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 The church has a perpetual problem.

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 This is the problem.

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 God, the church cries out to God,

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 God acts, extending mercy,

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 the people are restored,

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 and then their fervor dies,

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 and the church ceases to look like the church

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 and more like the culture.

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 And then the church gets to a spot

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 where then they cry out to God

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 for restoration.

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 In his kindness, he extends mercy.

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 They get restored, and so on and so forth,

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 and so on and so forth.

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 It's the history of the church.

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 It's the history of God's people.

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 Before I continue on,

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 let's ask the Lord's blessing,

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 and then we'll continue in God's word.

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 Lord, we ask that you will make us people

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 of the book,

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 that we would rest under your truth.

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 We would submit to it, bend a knee to it.

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 Father in heaven,

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 as we explore what it means

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 to be a part of your people, the church,

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 help us to have tender hearts

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 to hear what you have to say to us this morning.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 I bring up this story

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 as we were in our last psalm of the summer,

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 because this psalm,

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 Psalm 85,

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 it's a lament psalm,

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 but at its core,

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 it's a psalm

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 of crying out to God

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 for renewal and restoration,

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 crying out to God

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 to do what only he can do

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 and what he delights in doing.

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 A bit of a story before we continue,

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 just to illustrate the idea

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 that the church

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 has ebbs and flows.

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 It's a bit of a yo-yo

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 in terms of its religious fervor.

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 In the early 19th century,

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 there was a man named Charles Simeon.

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 He was at Cambridge.

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 He came to faith,

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 and he became an Anglican presbyter,

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 a minister in the church.

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 And you think,

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 at least my grandparents,

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 they would say stuff all the time like,

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 in my day,

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 things were a lot better.

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 Things were more holy.

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 There was more devotion to Christ.

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 And in my mind,

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 I just think that

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 that continued to grow,

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 and it's only our culture that is bad.

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 But in Charles Simeon's day,

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 he would make what we are going through

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 look a bit tame.

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 At Cambridge,

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 where he was studying,

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 he talked about being the only Christian

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 that he met for three years.

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 Because we have younger ears here,

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 there was all sorts of debauchery happening

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 in broad daylight,

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 drunkenness,

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 all sorts of crazy actions

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 that were happening

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 on the campus,

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 in the public areas

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 at Cambridge.

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 Religious fervor was at a big-time low.

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 When Charles Simeon

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 was ordained

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 and he was given a church to pastor,

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 he was locked out for a number of years.

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 Back, I guess in the day,

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 they would have locks on the pews

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 and you would own the key

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 to unlock that lock

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 and they would just keep it locked.

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 And Charles Simeon

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 was essentially locked out of his own church.

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 Religious fervor was extremely low.

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 Evil had its day

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 and this was some 200 years ago.

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 But then renewal

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 and revival

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 started to take root in England.

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 And it spread,

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 continued to spread,

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 and reform began to happen.

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 We'll touch a bit more

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 on what happened

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 with Charles Simeon,

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 but suffice it to say,

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 for him and really

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 just the generation before

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 with the Wesley brothers

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 and then the generation after,

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 saw incredible revival

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 and a renewal

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 of religious life

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 within England.

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 But it was not without prayer.

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 It was not

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 without

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 recalling the Lord's goodness,

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 without confessing sins.

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 It was not without

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 rejoicing in God's goodness.

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 And this is what our text

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 gets to this morning.

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 The psalm is

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 a prayer and appeal

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 to the Lord God

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 to do just that.

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 A bit of a background.

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 Not entirely sure,

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 but almost all the scholars

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 agree that this text

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 was written

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 after the return

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 of God's people

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 from Babylonian exile.

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 God had saved

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 his people once again

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 from exile,

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 bringing a large portion

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 of them back

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 into the promised land,

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 and only for them

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 to fall into

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 the same habits

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 that plagued them

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 from the very beginning.

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 So,

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 in many ways,

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 this text

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 is a key point

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 for us.

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 Religious fervor

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 is down

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 in North America,

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 in the West.

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 It truly is.

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 Not in all parts

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 of the world.

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 In the global South,

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 Africa,

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 Sub-Zaharan Africa,

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 parts of Iran,

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 parts of Latin America,

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 Christian fervor

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 and devotion

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 is up and growing.

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 It's incredible.

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 But in the West,

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 it's not.

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 So,

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 this text

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 is very timely

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 for us this morning.

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 And as I've said

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 in previous weeks,

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 we are studying a psalm,

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 which means

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 we ought to learn

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 how to pray this psalm.

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 So,

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 as we encounter

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 this psalm,

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 it'll help us

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 to pray

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 for the Lord's work

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 in our day

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 to reform

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 and to revive

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 the church

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 once again.

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 And we'll look at it,

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 the text,

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 and break it up

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 into three sections.

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 To pray this text

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 is to recall

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 the Lord's past

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 acts of salvation.

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 To pray this text

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 is to confess

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 our sins

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 and to seek renewal

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 from the Lord.

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 And finally,

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 to pray this text

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 is to rejoice

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 in the God

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 of salvation.

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 So,

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 grab a Bible

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 if you don't have it

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 already.

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 There's still

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 a few Bibles

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 on the back

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 welcome table,

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 so grab one

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 at any time

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 and follow along.

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 Let's read

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 verses 1 to 3.

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 Lord,

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 you were favorable

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 to your land,

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 you restored

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 the fortunes

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 of Jacob,

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 you forgave

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 the iniquity

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 of your people,

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 you covered

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 all their sin,

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 you withdrew

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 all your wrath,

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 you turned

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 from your hot

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 anger.

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 The people

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 of Israel

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 are recalling

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 what God

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 has done

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 in the past.

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 Everything here

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 is past tense

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 and six verbs

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 are used

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 to describe

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 what God

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 has done

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 in the past,

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 his acts

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 of salvation.

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 It says that

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 he was favorable

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 to the land,

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 to the people,

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 to the nation,

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 that he restored

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 their fortunes,

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 that he forgave

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 their sins,

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 he covered

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 their sins,

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 he withdrew

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 his wrath,

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 he turned

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 from his hot

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 anger.

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 the people,

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 as I've mentioned,

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 they were exiled

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 not because of

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 geopolitical issues

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 that just kind of

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 happened upon them,

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 but because

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 they ventured

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 away from the Lord

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 and this is

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 what has happened,

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 he gave them over

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 to their enemies.

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 They were unfaithful

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 to the covenant

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 that God made

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 with them

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 at Sinai,

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 the covenant

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 that God made

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 with their father

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 Abraham.

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 They did not

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 want to worship

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 God as their God,

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 they wanted to worship

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 the gods

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 of the nations

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 around them,

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 so God said,

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 okay,

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 and he gave them

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 over to the gods

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 that they were serving,

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 to the people

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 that they wanted

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 to be like.

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 That should have

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 been the end of it.

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 I mean,

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 listen,

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 this wasn't the first

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 time Israel

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 went about things

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 this way,

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 thumbing their nose

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 at God,

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 acting in a treacherous

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 way.

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 It should have

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 been the end.

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 I mean,

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 growing up,

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 I used to play

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 video games a lot

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 and I used to

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 hate video games

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 that didn't have

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 continues.

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 You die

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 and it's over

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 and you have

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 to start

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 from the beginning.

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 That's what

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 should have

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 happened here.

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 No continues.

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 No second chances.

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 No starting

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 at level three

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 because you died

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 in level four.

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 They should be

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 completely axed

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 and yet,

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 they appeal

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 to what God

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 has done

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 in the past.

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 Appealing

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 to his

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 covenant-keeping

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 nature,

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 that that is

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 who God is

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 and they are

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 banking on

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 the fact

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 that God

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 is unchanging.

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 Interestingly,

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 the psalm

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 opens with

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 an address

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 to the Lord,

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 but in the

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 original language

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 it's not to

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 other names

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 of God

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 like Adonai

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 or Elohim,

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 not necessarily

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 generic names

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 of the Lord,

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 but lesser names

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 in a sense

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 than his covenant

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 name.

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 But here,

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 it opens up

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 by an appeal

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 to the covenant

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 name of the Lord,

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 which is an appeal

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 to the covenant

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 God who has

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 made his covenant,

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 reminding God

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 of what he has

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 done in the past.

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 They appeal

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 to God

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 because he is

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 the covenant-making

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 and covenant-keeping

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 God.

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 So they're appealing

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 to the merciful

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 history of God.

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 And if you remember

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 a couple weeks ago

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 we looked at,

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 I believe it was

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 Psalm 83

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 and explored how

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 God's history

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 is actually

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 our history.

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 So therefore,

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 this is

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 very instructive

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 for us

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 on how to go

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 about appealing

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 to God

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 when we need

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 renewal

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 for ourselves.

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 You see,

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 for the Israelites,

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 the past salvation

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 that they had

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 experienced

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 of God

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 informs

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 their present

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 prayers.

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 It helps them

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 to dispel

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 errors in their

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 thinking

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 and pulls them

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 out of a

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 spiraling fall

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 into discouragement

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 and despair.

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 prayer.

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 This is

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 a key bit

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 for us.

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 Christine and I

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 last week,

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 we talked about

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 the Lord's provision

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 in our lives,

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 specifically

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 just around

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 our needs

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 and how

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 in time

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 and again

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 the Lord

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 has

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 come through

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 not in

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 our timing

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 but in

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 his,

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 which turns out

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 to be the best

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 timing.

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 one example,

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 we were praying

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 for something

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 like six,

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 eight months,

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 some of you guys

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 know this,

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 I've shared this,

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 but six or eight

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 months with the

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 kids in the

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 morning,

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 almost every

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 morning,

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 we figured

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 we'd need a

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 new vehicle

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 sooner than

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 later.

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 Our car

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 was getting

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 old.

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 Nothing

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 worked out

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 in terms

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 of the

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 stuff I

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 was seeing

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 or there

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 was a

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 great deal

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 and it

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 was gone

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 before we

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 could snatch

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 it up

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 or even

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 contact the

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 person.

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 And then

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 I was with

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 Joseph on my

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 day off

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 and our

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 transmission

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 just blew.

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 I mean,

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 it didn't

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 blow up.

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 Like,

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 we're still

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 alive,

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 okay?

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 But there

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 was cranks

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 and scrapes

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 and grinds

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 and it

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 was like

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 weirdo

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 sounds

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 and the

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 car stopped

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 moving.

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 And anyways,

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 all I have to

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 say is that

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 night,

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 I put a

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 deposit on

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 a car,

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 I found

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 one on

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 Kijiji.

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 Was it

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 because my

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 Kijiji skills

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 are next

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 level?

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 No.

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 Because God

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 in his

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 kindness and

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 faithfulness

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 provided.

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 And we

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 were talking

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 about that

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 because,

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 you know,

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 there's other

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 things that

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 we need.

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 So what do

00:11:17.820 --> 00:11:18.040
 we do?

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 Do we spiral

00:11:18.800 --> 00:11:19.500
 into despair

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 or do we

00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:20.980
 recall God's

00:11:20.980 --> 00:11:21.580
 faithfulness

00:11:21.580 --> 00:11:22.879
 in the past

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 knowing that

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 he is

00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:24.920
 faithful

00:11:24.920 --> 00:11:26.320
 and unchanging

00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:26.800
 in the

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 present?

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 It's very

00:11:31.899 --> 00:11:32.860
 important to

00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:34.060
 recall the

00:11:34.060 --> 00:11:34.840
 Lord's past

00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:35.519
 acts of

00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:36.300
 provision and

00:11:36.300 --> 00:11:36.920
 favor and

00:11:36.920 --> 00:11:37.379
 salvation

00:11:37.379 --> 00:11:38.440
 in our

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 lives.

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 it's

00:11:40.420 --> 00:11:41.000
 always a

00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:41.820
 stimulant to

00:11:41.820 --> 00:11:42.379
 more faith.

00:11:42.900 --> 00:11:43.540
 Always a

00:11:43.540 --> 00:11:44.120
 stimulant to

00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:44.580
 more faith.

00:11:47.139 --> 00:11:47.560
 That's why

00:11:47.560 --> 00:11:48.139
 reading

00:11:48.139 --> 00:11:49.280
 scripture is

00:11:49.280 --> 00:11:50.440
 a fantastic

00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:51.040
 practice,

00:11:51.160 --> 00:11:51.580
 not because

00:11:51.580 --> 00:11:52.620
 it's scripture

00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:53.060
 and it's the

00:11:53.060 --> 00:11:53.720
 words of life,

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 and it is,

00:11:55.700 --> 00:11:56.259
 but because

00:11:56.259 --> 00:11:57.280
 almost 50% of

00:11:57.280 --> 00:11:57.900
 the Bible is

00:11:57.900 --> 00:11:58.300
 narrative,

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 and it's story

00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:00.379
 after story of

00:12:00.379 --> 00:12:01.080
 God's provision

00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:01.960
 of the past.

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 That is our

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 past,

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 things that have

00:12:04.540 --> 00:12:05.040
 happened in

00:12:05.040 --> 00:12:05.340
 history,

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 but it's our

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 history.

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 And what it

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 does is it

00:12:09.299 --> 00:12:10.139
 stimulates our

00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:11.019
 faith to trust

00:12:11.019 --> 00:12:11.639
 in the God

00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:12.480
 that is unchanging

00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:13.799
 and is faithful

00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:14.219
 today.

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 It's also why

00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:16.699
 we ought to

00:12:16.699 --> 00:12:18.579
 read Christian

00:12:18.579 --> 00:12:19.980
 testimony and

00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:20.959
 examples of

00:12:20.959 --> 00:12:22.360
 missionary endeavors

00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.100
 or stories of

00:12:24.100 --> 00:12:24.980
 Charles Simeon

00:12:24.980 --> 00:12:26.199
 or talk to one

00:12:26.199 --> 00:12:27.059
 another and ask

00:12:27.059 --> 00:12:28.959
 them to share

00:12:28.959 --> 00:12:29.839
 instances in

00:12:29.839 --> 00:12:30.620
 their own lives

00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:31.240
 of how God

00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:31.579
 has been

00:12:31.579 --> 00:12:32.039
 faithful.

00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:32.099
 people.

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 We'll stick

00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:36.019
 around for

00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:36.759
 coffee for

00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:37.620
 30, 45

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 minutes.

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 It's nice.

00:12:39.099 --> 00:12:39.620
 Small talk.

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 I'm a fan of

00:12:40.219 --> 00:12:40.620
 small talk.

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 I don't think

00:12:40.959 --> 00:12:41.539
 it's bad

00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:42.059
 necessarily,

00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:42.919
 but maybe

00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:43.959
 enter a bit

00:12:43.959 --> 00:12:44.599
 farther past

00:12:44.599 --> 00:12:45.120
 small talk

00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:46.259
 and ask the

00:12:46.259 --> 00:12:46.719
 question,

00:12:47.779 --> 00:12:49.120
 give me an

00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:49.759
 example of how

00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:50.199
 the Lord was

00:12:50.199 --> 00:12:50.779
 faithful to you

00:12:50.779 --> 00:12:51.259
 in the past.

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 And it might

00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:53.559
 feel awkward,

00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:54.519
 but get somebody

00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:56.539
 to answer that

00:12:56.539 --> 00:12:56.860
 question,

00:12:56.899 --> 00:12:57.459
 or maybe you

00:12:57.459 --> 00:12:57.980
 share it,

00:12:58.419 --> 00:12:59.559
 and then listen

00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:00.619
 and hear how

00:13:00.619 --> 00:13:02.139
 God has been

00:13:02.139 --> 00:13:02.779
 faithful to

00:13:02.779 --> 00:13:03.059
 them,

00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:03.919
 and I bet you

00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:04.279
 there will be

00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:05.039
 connections with

00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:06.219
 areas in your

00:13:06.219 --> 00:13:06.739
 life where God

00:13:06.739 --> 00:13:07.399
 has been faithful

00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:07.859
 to you,

00:13:08.179 --> 00:13:09.339
 and what it

00:13:09.339 --> 00:13:10.279
 will do is it

00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:11.519
 will spur on

00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:12.179
 and stimulate

00:13:12.179 --> 00:13:12.779
 faith for you

00:13:12.779 --> 00:13:13.319
 to trust in

00:13:13.319 --> 00:13:14.279
 him in the

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 present and in

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 the future.

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 I'm telling you,

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 this is the way

00:13:16.479 --> 00:13:16.859
 it goes.

00:13:17.779 --> 00:13:18.319
 This is the way

00:13:18.319 --> 00:13:18.719
 it goes.

00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:23.739
 As we recall

00:13:23.739 --> 00:13:24.319
 what the Lord

00:13:24.319 --> 00:13:24.899
 has done,

00:13:25.819 --> 00:13:26.539
 we then have a

00:13:26.539 --> 00:13:27.359
 basis by which

00:13:27.359 --> 00:13:28.279
 we can honestly

00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:29.019
 recognize,

00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:30.979
 our present

00:13:30.979 --> 00:13:31.639
 situation.

00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:32.939
 And our

00:13:32.939 --> 00:13:33.779
 present situation

00:13:33.779 --> 00:13:35.599
 always calls for

00:13:35.599 --> 00:13:36.219
 confession,

00:13:36.599 --> 00:13:37.039
 because it's

00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:37.719
 always proper

00:13:37.719 --> 00:13:38.239
 to come to

00:13:38.239 --> 00:13:38.979
 the Lord

00:13:38.979 --> 00:13:40.479
 humbly

00:13:40.479 --> 00:13:41.479
 confessing our

00:13:41.479 --> 00:13:41.779
 sins,

00:13:42.179 --> 00:13:43.019
 but especially

00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:44.000
 in times of

00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:44.739
 renewal and

00:13:44.739 --> 00:13:45.219
 restoration,

00:13:45.419 --> 00:13:45.979
 when we need

00:13:45.979 --> 00:13:47.239
 him to break

00:13:47.239 --> 00:13:48.039
 in in a very

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 special,

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 significant way.

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 So,

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 the second

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 portion of

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 this psalm

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 teaches us how

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 to confess our

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 sins and to

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 seek renewal.

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 Look with me,

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 verses 4 to

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 7.

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 Blessed are,

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 oh,

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 that's,

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 sorry,

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 four here.

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 Restore us

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 again,

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 O God of

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 our salvation,

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 and put away

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 your indignation

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 towards us.

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 Will you be

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 angry with us

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 forever?

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 Will you prolong

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 your anger to

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 all generations?

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 Will you not

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 revive us again,

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 that your people

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 may rejoice in

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 you?

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 Show us your

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 steadfast love,

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 O Lord,

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 and grant us

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 your salvation.

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 I mentioned

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 the people of

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 Israel has,

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 they have run

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 afoul of God

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 so many times,

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 and yet,

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 the call of

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 God is always

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 to turn

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 towards him.

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 God does not

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 delight in the

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 death of

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 somebody who

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 does evil,

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 but rather that

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 they would turn

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 towards him

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 and live.

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 That is what

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 he desires.

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 And this is

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 what he is

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 calling Israel

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 to,

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 and this is

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 what they

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 are doing

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 here.

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 The sin of

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 the people

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 have caused

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 God to be

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 indignant

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 towards them.

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 That is what

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 we see in

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 verse 4,

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 that they are

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 recognizing God

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 is angry,

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 his anger,

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 his just anger

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 is burning

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 towards the

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 people because

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 of their

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 waywardness,

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 their treason,

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 their infidelity

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 towards him.

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 He is

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 betrayed,

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 and his

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 anger is

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 righteous,

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 and it's

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 kindled,

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 but God

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 does not

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 divorce his

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 bride.

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 Instead,

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 he extends

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 undeserved

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 mercy,

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 he seeks to

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 restore and

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 to renew.

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 They ask the

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 question,

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 will you be

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 angry forever?

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 Of course

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 he won't.

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 Likewise,

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 will you

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 revive us

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 again?

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 The answer

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 is obvious.

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 Yes,

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 he will.

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 He does

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 not cancel.

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 He does

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 not seek

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 revenge.

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 He is

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 not petty.

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 He is

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 not vindictive.

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 Again,

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 he does

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 not delight

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 in the

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 death of

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 an

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 evildoer.

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 He does

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 not want

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 their

00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:03.480
 destruction.

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 He

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 extends

00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:04.840
 mercy,

00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:06.039
 extends

00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:06.460
 mercy,

00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.059
 extends

00:16:07.059 --> 00:16:07.559
 mercy,

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 delights in

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 extending

00:16:09.100 --> 00:16:09.539
 mercy,

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 and undeserved

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 mercy at

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.039
 that.

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 God is

00:16:17.439 --> 00:16:19.240
 waiting for

00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:20.659
 confession of

00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:20.959
 sin,

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 for us to

00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.399
 turn towards

00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:22.639
 him.

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 And this is

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 what we are

00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:24.459
 seeing here.

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 And if you

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 struggle with

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 thinking that

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 God is ready

00:16:28.839 --> 00:16:30.079
 to pounce on

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 you when you

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 do evil,

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 think about

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 the parable

00:16:33.959 --> 00:16:34.480
 of the two

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 sons that

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 Jesus tells

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 the father is

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 waiting for the

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 prodigal to

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 come home.

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 He is

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 scanning the

00:16:41.939 --> 00:16:42.559
 horizon.

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 His eyes

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:46.019
 are glued to

00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:46.539
 the horizon,

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 just waiting.

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 He is

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 outside,

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.959
 bending his

00:16:50.959 --> 00:16:51.519
 ear to hear

00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:51.979
 footsteps.

00:16:52.219 --> 00:16:52.739
 He is waiting

00:16:52.739 --> 00:16:53.379
 for his son

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.019
 to come back.

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 And he sees

00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:56.199
 his son turn

00:16:56.199 --> 00:16:56.939
 towards him,

00:16:57.059 --> 00:16:57.519
 his son.

00:16:57.699 --> 00:16:58.139
 Obviously,

00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:58.759
 if you know

00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.179
 the story,

00:16:59.239 --> 00:16:59.839
 he is full of

00:16:59.839 --> 00:17:00.059
 guilt.

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 The father

00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:01.519
 runs to

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:01.719
 him,

00:17:01.939 --> 00:17:02.639
 clothes him,

00:17:02.819 --> 00:17:03.099
 puts a

00:17:03.099 --> 00:17:03.419
 ring on

00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:03.959
 his finger,

00:17:05.399 --> 00:17:06.799
 has a huge

00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:07.539
 banquet for him,

00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:08.299
 rejoicing that

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:08.619
 he has

00:17:08.619 --> 00:17:09.039
 returned.

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.119
 This is

00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:11.079
 the God

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:12.639
 who we

00:17:12.639 --> 00:17:13.479
 confess to.

00:17:14.439 --> 00:17:15.199
 This is the

00:17:15.199 --> 00:17:16.279
 God that we

00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:17.139
 turn towards

00:17:17.139 --> 00:17:17.719
 when we have

00:17:17.719 --> 00:17:18.839
 been wayward

00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.779
 and unfaithful.

00:17:21.639 --> 00:17:22.500
 He is the

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:22.979
 one that will

00:17:22.979 --> 00:17:23.819
 revive and

00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.159
 renew.

00:17:24.939 --> 00:17:25.579
 That is the

00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:26.299
 Lord and

00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:26.899
 his goodness

00:17:26.899 --> 00:17:27.939
 and his

00:17:27.939 --> 00:17:28.379
 kindness.

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:29.579
 But make

00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:30.979
 no mistake,

00:17:31.199 --> 00:17:32.799
 it is us

00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:34.039
 and he helps

00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:34.579
 us by his

00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:34.979
 Holy Spirit,

00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:35.559
 but we ought

00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:36.099
 to turn to

00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:37.319
 him and not

00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.059
 presume that

00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.819
 he will extend

00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:39.700
 mercy to us,

00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.980
 but appeal to

00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.460
 his mercy,

00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:42.539
 appeal to

00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:43.019
 his character,

00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:44.359
 appeal to

00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:44.679
 his very

00:17:44.679 --> 00:17:45.139
 person.

00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:51.960
 And what

00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.159
 are we

00:17:52.159 --> 00:17:52.819
 restored to?

00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:54.419
 We are

00:17:54.419 --> 00:17:55.879
 restored in

00:17:55.879 --> 00:17:56.379
 order to

00:17:56.379 --> 00:17:56.579
 worship.

00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:57.859
 We see this

00:17:57.859 --> 00:17:59.059
 in verse

00:17:59.059 --> 00:17:59.460
 six.

00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.460
 Will you not

00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.059
 revive us

00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:02.019
 again that

00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.519
 your people

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.599
 may rejoice

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.539
 in you?

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:06.259
 notice that

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:06.779
 the people

00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:08.159
 recognize that

00:18:08.159 --> 00:18:08.680
 their chief

00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:10.279
 end in

00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:10.519
 this

00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:11.200
 restoration

00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:11.920
 salvation

00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.460
 game is

00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:12.859
 not for

00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:13.559
 their own

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.619
 benefit,

00:18:15.139 --> 00:18:15.619
 but first

00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:16.079
 and foremost

00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:16.460
 for the

00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:16.740
 Lord's

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.059
 renown.

00:18:18.379 --> 00:18:19.039
 Of course

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:19.359
 there is

00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:20.119
 benefit to

00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.559
 knowing the

00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.279
 Lord and

00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:21.940
 enjoying his

00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.980
 goodness and

00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:23.619
 his restoration,

00:18:23.879 --> 00:18:24.319
 but first

00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:24.879
 and foremost

00:18:24.879 --> 00:18:25.480
 it is about

00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:26.740
 his glory

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.500
 and his

00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:29.700
 rejoicing in

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.259
 his name.

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:32.839
 God of

00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.379
 creation

00:18:33.379 --> 00:18:35.839
 again deserves

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.420
 to be

00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:37.200
 rejoiced by

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.640
 the people

00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.019
 he has

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:39.960
 created as

00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:40.599
 they experience

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.359
 his steadfast

00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:41.759
 love.

00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:45.059
 The Lord

00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.700
 does this

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:47.079
 in the most

00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:47.839
 wonderful way

00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:49.200
 by not

00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:50.140
 denying who

00:18:50.140 --> 00:18:50.839
 he is,

00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:52.359
 for God

00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:53.000
 is what

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.480
 he does,

00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:53.960
 and we'll

00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:54.559
 unpack that

00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:55.079
 in this next

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:55.339
 section.

00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:55.879
 Look with me

00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:57.140
 verses 8 to

00:18:57.140 --> 00:18:57.559
 11, but

00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:57.859
 we'll just

00:18:57.859 --> 00:18:58.259
 read verse

00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:58.519
 8.

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:02.039
 Let me

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.700
 hear what

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:05.619
 God the

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:06.160
 Lord will

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.779
 speak, for

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.099
 he will

00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:08.039
 speak peace

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.440
 to his

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.400
 people, to

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:09.980
 his saints,

00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:11.140
 but let

00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:11.660
 them not

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.500
 turn back

00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.220
 to folly.

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.700
 I'll pause

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:13.960
 there.

00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:15.059
 The psalmist

00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:15.779
 knows that

00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.940
 God despises

00:19:16.940 --> 00:19:17.420
 the proud,

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:17.819
 but gives

00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:19.000
 grace to

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.359
 the humble.

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.240
 He knows

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.619
 that God

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.559
 cannot deny

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.220
 himself as

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:22.599
 the giver

00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:22.980
 of good

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.440
 things,

00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.359
 that God

00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:24.660
 is the

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.160
 creator of

00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:25.539
 life,

00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:26.579
 so therefore

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.299
 the psalmist

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:28.079
 on behalf

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.400
 of his

00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:29.759
 people inquires

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 of the

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 Lord,

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 expecting him

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 to speak.

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 And this

00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:35.079
 bit about

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:35.779
 God speaking

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 peace, I

00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.519
 mean, it's

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:39.960
 a beautiful

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 line, but

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.379
 it harkens

00:19:41.379 --> 00:19:41.779
 back to

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.279
 creation

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 itself.

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 God is

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:45.599
 the

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:46.220
 supernatural

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:48.339
 creator who

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 creates

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 everything out

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 of chaos

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 and nothing,

00:19:53.379 --> 00:19:54.000
 bringing order

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.400
 to the

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 world.

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 God is

00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.680
 himself

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 uncreated

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 and he

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 doesn't

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 take

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 materials

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 that are

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.720
 pre-existing

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 and creates

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 what we

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 have in

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 this earth,

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 this cosmos,

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 but he

00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:08.240
 speaks and

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.860
 things are

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 created.

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 And here,

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 the peace

00:20:13.580 --> 00:20:13.860
 that he

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 extends to

00:20:14.600 --> 00:20:15.519
 us, he

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 speaks to

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 us, for

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:17.779
 he will

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 speak peace

00:20:18.560 --> 00:20:18.880
 to his

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 people, to

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 his saints.

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 Just a

00:20:21.340 --> 00:20:21.500
 couple

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:21.840
 things.

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 The

00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.920
 estrangement

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.240
 that we

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 have from

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 God is

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 not remedied

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 by doing

00:20:28.060 --> 00:20:28.960
 good works.

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 It can't

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 be remedied

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.840
 by having

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 behavior

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 modification.

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 Very

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 important

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:36.740
 aspects to

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 what it

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.460
 means to

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:37.800
 live in

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 obedience to

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 God is

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.860
 to grow

00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:41.340
 in our

00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:43.039
 faithful,

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:43.680
 obedient

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.140
 behavior

00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:44.900
 towards the

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:44.980
 Lord.

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 But it

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.779
 can never

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:47.860
 remedy the

00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:48.820
 estrangement

00:20:48.820 --> 00:20:49.180
 that we

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.700
 have, because

00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:51.240
 the estrangement

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.660
 we have,

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:52.960
 the odds

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.559
 that we're

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.059
 at odds

00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:54.539
 with God,

00:20:54.600 --> 00:20:54.920
 it goes

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.819
 deep, the

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.460
 roots go

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:56.860
 all the

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:57.400
 way down,

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 it hits

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.640
 the very

00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:59.319
 depths of

00:20:59.319 --> 00:20:59.819
 our soul.

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 Therefore,

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:02.180
 God needs

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:03.420
 to speak

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.079
 peace to

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.640
 us, which

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.079
 is to say

00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.360
 that he

00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:05.740
 needs to

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.920
 speak a

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:07.400
 supernatural

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:08.380
 creation

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.019
 within us,

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.279
 taking a

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.759
 heart that

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.220
 is made of

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:12.019
 stone and

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.500
 making it

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.140
 into flesh.

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.700
 We have

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.460
 no ability

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.180
 to know

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:17.860
 and love

00:21:17.860 --> 00:21:18.559
 and turn

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.100
 towards the

00:21:19.100 --> 00:21:19.840
 Lord by

00:21:19.840 --> 00:21:20.240
 our own

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.840
 strength, so

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:22.019
 he has to

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.500
 help us

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.139
 with that.

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 And here,

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.619
 the psalmist

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.500
 is recognizing

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.660
 that a part

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:27.960
 of the

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.680
 salvation that

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.220
 we get to

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.759
 enjoy from

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.119
 the Lord

00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:31.960
 is a

00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.839
 creative act

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.220
 by the

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.720
 creator of

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.339
 all things.

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.299
 You remember

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:37.720
 the first

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.859
 act of

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.319
 God in

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:39.799
 the pages

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.460
 of Holy

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.819
 Scripture

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.879
 is creation.

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.059
 And one

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.559
 thing I love

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.200
 about it is

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.720
 that God

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.279
 doesn't put

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.900
 on a

00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:47.619
 carpenter's

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:49.000
 apron or

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.960
 a welder's

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.980
 smock or

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:52.400
 coveralls and

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:53.160
 take some

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.839
 pre-existing

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:55.000
 material and

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.360
 gets to

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:55.519
 work.

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:55.880
 No, he

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.660
 just speaks.

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 And the

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.559
 entire cosmos,

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.140
 the entire

00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:00.640
 universe,

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.920
 everything that

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.940
 exists came

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.660
 into being.

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.660
 God just

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.019
 spoke.

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.480
 No more

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.039
 chaos,

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.319
 but order.

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.720
 And

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.140
 interestingly,

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.559
 in Mark

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.059
 chapter 4,

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.400
 we see

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:16.579
 something similar.

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.759
 Jesus is

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.079
 in the

00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:18.579
 chaotic

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.839
 winds and

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.419
 the waves

00:22:20.419 --> 00:22:21.139
 with his

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:21.819
 disciples in

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.339
 a boat as

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:22.899
 he is crossing

00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:23.419
 the Sea of

00:22:23.419 --> 00:22:23.919
 Galilee and

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:24.419
 they cry out

00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:24.819
 to him for

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.399
 salvation.

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.599
 And he

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.879
 gets up and

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:30.299
 he says to

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.199
 the wind and

00:22:31.199 --> 00:22:31.699
 the storm,

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.939
 peace, be

00:22:32.939 --> 00:22:33.299
 quiet.

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:34.779
 And that

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.720
 same act of

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.679
 creation is on

00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:37.319
 full display.

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.059
 And this is

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:39.599
 what is

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.259
 happening here.

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:40.899
 The psalmist

00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:41.379
 is saying,

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.960
 for he will

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:43.559
 speak peace

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:44.720
 to his

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.399
 people, to

00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:45.980
 his saints.

00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:47.519
 And then a

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.980
 warning, let

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.439
 them not

00:22:48.439 --> 00:22:49.699
 turn back

00:22:49.699 --> 00:22:50.599
 to folly.

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.539
 Is this

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.099
 not what we

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.579
 desire?

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.639
 To have

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:56.879
 this

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.819
 estrangement

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:59.339
 with God

00:22:59.339 --> 00:23:00.960
 remedied?

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.539
 To not

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.199
 turn back

00:23:03.199 --> 00:23:03.619
 to our

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.000
 folly?

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.399
 Is

00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:08.039
 if you've

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.579
 lived long

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:08.919
 enough,

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.399
 and hopefully

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:10.819
 this isn't

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.279
 your experience,

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.699
 but if you've

00:23:11.699 --> 00:23:12.139
 lived long

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.399
 enough,

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:15.059
 you get

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.399
 into some

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:15.639
 kind of

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.059
 issue with

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.480
 somebody that

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:16.859
 you love

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.159
 or you're

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:17.639
 friends with,

00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:18.539
 and you

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:18.779
 become

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.339
 estranged

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.919
 with them.

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:21.940
 And then a

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.519
 week goes by

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:22.819
 and you don't

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.259
 talk with

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.759
 them, and

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.019
 you don't

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.460
 remedy the

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.119
 situation, and

00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:25.359
 then a

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.740
 month, and

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.079
 then maybe

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:27.419
 a year, and

00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:27.819
 then maybe

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.179
 it's a

00:23:28.179 --> 00:23:28.519
 decade.

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.980
 And you

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:32.039
 move on to

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:34.079
 an extent, but

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.919
 the estrangement

00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:36.440
 is a monkey

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.099
 on your back.

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.759
 You feel it.

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.259
 Something's

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.159
 wrong, something's

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.599
 not right,

00:23:41.679 --> 00:23:41.919
 there's a

00:23:41.919 --> 00:23:43.279
 relationship that

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.259
 is chaotic.

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.720
 You can

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.220
 pretend it's

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.920
 not a

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.379
 problem, but

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:48.639
 it's a

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.059
 problem.

00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:51.480
 Do we

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.220
 not all

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:53.579
 wish to

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.879
 have no

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.859
 estranged

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:57.099
 relationships in

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.639
 our lives?

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.839
 God is

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.759
 offering this

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.220
 to us.

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.000
 We are the

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.519
 ones who have

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.079
 wronged him, but

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.740
 he is the

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:08.379
 one who reaches

00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:10.160
 down to us to

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:10.740
 remedy the

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.299
 situation.

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.799
 And not

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.859
 just with us

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.460
 in him, but

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.440
 as we come

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.000
 into a

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.579
 proper, restored,

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.079
 renewed

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.960
 relationship with

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:20.140
 him, our

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:21.200
 other relationships

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.420
 begin to

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:24.900
 look less

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.779
 chaotic and

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.339
 more orderly.

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:26.859
 That's not a

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.660
 promise, by the

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.359
 way, that all

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:29.420
 your relationships

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.880
 will cease to

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.740
 be chaotic or

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:33.640
 estranged, but

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.220
 your heart will

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.740
 be turning towards

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.740
 restoration, not

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.400
 away from it.

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:43.400
 the world

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:45.259
 begins to be a

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.720
 place where

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:47.559
 you want to

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.839
 extend God's

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.740
 order and his

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.519
 goodness and his

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.180
 mercy and his

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.599
 love and his

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:55.000
 steadfastness and

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.859
 his faithfulness and

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.380
 his righteousness

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.980
 everywhere.

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.420
 Going back to

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.140
 Charles Simeon, so

00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.579
 Charles Simeon, he

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:02.460
 comes to faith, he

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:04.019
 goes through a

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.859
 really, really

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:06.400
 difficult time trying

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.079
 to pastor this

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.380
 church.

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.859
 Eventually, they let

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.900
 him in after years

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.340
 and years and

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:11.680
 years, which is

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.460
 crazy to think.

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.340
 If you guys want

00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:14.540
 to lock me out, I

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 mean, that would

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 be a horrendous

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 experience for a

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 week.

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 He went on, you

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:22.019
 know, for years, but

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:24.000
 slowly, people were

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.400
 converted.

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 Slowly, this renewal

00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:29.140
 started to take

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:32.900
 root in England, and

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:34.680
 not only did people

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.580
 come to faith, but

00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.780
 Charles Simeon and a

00:25:36.780 --> 00:25:37.280
 group called the

00:25:37.280 --> 00:25:38.680
 Clapham sect, you

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.320
 can look them up

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.500
 there.

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 It's a wonderful

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:42.799
 testimony to the

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.500
 Lord's renewal

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.399
 movements in

00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:44.779
 history.

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 But this group of

00:25:46.439 --> 00:25:47.159
 ministers, which

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:47.799
 included William

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.679
 Wilberforce, among

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:50.939
 others, they

00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:52.220
 started evangelistic

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.399
 ministries like the

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.220
 Bible Society.

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:57.200
 They started the

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.119
 Christian Mission to

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.819
 the Jews, among

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.359
 other things, and

00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:00.139
 other missionary

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:01.480
 movements.

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.700
 They also started

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:05.879
 organizations that

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.419
 would eventually

00:26:06.419 --> 00:26:07.839
 stop animal cruelty

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.980
 that mattered to

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:10.639
 them, to stop the

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.799
 transatlantic slave

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.119
 trade.

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 It really found its

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.619
 momentum in this

00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.899
 group that were so

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:18.220
 touched by and

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.619
 renewed by the Holy

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:21.139
 Spirit that they

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:23.559
 extended the grace and

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:25.299
 goodness of God to

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:27.519
 every aspect of, of

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.439
 every sphere of their

00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:29.419
 influence, every aspect

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 of their society.

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 And things changed.

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.559
 It was an unbelievable

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.639
 season in the church,

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.700
 church, going from

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:36.380
 darkness to light.

00:26:41.040 --> 00:26:41.960
 You see, the blessing

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:43.240
 of God always extends

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.820
 out to include others

00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:45.780
 who are also

00:26:45.780 --> 00:26:47.780
 experiencing this

00:26:47.780 --> 00:26:48.480
 estrangement.

00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:49.860
 So we get right with

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.759
 God, we get right with

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:52.520
 others, we tell people

00:26:52.520 --> 00:26:54.420
 and bear witness to

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:56.800
 them about God's, his

00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:58.340
 restoration plan, and it

00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:59.280
 continues on.

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.380
 This is the way the

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:00.940
 Lord works.

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:02.860
 Look with me in verse

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.200
 nine.

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:07.100
 Surely his salvation is

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:08.240
 near to those who fear

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.480
 him.

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:11.100
 The glory may dwell, that

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:12.700
 glory may dwell in our

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.019
 land.

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:15.580
 The people of Israel,

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:17.400
 they want, they want

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.779
 God's presence back

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.460
 amongst them.

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:22.019
 And God's presence has

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:24.620
 always been amongst his

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:26.620
 people, first in the

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:27.539
 tent of meeting, the

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:30.700
 tabernacle in the, in the

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.960
 desert years, and then

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.980
 eventually the temple

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:34.259
 that was built by King

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.640
 Solomon.

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.759
 And they, it seems that

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.500
 they want something

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.360
 similar to that, but,

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:40.340
 but this verse here, it's

00:27:40.340 --> 00:27:45.680
 this prophetic, this, this

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.580
 prophetic announcement

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:47.420
 that there's something

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.799
 more that God has in

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:50.740
 store with his glory, with

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.940
 his presence amongst his

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.279
 people.

00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:54.240
 It seems to imply that the,

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:55.440
 that the glorious presence

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:57.580
 of God himself would pay

00:27:57.580 --> 00:27:59.080
 his people a visit, but

00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:01.220
 then extend to all the

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.720
 nations.

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:04.319
 Interestingly, the, the

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:06.399
 word here, dwell, is the

00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:08.779
 same Hebrew root word for,

00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:11.199
 for the glory of God that

00:28:11.199 --> 00:28:13.579
 came upon the mountain,

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:16.740
 Mount Sinai, of, when, when

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.740
 Moses went up to get the

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.919
 law, that it was the

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:20.500
 Shekinah glory, the, the

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.939
 unapproachable light, and

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:23.659
 this is what the text is

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:25.639
 getting at, that God is

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:27.040
 going to dwell amongst his

00:28:27.040 --> 00:28:27.380
 people.

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.740
 But will he be in

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.940
 unapproachable light?

00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:33.160
 I think what this is, is

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.160
 it's pointing prophetically

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.780
 to Christ.

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:37.160
 Consider these two verses,

00:28:37.320 --> 00:28:38.980
 Hebrews chapter 1, verse

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:40.200
 3, he is the radiance of

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.240
 the glory of God and the

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.940
 exact imprint of his

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:44.880
 nature, and he upholds the

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.840
 universe by the word of

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:47.640
 his power after making

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:49.920
 purifications for sins, that

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:51.560
 is, his life, death, and

00:28:51.560 --> 00:28:53.520
 resurrection, he sat down at

00:28:53.520 --> 00:28:54.360
 the right hand of the

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:56.879
 majesty on high, John 1, 14,

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.240
 and the word, that is

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.699
 Jesus, became flesh and

00:28:59.699 --> 00:29:01.559
 dwelt among us, and we

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:03.479
 have seen his glory, there's

00:29:03.479 --> 00:29:05.919
 that term glory, glory as

00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:07.059
 of the only Son from the

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:08.959
 Father full of grace and

00:29:08.959 --> 00:29:09.159
 truth.

00:29:09.219 --> 00:29:10.039
 You see what's happening

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.379
 here is God is promising

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:13.559
 salvation, and that his

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:15.279
 presence would again dwell

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.839
 with his people, but not

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:18.979
 like in the past, that he

00:29:18.979 --> 00:29:20.279
 would take upon him

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:22.719
 humanity, take humanity up

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:25.319
 into him, and that God, the

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:27.600
 Son of God, Jesus Christ,

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.860
 fully man and fully God,

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.620
 there's the incarnation

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.920
 again, we talked about that

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:32.680
 last week, he would dwell

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:34.539
 among his people, and then

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.460
 his people would be

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:38.759
 transformed, renewed, and

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:40.140
 restored to him, and then

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:41.680
 this goodness and glory would

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:43.759
 be extended to Judea, Samaria,

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:47.180
 to the ends of the earth.

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:51.440
 Once again, we see God's

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.940
 presence and salvation at

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:56.660
 work, extending and inviting

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:58.160
 and including all that would

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.019
 but turn to him.

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:04.940
 His faithfulness is expressed

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:07.039
 in his mercy, and his

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:08.120
 righteousness will be

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:09.700
 satisfied in Christ Jesus.

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:12.000
 Verses 10 to 11, and we're

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.420
 going to wrap things up.

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:15.320
 Some of the most beautiful

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:17.319
 poetic words in scripture, this

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:20.039
 is how it reads, steadfast

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:21.460
 love and faithfulness meet,

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.720
 righteousness and peace

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:24.899
 kiss each other, faithfulness

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:25.939
 springs up from the ground,

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:27.279
 and righteousness looks down

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.000
 from the sky.

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.379
 This is who our God is, and

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:31.599
 what I mentioned before that

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:33.460
 there's an appeal to God to

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:35.059
 not deny who he is, this is

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:37.099
 it, for God does not just do

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:41.059
 works, but he is what he does.

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:44.799
 God is the creator, he doesn't

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.700
 just create.

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:48.359
 God does not just bring peace,

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:51.019
 but he is peace himself.

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:53.200
 God does not just extend

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:55.299
 steadfast love, he himself is

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.740
 love.

00:30:58.659 --> 00:31:00.299
 He's unable to be anything

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:02.359
 other than faithful.

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:05.659
 He has made promises, he will

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:07.940
 keep promises, he is righteous in

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:09.500
 all he does because he himself is

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.579
 the only righteous one.

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:14.819
 So you see that God, that Israel

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:18.319
 rather, is appealing to God to not

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:20.359
 deny who he is because he cannot.

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:23.460
 So they don't presume mercy, but

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:25.179
 they say, God, do what only you can

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:25.359
 do.

00:31:25.439 --> 00:31:28.199
 They are throwing themselves at the

00:31:28.199 --> 00:31:30.419
 very character and person of God.

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.460
 God.

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:36.300
 And this speaks to us this morning

00:31:36.300 --> 00:31:38.120
 because the renewal that we need

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:41.440
 and desire in our families and in

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:43.100
 our own personal lives, but in our

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:44.500
 families and in our neighborhoods,

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:48.039
 the renewal is not something that we

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:50.460
 can get, but a person that we find.

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.400
 That is Christ our Lord.

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.720
 The psalm concludes like this,

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:57.360
 yes, the Lord will give what is good

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:58.460
 and our land will yield its

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.860
 increase.

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.819
 Righteousness will go before him

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:02.740
 and make his footsteps away.

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:07.640
 Like in the 1800s, in Charles

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:10.759
 Simeon's day, we live in what

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:14.279
 a political commentator, a guy named

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.799
 Aaron Wren, calls the negative world

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:19.240
 that we cease to have a place at the

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:21.720
 table as Christians that are genuinely

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.920
 trying to follow the Lord.

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:25.160
 Our society has embraced the culture

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.620
 of death.

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.920
 And although there are wonderful

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:29.519
 redeeming things about our culture,

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:31.279
 by and large, it has turned away

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:34.000
 from God in a very, very, very

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:36.440
 obvious way.

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:38.400
 We live in the negative world.

00:32:39.820 --> 00:32:42.160
 Being a Christian makes us suspect.

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:45.400
 It makes us a force of ill and evil.

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:48.940
 So how ought we to respond?

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:53.120
 I think we need to respond by

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:54.740
 remembering who the Lord is and

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:56.259
 appealing to his very character.

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:59.120
 Verse 13, it says,

00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.839
 righteousness will go before him

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:02.759
 and make his footsteps away.

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:08.339
 I read, and I think this was Charles

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:10.220
 Simeon in the persecution that he

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:13.120
 faced, but he, I could be getting

00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:14.359
 this wrong, but I think it was

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.720
 Charles Simeon.

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:17.539
 He said, listen, if I have to go

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:19.940
 through a bramble of hedges or a

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.779
 hedge of brambles,

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:24.279
 a very prickly bush,

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:27.799
 as long as I can get my head in

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:30.880
 and my shoulders to the other side,

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:32.440
 I'll get scraped up a little bit,

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.460
 but I'll be okay.

00:33:34.320 --> 00:33:35.980
 And he says, Christ, my head,

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.220
 has made the way for me.

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.680
 He has already gone through,

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:41.380
 and I simply am going to get

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:42.580
 scraped up a little bit.

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:44.700
 And here, verse 13 is saying that

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:46.880
 he himself has gone before us,

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:48.220
 he has made the way,

00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:50.440
 and we are simply following him

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:52.200
 and being faithful because he

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.440
 was faithful to us.

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:58.300
 So as we seek the Lord's face,

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:02.060
 we first remember what he has

00:34:02.060 --> 00:34:04.020
 done in the past, we second,

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:06.180
 confess our sins, and then third,

00:34:06.280 --> 00:34:09.700
 we rejoice in the God who delights

00:34:09.700 --> 00:34:11.260
 in renewal and restoration.

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:16.820
 A church that is not perfect,

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:19.019
 but is seeking to follow the Lord,

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:21.579
 it is an apologetic to the world

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.800
 that God is not dead,

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:25.119
 and that he is extending mercy

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:26.579
 to all that would turn to him.

00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:33.400
 Friends, as we submit to and grow

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:35.160
 and rejoice in the incarnate God,

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:38.360
 it is bound to happen that renewal

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:40.440
 and restoration will take root

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:43.059
 in our lives and in our families

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.340
 and in our church community

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:46.380
 and will continue to extend

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:48.980
 and extend and extend and extend.

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:51.320
 Let us pray for such a thing.

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.579
 Let us pray now.

00:34:53.799 --> 00:34:55.219
 Lord, thank you so much

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:59.480
 for the examples from the past,

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:01.119
 both in Holy Scripture,

00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:03.940
 but also in the history of the church,

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:06.420
 of your faithfulness and your goodness

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.780
 and your restoration

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:09.059
 and your renewal

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:11.200
 and your mercy

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:12.619
 that you have extended time

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:14.200
 and again to an undeserved people,

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.880
 but a people that you have

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:17.820
 committed yourself to.

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:20.380
 A people that you have sent your son

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:22.460
 to die on their behalf

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:25.559
 so that we might live in him.

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:28.159
 Lord, help us to remember

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:29.900
 that Christ has already gone before us

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:32.820
 and that we will never suffer

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:34.960
 like he has suffered,

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:37.720
 but that we can suffer in part

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:39.920
 and it is a great joy to do so

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:41.720
 for your glory, for your name.

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 And Lord, help us to be brave as well.

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 Lord, we live in a negative world,

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 but here we have the very gift of life.

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 Not a gift of life,

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 not a way to heaven,

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 but the way to heaven.

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 The way that we can have this

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 eternal estrangement

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 dealt with forever.

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 So Lord, we ask that you would

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 bless us as your people.

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 We don't presume to receive your mercy,

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 but Lord, we appeal to you

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 to do what you delight in doing.

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 And we pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.