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 something, Job responds, and they do it again three times. This endless, if you like, getting

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 at Job about his suffering, and we're going to be looking at that just at different sections. So

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 we're going to be at Job chapter 4, so you'll need your Bibles open as we flick from page to page.

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 Well, let's pray and ask for God's help for us this morning.

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 Father, again, we recognize that in dealing with such a subject of suffering, it is not

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 only very real for so many people, it's not just an intellectual problem, it is experiential,

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 whether it's in our own lives or we see it in the ones we love the most. And therefore,

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 we ask for your help to be able to understand suffering from your perspective and to see

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 it how we should, and to pray for your Holy Spirit's help to understand your word, the

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 life of Job and how it points us ultimately to the Lord Jesus and his suffering for us.

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 So we pray for your help to us all today. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I'm sure many of you have heard of the lady called Joni or Joni Erickson Tadda. She's a quadriplegic.

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 Basically, it means that she's got no movement from the neck down to her toes. She's been like

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 this for over 40 years of her life. As a teenager, she broke her neck in a diving accident.

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 And she's been confined to a wheelchair ever since. And as a follower of Jesus, she's written

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 and she's spoken many, many times about suffering and has been a means of support to many people

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 around the world. In her recent book, I have it here, it's called A Place of Healing. And

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 if you are suffering, I recommend this as somebody who has suffered greatly and is suffering greatly,

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 but finds great hope in the Lord. An excellent, excellent book. Well, in this book, she recounts

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 a time where she met this man one Sunday morning after the meeting. Let me read it to you.

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 It was a beautiful Sunday morning and services were over. I was wheeling across the church parking

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 lot toward my van when a handsome young man who introduced himself as David stopped me.

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 Are you Joni? he asked. I smiled, nodding yes. Oh, great, David exclaimed. I'm a visitor here and I was

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 hoping I would run into you today. I've really been praying for you. My eyes got wide. Really? What about?

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 You're healing. I've been praying for you to get out of your wheelchair. At that point, my spirit hesitated.

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 David was a visitor. He came to church hoping to see me and he wanted to see me healed.

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 Well, I never refuse a prayer for healing, I assured David. The guy wasted no time in getting down to business,

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 launching into what sounded like a prepared speech. Have you ever considered that it might be sin

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 standing in the way of your healing? That you've disobeyed in some way? Before I could answer, David

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 flipped open his Bible, both of us still in the middle of the parking lot, and read from the Gospel of Luke.

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 Some men came carrying a paralytic on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.

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 When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up onto the roof

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 and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd right in front of Jesus.

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 He closed his Bible and reminded me that the paralyzed man in the story was healed,

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 and I could be healed too if only I would but confess my sins and have faith to believe.

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 He added,

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 Joni, there must be some sin in your life that you haven't dealt with yet.

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 Now, there is some truth, and hear me out, there is some truth in what David said to Joni.

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 Sometimes, sin does lead to suffering.

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 So, if I indulge myself in all kinds of physical pleasures and kind of live the life of Riley,

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 and I end up with a failed liver, HIV, and a broken marriage,

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 well then, yes, sin has led to my suffering.

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 But to say in this instance, as we read from this story,

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 that sin always leads to suffering,

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 is a terrible misunderstanding of suffering.

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 Sometimes, innocent people, like Joni, suffer terribly.

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 Job finds himself in a similar situation.

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 His three friends that we met at the end of chapter 2,

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 Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar,

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 have come to sympathize and comfort him.

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 Well, that was fine until they got their Bibles out

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 and started to preach to Job for 23 chapters.

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 Their message was simple.

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 I've put it up on the screen here.

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 Their summary of all their teaching was simply this.

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 If you suffer, God is punishing you for your sin.

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 Job, you're suffering.

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 Therefore, Job, there must be some terrible sin in your life

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 that you haven't yet confessed.

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 Now, while there is some connection between sin and suffering,

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 to say that Job's suffering was connected to his sin

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 is really to misunderstand Job's innocent suffering.

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 Chapter 1 has told us very clearly that he was blameless.

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 He loved God.

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 He loved God.

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 He hated evil.

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 So what do these three friends have to teach us

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 in their misunderstanding of suffering?

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 Well, they teach us simply what we should not say

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 and what we should not think

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 about those who suffer through no fault of their own.

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 So we're going to look at their three friends one by one

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 and see what they have to say,

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 how they misunderstand suffering

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 and how we should be careful not to misunderstand in the same way.

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 So let's start with their first friend, Eliphaz.

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 His message is very simple.

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 Innocent people, he says, don't suffer.

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 Look at chapter 4, verse 3.

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 He's speaking to Job.

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 Job, think how you've instructed many,

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 how you have strengthened feebled hands.

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 Your words have supported those who stumbled

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 and you have strengthened faltering knees.

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 But now trouble comes to you and you are discouraged.

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 It strikes you and you are dismayed.

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 Job, if you're wondering how an innocent man like you is suffering,

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 well then let me give you an answer.

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 Verse 7.

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 Consider now who being innocent has ever perished.

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 Where were the upright ever destroyed?

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 As I have observed those who plough evil

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 and those who sow trouble reap it.

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 At the breath of God, they are destroyed.

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 At the blast of his anger, they perish.

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 You see, Job, it's simple.

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 Innocent people don't suffer.

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 And if you had behaved yourself,

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 then all these bad things would never have happened.

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 The best way to understand your suffering, Job,

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 is to see it as God's discipline in your life.

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 Look at chapter 5, verse 17.

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 Blessed is the man whom God corrects.

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 So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

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 For he wounds, but he also binds up.

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 He injures, but his hands also heal.

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 Verse 27.

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 We have examined this, and this is true.

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 So hear it and apply it to yourself.

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 Well, Eliphaz is not finished with Job.

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 He picks up another speech in chapter 15.

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 Let's have a look at that.

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 Chapter 15 and verse 17.

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 He's got more so-called wisdom to pass on.

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 Chapter 15, verse 17.

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 Listen to me and I will explain to you.

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 Let me tell you what I have seen.

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 What wise men have declared.

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 Hidden nothing or hiding nothing

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 received from their fathers.

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 Verse 24.

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 Distress and anguish fill him with terror.

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 They overwhelm him like a king poised to attack

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 because he shakes his fist at God

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 and vaunts himself against the Almighty.

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 Can you see what's happening, Job?

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 If you would only stop fighting God,

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 stop claiming your innocence,

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 and just admit your sin to God,

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 and everything would be all right.

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 And in case we're missing the point

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 that Eliphaz is trying to make,

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 look at chapter 22, verse 4.

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 Is it for your piety that he rebukes you

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 and brings charges against you?

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 Is not your wickedness great?

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 Are not your sins endless?

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 Verse 21.

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 Submit to God then,

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 and be at peace with him.

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 In this way prosperity will come to you.

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 Accept instruction from his mouth,

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 and lay up his words in your heart.

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 If you return to the Almighty,

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 you will be restored.

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 If you remove wickedness from your tent,

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 and assign your nuggets to the dust,

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 your gold of offer to the rocks in the ravines,

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 then the Almighty will be your gold,

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 the choice of silver for you.

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 It's a little bit like the words of David to Joni.

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 They completely missed the point.

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 And this line of thinking, unfortunately,

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 is not uncommon.

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 I had a brief watch again of the God channel

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 just to make sure that what I think

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 is actually what they teach,

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 but if you listen to it,

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 and don't really listen to it

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 because there's nothing there to listen to,

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 you will hear speaker after speaker

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 claiming that if you just confess your sin,

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 you will be healed.

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 All you need to tell God is the problem,

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 and he's going to deliver you from it.

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 And they'll stand there and say,

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 in the name of Jesus,

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 confess your sin,

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 and don't forget to write a check

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 and send in a few dollars,

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 and all your suffering will end.

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 The idea that innocent people don't suffer

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 and that sin is the cause

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 is a common way that people try to explain suffering

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 in people's lives.

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 But it's very wrong,

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 very misunderstood.

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 Well, let's look at his second so-called friend,

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 Bildad.

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 His message is simple as well.

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 Godless people are punished.

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 Let's go to chapter 8.

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 Job, do you want to know

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 why all your children and all their families

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 were wiped out in that tornado?

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 Well, let me give you a reason

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 for why that happened.

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 Chapter 8, verse 4.

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 And let's remember how suffering,

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 how awful this suffering was for this man

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 and what has happened to him.

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 And he gets advice like this.

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 Verse 4 of chapter 8.

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 When your children sinned against him,

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 he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

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 But if you will look to God

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 and plead with the Almighty,

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 if you are pure and upright,

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 even now he will rouse himself on your behalf

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 and restore you to your rightful place.

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 Job, it's simple.

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 You can't disconnect your suffering

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 from your sin.

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 Verse 11.

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 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?

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 Can reeds thrive without water?

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 While still growing uncut,

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 they wither more quickly than grass.

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 Such is the destiny of all who forget God.

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 So perishes the hope of the godless.

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 Job, can't you see what's happening?

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 Your children suffered because they forgot God

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 and now you're doing exactly the same.

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 Verse 20.

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 Surely God does not reject a blameless man

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 or strengthen the hands of evildoers.

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 Sort your life out, Job.

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 Well, Bildad is convinced that

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 if you live a godless life,

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 then things are going to go wrong from you.

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 Look at chapter 18.

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 Chapter 18, verse 11.

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 He's saying here,

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 if you live a godless life,

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 then the sign of a godless life is,

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 well, things are going to go wrong.

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 Chapter 18, verse 11.

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 Terrors startle him on every side

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 and dog him his every step.

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 Calamity is hungry for him.

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 Disaster is ready for him when he falls.

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 And look how these next verses

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 relate so much to his own suffering.

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 It eats away parts of his skin.

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 Death's firstborn devours its limbs.

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 Verse 18.

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 He is driven from light into darkness

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 and is banished from the world.

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 He has no offspring or descendants among his people.

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 No survivor where he once lived.

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 Verse 21.

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 Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man.

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 Such is the place of one who knows not God.

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 And if we think they haven't kicked Job enough,

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 Bildad is ruthless in his final charge.

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 Chapter 25, verse 4.

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 Chapter 25, verse 4.

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 How then can a man be righteous before God?

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 How can one born of a woman be pure?

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 If even the moon is not bright

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 and the stars are not pure in his eyes,

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 how much less man who is but a maggot,

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 a son of man who is only a worm.

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 Now this way of explaining suffering

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 is also very common.

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 I've heard countless pastors and Bible teachers

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 and let me say very bad Bible teachers

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 who come up with suggestions and reasons like this

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 that the reason why the Twin Towers,

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 that terrorist attack on 9-11 happened

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 was well because America allows abortion.

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 And that's why it happened.

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 In the same way when the tsunami hit Indonesia,

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 people were coming out saying

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 it was God's punishment on the awful sex trade

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 that there is in Indonesia.

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 Likewise, when the earthquake destroyed Haiti,

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 people claimed that it was God's judgment

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 on all the witchcraft and the voodoo

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 that was going on.

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 But I ask ourselves the same question,

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 who are we in this country

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 to make such judgments on behalf of God?

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 Are we really any better to the rest of the world

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 that we have escaped such suffering?

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 It's a very dangerous line to pursue

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 and to make quick judgments

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 that that is what God is doing.

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 God hasn't said it,

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 and neither should we.

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 Well, let's turn to the third friend, Zophar.

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 We need to go to chapter 11 for that.

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 His message is also simple.

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 Wicked people deserve worse.

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 Zophar is of the belief

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 that the greater the sin,

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 the greater the suffering.

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 So if you sin lots,

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 well, then you're going to suffer lots.

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 Look at chapter 11, verse 4.

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 He's speaking to Job.

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 He says,

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 You say to God,

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 My beliefs are flawless,

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 and I am pure in your sight.

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 Oh, how I wish that God would speak,

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 that he would open his lips against you

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 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,

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 for true wisdom has two sides.

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 Know this, Job.

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 God has even forgotten some of your sin.

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 In other words, Job,

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 it's only because God is so patient

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 that you are not actually suffering more

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 than what you are.

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 Verse 13.

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 Yet if you devote your heart to him

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 and stretch out your hands to him,

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 if you put away the sin that is in your hands

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 and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

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 then you will lift up your face without shame.

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 You will stand firm

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 and without fear.

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 But because you're not turning from your wickedness, Job,

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 look at verse 20.

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 The eyes of the wicked will fail

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 and escape will elude them.

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 Their hope will become a dying gasp.

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 In other words, Job,

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 you deserve every bit of suffering that you get.

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 And once again,

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 his final speech in verse 20.

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 He just heaps abuse upon abuse onto poor Job.

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 Chapter 20, verse 22.

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 This is how he understands

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 what's happening to Job's life.

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 Chapter 20, verse 22.

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 In the midst of his plenty,

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 distress will overtake him.

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 The full force of misery will come upon him.

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 When he has filled his belly,

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 God will vent his burning anger against him

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 and rain down his blows upon him.

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 Verse 27.

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 The heavens will expose his guilt.

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 The earth will rise up against him.

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 A flood will carry off his house,

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 rushing waters on the day of God's wrath.

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 Such is the fate God allots the wicked,

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 the heritage appointed for them by God.

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 Now, unfortunately,

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 this is also a common philosophy today.

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 It goes something like this,

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 that if you do good,

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 then good will be returned to you.

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 In Hinduism, it's called karma.

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 If you do bad,

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 then bad will be given out to you.

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 And even within our own Christian society,

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 we've imbibed that same kind of belief.

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 So why is it that when something goes wrong in our life,

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 we immediately think,

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 I must have done something wrong

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 and God is punishing me for it.

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 Or, if we do something good

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 and we do lots of good things,

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 then we sometimes think,

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 well, maybe God is going to bless me

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 because I did all these good things.

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 It's a terrible way of thinking.

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 God does not respond to us like that.

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 It's a common way to think,

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 but it's a very wrong way to think.

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 So that's the wisdom of Job's three friends.

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 They have failed to understand

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 that sometimes our personal sin

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 is actually not the cause of our suffering.

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 Sometimes innocent people,

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 just like Joni that we read about at the beginning

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 and even Sandra shared at her testimony,

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 sometimes innocent people suffer

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 through no fault of their own.

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 Well, I guess the question

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 that we are all asking now is,

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 how do we know

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 when suffering is related to my sin?

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:45.940
 Hmm?

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 I wonder if somebody wouldn't mind

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 just running around to our lovely spraying friend

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 and ask him to go past the door a little bit.

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 Thanks, Rob, very much.

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 Maybe he could do the front.

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 I did give him a cup of tea in Buns,

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 so it's all right.

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 We're not out against him.

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 But there's a question that we're all asking,

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 isn't there,

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 that how do we know then

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 when my suffering is related to my sin?

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 There is a connection,

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 but how do I know if it is my sin?

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 Well, let me give three ways

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 to understand our suffering

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 so that whenever we get a headache

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 or we happen to hit our thumb with the hammer,

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 we're not immediately thinking,

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 there's some unconfessed sin in my life.

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 Three things that we'll look at.

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 First,

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 we live in a sinful,

00:23:43.320 --> 00:23:45.560
 broken world.

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 Genesis records for us

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 the good world that God created.

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 We know the story of how God looked out

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 on the world

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 and when he had finished his creation,

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 he said it was very good.

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 There was unity

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 and there was harmony within creation.

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 But when we get to Genesis 3,

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 we read that man who was created by God

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 rebelled against his creator, God.

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 And the consequences of all that

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 have been felt ever since.

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 Now we live in a world

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 where there's death and disease.

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 There's disorder

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 and there's brokenness.

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 Life doesn't work the way it's meant to.

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 The cogs in the wheels

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 have got stuck and jammed

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 and everything grinds and twists

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 with terrible suffering.

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 That's why we have earthquakes

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 and tornadoes and tsunamis.

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 That's why we have mindless,

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 violent attacks on children

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 like we saw in Toulouse this week.

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 That's why we have terrible tragedies

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:47.259
 like the recent bus crash in Switzerland.

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 Sometimes suffering happens

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:53.960
 not because of our specific sin,

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 but simply because we live in a broken

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 and a disordered world.

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 In John's Gospel,

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 the disciples came to Jesus

00:25:08.540 --> 00:25:09.440
 on one occasion

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 and tried to make this connection

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 between personal sin and suffering.

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 There was this man

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 who was blind from birth

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 and the disciples asked him,

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 chapter 9, verse 1 of John's Gospel,

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.800
 his disciples asked him,

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.820
 Rabbi, who sinned,

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:28.120
 this man or his parents,

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 that he was born blind?

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 Listen to Jesus' reply.

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 Neither this man nor his parents sinned.

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 But Jesus said,

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 this happened so that the work of God

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 might be displayed in his life.

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 You see, sometimes suffering happens

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:50.139
 simply because we live

00:25:50.139 --> 00:25:54.899
 in a broken and a disordered world.

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 Secondly, then,

00:25:59.800 --> 00:26:02.019
 we are not treated

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:04.220
 as our sins deserve.

00:26:05.040 --> 00:26:05.980
 We're not treated

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.360
 as our sins deserve.

00:26:08.300 --> 00:26:10.160
 One of the underlying questions

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:12.440
 that comes out of the book of Job,

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:14.980
 and indeed it's raised in the whole Bible,

00:26:16.040 --> 00:26:16.740
 is not,

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:18.300
 why do I suffer?

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 But why do I not suffer more?

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.960
 That's the real question.

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:25.359
 Not why do I suffer,

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:28.319
 but why do I not suffer more?

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:30.759
 The reality is,

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:32.359
 we are actually more wicked

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.379
 and more rebellious

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:34.159
 than we realise.

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.980
 And the history of the world

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.899
 in which we live

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:40.419
 is a catalogue of disaster.

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.519
 Wars and genocide,

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.899
 greed and corruption,

00:26:44.419 --> 00:26:45.339
 unjust leaders

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.819
 and power-hungry leaders.

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.759
 There's the abuse of children,

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.399
 trafficking of women,

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:53.159
 the oppression of the poor,

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:55.139
 relationship fallout,

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:56.319
 marriage breakdown,

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.980
 anger, hate,

00:26:58.379 --> 00:27:00.059
 slander and lies.

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.919
 And it goes on

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:03.779
 day after day after day.

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:05.159
 So the question

00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:06.839
 is not,

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:08.279
 why do we suffer?

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:12.220
 But why is God

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:14.799
 so patient and long-suffering

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.899
 with us

00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:17.139
 and with this world?

00:27:18.659 --> 00:27:20.519
 If God was being just,

00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:22.019
 he would wipe us all out

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:23.480
 and the world would end.

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:27.559
 That's the real surprise.

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.720
 Well, why is God

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.919
 so long-suffering

00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:35.139
 and patient with us?

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:36.639
 Well, the answer comes

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:38.099
 through the Bible story

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:40.259
 as he shows his character.

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.339
 If you want,

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:44.139
 you can turn to Psalm 103.

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:46.700
 We actually sang

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:48.559
 from this psalm earlier on.

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.419
 Psalm 103,

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.559
 verse 8.

00:27:51.559 --> 00:28:10.139
 verse 8 of Psalm 103,

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:12.240
 the Lord is compassionate

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.960
 and gracious,

00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:15.559
 slow to anger,

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:17.440
 abounding in love.

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:19.139
 He will not always accuse,

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.079
 nor will he harbor

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:21.019
 his anger forever.

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:23.879
 He does not treat us

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:26.059
 as our sins deserve,

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:28.359
 or repay us

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:30.220
 according to our iniquities.

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:32.399
 For as high as the heavens

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:33.359
 are above the earth,

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.619
 so great is his love

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.819
 for those who fear him.

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:37.199
 As far as the east

00:28:37.199 --> 00:28:38.000
 is from the west,

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.980
 so far has he removed

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:41.619
 our transgressions from us.

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:44.319
 As a father has compassion

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.579
 on his children,

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:48.259
 so the Lord has compassion

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:50.319
 on those who fear him.

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.179
 Of course,

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.519
 that love and compassion

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:56.159
 is shown supremely

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:56.879
 on the cross,

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.439
 the place where God died

00:28:58.439 --> 00:28:59.720
 for my sin

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:01.480
 and for your sin.

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:03.899
 The God who suffered

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.599
 for you

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:06.740
 and for me.

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:12.980
 So we live in a sinful

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.200
 and broken world.

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.339
 Second,

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.220
 we're not treated

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.539
 as our sins deserve.

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.279
 And third,

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.359
 we can look forward

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.200
 to a world

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.640
 without sin.

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:27.220
 God made a good world.

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.880
 We see that in Genesis 3

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:30.440
 and he's promised

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.240
 to renew

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.180
 and restore

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:33.680
 this sin-infested,

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.539
 broken world.

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:36.259
 God promises

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.379
 that there is a world

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:37.819
 to come

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.559
 that's going to be

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.420
 without sin

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:41.139
 and without suffering.

00:29:41.899 --> 00:29:42.359
 However,

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.559
 between this point

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.559
 where we are now

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.659
 and the point

00:29:45.659 --> 00:29:46.980
 of Christ's return,

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:49.180
 he also promises us

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:50.619
 that there will be suffering

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:52.119
 and that we should

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:53.859
 expect suffering.

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:59.159
 But to give us hope

00:29:59.159 --> 00:30:00.799
 and to help us

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.899
 through our journey

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.759
 in this life,

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.879
 he gives us

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.740
 these pictures

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:07.880
 of this wonderful promise

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.720
 to all those

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.860
 who will turn to him

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:11.440
 and those

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.940
 who will trust him.

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.440
 One of those pictures

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.680
 is found in Isaiah

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.780
 chapter 65.

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:21.040
 And all I ask

00:30:21.040 --> 00:30:21.780
 is just that you

00:30:21.780 --> 00:30:22.540
 just be quiet

00:30:22.540 --> 00:30:23.100
 for a minute

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:25.620
 and just listen

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:26.960
 to these words here

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:29.880
 that paint a picture

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:31.680
 of a world

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.600
 without sin

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:34.559
 and without suffering.

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:37.360
 Just meditate

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:38.200
 and think

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:39.940
 on these words.

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:43.440
 behold,

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.860
 I will create

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:46.279
 new heavens

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:47.759
 and a new earth.

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 The former things

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 will not be remembered

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 nor will they come

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.100
 to mind.

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 But be glad

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 and rejoice

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 forever

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 in what I will create.

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:02.059
 For I will create

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.559
 Jerusalem

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.559
 to be a delight,

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.960
 its people

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.460
 a joy.

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 I will rejoice

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:08.500
 over Jerusalem

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.420
 and take delight

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.480
 in my people.

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.940
 And the sound

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.579
 of weeping

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:15.539
 and of crying

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:17.360
 will be heard

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:18.180
 in it no more.

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.200
 Never again

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.180
 will there be in it

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.620
 an infant

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.220
 who lives

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:24.400
 but a few days.

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.539
 An old man

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.240
 who does not

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:29.319
 live out his years.

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.539
 And we can add

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:31.900
 to that

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.340
 there will be

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:33.279
 no more shootings

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.200
 in Toulouse

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.899
 and there will be

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:37.079
 no more sudden death

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.680
 of a nephew.

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.720
 They will not

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.700
 toil in vain

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:44.579
 or bear children

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.859
 doomed to misfortune

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:47.940
 for they will be

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.859
 a people blessed

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.839
 by the Lord.

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.660
 They and their

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.879
 descendants with them.

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.639
 Before they call

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:55.500
 I will answer.

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:56.980
 While they are

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.819
 still speaking

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.720
 I will hear.

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.740
 The wolf

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.420
 and the lamb

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:02.539
 will feed together.

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.299
 And the lion

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.960
 and the ox

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.879
 will eat straw.

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.299
 But dust

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.279
 will be

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.460
 the serpent's food.

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.639
 They will neither

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:14.200
 harm nor destroy

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:16.240
 on all my

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.200
 holy mountain

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.680
 says

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.700
 the Lord.

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:23.079
 Let's pray

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.819
 together.

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:23.940
 Let's pray

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.319
 together.

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.819
 Let's pray

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.819
 together.

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:26.819
 Let's pray

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.819
 together.

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:29.819
 Let's pray

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:31.819
 together.

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.819
 Let's pray

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:38.220
 Father

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.859
 we thank you

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.259
 for this

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.259
 amazing picture

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:43.720
 that one day

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.179
 there will be

00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:44.619
 no more

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.099
 weeping

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:46.759
 no more

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.179
 crying

00:32:47.179 --> 00:32:50.220
 there will be

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.619
 no more

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:51.059
 sin

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:53.259
 and there

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.439
 will be

00:32:53.439 --> 00:32:53.819
 no more

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.339
 suffering

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:59.319
 things will

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.740
 never go

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.179
 wrong

00:33:00.179 --> 00:33:03.339
 there will be

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:03.859
 no wheel

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.379
 chairs

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:06.759
 and there

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.299
 will never be

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.939
 another car

00:33:07.939 --> 00:33:08.399
 crash

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:14.240
 we thank you

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.699
 that one

00:33:14.699 --> 00:33:15.019
 day

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:17.579
 Christ

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.199
 will come

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:20.120
 and he

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.500
 will put

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.100
 all things

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.480
 right

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:24.680
 we thank you

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.160
 that you do

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.740
 not treat

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.180
 us

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:27.680
 as our

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.000
 sins

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.600
 deserve

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:31.080
 but we

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:31.680
 praise you

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:31.980
 and we

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.519
 thank you

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.640
 that you

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.160
 have entered

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.920
 our suffering

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.380
 world

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:37.140
 to do

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.559
 something

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.259
 about it

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:41.019
 help us

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.440
 with the

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.920
 eyes of

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.279
 faith

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:43.680
 to look

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.019
 to the

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.220
 Lord

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.619
 Jesus

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:47.279
 help us

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.940
 to trust

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.279
 him

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:50.460
 help us

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.960
 to walk

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.480
 with him

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:55.460
 and we

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.059
 pray this

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.599
 in Jesus

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.059
 name

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:58.759
 amen

00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:06.019
 before we

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.940
 share together

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.539
 around the

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:08.019
 Lord's

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.420
 supper

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.880
 we're going

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.380
 to sing

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.860
 a song

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.199
 that

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:12.079
 it's the

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.579
 next song

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.920
 could you

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.279
 go on

00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:13.579
 to

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.619
 yep

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.579
 there's a

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:15.900
 place

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.299
 where the

00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:16.719
 streets

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.119
 shine

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.779
 it points

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.420
 us forward

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.940
 to a

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.320
 world

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.739
 without

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.239
 sin

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.539
 and a

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:22.779
 world

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.159
 without

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.739
 suffering

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.299
 and the

00:34:24.299 --> 00:34:24.659
 chorus

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.599
 reminds us

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.500
 that all

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.179
 our sins

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.760
 have been

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.159
 washed

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.539
 away

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.639
 and that

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.059
 is why

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.739
 we have

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.639
 that hope

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.059
 let's

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.400
 stand

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:32.820
 together

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.719
 as we

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.179
 encourage