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 Father, thank you for your word. Thank you that you are a God who speaks.

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 We ask, Father, that you help us to be able to hear your word, to listen to your word.

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 We ask, Father, that your word would come into our lives in such a way that we will be free

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 and that we will bear much fruit in this world to your glory.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 In the early days of, for the first three or four years of our marriage,

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 my wife and I always lived in a house with other people,

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 sort of a bit of a, I guess almost like a bit of a move-in type house before there was a move-in,

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 but we'd live in a poor type of area, live with some other Christian couples

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 and maybe at least try to pray with each other and do a few things in the neighborhood.

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 And in one of these cases, it was a house, there was us, Louise and myself, I think we had one or two kids.

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 There was another couple with a kid, I think, one kid, one child.

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 And I think there were two single people.

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 And the four of us came to the conclusion that the other married couple,

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 that there was just some really unacceptable behavior going on.

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 And we had to ask them to leave.

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 And from my point of view, regrettably, it was unanimous amongst three of the four of us

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 that I should be one to have the conversation with the other couple.

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 And so I prayed about it and asked the guy out for coffee.

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 And, you know, there's no way to hope that, by the way, you should move out of the house.

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 We'll just naturally come up in conversation.

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 So we sat down, and I can still remember, I sat down and I looked at him and said,

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 I almost said his name, call him Bob.

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 Bob, four of us think you have to move out, you and your wife and your child.

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 I mean, I don't know, there's just, I couldn't think of any, you just had to get right to the topic.

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 And you couldn't sort of beat around the bush or anything.

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 Sometimes with awkward conversations, you have to do that.

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 And so I guess, although I have sort of led you into it,

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 the text today is an intimation, a harbinger, a hint, a pointer to the reality of hell.

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 That's what Amos 8 is amongst other things.

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 It's an Old Testament text which lays the groundwork and points to the Christian doctrine of the reality of hell.

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 And that's a very, very, very, very, very, very, very unpopular topic in Canada, even amongst churches.

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 And so that's what we're going to look at.

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 So if you have your Bibles, open them up and we'll look at Amos 8.

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 And the text begins in a way that doesn't make it look like it's talking about hell at all.

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 In fact, it begins in a very, very, very odd way.

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 And just before we start reading Amos 8,

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 I mean, one of the things that people might say,

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 in fact, often it happens when Christians try to talk about how the Bible,

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 in this particular case, it's not really the doctrine of hell,

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 but it points to the reality of hell.

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 And it points to the doctrine that will be developed in the New Testament,

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 not the Old Testament, but in the New Testament.

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 And so people say, well, George, you know, you're just taking things out of context.

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 The Bible doesn't really teach this.

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 Like, George, it's all just filled with poetic imagery.

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 And here's the thing.

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 Here's the way the book of Amos is structured,

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 just so you understand that this isn't just something which is,

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 you know, George just has this, he's anal.

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 And, you know, he's getting really old, and he's getting more and more grumpy.

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 And so he just wants to talk about an anal grumpy thing.

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 It's not like that at all.

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 The way Amos is set up, there's three different parts.

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 The first two chapters is one part.

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 And it's very interesting.

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 It's a series of eight poems, or oracles.

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 And it talks about some besetting or main sins

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 of the six nations that surround Israel and Judah.

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 And then it talks about the sins of Israel and Judah.

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 So it's a general picture of how God is judge of both Israel, Judah, and all the nations.

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 And then in chapters three, four, five, and six, it's the second section.

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 It's a bit of a different literary structure, a bit of back and forward.

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 And some people comment that it's almost as if somebody's making a legal brief

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 and trying to say to Israel,

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 these are the things that are going on in your nation,

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 which are really, really, really wrong.

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 And it means that you're under God's judgment because of it.

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 And they're grouped around three types of things.

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 In chapters three, four, five, and six,

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 it's grouped around economic and political oppression and injustice.

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 And it's not just an anti-capitalist rant.

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 It's not just about government.

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 It's everything.

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 It's talking about how at the level of the culture,

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 at the level of government,

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 at the level of religious and spiritual institutions,

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 at the level of business,

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 and at the level of just private behavior,

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 that there's economic oppression and injustice that's going on

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 that God hates.

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 He hates it.

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 It goes completely against him.

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 And the second category of sins is false religion.

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 And the third category of sins is that their habit,

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 their ever-deepening habit of telling God to shut up,

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 to silence God.

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 And that's what goes on in chapters three, four, five, and six.

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 And in the third section of the book of Amos,

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 seven, eight, and nine,

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 it's organized around five visions.

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 And the visions are sort of talked about.

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 And chapter seven had three of them.

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 Chapter eight is all around the fourth vision.

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 And chapter nine, the first part of it,

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 is around the fifth vision.

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 So that's the context.

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 I'm not just taking this out of some type of context.

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 It's not a proof text.

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 Because I'm getting really old.

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 And, you know, maybe you think I'm anal and I'm getting grumpy.

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 And I probably am getting grumpy as I get older.

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 You can pray about that for me.

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 Nobody should want to get grumpier and grumpier as they get older, by the way.

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 And so here's the context.

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 And now after all this, you're going to go,

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 George, the beginning seems lame after that long introduction.

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 But it's important.

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 Listen to it.

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 Verse one.

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 In the first half of verse two.

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 This is what the Lord God showed me.

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 Right?

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 It's a vision.

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 Behold.

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 In other words, look.

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 Okay?

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 Whoa, look, look, look.

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 Okay?

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 A basket of summer fruit.

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 Lame, right?

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 After all that introduction.

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 A basket of summer fruit.

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 And God said, Amos, what do you see?

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 And I said, a basket of summer fruit.

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 And then we'll get to what the Lord says in a moment.

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 So here's the first thing about it.

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 The vision is something which actually, if anything, it's not, most people would see that.

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 Here's the thing about that.

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 I was thinking about that all this week.

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 Barbara Allen, she really likes it that two or three times a year we have special bulletin covers.

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 God bless her.

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 And I don't mind it.

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 One of them is Christmas.

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 One of them is Easter.

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 And the other one is Thanksgiving.

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 Thanksgiving.

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 And so every Thanksgiving we have a special bulletin cover.

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 And in fact, a basket of summer fruit might very well be our bulletin cover.

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 In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if in churches in North America, on Thanksgiving Sunday, many of them have bulletin covers with baskets of summer fruit.

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 All of the nice produce, the fruit and the vegetables of the year, nice big basket, tasteful display.

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 In fact, many churches, when we used to have a church building, we would actually have, you know, pumpkins and fruit and all and all up at the front to decorate it for Thanksgiving Sunday.

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 So on one hand, it's a very, very innocuous image.

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 But this sort of, it's just a minor, I don't know, do I have points, Andrew?

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 You do.

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 Okay, so this is a very, very minor point, but it's really an important one to keep remembering, is that the Bible reports and interprets.

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 That's what the Bible is.

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 The Bible reports or records and it interprets.

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 And both parts of it's important.

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 The Bible tells us the things that God has done, how he created the world, how he delivered Egypt, how he made a covenant, how he, you know, destroys the Tower of Babel, how he sends Jesus.

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 And there's all these things that the Bible records God doing, but the Bible also interprets it.

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 Because as we know, it's very, very hard just from seeing something to be able to interpret what on earth it means.

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 And so we have this sort of surprising vision, a basket of like the end of the harvest and here's all of the harvest and it's really bountiful.

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 And it's a surprising vision.

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 Because it's easy to look at this and say, oh, it's a good thing.

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 It's going to be a hopeful vision.

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 It's filled with fruit and veggies.

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 But now it takes a very, very sudden and surprising turn.

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 And if you read verses, we'll read all of verse 2 and we'll read verse 3 again.

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 So we'll read verse 2 again.

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 And he said, Amos, what do you see?

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 And I said, a basket of summer fruit.

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 Then the Lord said to me, the end has come upon my people Israel.

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 I will never again pass by them.

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 The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day, declares the Lord God.

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 So many dead bodies.

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 They are thrown everywhere.

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 Silence.

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 Now partly, I didn't know this before I looked up, although the Bible, many of your Bibles have a little note that may be helpful.

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 In Hebrew, there's a bit of a play on words.

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 And the word in Hebrew for summer fruit and the word in Hebrew for the end are two different words.

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 But in spoken Hebrew, they sound the same.

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 So then in a conversation, you'd have to know from the context whether or not it's referring to summer fruit or the end.

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 And if it was written, you wouldn't have to know.

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 You would just know it by looking at it.

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 But spoken, it's a play on words.

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 And it's a very, very interesting vision because it's, I mean, with the play on words, it's a little bit, I guess, like how a comedian in his or her diatribe, they'll take a word out of one of the stories to segue into their next story or joke.

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 And then they'll take a word or a phrase from that to move into their next thing.

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 And that's, in a sense, what Amos is doing, what God is doing through the vision and through the interpretation.

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 But it's very, very interesting because, you see, it's partly the vision is dealing with the gap between Israel's self-perception and self-assessment and the reality.

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 And Israel really was very much in the year 750 BC or 740 BC.

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 It really was very much like Canada today.

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 It was a country where there's lots of different spiritualities, where there's still a type of formal religion.

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 It was a country that was very, very prosperous.

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 And it was a country that was very, very safe.

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 But it was safe and prosperous primarily by accident, just like Canada is.

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 I hope I don't offend you, but Canada is safe by accident.

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 If we had a border with Russia, we would have a very different country.

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 I mean, our military would be five times bigger, just to put it quite bluntly.

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 Might even have to be ten times bigger than what we currently have.

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 We really, in a sense, it's just because we have these really friendly, very prosperous neighbors to the south that we have a lot of our prosperity.

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 And we definitely have all of our safety.

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 And in Israel, it was the same thing at the time.

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 It was a very, very prosperous country and very safe.

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 And their safety really had to do just because of the fact that it came during several decades where there were internal problems in two big empires that were nearby.

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 That kept them preoccupied with each other and kept them worried about getting out of their own boundaries, lest the other one engage in a war.

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 And that was going to come to the end some 20 years or so after the writing of Amos, when in fact Assyria arose triumphant.

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 And in 722, maybe about 20 years after the writing of Amos, the northern nation, the nation of Israel, is invaded by Assyria.

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 And it's completely destroyed.

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 And there's no Jewish people left from that kingdom.

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 The people that Amos is speaking to, objectively, historically, some 20 years after the writing of Amos, ceased to exist.

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 After the Assyrian invasion.

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 So their self-perception is, and I think I talked about this last week, but this is true by coincidence.

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 I had to go to Vancouver and back this week for some denominational business.

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 And I was getting on the plane on Thursday.

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 And there's this young woman way up ahead.

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 And she had looked like she had like a two-year-old and a four-year-old.

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 And it looks like she was trying to get a two-year-old and a four-year-old by herself into a plane.

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 And so the whole lineup to get into the plane stops while she's trying to wrestle the kids, put them in the seats, get stuff up on bins.

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 And I'm just standing there holding my stuff.

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 And I'm in first class.

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 And I just look around.

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 And, oh, there's Beverly, the Supreme Court Justice of Canada, beside me with her husband, Frank.

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 Oh, sort of neat.

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 They're just sitting there working.

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 But here's the thing, right?

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 If you, I've said this before, how would, how, if when the Supreme Court meets, when the cabinet meets, when the mayor meets,

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 what is their perception of themselves spiritually and economically?

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 They would see us as being on the right path, things to still work on, as us being a prosperous nation, that things are going well.

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 It's a basket of summer fruit.

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 And God uses this vision to try to puncture by this wordplay to make them realize that their self-perception and self-assessment is completely different than the reality.

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 that, in fact, they're under God's judgment.

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 And so there's this very, very powerful image.

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 Nothing will ruin a yoga class more than God showing up.

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 Nothing will ruin the worship in many cathedrals than God showing up.

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 And one of the things we have to pray for ourselves is that if God shows up, it wouldn't ruin our day.

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 In fact, actually, I mean, I don't know what's going on in our hearts, but even the way that the Anglican worship is structured following the Book of Common Prayer,

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 it's that the model is in the first part of the service is that Jesus gathers his people.

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 And then God speaks to us by his word.

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 Then we enter into holy communion as we remember Jesus' death upon the cross and his mighty resurrection and the Lord's Supper that he instituted.

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 And then the Holy Spirit leads us out.

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 The whole way of the structure of the service is hopefully that we understand that it's Jesus who gathers us,

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 that God speaks to us, that we remember and receive grace as we partake of communion and think about Jesus,

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 and then the Holy Spirit leads us out.

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 But that's what happens here in verses 2 and 3 is that they're in worship and God shows up,

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 and it means wailing and death.

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 Because for many cathedrals and churches, the worst thing that could happen would be that God shows up.

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 Now, some of us might say, George, isn't this a little bit unfair of God?

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 Like, it seems a bit extreme.

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 It seems a little bit anal.

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 In fact, George, it seems really anal.

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 Not just a little bit, but a lot.

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 Well, remember, that's why I said at the beginning, you know,

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 here's how the book of Amos is structured of the three sections.

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 And the three visions that we looked at last week are also this God bearing witness to his people,

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 God speaking to his people about what's going on.

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 And the text itself helps us to remember these primary things that Amos,

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 that God has been speaking to Israel throughout all of Amos.

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 And it goes immediately into a time of remembering us.

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 If our reaction is, well, God shows up and it leads to all of this death and wailing,

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 and surely that seems a bit extreme.

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 Immediately, Amos, I mean, God, interpreting this vision.

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 Look at verses 4 to 6.

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 Hear this, you who trample on the needy,

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 and bring the poor of the land to an end.

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 Just actually pause here before we go any further.

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 The word for needy here, it's a very, very good word.

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 It could also be translated as weakling or underdog or powerless person.

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 And so needy is, you know, if you think about it, they're all good words.

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 Needy is a very, very good word.

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 Like some of you might say, George, I don't run Google.

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 I'm not a deputy minister in the government.

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 I'm not the Supreme Court, the head of the Supreme Court of Canada.

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 I'm not in Justin Trudeau's cabinet.

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 Like, I don't run a business.

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 I don't do any of these things.

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 And so it's easy for us to hear.

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 In fact, I've heard Amos preached,

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 where it just merely becomes an anti-capitalist rant.

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 In other words, the text is for other people to listen to rather than us.

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 But here's the question for each of us before we go any further.

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 How do we treat, or how in our history have we treated, weak people who can't do anything against us if we're mean to them?

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 Like in your office or in your class, is there a socially, or in your family,

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 is there a socially awkward person that nobody likes,

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 and people either talk about them behind their back,

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 or even to their face, do things that are mean and laugh at them?

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 And when that happens, do you rise to their defense?

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 Or do you let it happen?

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 When there's a chance at a party,

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 or at lunch,

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 do you make a point to seek out that socially awkward, weak person to sit with them?

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 Or are you worried that if you identify too closely

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 with the socially awkward, weak person,

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 it will affect your status?

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 Do you trample on

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 the weak?

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 Do I?

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 When I point to you,

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 I have three fingers pointing back at myself.

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 I'm not trying to say I'm somehow exempt.

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 Like in a moment,

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 I'm just going to talk about honesty.

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 Do we, when we try to

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 tell about what's going on

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 in the office,

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 or in school, or some other way,

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 do we exaggerate,

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 do we hide the popular person's faults,

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 or exaggerate what they've done in a good way?

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 Do we exaggerate our own

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 accomplishments,

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 and try to hide the things that we've done that are wrong?

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 Are we honest about that?

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 When we have a yard sale,

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 or we want to try to sell something on Kijiji,

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 do we misrepresent what we put on Kijiji,

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 and say,

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 oh yeah, it's lightly used,

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 it's only three years old,

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 and we don't tell them

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 that it actually came from a home daycare

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 with 20 completely and utterly out of control kids

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 who jumped on it?

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 In other words,

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 are we dishonest?

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 Because you know what?

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 Come on,

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 this is really worth it.

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 We should get at least another 50,

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 you know, 20,

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 10 bucks,

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 at least another 10 bucks.

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 Are we dishonest for just a couple of dollars?

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 And it's going to talk in a moment

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 about being in church

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 and thinking about other things.

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 And I'm not going to say that,

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 George,

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 you don't have to worry about that.

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 You're up there trying to remember your sermon.

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 You don't know what it's like to listen to you.

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 Good grief,

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 to listen to you,

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 to listen to you,

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 to listen to you.

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 George,

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 no wonder my mind is wandering.

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 You know,

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 I go to other services

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 and Bible studies

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 and other types of things

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 where other people are leading,

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 so I understand that it can be really hard.

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 But what does our mind drift to?

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 Often what our mind drifts to

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 reveals our idols.

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 And if our mind is always drifting,

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 if we're in a meeting

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 and our mind is drifting to

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 that mean thing

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 that somebody said to us

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 and how we want to get them back,

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 if our mind drifts

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 to some pornographic images

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 or adultery,

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 if it drifts to

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 imagining that we're really great in sports

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 or in singing

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 or in business,

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 like,

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 what our minds drift to

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 help to reveal to us

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 what our idols are.

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 like,

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 when you're in a business meeting

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 at work,

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 does your mind drift

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 to what the Bible says?

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 And I'm not trying to be hard on us.

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 I'm just trying to help us

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 to understand

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 how easy it is

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 when we hear the Bible

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 to think that the Bible

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 is talking about other people,

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 not about ourselves.

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 Listen to verses 4 through 6.

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 Hear this,

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 you who trample on the needy

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 and bring the poor of the land

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 to an end,

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 saying,

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 when will the new moon be over,

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 that's a religious festival,

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 that we may sell grain?

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 You know,

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 that's in other words,

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 they're in a church service

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 and the Sabbath

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 that we may offer wheat for sale.

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 They're in church,

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 they're in a religious festival,

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 all they're thinking of

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 is making money.

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 Their bodies are there,

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 their minds and their hearts

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 are somewhere else.

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 And then it even gets worse,

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 that we may make the effa small

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 and the shuckle great

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 and deal deceitfully

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 with false balances,

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 that we may buy the poor

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 for silver

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 and the needy

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 for a pair of sandals

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 and sell the chaff

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 of the wheat.

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 So the text is talking about us.

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 And it's trying to touch

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 our own hearts.

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 So remember that the vision

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 is a vision of summer fruit

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 and he uses the vision

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 of the summer fruit

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 to talk about the end.

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 And the end is that

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 God actually shows up.

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 He actually shows up

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 and he shows up

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 in the middle of worship.

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 It ruins worship.

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 And as I said,

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 as we get deeper

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 into the interpretation,

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 we see that it's a hint,

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 a rumor,

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 a pointing to the doctrine of hell.

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 And some of you might say,

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 well, George, okay.

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 I mean, that was probably true

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 about those moral things.

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 And you are probably right

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 that I do tend to look at this

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 and think,

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 well, I don't do anything

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 with deceitful false balances,

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 so I don't have to worry

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 about this.

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 Text doesn't really refer to me.

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 And gosh,

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 I sure hope that mean guy Trump

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 is listening to this text

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 because it'll really nail him

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 right between the eyes

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 like is what I want,

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 is where our mind starts to go.

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 Where Hillary Clinton,

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 $156 million

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 from a few donors

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 to get access.

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 I mean,

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 we can think about

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 how these things

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 affect the politicians

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 and others

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 and not think about

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 how it affects us.

00:24:04.939 --> 00:24:05.599
 But George,

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.299
 isn't a lot of it

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.960
 just poetry?

00:24:07.439 --> 00:24:07.839
 Like George,

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.079
 I mean,

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:08.759
 in a few moments

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 it's going to talk

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 about the moon,

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 I mean,

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 the sun going dark

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 and the rivers rising.

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 I mean,

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:14.359
 George,

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 you're going to try to,

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 you're trying to take something

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 which is really fundamentally

00:24:17.219 --> 00:24:18.719
 just a poetic text

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 and try to make it look

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 like it talks about

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.839
 something real like hell

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.339
 because George,

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:23.199
 I think you're talking about

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 as if something like hell

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 really exists

00:24:24.939 --> 00:24:25.299
 and George,

00:24:25.439 --> 00:24:26.799
 this is poetry

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:28.619
 that we're talking about.

00:24:28.739 --> 00:24:29.419
 This is poetry

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 that we're talking about.

00:24:31.679 --> 00:24:31.839
 Well,

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:32.979
 oh actually,

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 I missed a point.

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:33.899
 Andrew,

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 could you put up

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.959
 the second point?

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 Sort of a bit out of order

00:24:37.239 --> 00:24:38.299
 but I still want to put it here.

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 Meeting God

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 is inevitable.

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.699
 Meeting God

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 is inevitable.

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 It's one of the constant messages

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:50.079
 of all the book of Amos.

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 It's inevitable.

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:53.459
 But let's look at this

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 imagery language here.

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 It's going to come up

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 right away in verses

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 7 through 10.

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 The Lord has sworn

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 by the pride of Jacob,

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 surely I will never forget

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 any of their deeds.

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 Shall not the land

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:06.500
 tremble on this account

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 and everyone mourn

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 who dwells in it

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 and all of it rise

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 like the Nile

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 and be tossed about

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 and sink again

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 like the Nile of Egypt

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 and on that day

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 declares the Lord,

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 I will make the sun

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 go down at noon

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 and darken the earth

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 and broad daylight.

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 I will turn your feasts

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 into mourning

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 and all your songs

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 into lamentation.

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 I will bring sackcloth

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 on every waist

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 and baldness

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 on every head.

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 I will make it

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 like the mourning,

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 M-O-U-R-N,

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 mourning,

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 for an only son

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 and the end of it

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 like a bitter day.

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 The end of it

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 like a bitter day.

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 The hard part

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.399
 for us to understand

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 this text

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 and obviously

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.359
 on one hand

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 there's something

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.980
 poetic about it

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 but it's more

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.319
 than just poetry.

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 It's trying to communicate

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 to us something

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:54.319
 which our culture

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.899
 helps to,

00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:55.539
 in a sense,

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:56.399
 program us

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 to not to be able

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 to hear.

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 Andrew,

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 if you could put up

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 the next thing.

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:02.759
 I am a creature

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:04.119
 living in creation

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:05.299
 with a creator.

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.579
 But we think

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.259
 of ourselves

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.920
 as being masters

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:11.099
 or gods

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:12.220
 who live

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:13.539
 in a self-made

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:15.140
 or technologically

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.000
 made world.

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.319
 That's how we think

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.920
 of ourselves.

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:22.799
 But we're not.

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.920
 We're not.

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:28.519
 We aren't masters

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.299
 or gods

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.480
 with small g's.

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.259
 who live

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.720
 in a world

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.660
 of our creation.

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:36.059
 When I was coming

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.759
 home in the plane

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.259
 yesterday

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.519
 there was this guy

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.380
 who was really,

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.359
 really grumpy.

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.039
 I heard him

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:42.119
 talking to the poor

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:44.000
 women who were serving.

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.359
 He was really grumpy,

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.220
 really aggressive

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.579
 because he wanted

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.759
 to go to the bathroom

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:51.319
 and they were still

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:52.119
 serving food

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.980
 to other people.

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:55.640
 And you could see

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.579
 that he thought

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.299
 that everything

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:58.240
 in the plane

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.940
 and all of their

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.640
 work habits

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:02.100
 and even other people

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.840
 being able to get

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.420
 their coke

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.320
 or their tomato juice

00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:05.500
 should all revolve

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.600
 around his particular

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.600
 needs when he had

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.180
 to meet them.

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.279
 But, you know,

00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:11.960
 there's a system,

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.700
 there's fairness,

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.580
 there's other people,

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.400
 it doesn't work that way.

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.380
 But in our lives,

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.080
 you know,

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:17.080
 we tend to think of like

00:27:17.080 --> 00:27:18.720
 that all of it is like

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.640
 there's a room like this,

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:21.460
 well, we can rent this room

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:23.279
 and this is a self-made room.

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:25.079
 But we forget the fact

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:26.980
 that we are creatures.

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.379
 We really are.

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.259
 We were born.

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.119
 We will die.

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.519
 We live in a created order.

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.500
 We're dependent upon

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:35.200
 the planet hurling around

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:37.000
 the sun at a certain speed

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.099
 and turning on its axis

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:39.099
 at a certain speed

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.559
 and we're dependent

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.279
 on gravity

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.879
 and we're dependent

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:42.139
 on an environment

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:43.039
 and we're dependent

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.639
 on everything.

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.660
 We are just completely

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.220
 and utterly,

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:46.339
 we cannot exist

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:47.680
 apart from a created order.

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.539
 And that created order

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:51.160
 has a creator.

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:55.060
 And that's who we really are

00:27:55.060 --> 00:27:55.920
 and we find it

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:57.040
 profoundly uncomfortable

00:27:57.040 --> 00:27:58.000
 to be reminded

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.920
 that we had a beginning

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:00.140
 and that we will have an end.

00:28:00.540 --> 00:28:02.320
 We find it profoundly uncomfortable

00:28:02.320 --> 00:28:04.180
 to be reminded

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:05.080
 that we're creatures

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:06.860
 and that there is in fact

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.360
 a creator.

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.480
 We find it very,

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.560
 very uncomfortable

00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:10.880
 and unsettling.

00:28:11.540 --> 00:28:12.480
 And even if we can

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.380
 take it in church,

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.759
 it's so easy for us

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.640
 to go out and walk

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.600
 and begin to live

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:18.000
 as if that's not the case.

00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:19.380
 There is no creator

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:20.920
 and it's not a created order.

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.920
 That we are somehow

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:23.480
 masters of our destiny,

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.600
 masters of our fate,

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.660
 masters of the universe

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:27.700
 and we're part of Canada

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:30.519
 and if the water doesn't work,

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.820
 the electricity doesn't work,

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:33.080
 it's somebody else's fault

00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:34.019
 and maybe I should even

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.759
 be able to sue them

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.720
 and get some money back

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.480
 for the discomfort

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.420
 that it's caused me

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.360
 because we believe

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:39.080
 we've made it,

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.840
 we control it,

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.440
 we're masters,

00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:41.300
 but we're not.

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.340
 We're not.

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.400
 The Bible

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:47.080
 is more realistic

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:50.939
 about human existence

00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:53.199
 than Hollywood

00:28:53.199 --> 00:28:54.639
 or universities

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:56.220
 or our culture

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:58.559
 that maintains us

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.500
 in illusions

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:02.059
 of what the world

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.659
 is like

00:29:02.659 --> 00:29:03.759
 and what we are like

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.319
 in existence.

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:09.079
 And so what we see

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.859
 in this text

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:13.240
 is like in Genesis

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.220
 chapter 1 and 2,

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.720
 God creates human beings

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:17.100
 and he makes the entire,

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.039
 everything that exists,

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:19.200
 he makes everything that exists,

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:20.400
 he makes human beings

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:22.180
 alone as ones

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.640
 who bear God's image

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:26.160
 and they have a special role

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:28.120
 to tend the earth

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:30.500
 as stewards

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:32.500
 for the glory of God

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:34.039
 and in fellowship with God,

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:36.240
 in fellowship with God

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.299
 as his stewards

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.740
 to tend the planet.

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:43.140
 And we fall,

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.660
 we desire to be like gods,

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:47.740
 and to not acknowledge

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.819
 that God is God

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:50.299
 and that he is the creator

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:53.000
 and it bends us,

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.880
 it twists us,

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.460
 the theological word

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.600
 is that we become fallen

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:58.579
 and it affects

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.799
 all of the created order

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:01.660
 and all of this language

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.880
 of the sun and the moon,

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:04.120
 on one hand it is poetic,

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.900
 but it's poetic

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.720
 to communicate

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:07.039
 this important truth

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:09.460
 that when human beings

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.460
 who are made

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.360
 to be in fellowship

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:12.900
 with God

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:14.480
 and under God

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.220
 to be stewards

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.160
 of the created order

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:17.900
 that when God judges

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:19.480
 human beings,

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:22.060
 all creation mourns

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:25.280
 because we are creatures

00:30:25.280 --> 00:30:27.540
 in a created order

00:30:27.540 --> 00:30:30.340
 and as part of that created order

00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:31.820
 comes under God's judgment,

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:35.960
 all of creation mourns.

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:45.160
 And it's here

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.259
 that we see

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.819
 some of these

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:48.140
 intimations of hell.

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.000
 Just look back

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.799
 to verse 2,

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:52.360
 the end of verse 2.

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.220
 The end has come

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.460
 upon my people Israel.

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:57.519
 I will never again

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.600
 pass by them.

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.740
 Look at

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:03.420
 verse 7,

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.660
 the very last bit.

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.759
 I will never forget

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:08.039
 any of their deeds.

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:10.319
 Look at verse 10,

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.599
 the last words,

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.059
 and the end of it

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:14.240
 like a bitter day.

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.440
 And jumping ahead,

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.620
 the very last words

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:19.519
 of verse 12.

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:21.160
 They shall run to and fro

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.220
 to seek the word of the Lord,

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:24.279
 but they shall not find it.

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:26.120
 And the very last verse

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:27.740
 of the whole section,

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.420
 verse 14,

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.779
 the very final words,

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:31.379
 they shall fall

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:34.759
 and never rise again.

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:39.359
 Some people still think

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.399
 that God's not fair.

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.119
 I'm going to deal with that

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.680
 in a second,

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.879
 but in fact,

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:46.059
 partly what this is describing

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:48.160
 is what can only happen

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.379
 if God exists

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:51.079
 and we inevitably meet him.

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:53.119
 And part of what we see here

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:54.180
 is that God, in fact,

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.559
 is very fair.

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:59.919
 we human beings

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:01.500
 don't need justice from God.

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:04.019
 It's our arrogance

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.980
 to think that we need

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.940
 justice from God.

00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:07.259
 We need mercy.

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.460
 I mean, we do need

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.179
 his justice.

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.159
 That's at the center

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:13.440
 of the whole moral order.

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:15.619
 We don't want God's justice

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.319
 to crumble

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:17.079
 and all of a sudden

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:18.559
 moral orders to crumble,

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:20.559
 but we need mercy.

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:23.740
 But look at verses 11 and 12.

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:25.180
 We see here, in a sense,

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.120
 the justice of God,

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.160
 the fairness of God.

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:30.000
 Behold, the days are coming,

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:31.120
 declares the Lord God,

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:32.319
 when I will send a famine

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.920
 on the land.

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.920
 George, this doesn't sound

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.480
 very fair.

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.079
 When I will send a famine

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.500
 on the land,

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.640
 not a famine of bread

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.660
 nor a thirst for water,

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.700
 but of hearing the words

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.259
 of the Lord.

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.720
 They shall wander

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.559
 from sea to sea

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.559
 and from north to east.

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.819
 They shall run to and fro

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:46.059
 to seek the word of the Lord,

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.460
 but they shall not find it.

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:50.359
 Now, here's the interesting thing

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:51.279
 about this text

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:53.720
 is it isn't that God

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.839
 stops speaking

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:57.940
 or that he takes

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.779
 his word away,

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.720
 but the time comes

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:02.839
 when people can no longer hear.

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.160
 You see,

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.639
 all the way through

00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:08.500
 the book of Amos,

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:10.460
 God keeps reminding people

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:12.019
 that they have developed

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:13.940
 habits and a culture,

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.819
 both personal habits

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:17.099
 and cultural habits,

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:18.920
 to tell God to be silent.

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:21.360
 God be silent,

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:22.380
 God be silent,

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.300
 God be silent,

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.279
 God be quiet,

00:33:24.560 --> 00:33:25.519
 God don't speak,

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.700
 God I don't want to listen,

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.720
 God be silent.

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.900
 And at some point in time,

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:31.320
 God gives us

00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:32.759
 what we have desired

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.360
 from him,

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:36.920
 only to discover

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:39.720
 that it's ruinous for us.

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.519
 And it's a very,

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.660
 very tragic image.

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:44.640
 Imagine a Star Trek episode

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.580
 to maybe be able

00:33:45.580 --> 00:33:46.640
 to get the weight of it.

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:49.340
 And in a Star Trek episode,

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.600
 some of the crew

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:51.580
 go down to this ship

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:52.320
 and they don't realize

00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:53.020
 that as they go down

00:33:53.020 --> 00:33:53.540
 to the ship,

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.420
 they've done something

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.280
 to transgress

00:33:55.280 --> 00:33:56.700
 the ancient masters

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.780
 who built the ship

00:33:57.780 --> 00:33:59.100
 100,000 years ago

00:33:59.100 --> 00:33:59.520
 or whatever.

00:34:00.060 --> 00:34:01.680
 And a strange delusion

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.920
 comes upon them.

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.759
 And in this strange delusion,

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.380
 they're not allowed

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:06.280
 to leave the ship.

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.980
 But the ship,

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.760
 every day,

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.519
 every morning,

00:34:09.640 --> 00:34:10.320
 there's food

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.240
 that's set up for them

00:34:11.240 --> 00:34:12.119
 in a large hall,

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:13.900
 which they know where it is

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.840
 and they go into it

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.519
 all of the time.

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:17.239
 They pass through it constantly.

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.780
 And in that,

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.820
 every day,

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.900
 there's an entire

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.759
 Chinese buffet.

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.539
 There's an entire

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.820
 Indian food buffet.

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.539
 There's an entire

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:25.300
 Caribbean food buffet.

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.280
 There's an entire

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:28.539
 North American carnivore buffet.

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.460
 There's an entire

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.420
 vegan buffet.

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.860
 And it's all set out there.

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:32.860
 And yet,

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:34.079
 the people on the

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.940
 Star Trek ship

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.880
 trying to figure out

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.440
 what's going on

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.179
 with this crew

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:38.860
 and they're watching the crew

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:40.480
 and the crew are standing

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.199
 right in the midst

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:42.259
 of all of these buffets

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.780
 and saying,

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:44.039
 we're starving to death.

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:45.159
 There's nothing here to eat.

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:49.500
 And in the

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.099
 Star Trek

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:51.000
 Enterprise,

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:51.599
 they're saying,

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.860
 we can't let these people

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.980
 back onto our ship.

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:55.699
 There is a strange

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.980
 delusion

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:58.019
 and illness

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:59.519
 that they are

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.759
 surrounded by food

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:03.139
 and yet believe

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:04.420
 that there's no food there

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.579
 and they're starving

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.119
 to death.

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.739
 They say

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.920
 to the Enterprise,

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.460
 we're dying of thirst.

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:14.860
 and the Enterprise looks

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:17.059
 and there's goblets

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.619
 of water

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.800
 and pitchers of water

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:20.099
 and of beer

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.659
 and of wine

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.340
 and of Coke

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:22.220
 and of everything

00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:23.320
 all around them.

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.820
 And it's a strange

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.340
 delusion.

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.199
 You see,

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.440
 here's the thing

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.699
 about the justice of God

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.440
 in all of this.

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:34.599
 What would it be like

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.760
 for those of us

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:37.340
 who don't really love

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:38.000
 the truth

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:39.559
 to meet God

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:41.280
 who is only truth?

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:44.059
 What is it like

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.800
 for us

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.679
 who sometimes

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:47.260
 are a bit dishonest

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:48.460
 to meet

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.420
 the being

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.719
 who is pure

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:51.480
 honesty?

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.960
 What is it like

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.679
 for us

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.679
 who occasionally

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.559
 like to trample

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.260
 on the weak

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.760
 and be unjust

00:35:58.760 --> 00:36:00.260
 to meet

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:01.360
 pure

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:02.219
 justice?

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:04.939
 What is it like

00:36:04.939 --> 00:36:05.699
 for us

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:06.899
 who desire

00:36:06.899 --> 00:36:07.639
 to have

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.759
 some other God

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.419
 any God

00:36:09.419 --> 00:36:10.559
 but the living God

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.959
 to finally be

00:36:11.959 --> 00:36:12.639
 in the presence

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:14.459
 of God himself

00:36:14.459 --> 00:36:16.699
 inescapably

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.679
 in his presence

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:19.000
 undeniably

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:20.179
 in his presence

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:21.659
 undeniably

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:22.719
 in the presence

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:24.139
 of that which is just

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:26.759
 is perfectly true

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:28.419
 perfectly beautiful

00:36:28.419 --> 00:36:31.039
 perfectly pure

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:33.639
 perfectly himself

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:36.539
 and if we have

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.039
 developed

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.259
 deep habits

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:38.940
 of wanting

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.960
 anything other

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.639
 than that

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:42.039
 to be

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:43.179
 inescapably

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:44.619
 in his presence

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:46.059
 will lead

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.820
 to our wailing.

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:52.940
 We have worshipped

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:54.639
 the uncreator

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:57.259
 and we are

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:58.119
 finally faced

00:36:58.119 --> 00:36:59.219
 because we believe

00:36:59.219 --> 00:36:59.719
 that we are

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.800
 a self-made

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.380
 person

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:02.960
 and we are

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:04.019
 finally

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:05.100
 brutally

00:37:05.100 --> 00:37:06.960
 conscious

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.940
 that we are

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.780
 in the presence

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:10.680
 of the creator

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:12.000
 and all our

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.539
 desires

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.360
 to believe

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:14.400
 in uncreation

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.100
 or a master

00:37:15.100 --> 00:37:15.640
 of our being

00:37:15.640 --> 00:37:16.640
 our own universe

00:37:16.640 --> 00:37:18.160
 are revealed

00:37:18.160 --> 00:37:19.280
 to be complete

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:20.000
 delusions.

00:37:23.100 --> 00:37:23.940
 If God

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.580
 meets us

00:37:24.580 --> 00:37:25.080
 and God

00:37:25.080 --> 00:37:26.120
 is who he is

00:37:26.120 --> 00:37:27.560
 then to be

00:37:27.560 --> 00:37:28.440
 in his presence

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.539
 inescapably

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.199
 and purely

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:32.259
 but by grace

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:33.279
 will lead

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:33.880
 to our wailing.

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.360
 He can't

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.960
 stop being

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.679
 who he is.

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.400
 And if all

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:40.119
 of our life

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:41.320
 we have said

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:41.699
 to God

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.400
 be silent

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:44.079
 how can we

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.599
 complain

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:46.639
 if all of a

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:46.920
 sudden

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:49.059
 we no longer

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.960
 can hear him

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.519
 at all?

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:53.900
 and the text

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.599
 shows this

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:55.139
 tragedy

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.699
 of they keep

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:56.000
 going

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.280
 looking

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:56.759
 everywhere

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:57.059
 to hear

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.440
 the voice

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.699
 of God

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.000
 but where

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.199
 do they

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.460
 go?

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:59.119
 They go

00:37:59.119 --> 00:38:00.159
 to idols

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.599
 look at

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.239
 verses 13

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:01.719
 and 14

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:02.159
 in that day

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.500
 the lovely

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:02.939
 virgins

00:38:02.939 --> 00:38:03.179
 and the

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:03.519
 young men

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:03.899
 shall faint

00:38:03.899 --> 00:38:04.299
 for thirst

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:05.239
 those who

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:06.139
 swear by

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.500
 the guilt

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:06.959
 of Amaria

00:38:06.959 --> 00:38:07.379
 and say

00:38:07.379 --> 00:38:07.779
 as your

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.359
 God lives

00:38:08.359 --> 00:38:08.759
 Odan

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.319
 and as

00:38:09.319 --> 00:38:09.559
 the way

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:10.199
 of Beersheba

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.459
 lives

00:38:10.459 --> 00:38:10.699
 they go

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.299
 everywhere

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.859
 other than

00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:12.439
 to God

00:38:12.439 --> 00:38:14.980
 as they

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.259
 die

00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:17.079
 and they

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.639
 shall fall

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:18.359
 and never

00:38:18.359 --> 00:38:19.039
 rise again.

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:27.699
 This can

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.079
 be pretty

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.639
 stark

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.380
 and I

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:29.639
 mean on

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.019
 one hand

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.320
 for us

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:30.920
 as Christians

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.719
 it's just

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.039
 a matter

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.519
 for us

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.659
 to be

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:33.920
 gripped

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.539
 by this.

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:36.239
 The full

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.840
 doctrine of

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.199
 hell will

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.779
 be discussed

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:38.559
 and developed

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.259
 in the

00:38:39.259 --> 00:38:39.779
 New Testament

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.300
 especially

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.759
 from the

00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:41.179
 words of

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.500
 Jesus

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:42.980
 but here's

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.440
 some things

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:45.019
 lots of

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.199
 points

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.599
 just in a

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:45.960
 couple of

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.239
 things

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:47.199
 over the

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:47.659
 last few

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:47.920
 minutes

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.639
 here's the

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:48.819
 thing

00:38:48.819 --> 00:38:49.039
 within

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.219
 the

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:49.599
 text.

00:38:51.879 --> 00:38:52.379
 God

00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:53.259
 confronts

00:38:53.259 --> 00:38:53.619
 to

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.139
 connect.

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.079
 If you

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.319
 could put

00:38:55.319 --> 00:38:55.619
 that up

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:55.859
 Andrew

00:38:55.859 --> 00:38:56.179
 please

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:56.659
 God

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.779
 confronts

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:58.179
 to

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:58.599
 connect

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.679
 and I'm

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.039
 not just

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.500
 saying that

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.579
 because I

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:01.920
 want to

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.339
 say it

00:39:02.339 --> 00:39:03.319
 next week

00:39:03.319 --> 00:39:03.779
 you'll see

00:39:03.779 --> 00:39:04.679
 that after

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.639
 eight and a

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.519
 half chapters

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:08.019
 of God

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.859
 constantly

00:39:08.859 --> 00:39:10.279
 telling people

00:39:10.279 --> 00:39:10.739
 of their

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:11.319
 danger

00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:11.799
 that their

00:39:11.799 --> 00:39:12.920
 self-perception

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.900
 is completely

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:14.400
 and utterly

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:14.980
 at odds

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.279
 of their

00:39:15.279 --> 00:39:15.879
 real need

00:39:15.879 --> 00:39:16.980
 the final

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.539
 few verses

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:17.859
 of the

00:39:17.859 --> 00:39:18.139
 book of

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.400
 Amos

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:18.740
 give the

00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:19.280
 possibility

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:19.760
 of

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:20.420
 redemption.

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:21.980
 God

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.320
 is

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:22.980
 confronting

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.360
 us

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:23.619
 to

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:23.940
 connect

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.200
 he's

00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:24.440
 not

00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:24.920
 confronting

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.139
 us

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:25.320
 to

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:25.840
 disconnect

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.940
 but to

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.180
 get our

00:39:27.180 --> 00:39:27.740
 attention

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.960
 that we

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.500
 might call

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:29.840
 out to

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.079
 him

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.660
 in

00:39:30.660 --> 00:39:31.039
 mercy

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.820
 and in

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.000
 the

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.480
 text

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.119
 there's

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.440
 two

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.019
 places

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.800
 where it

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.099
 also

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.740
 points

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:36.180
 to this

00:39:36.180 --> 00:39:36.700
 possibility

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.000
 of

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.340
 mercy

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:38.200
 if you

00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:38.400
 could

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:38.680
 turn

00:39:38.680 --> 00:39:38.880
 to

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.180
 verse

00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:40.639
 seven

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:41.840
 verse

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.440
 seven

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:43.400
 the

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:43.659
 Lord

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:43.880
 is

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:44.159
 sworn

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:44.360
 by

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:44.519
 the

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:44.780
 pride

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:44.940
 of

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.220
 Jacob

00:39:45.220 --> 00:39:45.659
 surely

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:45.920
 I

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.079
 will

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.340
 never

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:46.800
 forget

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.059
 any

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.260
 of

00:39:47.260 --> 00:39:47.420
 their

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.940
 deeds

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:49.260
 he

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.519
 doesn't

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:49.700
 say

00:39:49.700 --> 00:39:49.860
 he

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.059
 won't

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:50.519
 forgive

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:52.860
 he

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.099
 says

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.220
 he

00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:53.420
 won't

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.840
 forget

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:57.400
 there's

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:57.900
 a whole

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.120
 other

00:39:58.120 --> 00:39:58.519
 sermon

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:58.880
 on this

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.079
 but

00:39:59.079 --> 00:39:59.240
 you

00:39:59.240 --> 00:39:59.400
 know

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.800
 for

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:00.100
 most

00:40:00.100 --> 00:40:00.260
 of

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:00.559
 us

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.500
 the

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:01.660
 way

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:01.820
 we

00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:02.019
 live

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.180
 our

00:40:02.180 --> 00:40:02.660
 lives

00:40:02.660 --> 00:40:02.980
 is

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.440
 forgetting

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:03.720
 the

00:40:03.720 --> 00:40:03.940
 wrong

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.320
 things

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:04.460
 that

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:04.660
 we've

00:40:04.660 --> 00:40:04.920
 done

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:06.539
 and

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:06.820
 hoping

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.019
 that

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:07.260
 others

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:07.660
 forget

00:40:07.660 --> 00:40:10.180
 and

00:40:10.180 --> 00:40:10.420
 we

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:11.500
 live

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.760
 remembering

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.740
 the wrong

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.280
 things of

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:14.780
 our enemies

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:15.180
 or those

00:40:15.180 --> 00:40:15.800
 who displease

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:16.180
 us

00:40:16.180 --> 00:40:16.820
 and we

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:17.120
 desire

00:40:17.120 --> 00:40:17.320
 that

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:17.620
 everybody

00:40:17.620 --> 00:40:18.039
 remember

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.539
 those bad

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:18.820
 things

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:19.000
 that

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.240
 they've

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:19.420
 done

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:21.800
 and we

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.019
 don't

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.440
 realize

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:22.780
 that we're

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.019
 treating

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.480
 ourselves

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.920
 and others

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.280
 to very

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.639
 different

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.260
 standards

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:26.539
 and for

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:26.980
 many of

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.240
 us

00:40:27.240 --> 00:40:27.639
 when we

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:27.860
 go to

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.179
 make an

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:28.579
 apology

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.019
 we don't

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.360
 actually

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:29.760
 make

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.280
 apologies

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:30.659
 what we

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:30.900
 do is

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.199
 make a

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.579
 long list

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:32.199
 of excuses

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.719
 to show

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:33.099
 that there's

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.380
 actually

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:33.639
 nothing

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:33.960
 that we

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.340
 ever did

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:34.619
 that was

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:34.940
 wrong

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.380
 and needs

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.559
 any

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:35.980
 forgiveness

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:37.380
 and we're

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:37.659
 deeply

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:38.420
 confused

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:39.740
 but this

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:40.199
 text

00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:41.019
 says

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.820
 that God

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:42.139
 won't

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.460
 forget

00:40:42.460 --> 00:40:43.099
 he can't

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.400
 forget

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:43.900
 he knows

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.780
 all things

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.519
 but it

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:45.980
 doesn't say

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.400
 he won't

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:46.940
 forgive

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:48.519
 there's

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:48.699
 this

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:49.619
 if

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.099
 we're

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:50.659
 attentive

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:51.119
 in this

00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:51.659
 subtle thing

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:52.099
 it'll become

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:52.679
 more clear

00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:53.380
 next week

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:54.059
 there's

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:54.220
 this

00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:54.519
 chance

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:54.800
 we can

00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:55.260
 call out

00:40:55.260 --> 00:40:55.619
 to God

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:56.320
 for mercy

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:59.599
 and there's

00:40:59.599 --> 00:40:59.940
 other

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.420
 another

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:00.760
 thing

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:01.140
 in this

00:41:01.140 --> 00:41:01.460
 text

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:02.140
 which also

00:41:02.140 --> 00:41:02.660
 points

00:41:02.660 --> 00:41:03.099
 at an

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:03.420
 even

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.880
 deeper

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.320
 truth

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:04.760
 the fact

00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:05.320
 that God

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:05.860
 in fact

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:07.320
 will provide

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:08.019
 a means

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.539
 by which

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:08.980
 we can be

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.800
 reconciled to

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:10.000
 him

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:11.099
 and it

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.519
 comes

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.000
 and it

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:13.239
 and it

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:13.920
 comes in

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:14.900
 listen to

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.000
 it

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.360
 again

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:16.239
 and on

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:16.699
 that day

00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:17.079
 declares

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:17.440
 the Lord

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:17.739
 God

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:17.980
 I will

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.179
 make

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:18.579
 the sun

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:19.099
 go down

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.500
 at noon

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.079
 and darken

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.400
 the earth

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:20.820
 and broad

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:21.179
 daylight

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:21.579
 I will

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:22.019
 turn your

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.480
 feasts

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:23.139
 into mourning

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.900
 and all

00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:24.480
 your songs

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:25.460
 into lamentation

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.980
 I will bring

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.699
 sackcloth

00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:27.079
 and every

00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:27.400
 waist

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:28.000
 and baldness

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.400
 on every

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:28.659
 head

00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:29.340
 I will

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:29.679
 make it

00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:30.019
 like the

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.280
 morning

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:30.639
 for an

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:30.900
 only

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.239
 sun

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:31.500
 and the

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:31.659
 end

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:31.900
 of it

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.219
 like a

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:32.360
 bitter

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:32.679
 day

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:34.359
 we

00:41:34.359 --> 00:41:34.859
 Christians

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.379
 know

00:41:35.379 --> 00:41:36.739
 that some

00:41:36.739 --> 00:41:38.359
 750 years

00:41:38.359 --> 00:41:39.539
 or 760

00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:40.219
 years after

00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:40.579
 the writing

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:40.940
 of this

00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:41.279
 text

00:41:41.279 --> 00:41:41.819
 there was

00:41:41.819 --> 00:41:42.299
 a day

00:41:42.299 --> 00:41:43.519
 when God

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:43.879
 the son

00:41:43.879 --> 00:41:44.359
 of God

00:41:44.359 --> 00:41:44.859
 walked

00:41:44.859 --> 00:41:45.419
 to his

00:41:45.419 --> 00:41:46.059
 execution

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.839
 and he

00:41:46.839 --> 00:41:47.299
 paused

00:41:47.299 --> 00:41:47.779
 and said

00:41:47.779 --> 00:41:48.079
 to the

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:48.299
 woman

00:41:48.299 --> 00:41:48.799
 do not

00:41:48.799 --> 00:41:49.179
 mourn

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:49.619
 for me

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:54.299
 and we

00:41:54.299 --> 00:41:54.539
 know

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:54.940
 that there

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.279
 was a

00:41:55.279 --> 00:41:55.519
 day

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:55.899
 where there

00:41:55.899 --> 00:41:56.299
 was like

00:41:56.299 --> 00:41:56.500
 the

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:56.819
 morning

00:41:56.819 --> 00:41:57.179
 as if

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.599
 the death

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:57.879
 of an

00:41:57.879 --> 00:41:58.199
 only

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:58.639
 sun

00:41:58.639 --> 00:42:00.059
 when the

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.500
 sky

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:01.259
 went dark

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:01.759
 for three

00:42:01.759 --> 00:42:02.239
 hours

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:04.819
 and where

00:42:04.819 --> 00:42:05.219
 the earth

00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:06.019
 trembled

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:07.039
 and there

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.179
 were

00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:07.759
 earthquakes

00:42:07.759 --> 00:42:08.879
 at the

00:42:08.879 --> 00:42:09.119
 moment

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.459
 of his

00:42:09.459 --> 00:42:09.819
 death

00:42:09.819 --> 00:42:12.379
 it was

00:42:12.379 --> 00:42:12.739
 a bitter

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:13.079
 day

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.419
 a day

00:42:13.419 --> 00:42:13.979
 of mourning

00:42:13.979 --> 00:42:14.919
 and a

00:42:14.919 --> 00:42:15.039
 day

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:15.500
 of sack

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:15.879
 cloth

00:42:15.879 --> 00:42:18.239
 the same

00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:18.759
 text

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:20.139
 which hints

00:42:20.139 --> 00:42:21.119
 at the

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:21.559
 reality

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:22.099
 of hell

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:24.479
 but opens

00:42:24.479 --> 00:42:24.919
 the door

00:42:24.919 --> 00:42:25.279
 that the

00:42:25.279 --> 00:42:25.699
 God who

00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:26.199
 does not

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.659
 forget

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:27.239
 can yet

00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:27.659
 still

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.079
 forgive

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.759
 and have

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:29.139
 mercy

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:29.559
 on his

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:29.939
 people

00:42:29.939 --> 00:42:30.559
 because he

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.059
 does not

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:31.759
 confront

00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:33.160
 to disconnect

00:42:33.160 --> 00:42:33.800
 but he

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.600
 confronts

00:42:34.600 --> 00:42:35.460
 to connect

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:36.960
 the same

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:37.940
 text points

00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:38.880
 to that

00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.300
 day

00:42:39.300 --> 00:42:40.660
 in Golgotha

00:42:40.660 --> 00:42:41.600
 when God

00:42:41.600 --> 00:42:42.000
 the son

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.580
 of God

00:42:42.580 --> 00:42:43.600
 will pay

00:42:43.600 --> 00:42:44.180
 the price

00:42:44.180 --> 00:42:44.540
 that you

00:42:44.540 --> 00:42:44.840
 and I

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.640
 cannot pay

00:42:45.640 --> 00:42:47.560
 and offer

00:42:47.560 --> 00:42:48.340
 a sacrifice

00:42:48.340 --> 00:42:48.900
 that we

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.300
 could never

00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:49.680
 offer

00:42:49.680 --> 00:42:50.320
 ourselves

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:51.600
 and bear

00:42:51.600 --> 00:42:52.740
 in himself

00:42:52.740 --> 00:42:55.340
 that which

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:55.800
 we did

00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:56.180
 that was

00:42:56.180 --> 00:42:56.540
 wrong

00:42:56.540 --> 00:42:58.240
 so that

00:42:58.240 --> 00:42:58.740
 God's

00:42:58.740 --> 00:42:59.200
 forgiveness

00:42:59.200 --> 00:42:59.820
 might be

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:00.580
 available to

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:01.019
 all who

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:01.420
 put their

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:01.779
 trust

00:43:01.779 --> 00:43:02.219
 in him

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:07.279
 and so

00:43:07.279 --> 00:43:07.840
 if you're

00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:08.480
 a guest

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:08.719
 here

00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:08.960
 or a

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.239
 seeker

00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:09.519
 here

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:09.900
 if you

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:10.460
 walk away

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:10.880
 from here

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.279
 thinking

00:43:11.279 --> 00:43:11.779
 that I

00:43:11.779 --> 00:43:12.199
 think

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:13.299
 that I'm

00:43:13.299 --> 00:43:13.940
 more honest

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.340
 than other

00:43:14.340 --> 00:43:14.739
 people

00:43:14.739 --> 00:43:15.179
 or more

00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:15.539
 truthful

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:15.940
 than other

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.340
 people

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:17.199
 and that

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:17.579
 to become

00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:18.000
 part of

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:18.319
 church of

00:43:18.319 --> 00:43:18.799
 the messiah

00:43:18.799 --> 00:43:19.239
 church of

00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:19.679
 the messiah

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:20.099
 is that

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:20.699
 collective

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:21.219
 known as

00:43:21.219 --> 00:43:21.659
 people who

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.079
 are only

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:22.480
 honest

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:22.880
 who only

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:23.279
 listen to

00:43:23.279 --> 00:43:23.440
 God

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:23.779
 that is

00:43:23.779 --> 00:43:24.259
 not the

00:43:24.259 --> 00:43:24.579
 case

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:26.799
 we are

00:43:26.799 --> 00:43:27.059
 to be

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:27.599
 people who

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:28.079
 are gripped

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:28.940
 by Amos

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.199
 8

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:31.059
 and recognize

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:31.480
 that we

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:32.079
 need God's

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:32.420
 mercy

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:33.860
 and have

00:43:33.860 --> 00:43:34.579
 received his

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:35.480
 full total

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:36.460
 and complete

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:37.159
 mercy

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:38.340
 in the person

00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:38.940
 of his son

00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:39.639
 and what he

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:40.099
 did for us

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.739
 on the cross

00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:42.799
 that I stand

00:43:42.799 --> 00:43:43.559
 before God

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:44.480
 not trumpeting

00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:45.319
 my honesty

00:43:45.319 --> 00:43:46.639
 or my ability

00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:47.279
 to listen to

00:43:47.279 --> 00:43:47.519
 him

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:48.980
 but I

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.619
 humbly

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:50.219
 and with

00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:50.599
 gratitude

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:51.340
 stand

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:52.519
 saying he

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:53.259
 has stood

00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:54.280
 in my place

00:43:54.280 --> 00:43:55.620
 in my place

00:43:55.620 --> 00:43:56.040
 condemned

00:43:56.040 --> 00:43:56.640
 he stood

00:43:56.640 --> 00:43:58.120
 and the

00:43:58.120 --> 00:43:58.460
 righteousness

00:43:58.460 --> 00:43:59.380
 I stand

00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:00.140
 with before

00:44:00.140 --> 00:44:00.620
 you now

00:44:00.620 --> 00:44:01.020
 father

00:44:01.020 --> 00:44:01.540
 is not

00:44:01.540 --> 00:44:01.940
 something

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:02.360
 that I

00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:03.040
 have earned

00:44:03.040 --> 00:44:04.340
 or accomplished

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:06.380
 but I am

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:07.160
 clothed

00:44:07.160 --> 00:44:08.220
 in the perfect

00:44:08.220 --> 00:44:08.820
 life of

00:44:08.820 --> 00:44:09.160
 Jesus

00:44:09.160 --> 00:44:10.420
 when he

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:11.100
 offered his

00:44:11.100 --> 00:44:11.540
 life in

00:44:11.540 --> 00:44:12.260
 exchange for

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:12.540
 mine

00:44:12.540 --> 00:44:14.160
 and it

00:44:14.160 --> 00:44:14.500
 is by

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:15.020
 grace we

00:44:15.020 --> 00:44:15.460
 stand

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:18.460
 it's God's

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:18.840
 grace

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:20.220
 that allows

00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:20.640
 us

00:44:20.640 --> 00:44:22.360
 to look

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:22.720
 at those

00:44:22.720 --> 00:44:23.120
 things in

00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:23.739
 our lives

00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:24.380
 that we

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:24.699
 have done

00:44:24.699 --> 00:44:24.960
 that are

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.299
 wrong

00:44:25.299 --> 00:44:27.719
 knowing that

00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:28.019
 we can

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.460
 look at

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:28.679
 them

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:29.139
 and begin

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:29.519
 to deal

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:30.000
 with them

00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:31.219
 because

00:44:31.219 --> 00:44:31.839
 Jesus knew

00:44:31.839 --> 00:44:32.279
 about that

00:44:32.279 --> 00:44:32.599
 and died

00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:32.940
 for that

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:33.219
 too

00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:36.119
 it's as

00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:36.359
 we're

00:44:36.359 --> 00:44:36.779
 gripped by

00:44:36.779 --> 00:44:37.420
 the gospel

00:44:37.420 --> 00:44:38.500
 and we

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:38.960
 understand

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.519
 the forgiveness

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.299
 offered to us

00:44:40.299 --> 00:44:40.719
 in Jesus

00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:41.299
 that we

00:44:41.299 --> 00:44:41.779
 can begin

00:44:41.779 --> 00:44:42.440
 to understand

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:42.859
 our need

00:44:42.859 --> 00:44:43.259
 to forgive

00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:43.559
 others

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:43.779
 that we

00:44:43.779 --> 00:44:44.159
 might be

00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:44.400
 free

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:49.019
 it's

00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:49.599
 because of

00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:49.920
 what he

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:50.279
 did for

00:44:50.279 --> 00:44:50.539
 us on

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:51.039
 the cross

00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:51.339
 that we

00:44:51.339 --> 00:44:51.759
 can begin

00:44:51.759 --> 00:44:52.159
 to listen

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:52.519
 to those

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:53.039
 texts in

00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:53.460
 the bible

00:44:53.460 --> 00:44:53.879
 that so

00:44:53.879 --> 00:44:54.859
 terrify us

00:44:54.859 --> 00:44:55.920
 when they

00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:56.420
 talk about

00:44:56.420 --> 00:44:56.779
 money

00:44:56.779 --> 00:44:58.259
 or sex

00:44:58.259 --> 00:44:59.279
 or how to

00:44:59.279 --> 00:44:59.619
 use our

00:44:59.619 --> 00:45:00.119
 power

00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:01.799
 or how to

00:45:01.799 --> 00:45:02.279
 care for

00:45:02.279 --> 00:45:02.819
 the poor

00:45:02.819 --> 00:45:03.099
 or the

00:45:03.099 --> 00:45:03.359
 weak

00:45:03.359 --> 00:45:03.679
 or the

00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:04.279
 needy

00:45:04.279 --> 00:45:04.639
 and they

00:45:04.639 --> 00:45:05.000
 can so

00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:05.819
 terrify us

00:45:05.819 --> 00:45:06.059
 and we

00:45:06.059 --> 00:45:06.779
 can understand

00:45:06.779 --> 00:45:07.819
 because the

00:45:07.819 --> 00:45:08.639
 gospel that

00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:09.460
 God loves us

00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:10.059
 so much

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:10.799
 that he

00:45:10.799 --> 00:45:11.460
 in the

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:11.920
 person of

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:12.319
 his son

00:45:12.319 --> 00:45:13.119
 died to

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:13.639
 deal with

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:14.179
 all that

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:14.619
 there is

00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:15.179
 within us

00:45:15.179 --> 00:45:15.559
 which is

00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:16.159
 unjust

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:18.420
 and dishonest

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:20.779
 he did

00:45:20.779 --> 00:45:21.339
 all of

00:45:21.339 --> 00:45:21.839
 that for

00:45:21.839 --> 00:45:22.279
 us

00:45:22.279 --> 00:45:22.879
 and so

00:45:22.879 --> 00:45:23.219
 we can

00:45:23.219 --> 00:45:23.619
 have the

00:45:23.619 --> 00:45:24.039
 courage

00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:24.839
 to understand

00:45:24.839 --> 00:45:25.359
 that when

00:45:25.359 --> 00:45:25.779
 we listen

00:45:25.779 --> 00:45:26.139
 to his

00:45:26.139 --> 00:45:26.819
 instruction

00:45:26.819 --> 00:45:27.219
 it is

00:45:27.219 --> 00:45:27.759
 for our

00:45:27.759 --> 00:45:28.179
 good

00:45:28.179 --> 00:45:29.339
 and for

00:45:29.339 --> 00:45:29.599
 the good

00:45:29.599 --> 00:45:29.899
 of our

00:45:29.899 --> 00:45:30.539
 society

00:45:30.539 --> 00:45:33.920
 and if you

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:34.339
 could put up

00:45:34.339 --> 00:45:34.699
 the next

00:45:34.699 --> 00:45:35.099
 to last

00:45:35.099 --> 00:45:35.500
 slide

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:37.920
 I think

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:38.539
 I missed

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:38.859
 God

00:45:38.859 --> 00:45:39.179
 service

00:45:39.179 --> 00:45:39.799
 number six

00:45:39.799 --> 00:45:40.279
 God does

00:45:40.279 --> 00:45:40.719
 not offer

00:45:40.719 --> 00:45:41.599
 to forget

00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:42.199
 he offers

00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:42.920
 to forgive

00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:44.619
 and then

00:45:44.619 --> 00:45:45.239
 number seven

00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:46.139
 here's the

00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:46.440
 thing about

00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:46.860
 listening to

00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:47.299
 the Bible

00:45:47.299 --> 00:45:48.159
 I can

00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:48.619
 listen to

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:48.860
 another

00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:49.360
 person

00:45:49.360 --> 00:45:49.639
 without

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:50.000
 agreeing

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:50.259
 with

00:45:50.259 --> 00:45:50.440
 them

00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:51.179
 I

00:45:51.179 --> 00:45:51.519
 cannot

00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:51.880
 listen

00:45:51.880 --> 00:45:52.039
 to

00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:52.360
 God

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:52.920
 without

00:45:52.920 --> 00:45:53.279
 agreeing

00:45:53.279 --> 00:45:53.719
 with

00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:54.019
 him

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:57.259
 please

00:45:57.259 --> 00:45:57.699
 stand

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:59.299
 Andrew

00:45:59.299 --> 00:45:59.599
 could you

00:45:59.599 --> 00:45:59.880
 put up

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:00.259
 the final

00:46:00.259 --> 00:46:00.559
 point

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:00.900
 please

00:46:00.900 --> 00:46:02.679
 here's

00:46:02.679 --> 00:46:03.179
 a prayer

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:03.639
 sort of

00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:03.779
 in

00:46:03.779 --> 00:46:04.219
 closing

00:46:04.219 --> 00:46:06.460
 I'll

00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:06.619
 just

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:06.900
 say it

00:46:06.900 --> 00:46:07.179
 and then

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:07.500
 I'll

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:07.960
 invite you

00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:08.339
 to join

00:46:08.339 --> 00:46:08.679
 with me

00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:09.039
 in saying

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.179
 it

00:46:09.179 --> 00:46:09.339
 in a

00:46:09.339 --> 00:46:09.539
 moment

00:46:09.539 --> 00:46:09.779
 dear

00:46:09.779 --> 00:46:10.019
 Lord

00:46:10.019 --> 00:46:10.360
 please

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:10.739
 make me

00:46:10.739 --> 00:46:10.839
 a

00:46:10.839 --> 00:46:11.239
 disciple

00:46:11.239 --> 00:46:11.460
 of

00:46:11.460 --> 00:46:11.720
 Jesus

00:46:11.720 --> 00:46:12.099
 gripped

00:46:12.099 --> 00:46:12.280
 by

00:46:12.280 --> 00:46:12.460
 the

00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:12.820
 gospel

00:46:12.820 --> 00:46:13.059
 who

00:46:13.059 --> 00:46:13.320
 listens

00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:13.539
 to

00:46:13.539 --> 00:46:13.720
 your

00:46:13.720 --> 00:46:14.079
 word

00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:14.900
 and

00:46:14.900 --> 00:46:15.159
 lives

00:46:15.159 --> 00:46:15.360
 a

00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:15.699
 just

00:46:15.699 --> 00:46:15.960
 and

00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:16.400
 honest

00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:16.900
 life

00:46:16.900 --> 00:46:17.599
 for

00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:17.780
 your

00:46:17.780 --> 00:46:18.159
 glory

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:19.059
 that's

00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:19.320
 what the

00:46:19.320 --> 00:46:19.840
 text is

00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:20.440
 pushing us

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:20.619
 to

00:46:20.619 --> 00:46:21.099
 not to

00:46:21.099 --> 00:46:21.380
 become

00:46:21.380 --> 00:46:21.800
 proud

00:46:21.800 --> 00:46:22.380
 and conceited

00:46:22.380 --> 00:46:22.860
 about how

00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:23.280
 honest

00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:23.619
 we are

00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:24.000
 how good

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:24.260
 we are

00:46:24.260 --> 00:46:24.639
 at listening

00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:25.159
 to God

00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:26.460
 but as

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:27.039
 his word

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:27.940
 convicts us

00:46:27.940 --> 00:46:28.380
 to be able

00:46:28.380 --> 00:46:28.980
 to confess

00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:29.380
 to God

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:29.619
 God

00:46:29.619 --> 00:46:30.340
 there's

00:46:30.340 --> 00:46:30.960
 whole areas

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:31.260
 of my

00:46:31.260 --> 00:46:31.420
 life

00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:31.760
 I didn't

00:46:31.760 --> 00:46:32.119
 realize

00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:32.440
 I was

00:46:32.440 --> 00:46:32.619
 shut

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:33.199
 I don't

00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:33.619
 realize

00:46:33.619 --> 00:46:34.340
 Lord

00:46:34.340 --> 00:46:34.720
 that I

00:46:34.720 --> 00:46:35.679
 can't

00:46:35.679 --> 00:46:36.079
 read your

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:36.380
 Bible

00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:36.840
 because all

00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:37.059
 I do

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:37.400
 is think

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:37.700
 about how

00:46:37.700 --> 00:46:37.800
 it

00:46:37.800 --> 00:46:38.119
 applies

00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:38.320
 to

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:38.660
 Clinton

00:46:38.660 --> 00:46:39.039
 or how

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.160
 it

00:46:39.160 --> 00:46:39.440
 applies

00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:39.619
 to

00:46:39.619 --> 00:46:39.940
 Trump

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:40.119
 and I

00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:40.320
 never

00:46:40.320 --> 00:46:40.539
 think

00:46:40.539 --> 00:46:40.840
 about how

00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:40.940
 it

00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:41.260
 applies

00:46:41.260 --> 00:46:41.700
 to me

00:46:41.700 --> 00:46:41.960
 or I

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.079
 think

00:46:42.079 --> 00:46:42.380
 how it

00:46:42.380 --> 00:46:42.619
 applies

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:42.880
 to my

00:46:42.880 --> 00:46:43.660
 brother-in-law

00:46:43.660 --> 00:46:44.400
 or my

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:44.820
 dad

00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:45.039
 but I

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.139
 don't

00:46:45.139 --> 00:46:45.300
 think

00:46:45.300 --> 00:46:45.460
 how

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:46.139
 Lord

00:46:46.139 --> 00:46:46.340
 I

00:46:46.340 --> 00:46:46.579
 didn't

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:46.980
 realize

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:47.139
 I

00:46:47.139 --> 00:46:47.280
 don't

00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:47.579
 listen

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:47.820
 to

00:46:47.820 --> 00:46:48.039
 you

00:46:48.039 --> 00:46:49.519
 and as

00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:49.719
 we're

00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:49.980
 gripped

00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:50.360
 by the

00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:50.940
 gospel

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:54.159
 as that

00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:54.579
 becomes

00:46:54.579 --> 00:46:54.980
 the basis

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.440
 on which

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:56.079
 we stand

00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:57.159
 we have

00:46:57.159 --> 00:46:58.259
 begin to

00:46:58.259 --> 00:46:58.840
 get freed

00:46:58.840 --> 00:46:59.559
 up to

00:46:59.559 --> 00:46:59.719
 have

00:46:59.719 --> 00:47:00.079
 self

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:00.599
 examination

00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:01.259
 and then

00:47:01.259 --> 00:47:01.779
 call out

00:47:01.779 --> 00:47:02.219
 to God

00:47:02.219 --> 00:47:03.000
 for his

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:03.420
 help to

00:47:03.420 --> 00:47:03.659
 amend

00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:03.860
 our

00:47:03.860 --> 00:47:04.279
 lives

00:47:04.279 --> 00:47:05.320
 because

00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:05.639
 who

00:47:05.639 --> 00:47:06.059
 doesn't

00:47:06.059 --> 00:47:06.380
 want to

00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:06.679
 live a

00:47:06.679 --> 00:47:07.019
 life

00:47:07.019 --> 00:47:08.119
 that is

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:08.519
 honest

00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:09.039
 and true

00:47:09.039 --> 00:47:10.960
 like

00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:11.900
 on one

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:12.300
 hand

00:47:12.300 --> 00:47:12.779
 that's

00:47:12.779 --> 00:47:13.039
 what we

00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:13.259
 want

00:47:13.259 --> 00:47:13.619
 we know

00:47:13.619 --> 00:47:13.980
 that's

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.199
 what we

00:47:14.199 --> 00:47:14.340
 were

00:47:14.340 --> 00:47:14.579
 made

00:47:14.579 --> 00:47:14.900
 for

00:47:14.900 --> 00:47:16.259
 and it

00:47:16.259 --> 00:47:16.400
 says

00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:16.679
 we're

00:47:16.679 --> 00:47:16.920
 gripped

00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:17.279
 by the

00:47:17.279 --> 00:47:17.639
 gospel

00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:17.920
 as we

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:18.139
 give

00:47:18.139 --> 00:47:18.599
 ourselves

00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:18.920
 to

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:19.319
 Jesus

00:47:19.319 --> 00:47:19.859
 and

00:47:19.859 --> 00:47:20.179
 trust

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:20.339
 him

00:47:20.339 --> 00:47:20.480
 as

00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:20.639
 our

00:47:20.639 --> 00:47:20.980
 savior

00:47:20.980 --> 00:47:21.139
 and

00:47:21.139 --> 00:47:21.239
 as

00:47:21.239 --> 00:47:21.359
 that

00:47:21.359 --> 00:47:21.839
 gospel

00:47:21.839 --> 00:47:22.259
 grips

00:47:22.259 --> 00:47:22.519
 us

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:22.960
 that

00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:23.079
 out

00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:23.199
 of

00:47:23.199 --> 00:47:23.659
 gratitude

00:47:23.659 --> 00:47:24.019
 and

00:47:24.019 --> 00:47:24.179
 out

00:47:24.179 --> 00:47:24.299
 of

00:47:24.299 --> 00:47:24.539
 that

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:24.779
 being

00:47:24.779 --> 00:47:25.000
 the

00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:25.339
 center

00:47:25.339 --> 00:47:25.579
 of

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:25.739
 our

00:47:25.739 --> 00:47:26.059
 moral

00:47:26.059 --> 00:47:26.460
 map

00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:26.559
 and

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:26.699
 our

00:47:26.699 --> 00:47:27.019
 mental

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.440
 map

00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:28.599
 that

00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:28.819
 these

00:47:28.819 --> 00:47:29.139
 other

00:47:29.139 --> 00:47:29.619
 acts

00:47:29.619 --> 00:47:29.819
 and

00:47:29.819 --> 00:47:30.179
 changes

00:47:30.179 --> 00:47:30.319
 in

00:47:30.319 --> 00:47:30.460
 our

00:47:47.639 --> 00:47:48.599
 hand

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:49.179
 times

00:47:49.179 --> 00:47:49.319
 i

00:47:49.319 --> 00:47:49.519
 government

00:47:49.519 --> 00:47:50.319
 love

00:47:50.319 --> 00:47:54.900
 of

00:47:54.900 --> 00:47:55.679
 man

00:47:55.679 --> 00:47:55.980
 li

00:47:55.980 --> 00:47:56.279
 avec

00:47:56.279 --> 00:47:56.980
 our

00:47:56.980 --> 00:47:57.379
 name

00:47:57.379 --> 00:47:58.559
 a

00:47:58.559 --> 00:47:59.659
 man