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 Romans chapter 11

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 and there's some pens being given out

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 and some sheets if you'd like to take notes

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 and some sheets if you'd like to take notes

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 and turn in your Bibles to Romans chapter 11

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 which is on page 1137

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 Romans chapter 11

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 starting in verse 1

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 I ask then, did God reject his people?

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 By no means.

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 I am an Israelite myself,

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 a descendant of Abraham from the tribe of Benjamin.

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 God did not reject his people whom he foreknew.

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 Don't you know what the scripture says

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 in the passage about Elijah,

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 how he appealed to God against Israel?

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 Lord, they have killed your prophets

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 and torn down your altars.

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 I am the only one left and they are trying to kill me.

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 And what was God's answer to them?

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 I have reserved for myself 7,000

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 who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

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 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

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 And if by grace, then it is no longer by works.

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 If it were, grace would no longer be grace.

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 What then?

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 What Israel thought so earnestly it did not obtain,

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 but the elect did.

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 The others were hardened, as it is written.

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 God gave them a spirit of stupor,

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 eyes so that they could not see,

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 and ears so that they could not hear to this very day.

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 And David says,

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 may their table become a snare and a trap,

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 a stumbling block and a retribution for them.

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 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,

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 and their backs be bent forever.

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 Thanks, Kirsty.

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 Well, let's pray and ask for God's help

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 as we look at this together.

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 Father God, we ask that you would

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 pour out your spirit to us.

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 We pray that our eyes will be opened

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 and our ears unblocked spiritually

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 so we may hear your truth,

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 that it may penetrate our lives,

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 that we may have understanding of our minds,

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 but that it would travel to our hearts,

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 shaping us and changing us,

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 and causing us to see the wonder

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 of your amazing grace,

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 your saving plan for our lives

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 and for this world.

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 And we pray above all that it will encourage us

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 and fill our lives with hope.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 I had a problem recently.

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 You might be thinking,

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 I've got lots of problems.

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 I do, but...

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 A problem with a laptop.

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 It wouldn't turn on properly,

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 and when it did,

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 things didn't work as they were meant to.

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 So we went to the shop,

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 brought it back to the people we'd got it from,

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 pointed out to the customer service

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 that we had bought it in this shop,

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 that it was still under guarantee,

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 and that they should fix it.

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 Went off and had a chat to his manager,

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 came back,

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 politely said,

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 sorry sir,

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 there's nothing we can do for you.

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 But you made a promise.

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 You promised.

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 And now you're telling us that you can do nothing for us.

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 We left frustrated and angry.

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 Felt let down and cheated.

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 Disappointed.

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 Now we can often feel that same disappointment with God.

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 God has made a promise.

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 He's promised to save his people.

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 He's given his guarantee.

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 Look back at chapter 10, verse 13.

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 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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 This is a great statement on the back of God's promise

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 to save his people.

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 But it all seems like a waste of time.

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 Because we all have friends

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 and we all have family

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 who are still not Christians.

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 And so it leaves us with this one question.

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 Can God save?

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 Look at chapter 11, verse 1.

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 After all these great promises of God coming to save,

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 he asked this question in verse 1 of chapter 11.

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 I asked then,

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 did God reject his people?

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 Has God gone back on his promise?

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 Did God promise to do something

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 he's just not able to do?

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 And so we begin to wonder,

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 is God not able to save my friend?

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 Is God not powerful enough to save my family?

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 You see, the problem is,

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 God is the only one who can save people.

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 But yet so often we seem to think

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 he just can't do it.

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 And we feel let down.

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 We feel cheated.

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 And in our cries to God,

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 we're disappointed.

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 Well, in response to our disappointments,

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 God wants us to see that his grace

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 is more powerful than we thought

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 and much greater than we could ever imagine.

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 Three things we're going to learn this morning.

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 First,

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 God's grace is more powerful

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 than we thought.

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 Look at verse 1 again.

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 I asked then,

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 did God reject his people?

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 By no means.

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 I am an Israelite myself,

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 a descendant of Abraham

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 from the tribe of Benjamin.

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 If you think God has gone back on his promise,

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 look at me,

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 says Paul.

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 Look at my life.

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 I grew up knowing all about God's promises of salvation.

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 I can even trace my family line

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 all the way back to Abraham,

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 the one through whom God made these great promises.

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 But the point is,

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 Paul actually ignored God's promise.

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 Have a look at 1 Timothy.

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 Keep your finger in Romans 11

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 and go to 1 Timothy.

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 It's on page 1191.

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 1,191.

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 1 Timothy.

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 Chapter 1.

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 Here's the man

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 who grew up

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 with the greatest privilege,

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 having all the promises of God.

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 And here's what we learn about him.

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 Paul is telling us his story

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 of faith,

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 what he was like

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 before he became a Christian.

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 Let's read from chapter 1, verse 12.

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 I thank Christ Jesus,

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 our Lord,

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 who has given me strength,

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 that he considered me,

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 that's Paul,

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 faithful,

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 appointing me to his service.

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 Even though I was once a blasphemer.

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 In other words,

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 he hated Jesus.

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 And he was a persecutor.

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 He used to take Christians,

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 round them up,

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 and put them in prison.

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 And he was a violent man.

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 He was responsible

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 for stoning people to death.

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 I was shown mercy

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 because I acted in ignorance

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 and unbelief.

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 The grace of the Lord Jesus

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 was poured out on me abundantly,

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 along with the faith and love

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 that are in Christ Jesus.

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 He's telling us,

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 I was a complete rebel.

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 I turned away from God's promise.

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 I turned away from his Christ.

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 Verse 15.

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 Here is a trustworthy saying

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 that deserves full acceptance.

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 Christ Jesus came into the world

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 to save sinners

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 of whom I am the worst.

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 He's saying,

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 would you look at my life?

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 If there is anybody

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 that should not be a Christian,

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 it's me.

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 If there's somebody

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 who God should not have shown grace to,

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 it's me.

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 I had every opportunity

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 that I could possibly have,

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 but I turned my back on it all

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 and I pushed it away.

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 Verse 16.

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 But for that very reason,

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 I was shown mercy

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 so that in me,

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 the worst of sinners,

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 Christ Jesus might display

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 his unlimited patience

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 as an example

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 for those who would believe on him

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 and receive eternal life.

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 if God's grace

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 can save me,

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 the worst of sinners,

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 then God's grace

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 is powerful enough

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 to save anyone

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 who will believe.

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 Go back to Romans 11.

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 You see,

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 you may have a friend

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 who's grown up in the church.

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 You may have a loved one,

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 someone within your own family,

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 perhaps a son

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 or a daughter

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 or a mother

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 or a father.

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 They've been raised

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 within a Christian home

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 and all their life

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 they have heard

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 the promises

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 of God's salvation

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 and people have explained it to them,

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 people have prayed for them,

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 but today

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 they show no interest

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 and perhaps

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 they do everything possible

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 to distance themselves

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 from God

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 and you're wondering,

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 can God save them?

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 Well, look what it says

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 in Romans 11,

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 verse 1.

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 I ask then,

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 did God reject his people?

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 Verse 2.

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 God did not reject his people

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 whom he foreknew.

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 You see,

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 God has made a promise,

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 a promise to save his people

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 and those God promises to save,

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 he will save

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 and nothing and no one

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 is going to stop him.

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 There was a story

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 in the Independent

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 in the paper a while back

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 about a father.

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 His name was Richard Quarry

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 who had rescued

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 his adopted son

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 called Ethan.

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 Richard came home one day

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 to discover

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 that his son

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 had been taken

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 by his estranged wife

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 and taken all the way

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 to Zambia.

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 Immediately,

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 he made a promise

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 to himself

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 that he would do

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 what it would take

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 to get his son back.

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 And the story tells

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 of a nine-month journey,

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 having travelled

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 two and a half thousand miles

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 across country,

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 crossing borders,

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 paying off border guards,

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 he did everything

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 and he brought

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 his son home safely.

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 Nothing was going to stop him

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 getting his adopted son back.

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 You see,

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 God knows

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 who his children are.

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 He knows

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 who his children are

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 from before

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 the creation

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 of the world

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 and by his grace

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 he will not

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 stop

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 until all

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 his children

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 are home

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 safely

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 in his arms.

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 He will break

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 every barrier

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 and he will remove

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 every obstacle

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 until

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 his people

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 are saved.

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 God's grace

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 is more powerful

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 than we ever thought.

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 The second big

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 message

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 is this,

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 that God's grace

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 is much greater

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 than we imagined.

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 Look at the second part

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 of verse 2.

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 Don't you know

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 what the scripture says

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 in the passage

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 about Elijah

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 Elijah

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 and how he appealed

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 to God

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 against Israel?

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 This is the story

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 of Elijah the prophet

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 at the time

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 of King Ahab.

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 It was the most

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 darkest

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 and bleakest period

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 in the history

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 of God's people.

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 Ahab was

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 described

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 as the king

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 who did more

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 evil

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 in the eyes

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 of the Lord

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 than any of those

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 before him.

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 Ahab.

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 And the history

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 was a terrible history.

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 They had all gone

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 in their evil ways

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 but he was

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 top of the pile.

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 Ahab had led

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 the people of God

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 away.

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 He had set up

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 all kinds of idols

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 and involved in

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 all kinds of

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 different worship

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 and with the help

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 of his notorious

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 wife Jezebel

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 they murdered off

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 any of God's prophets.

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 And so we read

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 this in verse 3

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 as Elijah

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 cries out to God

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 Lord

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 they have killed

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 your prophets

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 torn down

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 your altars

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 and I am the

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 only one left

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 and they are

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 trying to kill

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 me.

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 As far as

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 Elijah was concerned

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 he was the

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 only Christian

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 left in the

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 whole of the

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 nation.

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 Everybody else

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 had turned away

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 from God

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 or had been

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 killed

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 when there was

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 the opportunity

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 to show

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 themselves

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 they weren't

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 there.

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 And so angry

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 and disappointed

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 with God

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 he's crying out

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 in his frustration

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 and in his

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 disappointment

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 what about

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 your promises

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 to save people

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 God?

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 What about

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 all those people

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 who you said

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 you would save?

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 And here I am

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 I'm the only one.

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 And Elijah

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 wants to give up

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 he thinks it's

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 all a waste

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 of time.

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 verse 4

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 and what was

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 God's answer

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 to him?

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 I have

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 reserved

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 for myself

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 7,000

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 who have not

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 bowed the knee

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 to Baal.

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 You think

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 that I failed?

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 You think

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 that I can't

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 save people?

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 Elijah

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 I have done

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 something much

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 greater

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 than you could

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 ever imagine.

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 I have saved

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 7,000

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 that you know

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 nothing about.

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 You see

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 we can feel

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 like Elijah.

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 I'm the only

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 Christian in my

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 family.

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 I'm the only

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 Christian in my

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 class

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 or in my

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 year at

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 college.

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 Maybe you go

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 to work

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 every day

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 and you're

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 the only

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 Christian in

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 your workplace

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 and you're

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 wondering

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 has God

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 broken his

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 promises?

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 Is God

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 able to

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 save those

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 around me?

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 Well look at

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 verse 5

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 grace.

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 So too

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 at the

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 present time

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 there is

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 a remnant

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 chosen

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 by grace

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 and if

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 by grace

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 then it is

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 no longer

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 by works.

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 If it were

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 grace

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 if it were

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 grace

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 would no

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 longer

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 be grace.

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 You might

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 be the only

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 Christian

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 at present

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 in your

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 family.

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 You might

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 be the only

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 Christian

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 amongst your

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 friends.

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 but do

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 not think

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 that God

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 has ever

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 forgotten

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 his

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 promises.

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 I will

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 save those

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 who I

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 have chosen

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 by my

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 grace.

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 In fact

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 the number

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 that God

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 saves

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 may be

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 greater

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 than we

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 ever

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 imagined.

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 In

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 1858

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 a missionary

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 from Scotland

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 by the name

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 of John

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 Patton

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 travelled

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 with his

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 wife Mary

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 to the

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 South Sea

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 Islands

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 known today

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 as the

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 New

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 Hebrides.

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 The

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 islanders

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 were

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 cannibals

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 ate

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 their

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 defeated

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 enemies

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 they

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 practiced

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 infanticide

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 and

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 widow

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 sacrifice.

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 Two

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 people

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 had gone

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 in the

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 years

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 before

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 but

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 they

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 had

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 only

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 been

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 there

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 a few

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 minutes

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 when

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 they

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 were

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 butchered

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 and killed

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 and only

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 a few

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 months

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 after

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 John

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 arrived

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 on the

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 island

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 his wife

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 and newborn

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 son

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 had died.

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 The only

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 Christian

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 on the

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 island

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 and he

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 was

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 eventually

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 driven off

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 after four

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 years

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 of brutal

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 treatment

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 and no

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 sign of

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 any

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 conversion

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 nothing.

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 Thirty

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 years

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 later

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 having

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 returned

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 to the

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 island

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 he

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 was

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 able

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 to

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 record

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 in

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 his

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 journal

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 that

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 12,000

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 had

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 come

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 to

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 faith.

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 A

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 hundred

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 and

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 thirty

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 three

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 had

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 been

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 trained

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 up

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 and

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 sent

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 out

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 to

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 the

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 other

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 islands

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 with

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 the

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 gospel.

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 At

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 times

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 you

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 might

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 feel

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 like

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 you

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 are

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 the

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 only

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 Christian

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 and

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 that

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 God

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 has

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 forgotten

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 but

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 God's

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 grace

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 is

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 greater

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 than

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 we

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 could

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 ever

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:36.839
 imagine.

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 And

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 the

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 third

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 big

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 message

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 is

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 this

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 that

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 God's

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 grace

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 is

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.359
 more

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 dangerous

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 than

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 we

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 expected.

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 Look

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 at

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 verse

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 seven

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 what

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 then

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 what

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 about

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 all

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 those

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 who

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 are

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 not

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 saved?

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 Why

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 are

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 they

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:05.480
 not

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:05.920
 saved?

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 Well

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.400
 he gives

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:07.579
 the

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.000
 answer

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.559
 what

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:08.980
 Israel

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.400
 sought

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 so

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 earnestly

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:10.759
 it

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.000
 did

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 not

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:12.019
 obtain

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:13.380
 because

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 they

00:21:13.620 --> 00:21:14.339
 sought

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:14.700
 to get

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:14.819
 it

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.000
 by

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 works

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 but

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.460
 the

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 elect

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.000
 did

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.299
 because

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.460
 it

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:17.579
 was

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 by

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 grace.

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.640
 In

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:18.799
 other

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:18.960
 words

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.140
 he's

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 saying

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 you

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:19.779
 cannot

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 earn

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 your

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 salvation

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:21.799
 it's

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 always

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 going

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:22.779
 to

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 be

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 by

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.700
 God's

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 grace.

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 But

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.219
 the

00:21:26.219 --> 00:21:26.559
 question

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:26.759
 is

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.000
 still

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.259
 there

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 why

00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:28.199
 are

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 some

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.279
 still

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.599
 not

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 saved?

00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.139
 Well

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.399
 look at

00:21:32.399 --> 00:21:32.519
 the

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 answer

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 at

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 the

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 end

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.399
 of

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 verse

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 seven

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 the

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 others

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.699
 were

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 hardened

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 the

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 point

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 is

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 simple

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 but

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 very

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 sobering

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:46.119
 rejecting

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 God's

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.559
 good

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.339
 grace

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:49.599
 leads

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 to

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 a

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 hard

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 heart

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 and

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 two

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 examples

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 are

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 given

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 for

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 us

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 here

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 the

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 first

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 one

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 comes

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 in

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 verse

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 eight

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 and

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 the

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 context

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 here

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 is

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 all

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 about

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 God's

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 gracious

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 rescue

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 God

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:07.979
 in

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 his

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 grace

00:22:08.639 --> 00:22:08.899
 had

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 rescued

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 his

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 people

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 from

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 slavery

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 in

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 Egypt

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 that

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 was

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 their

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 history

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 he

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 had

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 provided

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 for

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 them

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 he

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 had

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 kept

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 them

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 all

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 through

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 their

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 wanderings

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 in

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 the

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 desert

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 he

00:22:18.699 --> 00:22:18.879
 had

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 brought

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 them

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 eventually

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.179
 to

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 the

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 promised

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 land

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 as

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 he

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 said

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 he

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 would

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 but

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 the

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 people

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:25.899
 turned

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 their

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 back

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 on

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:26.899
 God

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:28.399
 they

00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:28.719
 walked

00:22:28.719 --> 00:22:29.039
 away

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.299
 from

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 him

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 and

00:22:31.159 --> 00:22:31.339
 so

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.579
 their

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.019
 hearts

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.279
 were

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.699
 hardened

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 and

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.179
 we

00:22:33.179 --> 00:22:33.599
 read

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:34.099
 in

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.379
 verse

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 eight

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 as

00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:35.740
 it

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 is

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 written

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 God

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 gave

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 them

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.019
 a

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.500
 spirit

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:39.740
 of

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.439
 stupor

00:22:40.439 --> 00:22:41.519
 eyes

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.879
 so

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 they

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.339
 could

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.559
 not

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:42.959
 see

00:22:42.959 --> 00:22:43.759
 ears

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.199
 so

00:22:44.199 --> 00:22:44.379
 that

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:44.539
 they

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:44.759
 could

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:44.959
 not

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 hear

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:45.799
 to

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.079
 this

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.559
 very

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:46.939
 day

00:22:46.939 --> 00:22:48.199
 they

00:22:48.199 --> 00:22:48.740
 had

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.919
 experienced

00:22:49.919 --> 00:22:50.459
 God's

00:22:50.459 --> 00:22:50.899
 grace

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:52.960
 but

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.140
 they

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.700
 rejected

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.540
 God's

00:22:54.540 --> 00:22:54.920
 grace

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:58.200
 the

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.540
 second

00:22:58.540 --> 00:22:59.140
 example

00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:00.720
 comes

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:00.980
 in

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.220
 verse

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.540
 nine

00:23:01.540 --> 00:23:01.720
 and

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.019
 ten

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:03.060
 and

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 the

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.680
 context

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.019
 here

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.200
 is

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.540
 about

00:23:04.540 --> 00:23:05.880
 God's

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.380
 gracious

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:07.060
 rule

00:23:07.060 --> 00:23:07.700
 over

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:07.980
 his

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.420
 people

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.660
 because

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.040
 God

00:23:10.040 --> 00:23:10.360
 in his

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.720
 grace

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:10.920
 had

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.180
 given

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.480
 them

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:11.800
 a

00:23:11.800 --> 00:23:12.060
 king

00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:12.500
 they

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:12.620
 had

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:12.900
 always

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.160
 got

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.400
 their

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:13.700
 own

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.040
 kind

00:23:14.040 --> 00:23:14.180
 of

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.380
 king

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:14.820
 but

00:23:14.820 --> 00:23:15.160
 God

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.480
 gave

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:15.660
 them

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:15.820
 a

00:23:15.820 --> 00:23:16.060
 king

00:23:16.060 --> 00:23:16.360
 after

00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:16.560
 his

00:23:16.560 --> 00:23:16.780
 own

00:23:16.780 --> 00:23:17.180
 heart

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.519
 king

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:17.900
 David

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.080
 who

00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:18.200
 was

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.400
 going

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:18.620
 to

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.000
 shepherd

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.320
 his

00:23:19.320 --> 00:23:19.720
 people

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.180
 a

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.339
 king

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:20.559
 to

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:20.900
 care

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.120
 for

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.319
 them

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.720
 and

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:21.880
 to

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.319
 provide

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.600
 for

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:22.839
 them

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:24.440
 but

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:24.620
 they

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.220
 rejected

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.600
 this

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:25.880
 good

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.220
 king

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.640
 they

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.000
 turned

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.400
 against

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.579
 him

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:27.740
 they

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.180
 fought

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.559
 against

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:28.720
 him

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:28.860
 they

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.160
 wanted

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.380
 him

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.759
 dead

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.380
 their

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:31.059
 hearts

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.460
 in

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.160
 response

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:33.000
 were

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.519
 hardened

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:35.640
 and so

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:35.960
 David

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.360
 says

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.779
 in verse

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.200
 nine

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:38.539
 may

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:38.779
 their

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.180
 table

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.579
 become

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:39.779
 a

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.279
 snare

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.779
 and

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:40.940
 a

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.360
 trap

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:42.319
 a

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.819
 stumbling

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.220
 block

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.539
 and a

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.180
 retribution

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.539
 for

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.779
 them

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.980
 and may

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.220
 their

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.680
 eyes

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:46.940
 be

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.720
 darkened

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.960
 so that

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.140
 they

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.660
 cannot

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.100
 see

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:51.519
 and their

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:51.920
 backs

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:52.620
 be bent

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.620
 forever

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:55.440
 they had

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.180
 tasted

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:57.960
 God's

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.400
 grace

00:23:58.400 --> 00:24:00.720
 but they

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.279
 rejected

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.380
 God's

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:02.779
 grace

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:05.460
 can you

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.799
 see

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:08.299
 that grace

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.779
 is more

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.420
 dangerous

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.039
 than we

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.620
 expected

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:13.019
 if we

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.600
 reject

00:24:13.600 --> 00:24:14.120
 grace

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.819
 if we

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.339
 continue

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:15.920
 to push

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.339
 it away

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.879
 and hold

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.159
 it at

00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:17.539
 arm's

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.000
 length

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.659
 it will

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.279
 lead to

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.019
 a hard

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.179
 heart

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:25.179
 and it

00:24:25.179 --> 00:24:25.480
 works

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:25.839
 both

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.259
 ways

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:28.059
 the more

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.839
 we reject

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.379
 God's

00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:29.659
 grace

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.119
 the more

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.699
 we say

00:24:30.699 --> 00:24:31.059
 no

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.339
 no

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:31.740
 no

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:33.459
 the more

00:24:33.459 --> 00:24:33.839
 God

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.399
 hardens

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:34.619
 our

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.059
 heart

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.720
 because

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.220
 look at

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 verse

00:24:36.439 --> 00:24:36.659
 eight

00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:36.980
 it was

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.519
 God

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:37.759
 who

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.079
 gave

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.459
 them

00:24:38.459 --> 00:24:39.399
 a

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.819
 spirit

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.019
 of

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.439
 stupor

00:24:40.439 --> 00:24:40.720
 it was

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.139
 God

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.339
 who

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.559
 gave

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:41.759
 them

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.079
 eyes

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.259
 so

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.399
 that

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:42.559
 they

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.779
 could

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.019
 not

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.379
 see

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:45.520
 but

00:24:45.520 --> 00:24:45.920
 the more

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.120
 that

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.460
 God

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.020
 hardens

00:24:47.020 --> 00:24:47.240
 our

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.600
 hearts

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.440
 the more

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.220
 we will

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.780
 in turn

00:24:49.780 --> 00:24:50.360
 reject

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:50.700
 his

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.220
 grace

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:54.580
 yes

00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:55.380
 God

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:55.580
 is

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.140
 involved

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.760
 yes

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 we

00:24:57.280 --> 00:24:57.480
 are

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.040
 involved

00:24:58.040 --> 00:24:59.320
 but

00:24:59.320 --> 00:24:59.480
 we

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.640
 are

00:24:59.640 --> 00:24:59.960
 without

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.660
 excuse

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:02.760
 it's

00:25:02.760 --> 00:25:03.020
 like

00:25:03.020 --> 00:25:03.360
 having

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.520
 a

00:25:03.520 --> 00:25:03.780
 heart

00:25:03.780 --> 00:25:04.360
 disease

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:06.080
 and

00:25:06.080 --> 00:25:06.220
 we

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.440
 need

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.600
 to

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:06.900
 take

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.640
 medication

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:07.880
 we

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.080
 need

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.240
 to

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.460
 take

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.660
 our

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.120
 cholesterol

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:09.640
 pills

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.120
 to

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.360
 make

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:10.520
 it

00:25:10.520 --> 00:25:10.900
 right

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:12.140
 and

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.280
 if

00:25:12.280 --> 00:25:12.400
 we

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.700
 take

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:12.900
 our

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.240
 pills

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.500
 then

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.700
 the

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.180
 arteries

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.480
 are

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.680
 going

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:14.820
 to

00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:15.019
 be

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.840
 unblocked

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:15.960
 and

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.120
 our

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.440
 hearts

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.620
 are

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:16.740
 going

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:16.780
 to

00:25:16.780 --> 00:25:16.920
 be

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.380
 healthy

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:19.460
 but

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.600
 if

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:19.759
 we

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.320
 don't

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:20.880
 take

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.220
 those

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.759
 pills

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.280
 then

00:25:22.280 --> 00:25:22.500
 our

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.940
 hearts

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.220
 only

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.480
 get

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.880
 more

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.340
 disease

00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:24.960
 and

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.420
 eventually

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.740
 our

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.120
 bodies

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:26.580
 become

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:27.300
 immune

00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:27.880
 to

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.060
 the

00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:28.680
 medication

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.340
 so

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.540
 that

00:25:29.540 --> 00:25:29.720
 they

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:29.940
 no

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.240
 longer

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.759
 work

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:32.480
 and

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.740
 that's

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:32.900
 what

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.120
 it's

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.360
 like

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:33.580
 with

00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:33.980
 God's

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.300
 grace

00:25:34.300 --> 00:25:34.720
 if

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:34.860
 we

00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:35.340
 continue

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:35.640
 to

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:35.940
 push

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.320
 against

00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:36.540
 it

00:25:36.540 --> 00:25:36.680
 and

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.120
 reject

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.340
 it

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:37.780
 our

00:25:37.780 --> 00:25:38.180
 hearts

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.440
 only

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:40.940
 that

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.040
 we

00:25:41.040 --> 00:25:41.380
 become

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.820
 immune

00:25:41.820 --> 00:25:42.080
 to

00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:42.420
 it

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:46.040
 now

00:25:46.040 --> 00:25:46.200
 the

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.420
 thing

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.660
 is

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:46.840
 we

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.040
 have

00:25:47.040 --> 00:25:47.440
 all

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.320
 experienced

00:25:48.320 --> 00:25:49.800
 God's

00:25:49.800 --> 00:25:50.340
 good

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:51.120
 grace

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:53.580
 we

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:53.860
 learned

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.140
 this

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.540
 right

00:25:54.540 --> 00:25:54.820
 at the

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:55.000
 very

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.360
 beginning

00:25:55.360 --> 00:25:55.620
 of

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.160
 Romans

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.380
 if

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:56.500
 you

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.680
 want

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:56.820
 to

00:25:56.820 --> 00:25:57.019
 flick

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.280
 back

00:25:57.280 --> 00:25:57.460
 to

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:57.780
 Romans

00:25:57.780 --> 00:25:58.180
 chapter

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.540
 1

00:25:58.540 --> 00:26:01.800
 we

00:26:01.800 --> 00:26:02.019
 have

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.540
 all

00:26:02.540 --> 00:26:03.620
 experienced

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.340
 God's

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:04.920
 good

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.780
 grace

00:26:05.780 --> 00:26:06.340
 Romans

00:26:06.340 --> 00:26:06.740
 chapter

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.120
 1

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.400
 verse

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:07.860
 20

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.940
 we

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.220
 see

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.820
 God's

00:26:09.820 --> 00:26:10.380
 grace

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.380
 in

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.680
 his

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.480
 creation

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.400
 around

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.020
 us

00:26:14.020 --> 00:26:15.160
 Romans

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.500
 chapter

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:15.840
 1

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.080
 verse

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:16.520
 20

00:26:16.520 --> 00:26:17.120
 for

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.500
 since

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.740
 the

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.220
 creation

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.460
 of

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:18.600
 the

00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:18.980
 world

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.960
 God's

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.540
 invisible

00:26:20.540 --> 00:26:21.220
 qualities

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.880
 his

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.400
 eternal

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.960
 power

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.720
 and divine

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.200
 nature

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.920
 have been

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.360
 clearly

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.940
 seen

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.500
 being

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.100
 understood

00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:27.480
 from

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.820
 what

00:26:27.820 --> 00:26:28.200
 has

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.480
 been

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.000
 made

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.480
 so

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.720
 that

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.180
 men

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.520
 and

00:26:30.520 --> 00:26:30.820
 women

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.160
 are

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.500
 without

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.200
 excuse

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.660
 the

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:32.880
 very

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.320
 fact

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:33.480
 that

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:33.600
 we

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:33.800
 can

00:26:33.800 --> 00:26:34.060
 look

00:26:34.060 --> 00:26:34.300
 out

00:26:34.300 --> 00:26:34.460
 at

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.980
 creation

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.600
 tells

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:36.000
 us

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.420
 there

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.600
 is

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:37.760
 a

00:26:37.760 --> 00:26:38.060
 God

00:26:38.060 --> 00:26:38.420
 there

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:40.640
 God

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:40.800
 in

00:26:40.800 --> 00:26:40.960
 his

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.400
 grace

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:41.660
 has

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:41.900
 made

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.320
 himself

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:42.779
 known

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.960
 not

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.240
 just

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.480
 in

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.960
 creation

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.300
 but

00:26:45.300 --> 00:26:45.779
 also

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.120
 in

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.380
 our

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:47.320
 conscience

00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:48.220
 chapter

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.820
 2

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:50.720
 verse

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.600
 15

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:55.539
 since

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:55.820
 they

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.400
 show

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.759
 that

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:56.980
 the

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.700
 requirements

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.259
 of

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.480
 the

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.840
 law

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.460
 are

00:26:59.460 --> 00:26:59.900
 written

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.380
 on

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:00.580
 their

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.200
 hearts

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.240
 their

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.279
 consciences

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.100
 also

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:04.580
 bearing

00:27:04.580 --> 00:27:05.220
 witnesses

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.120
 and

00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:06.299
 their

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.839
 thoughts

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.180
 now

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.720
 accusing

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.680
 now

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.120
 even

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.700
 defending

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.039
 them

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.980
 the

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.259
 very

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.660
 fact

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:11.860
 that

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.100
 we've

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.240
 got

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.400
 a

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:12.819
 conscience

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.180
 that

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.360
 we

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:13.779
 know

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.339
 this

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:14.539
 is

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.960
 right

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.259
 and

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.620
 this

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:15.839
 is

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.259
 wrong

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:18.380
 God

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:18.539
 in

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:18.740
 his

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.100
 grace

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.319
 has

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.799
 planted

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.140
 that

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.700
 conscience

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.259
 within

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.600
 each

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:21.839
 one

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:21.960
 of

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.160
 us

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.600
 so

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:22.839
 not

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.059
 only

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.220
 have

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.339
 we

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:23.559
 got

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.140
 creation

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.440
 not

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.660
 only

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:24.819
 have

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:24.940
 we

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.200
 got

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:26.200
 conscience

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.019
 but

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.279
 above

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.519
 all

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.660
 of

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:27.900
 this

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.339
 God

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.620
 has

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:28.900
 shown

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.180
 his

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.620
 grace

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:30.440
 supremely

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.940
 in

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.220
 giving

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.480
 to

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:31.680
 us

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:31.900
 his

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.240
 son

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.740
 the

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.019
 Lord

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.440
 Jesus

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.360
 Christ

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:36.160
 the

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.340
 one

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:36.519
 who

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.900
 came

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.160
 into

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.340
 the

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.660
 world

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.740
 who

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:38.980
 came

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.200
 to

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.580
 rescue

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:39.860
 us

00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:40.019
 from

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.200
 the

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.539
 greatest

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.100
 slavery

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:41.720
 possible

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.259
 from

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.840
 slavery

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:43.160
 to

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.640
 sin

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.759
 rescuing

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.039
 us

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.240
 from

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.680
 death

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.140
 through

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.400
 his

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.039
 resurrection

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.420
 from

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:47.580
 the

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:48.080
 grave

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:48.559
 he

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 has

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 become

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 the

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 risen

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 and

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 eternal

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 king

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 who

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 continues

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 to

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 pour

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 his

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 goodness

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 out

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 upon

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 us

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 each

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 and

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 every

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 day

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 a

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 good

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 and

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 caring

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 king

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 who

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 has

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 promised

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 to

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 bring

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 us

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 to

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 his

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 eternal

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 kingdom

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 where

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 there

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 will

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 be

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 no

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 more

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 death

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 or

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 suffering

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 or

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 pain

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 or

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 evil

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 ever

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 again

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 God

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 in

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 his

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.860
 grace

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.039
 has

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 given

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 this

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 to

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 us

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 through

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 his

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 son

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 Jesus

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 and

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 if

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 we

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 keep

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.580
 rejecting

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 his

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.460
 grace

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:18.440
 if we

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 keep

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 pushing

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 it

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 away

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 it

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 will

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 lead

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 to

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 a

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 slow

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 progressive

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.300
 hardening

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 of our

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 hearts

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:28.299
 God

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 God's

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.839
 grace

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.980
 is

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 more

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.839
 dangerous

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:32.140
 than

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 we

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.680
 first

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 expected

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 but

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 let us

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 be

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 surprised

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.420
 by

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 God

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:42.740
 you

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 see

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 at

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 first

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 we

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:43.859
 might

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.079
 be

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 disappointed

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 but

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 as

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 we've

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 seen

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.539
 with

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.019
 God's

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.359
 grace

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.599
 it

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:48.740
 is

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:48.960
 more

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.539
 powerful

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:49.799
 than

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 we

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.400
 thought

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 and

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.619
 much

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 greater

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.299
 than

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 we

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.940
 imagined

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.720
 if he

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:53.980
 can

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.420
 save

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.640
 the

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:54.960
 worst

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.180
 of

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.500
 sinners

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.820
 like

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 Paul

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.980
 then

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.100
 he

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.279
 can

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.580
 save

00:28:58.580 --> 00:28:58.960
 people

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.240
 like

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.580
 you

00:28:59.580 --> 00:28:59.940
 and

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.220
 me

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.640
 because

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:01.940
 if

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.180
 you

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.340
 are

00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:02.539
 a

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.900
 Christian

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.500
 it

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.640
 is

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:03.940
 a

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.320
 miracle

00:29:04.320 --> 00:29:05.980
 and

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.340
 God

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:06.559
 can

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:06.740
 do

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:06.960
 that

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.480
 miracle

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.059
 in

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.460
 someone

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.920
 else's

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.279
 life

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.440
 if

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.620
 he

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:10.840
 can

00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.200
 save

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.400
 the

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 7000

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.480
 that

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.900
 Elijah

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 knew

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.680
 nothing

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.100
 about

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:15.820
 then

00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:15.980
 he

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.180
 can

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.559
 save

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:16.779
 your

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.299
 friends

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.080
 and

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.240
 your

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.660
 family

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:20.420
 God's

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:20.820
 grace

00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.700
 is

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.340
 always

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.339
 surprising

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:24.519
 it

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.899
 works

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.099
 in

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.519
 people

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.480
 and

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:26.619
 it

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:26.919
 works

00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.099
 in

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.539
 places

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:27.779
 we

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.079
 never

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.379
 thought

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:28.899
 possible

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:30.199
 he

00:29:30.199 --> 00:29:30.399
 is

00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:30.659
 a

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:31.199
 generous

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 and

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.259
 a

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.500
 good

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:32.959
 God

00:29:32.959 --> 00:29:34.519
 do

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.000
 not

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.699
 reject

00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:36.000
 his

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.459
 grace

00:29:36.459 --> 00:29:37.879
 and

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.339
 become

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.159
 hard

00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:39.980
 hearted

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:42.439
 let's

00:29:42.439 --> 00:29:42.720
 pray

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:56.959
 pray

00:29:56.959 --> 00:29:57.199
 father

00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:57.519
 we

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.179
 admit

00:29:58.179 --> 00:29:58.439
 that

00:29:58.439 --> 00:29:58.599
 we

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.079
 struggle

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.299
 at

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.759
 times

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:03.740
 we

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.139
 struggle

00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:04.379
 with

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.519
 the

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.779
 fact

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.039
 that

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.399
 we

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:07.079
 are

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.220
 the

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.480
 only

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.980
 Christian

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:10.619
 in

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:10.799
 our

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.459
 college

00:30:11.459 --> 00:30:12.759
 in

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:12.899
 our

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.319
 work

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:15.579
 perhaps

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.199
 even

00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:16.500
 within

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.699
 our

00:30:16.699 --> 00:30:17.099
 family

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:20.679
 and

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:20.819
 we

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.119
 cry

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.359
 out

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.539
 to

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.899
 God

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:23.639
 and

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:23.819
 as

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.000
 we

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.279
 cry

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.480
 out

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.659
 we

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:24.819
 are

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.279
 reminded

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.579
 of

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:25.859
 your

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.459
 amazing

00:30:26.459 --> 00:30:26.919
 grace

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:29.179
 and

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:29.359
 your

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.839
 power

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.099
 to

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.519
 save

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:33.000
 and

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.199
 so

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:33.399
 we

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:33.740
 ask

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.059
 father

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.359
 God

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.599
 that

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:34.859
 you

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.099
 would

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.559
 continue

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.819
 to

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.000
 do

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.199
 your

00:30:36.199 --> 00:30:36.579
 work

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:38.559
 that

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:38.719
 you

00:30:38.719 --> 00:30:38.879
 would

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.119
 give

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.500
 us

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.299
 a

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.639
 heart

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:40.919
 that

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:41.299
 keeps

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.799
 on

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.500
 praying

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:44.700
 that

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:44.839
 you

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:44.980
 would

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.160
 give

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.339
 us

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:45.519
 a

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:45.900
 mouth

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.839
 that

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.160
 keeps

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.480
 on

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.240
 talking

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:51.000
 and

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.440
 gently

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.160
 explaining

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.440
 the

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.660
 good

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.019
 news

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.220
 of

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.640
 Christ

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:56.259
 and

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.619
 praying

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:56.980
 father

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.400
 God

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.500
 that

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.660
 you

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:58.839
 will

00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.059
 bring

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.480
 people

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.799
 into

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.059
 your

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.420
 kingdom

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:03.579
 we

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:03.900
 trust

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.079
 you

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.240
 to

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.400
 do

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.680
 this

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:04.880
 for

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.140
 we

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.460
 cannot

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:08.400
 and

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:08.539
 we

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.779
 pray

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.000
 that

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.339
 people

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.579
 would

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.119
 receive

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.400
 your

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:10.880
 grace

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:12.359
 and

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.559
 not

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:12.959
 reject

00:31:12.959 --> 00:31:13.339
 it

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:15.819
 amen

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:20.259
 we're

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.439
 going

00:31:20.439 --> 00:31:20.639
 to

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:20.939
 sing