01:06:22.860 --> 01:06:24.320
 well here

01:06:24.320 --> 01:06:24.840
 is what

01:06:24.840 --> 01:06:25.119
 the Lord

01:06:25.119 --> 01:06:25.579
 said in

01:06:25.579 --> 01:06:26.280
 John 17

01:06:26.280 --> 01:06:27.300
 and at

01:06:27.300 --> 01:06:28.139
 verse 14

01:06:28.139 --> 01:06:30.699
 I have

01:06:30.699 --> 01:06:31.279
 given them

01:06:31.279 --> 01:06:32.219
 your word

01:06:32.219 --> 01:06:33.699
 and the

01:06:33.699 --> 01:06:34.239
 world has

01:06:34.239 --> 01:06:34.859
 hated them

01:06:34.859 --> 01:06:35.900
 because they

01:06:35.900 --> 01:06:36.420
 are not of

01:06:36.420 --> 01:06:36.799
 the world

01:06:36.799 --> 01:06:37.400
 just as I

01:06:37.400 --> 01:06:37.859
 am not of

01:06:37.859 --> 01:06:38.279
 the world

01:06:38.279 --> 01:06:40.000
 I do not

01:06:40.000 --> 01:06:40.679
 ask that you

01:06:40.679 --> 01:06:41.219
 take them

01:06:41.219 --> 01:06:41.900
 out of the

01:06:41.900 --> 01:06:42.239
 world

01:06:42.239 --> 01:06:43.639
 but that you

01:06:43.639 --> 01:06:44.299
 keep them

01:06:44.299 --> 01:06:45.420
 from the

01:06:45.420 --> 01:06:46.119
 evil one

01:06:46.119 --> 01:06:47.319
 they are not

01:06:47.319 --> 01:06:47.960
 of the world

01:06:47.960 --> 01:06:49.440
 just as I

01:06:49.440 --> 01:06:49.960
 am not of

01:06:49.960 --> 01:06:50.379
 the world

01:06:50.379 --> 01:06:51.799
 sanctify them

01:06:51.799 --> 01:06:52.519
 in the

01:06:52.519 --> 01:06:52.839
 truth

01:06:52.839 --> 01:06:54.619
 your word

01:06:54.619 --> 01:06:55.460
 is

01:06:55.460 --> 01:06:56.279
 truth

01:06:56.280 --> 01:06:59.280
 I have

01:06:59.280 --> 01:06:59.840
 given them

01:06:59.840 --> 01:07:00.840
 your word

01:07:00.840 --> 01:07:03.880
 therefore the

01:07:03.880 --> 01:07:04.500
 world hates

01:07:04.500 --> 01:07:04.800
 them

01:07:04.800 --> 01:07:06.200
 because they

01:07:06.200 --> 01:07:06.780
 are not of

01:07:06.780 --> 01:07:07.240
 the world

01:07:07.240 --> 01:07:08.640
 just as I

01:07:08.640 --> 01:07:09.120
 am not of

01:07:09.120 --> 01:07:09.560
 the world

01:07:09.560 --> 01:07:10.519
 and the

01:07:10.519 --> 01:07:11.060
 interesting and

01:07:11.060 --> 01:07:11.640
 important thing

01:07:11.640 --> 01:07:12.100
 is when the

01:07:12.100 --> 01:07:12.840
 Lord went

01:07:12.840 --> 01:07:13.320
 on in his

01:07:13.320 --> 01:07:13.640
 prayer

01:07:13.640 --> 01:07:14.720
 he didn't

01:07:14.720 --> 01:07:15.680
 ask that the

01:07:15.680 --> 01:07:16.060
 Lord would

01:07:16.060 --> 01:07:16.420
 take them

01:07:16.420 --> 01:07:16.900
 out in fact

01:07:16.900 --> 01:07:17.560
 he specifically

01:07:17.560 --> 01:07:18.800
 said I do

01:07:18.800 --> 01:07:19.519
 not pray that

01:07:19.519 --> 01:07:19.800
 you would

01:07:19.800 --> 01:07:20.180
 take them

01:07:20.180 --> 01:07:20.620
 out of the

01:07:20.620 --> 01:07:20.840
 world

01:07:20.840 --> 01:07:21.340
 why did he

01:07:21.340 --> 01:07:21.980
 pray that

01:07:21.980 --> 01:07:22.200
 he would

01:07:22.200 --> 01:07:22.600
 not take

01:07:22.600 --> 01:07:22.860
 them out

01:07:22.860 --> 01:07:23.060
 of the

01:07:23.060 --> 01:07:23.280
 world

01:07:23.280 --> 01:07:23.680
 should that

01:07:23.680 --> 01:07:24.060
 be easier

01:07:24.060 --> 01:07:24.540
 for them

01:07:24.540 --> 01:07:24.920
 yes of

01:07:24.920 --> 01:07:25.220
 course it

01:07:25.220 --> 01:07:25.400
 would

01:07:25.400 --> 01:07:26.180
 but they

01:07:26.180 --> 01:07:26.500
 are his

01:07:26.500 --> 01:07:26.880
 lights

01:07:26.880 --> 01:07:27.139
 in the

01:07:27.139 --> 01:07:27.380
 world

01:07:27.380 --> 01:07:28.059
 they are

01:07:28.059 --> 01:07:28.260
 the

01:07:28.260 --> 01:07:28.780
 conscience

01:07:28.780 --> 01:07:29.320
 of the

01:07:29.320 --> 01:07:29.700
 world

01:07:29.700 --> 01:07:31.160
 and the

01:07:31.160 --> 01:07:31.480
 Lord is

01:07:31.480 --> 01:07:31.840
 not going

01:07:31.840 --> 01:07:32.240
 to remove

01:07:32.240 --> 01:07:33.059
 the conscience

01:07:33.059 --> 01:07:33.460
 of the

01:07:33.460 --> 01:07:33.740
 world

01:07:33.740 --> 01:07:34.500
 just because

01:07:34.500 --> 01:07:34.900
 it's being

01:07:34.900 --> 01:07:35.420
 attacked

01:07:35.420 --> 01:07:37.519
 I don't

01:07:37.519 --> 01:07:37.920
 pray I

01:07:37.920 --> 01:07:38.360
 pray that

01:07:38.360 --> 01:07:38.619
 you would

01:07:38.619 --> 01:07:39.220
 don't pray

01:07:39.220 --> 01:07:39.500
 that you

01:07:39.500 --> 01:07:39.840
 would take

01:07:39.840 --> 01:07:40.220
 them out

01:07:40.220 --> 01:07:40.480
 of the

01:07:40.480 --> 01:07:40.740
 world

01:07:40.740 --> 01:07:41.880
 but that

01:07:41.880 --> 01:07:42.180
 you would

01:07:42.180 --> 01:07:42.500
 keep

01:07:42.500 --> 01:07:42.840
 them

01:07:42.840 --> 01:07:43.780
 from the

01:07:43.780 --> 01:07:44.139
 evil

01:07:44.139 --> 01:07:44.420
 one

01:07:44.420 --> 01:07:44.980
 that you

01:07:44.980 --> 01:07:45.139
 would

01:07:45.139 --> 01:07:45.539
 shield

01:07:45.539 --> 01:07:45.860
 them

01:07:45.860 --> 01:07:46.820
 and guard

01:07:46.820 --> 01:07:47.160
 them

01:07:47.160 --> 01:07:48.440
 against

01:07:48.440 --> 01:07:49.160
 the evil

01:07:49.160 --> 01:07:50.519
 that faces

01:07:50.519 --> 01:07:50.900
 them

01:07:50.900 --> 01:07:51.980
 that's our

01:07:51.980 --> 01:07:52.300
 prayer

01:07:52.300 --> 01:07:53.180
 for

01:07:53.180 --> 01:07:53.740
 ourselves

01:07:53.739 --> 01:07:54.959
 that's our

01:07:54.959 --> 01:07:55.479
 prayer for

01:07:55.479 --> 01:07:55.879
 Kate

01:07:55.879 --> 01:07:56.899
 that's our

01:07:56.899 --> 01:07:57.239
 prayer for

01:07:57.239 --> 01:07:57.819
 all who

01:07:57.819 --> 01:07:58.759
 stand publicly

01:07:58.759 --> 01:08:00.379
 and seek to

01:08:00.379 --> 01:08:01.039
 be true to

01:08:01.039 --> 01:08:01.459
 God

01:08:01.459 --> 01:08:03.559
 and that's what

01:08:03.559 --> 01:08:04.059
 this passage

01:08:04.059 --> 01:08:05.399
 itself is

01:08:05.399 --> 01:08:06.000
 setting out

01:08:06.000 --> 01:08:07.539
 if you want a

01:08:07.539 --> 01:08:08.179
 heading for our

01:08:08.179 --> 01:08:08.679
 study this

01:08:08.679 --> 01:08:08.959
 evening

01:08:08.959 --> 01:08:10.299
 it's what I've

01:08:10.299 --> 01:08:10.739
 given you

01:08:10.739 --> 01:08:11.439
 on the

01:08:11.439 --> 01:08:12.139
 bulletin sheet

01:08:12.139 --> 01:08:13.379
 hated

01:08:13.379 --> 01:08:14.979
 for speaking

01:08:14.979 --> 01:08:16.380
 the truth

01:08:16.380 --> 01:08:17.819
 may God bless

01:08:17.819 --> 01:08:18.359
 these thoughts

01:08:18.359 --> 01:08:19.800
 on his word

01:08:19.800 --> 01:08:20.119
 to us

01:08:20.119 --> 01:08:21.680
 we'll now

01:08:21.680 --> 01:08:22.300
 conclude by

01:08:22.300 --> 01:08:22.599
 singing

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 from Psalm

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 25

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 Psalm 25

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 that's on

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 page 30

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 the tune

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 this time

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 is Finart

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 singing

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 from verse

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 16 to the

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 end of the

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 psalm

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 turn to me

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 Lord

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 show me

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 your grace

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 I suffer

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 pain and

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 loneliness

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 the troubles

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 of my heart

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 have grown

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 deliver me

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 from my

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 distress

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 look on my

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 pain and

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 suffering

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 forgive all

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 my iniquity

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 see how my

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 foes have

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 multiplied

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 how fierce

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 their hatred

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 is for me

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 and so on

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 to the end

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 of the psalm

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 to God's

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 praise

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 turn to

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 me

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 Lord

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 show me

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 your grace

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 I suffer

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 I suffer

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 pain and

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 lonely

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 care

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 that

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 all

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 my

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 heart

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 have grown

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 deliver me

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 from my

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 distress

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 rest

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 look on

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 my

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 pain

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 and

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 suffering

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 forgive

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 all

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 my

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 iniquity

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 see how

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 thy

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 holds

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 the

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 mountain

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 defied

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 how fierce

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 their hatred

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 is for me

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 O God

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 my life

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 and rescue

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 thee

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 and let

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 me not

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 be good

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 to share

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 for thy

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 take refuge

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 in you

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 Lord

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 from those

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 who

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 destroy

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 my name

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 because

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 I hope

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 in you

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 alone

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 let

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 our

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 right

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 best

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 protect

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 me

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 still

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 from

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 all

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 their

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 troubles

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 of

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 thy

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 God

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 redeem

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 your

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 people

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 Israel

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 I'll go

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 to the

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 main door

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 after the

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 benediction

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 now may

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 grace

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 mercy

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 and peace

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 from God

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 the Father

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 the Son

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 and the Holy

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 Spirit

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 be with us

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 now and

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 evermore

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 Amen

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 amen

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 and

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 to

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 my

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 love

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 you

01:12:15.979 --> 01:12:17.859
 you