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 The Othniel cycle is paradigmatic in the sense that it provides us with a general framework

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 that guides our understanding of all the other cycles.

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 Very little detail is given us here.

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 This is the shortest of all of the judge narratives here.

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 There's little detail given about the people and the circumstances involved.

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 And that's because the purpose here is to show us a pattern that structures every story.

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 And it's the pattern that we find already mentioned in chapter 2.

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 So one author describes it this way.

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 That the Othniel cycle gives historical flesh to the theological bones of chapter 2.

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 So when we're thinking, what is the, actually the, why it says so little about what is happening here.

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 So what's really the purpose in including it?

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 Well, the author has a particular purpose.

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 He's told us in chapter 2 his theological interpretation of Israel's unfaithfulness.

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 He's given us this cycle of sin and judgment and salvation that just returns back to sin and judgment and salvation again.

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 And now he takes a real life example from Israel's history at the beginning of this time period.

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 And he says, it's a lot like this into the Othniel cycle.

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 And he just gives us kind of the bare bones of this structure.

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 So we come to it and we may think, relative to all the other stories and judges, this one is boring.

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 There's not much here.

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 It's very bland.

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 But before you dismiss it, there's something else we need to consider about its purpose.

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 This opening cycle is intentionally vague because it's not ultimately about Israel.

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 It's not about Kushan Rishathame.

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 It's not even about Othniel.

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 It's about God's divine action through, for, and against these people.

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 In this text, Kushan Rishathame is not the judge of Israel.

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 God is.

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 In the same sense, Othniel is not really the true savior in this narrative.

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 God is the savior here.

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 Israel doesn't sin in the eyes of the world.

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 Israel sins in the eyes of God.

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 And the rest that is awarded to them in verse 11 is not won because of Israel's valiance in war.

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 It is given to them as a gift of God's grace.

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 You say, well, what are you saying?

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 I'm saying that we're not meant to be distracted by the people and the circumstances.

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 Our eyes are meant to be set on the God who is sovereign over all of them.

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 And this is a critical dynamic to this paradigm that the Othniel cycle presents to us.

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 No matter what narrative we're studying as we work through the book of Judges,

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 it is always about the glory of God.

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 It's never about these men.

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 It's never really about Israel.

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 Ultimately, it's about telling us who God is and how God acts

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 and how he has provided salvation for his people.

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 Now, whenever I teach Adventure Club, whenever it's my turn to teach the lesson,

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 I have this habit of repeating a couple of phrases

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 whenever their eyes begin to wonder a little bit.

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 This happens on Sunday mornings, but I don't usually say the phrases.

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 Sometimes there's lots happening around.

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 When we were at the acting out studio, it was the worst

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 because we had all those windows, right?

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 So people could be pulling into the parking lot

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 or walking right behind the windows and staring in,

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 not realizing that there's people staring right back and all those things.

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 Now, take all of our kids in our church.

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 You put them there, and you don't have the backdrop anymore.

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 A lot of times we did, but sometimes we didn't have the backdrop,

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 and then all this stuff is happening.

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 Their eyes begin to wonder, doesn't it?

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 And when your eyes wonder, your mind wonders, right?

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 And so I would have these phrases that I say all the time.

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 I'd say, all right, give me your eyes.

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 Give me your eyes, or all eyes on me.

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 Now, when we come to this particular passage,

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 I think that's a helpful way to understand what's happening here.

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 It's as if God is saying, all right, give me your eyes.

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 There's lots of things here to distract us.

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 We can get into Othniel, and we can get into Cushan, Rishathame,

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 and we can get into Mesopotamia and where that is

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 and what that's all about and what exactly happened in this whole scenario.

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 We can get distracted with all those stuff, all those things,

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 but God's saying right from the beginning,

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 as you go through this, keep your eyes on me.

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 Look at me.

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 This is about me, God says.

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 So that's what I want to lead you to do this morning.

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 As we work through this text,

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 I want to lead you to turn your eyes to the Lord God, okay?

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 So we're going to try our best to take our eyes off of the circumstances and the people,

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 and we're going to look at how God is acting here.

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 And the first thing that we find that is true about him is his holiness,

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 the holiness of God.

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 Verse 7.

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 The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asherah.

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 Now, as always, the cycle opens with a statement of Israel's apostasy.

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 And as we learned in chapter 2,

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 the heart of Israel's evil was an issue of worship.

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 It's an issue of worship.

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 That's why Baal and the Asherah are mentioned once again here.

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 Now, it's not that Israel had become ignorant of God.

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 Neither is it that they suffered from some type of spiritual amnesia

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 that just caused them to intellectually forget him.

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 That's not what this means.

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 The nation as a whole willfully abandoned the Lord to pursue the gods of Canaan.

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 To them, what Baal offered was more attractive.

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 It was more desirable.

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 So they left Yahweh in their worship of Yahweh to go after the gods of the land.

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 But instead of rehashing that all over again, we did that in chapter 2.

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 Instead of rehashing that, I want to point out an important word in this verse.

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 Look at it with me again at the very beginning.

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 The people of Israel are said to have done evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 It's important.

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 It's important.

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 Because to Israel, to the Israelites, they saw no problem mixing with the people of the land.

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 Culturally, maritally, religiously.

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 They just didn't think it was a big deal.

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 That's why over and over and over in the book of Judges, we see this refrain where it says that all the people did what was right in their own eyes.

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 But when we come here, we find that the evil that they have done is evil not in their eyes.

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 It's evil in the sight of God.

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 If this generation of Israelites lived today, perhaps they would say something like this.

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 We're not quite as old-fashioned as our parents were.

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 We believe to be on the right side of history.

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 It's necessary to affirm the culture and beliefs of the people around us.

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 After all, who are we to say that the way of Yahweh is better than the way of Baal?

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 Well, surely we can find ways to accommodate the deeply held beliefs of the people of the land.

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 It's not hard to see how many Christians today follow this same path, right?

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 We've got to remember, good and evil are not determined by the ever-changing winds of culture.

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 There must be objective truth.

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 That doesn't change.

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 And that's what God has revealed for us in His Word.

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 If there's anything that we must stand on as a first order of importance in Christian faith,

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 it must be that God has given His Word that is infallible.

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 It's inerrant.

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 It's inspired.

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 And it's authoritative.

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 It is objective truth.

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 And it remains objective truth in every season and in every culture and among every people group.

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 What matters is what God says.

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 Not what we feel.

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 It doesn't matter that the people of Israel did what they felt was good and right.

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 Evil is what God says it is.

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 And we need to remember that.

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 He's the Holy One.

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 He alone determines good and evil.

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 All of our beliefs, then, must be subject to His Word.

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 Now, I'm not denying that we don't live in a complex time

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 and that there aren't issues that arise among our culture and among our churches and among our families

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 that aren't complex.

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 And we have to grapple with that.

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 It's not usually as black and white as we want it to be.

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 I'm not denying that that's true.

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 But what I mean to say is that all of our convictions,

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 they must first be rooted in God's Word.

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 They must be.

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 Our thoughts on gender and sex and race and marriage and worship and our work

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 must all be rooted in what God is,

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 what God has said,

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 and what God has done.

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 And too often we get that backwards.

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 Where we're presented with a particular issue in our lives

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 or we're presented with an issue that we really need to deal with,

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 whether it's in our family or in our church

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 or maybe it's just with a co-worker or something like that in conversation.

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 And you can't just ignore it.

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 You have to deal with it in some way.

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 You have to think about it.

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 And so many times we start at the wrong end.

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 We start by kind of examining the thoughts that are out there

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 and the different perspectives.

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 And then we examine what is my personal experience like

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 versus what is their personal experience like?

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 And can we come to some type of truth?

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 And once we kind of get an idea of where we're going to land

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 on the thought process and on the issue itself,

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 then we kind of go to the Word as Christians

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 and we say, okay, does this fit with what the Bible says?

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 And see, the danger in that is that we'll always end up

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 making the Bible say what we want it to say.

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 We got to get that the other way around

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 so that no matter what the issue is,

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 we start here and we ask questions.

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 What does the Word say?

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 What does it say about who God is?

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 What does it say about what God does?

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 What does it say about God's character and the way he acts?

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 What are the implications of all of that?

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 And then once we establish all of that theologically

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 in our hearts and in our minds,

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 then we sit down from there

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 and we start to view all of the issues in our lives

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 and in our culture and in our church

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 through the lens of the Bible.

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 Because if we don't do that, we'll end up being like Israel.

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 And we'll slip into these cycles of self-destructive sin

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 and we'll get to the end and everything seems okay to us.

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 We reason it out.

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 It's rational.

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 But then it ends up being evil in the sight of God.

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 Because what we ultimately did

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 was cause his Word to fit what we thought

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 rather than fixing what we think

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 on the foundation of his Word.

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 Are you with me?

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 There's an issue here with Israel,

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 their worship, their view of the Bible.

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 It's an issue with Christianity today.

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 The biggest issue I think that we're facing

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 as Christians and in churches today

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 is a high view of the Scripture.

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 We're losing a commitment

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 to the faithful exposition of the Bible in many churches.

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 We're losing the conviction of the inerrancy of the Bible,

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 of its authoritative nature

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 and we're starting to give in

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 to all of these other things culturally.

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 We can't do that.

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 If we do, we're gonna end up in the same boat as Israel,

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 living in a way that's evil in the sight of God.

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 And we don't want to do that.

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 Because what happens when you do what's right in your eyes?

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 Even if it's evil in God's eyes, what happens?

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 Let's read on and see.

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 Verse eight, we find the wrath of God.

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 The wrath of God.

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 Therefore, the anger of the Lord

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 was kindled against Israel.

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 He sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathame,

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 king of Mesopotamia,

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 and the people of Israel served Cushan Rishathame.

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 Eight years.

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 Now there's always consequences to sin.

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 And in this case,

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 Israel's consequence was to be conquered

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 by this man, Cushan Rishathame,

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 king of Mesopotamia.

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 Now we aren't given any additional information

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 about this king except what is revealed in his name.

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 And I actually think it's interesting.

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 Maybe you will too.

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 His name means double wickedness.

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 Something I'm sure didn't come from his mother.

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 Can you imagine?

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 You know what?

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 I'm gonna name this kid.

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 Double wickedness.

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 Maybe some of you could go back

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 and you could change the name of your children.

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 This is probably a later name used to mock him.

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 Probably an Israelite term that's used later on

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 in reflecting back on this time.

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 And it's safe to assume that whatever he was

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 and whatever he was like,

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 he was twice as wicked as the people of Israel were.

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 Now think about how wicked that is.

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 The people of Israel at this point

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 are involving themselves in public prostitution

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 as a form of worship.

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 Eventually, they're gonna make their way

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 to where they're sacrificing their children

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 to the gods of Canaan, to Moloch and to Bill

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 and to these various gods of the people of the land.

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 And now they say, this guy that came in

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 and that the Lord sold us into the hand of,

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 he was twice as bad as we were.

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 And it was terrible.

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 Can you imagine what this was like for them?

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 Now, it's also a play on words with his title.

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 Title, King of Mesopotamia

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 is how it is probably recorded in your English translation.

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 Mesopotamia, you don't need to think about that

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 so much as an exact location.

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 As much as it means double rivers.

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 So basically, Israel was conquered by double wickedness

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 from the double rivers.

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 But the emphasis of this text

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 is not on Cushan, Rishathame's power to conquer Israel.

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 The emphasis in the text

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 is on God's action in selling them.

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 Notice what it says in verse eight.

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 Look at it with me again.

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 The anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel

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 and he sold them.

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 That's what we're meant to see.

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 We're not meant to see this weird guy,

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 the double wicked guy from the double rivers.

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 We're meant to see the God

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 who sold his own people into the hand of this man.

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 This episode isn't about world powers.

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 This episode is about divine wrath.

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 Wrath, anger, the anger of the Lord.

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 Now, there's no way to get around

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 dealing with the fact of God's anger

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 in the book of Judges.

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 Can't get around it.

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 We don't like to talk about it.

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 It's not the fun part to talk about in the Bible.

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 But we do need to understand it.

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 And one of the things that we need to understand

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 is that there's two dynamics to God's anger.

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 Barry Webb is helpful in pointing these out.

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 I think this is on the screen

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 if you want to follow along with me.

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 The first thing is retribution.

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 Retribution, which is pure punishment,

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 unmitigated by grace,

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 is for those who are and remain

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 outside of his covenant.

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 As Paul says to the Ephesians,

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 they have no hope and are without God in the world.

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 Okay, so that's one part of the wrath of God.

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 We talk about, that's usually what we think about

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 when we think about God's wrath.

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 We think about his wrath being poured out

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 against unregenerate sinners,

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 which ultimately, its final conclusion,

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 is eternal hell, right?

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 That's the wrath and the anger of God

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 set against those that are outside of his covenant.

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 But there's a second thing here.

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 Within God's covenant with his people,

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 a different kind of judgment takes place.

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 The most appropriate term for it is discipline.

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 Because it is corrective rather than retributive.

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 And it is always tempered by grace.

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 It can be severe,

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 but its aim is always to reclaim

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 rather than destroy.

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 Do you see the difference here?

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 Just because you're a Christian,

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 just because you're within God's covenant now,

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 doesn't mean that you're absolutely free

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 from God's anger.

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 God will judge our sin.

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 He doesn't do it with us in the same way

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 that he does it with unbelievers,

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 but he does take us through corrective discipline.

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 And let me tell you,

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 corrective discipline is hard.

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 It's hard.

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 Nothing Israel faced here was pleasant,

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 but it wasn't God's way of cutting them off either.

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 He was disciplining his people

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 in order that he might lead them

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 on the path of repentance.

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 And in this sense,

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 the anger of the Lord is a means of hope.

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 It's a means of hope and love.

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 Dale Ralph Davis is helpful here.

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 Serving Kushan Rishathame

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 may not sound like salvation to us,

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 and it isn't.

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 But if it forces us to lose our grip on Baal,

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 it may be the beginning of salvation.

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 I love that statement so much.

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 You ever get to a point in your life,

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 you may not even realize

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 how idolatrous you actually are.

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 Because at the heart of all of our sin

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 is idolatry, right?

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 In some form or fashion, it's idolatry.

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 We don't even always realize exactly

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 how many idols we have that have gripped us

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 and that we've been holding onto ourselves.

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 And then you get to a point in your life

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 where God is clearly,

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 he is bringing you through a difficult time.

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 And it's not just that he's testing your faith.

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 There is a measure of judgment happening here.

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 There is corrective discipline happening here.

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 And you come to the Lord and you say,

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 why are you doing this?

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 You ever thought that God's discipline

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 is meant to loosen your grip

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 on the idols that you have allowed

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 to come into your life?

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 I love that phrase so much.

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 It shows that the covenant God

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 who has bound himself to his people

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 will not allow them to be cozy in their infidelity.

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 Steadfast love pursues them in their iniquity

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 and is not above inflicting misery even

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 in order to awaken them.

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 What is the anger of the Lord

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 meant to do for his people?

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 To lead them to repentance,

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 to awaken them,

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 to loosen their grip on this world,

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 to loosen their grip on the idols

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 that as I think it was Calvin said,

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 and our heart is a factory of idols.

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 It is to loosen the grip on all of those things

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 in order that we may turn again and again

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 back to him, back to him.

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 Even God's people face his anger.

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 Not as punitive action,

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 please hear me correctly here,

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 but as corrective discipline.

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 To be sure,

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 Christ has taken God's eternal wrath

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 against our sins.

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 That's the glory of the gospel.

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 Those who belong to him

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 will never, ever have to endure death and hell.

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 But the Bible still tells us

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 that he takes us through discipline

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 as a loving father.

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 Proverbs chapter three,

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 Hebrews 12.

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 Do not despise the Lord's discipline

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 or be weary of his reproof.

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 For the Lord reproves him whom he loves

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 as a father, the son,

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 in whom he delights.

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 Hebrews 12.

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 What's the purpose of this in our lives?

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 Why does it seem like God's so hard on us sometimes?

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 He disciplines us for our good,

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 that we may share his holiness.

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 For the moment,

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 all discipline seems painful

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 rather than pleasant,

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 but later,

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 it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness

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 to those who have been trained by it.

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 It may be much later,

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 like it was for Israel.

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 But the discipline of the Lord builds us up.

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 So we need not get bitter against him.

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 We should glory in the fact

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 that he loves us enough to correct us.

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 And he always gives us grace to endure.

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 Number three,

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 the salvation of God.

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 Salvation of God.

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 We see the holiness of God in verse seven.

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 We see the wrath of God,

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 the anger of God in verse eight.

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 Verses nine and 10,

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 we see his salvation.

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 But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord,

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 the Lord raised up a deliverer

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 for the people of Israel

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 who saved them.

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 Othniel, the son of Kenaz,

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 Caleb's younger brother,

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 the spirit of the Lord was upon him.

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 And he judged Israel.

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 He went out to war

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 and the Lord gave Cushanrishathame,

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 king of Mesopotamia,

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 into his hand

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 and his hand prevailed over Cushanrishathame.

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 I appreciate the author leaving that name in there

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 so many times in this thing.

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 Say that five times fast.

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 Okay, so God's instrument of judgment here

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 is Cushanrishathame.

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 His instrument of salvation,

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 Othniel,

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 the nephew and son-in-law of Caleb,

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 who was one of the 10 spies.

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 He was the only one along with Joshua

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 who came back with a good report.

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 Yes, the Lord will give us the land.

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 You know the stories.

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 We've been introduced to him

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 in parallel passages of Joshua chapter 15,

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 Judges chapter one,

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 but nothing more is said about him here

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 than what we already know.

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 Why?

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 Again, the reason for that

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 is that our eyes are meant to be set

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 on the Lord who delivers his people.

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 Othniel is merely an instrument

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 in the hands of the almighty God

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 who raised him up and empowered him.

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 Our eyes aren't to be set on Othniel here.

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 Our eyes are to be set on Yahweh.

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 Now, crucial to this paradigm,

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 remember this is paradigmatic,

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 this paradigm that Othniel cycle

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 is presenting for us as we move forward.

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 Crucial to this

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 is this fact of God's love

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 being set on his people in salvation.

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 It's crucial.

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 Yes, he's a holy God who must judge sin,

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 but he's also a loving God

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 who takes pity on us in our suffering.

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 That's what's meant by Israel's cry.

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 This isn't a reference to their repentance.

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 This is a reference to their cry for help in distress.

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 This isn't the son

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 who's just suffered the consequences of his sin

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 running to his father and saying,

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 I'll never do it again.

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 That's not what this is.

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 This is help, please, help.

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 You ever tell your kids,

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 don't touch the stove, it's hot.

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 And then at some point,

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 they walk over and they touch the stove.

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 The first thing that they say

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 when they touch the stove is not,

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 oh, mom, forgive me of my sin.

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 I repent of touching the stove.

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 No, they say, ah!

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 And they run.

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 And what are they wanting you to do

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 when they run to you?

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 Do something to take this pain away.

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 That's what Israel's doing.

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 They're crying out to the Lord,

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 not out of repentance.

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 They're running to the Lord.

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 Lord, do something.

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 Take this away from us.

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 Relieve us.

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 In our distress.

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 In our distress.

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 God displays his loving compassion

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 by raising up a deliverer

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 who would save them

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 from the hand of their enemies.

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 What love is this?

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 That's what Davis says again.

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 Who then can plumb the abyss

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 of Yahweh's pity for his people?

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 Even his sinful people

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 who are moved more by their distress

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 than by their depravity.

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 Yahweh is indeed the one

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 who could bear Israel's suffering no longer.

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 What sheer grace

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 when Yahweh delivers.

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 What is this meant to teach us here?

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 Not that Othniel was a mighty warrior,

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 even though he might have been that.

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 It's to teach us the love of God

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 set on his people

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 even when they're merely concerned

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 about their pain

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 and not their sin.

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 Now take a moment to consider

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 God's instrument of judgment

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 and God's instrument of salvation

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 side by side here.

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 God allowed

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 Kushan Rishathame

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 to overcome Israel temporarily.

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 That's different

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 than what he does with Othniel.

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 He allows man's power

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 to come in

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 and inflict his people.

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 But he empowers

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 Othniel

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 with his spirit.

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 That's a different thing.

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 Look again with me.

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 Verse 9.

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 The people cried out to the Lord.

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 The Lord raised up

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 a deliverer for the people of Israel

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 who saved them.

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 Othniel.

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 Verse 10.

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 The spirit of the Lord

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 was upon him.

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 That's why he saved Israel.

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 Not because he was strong

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 but because the Lord

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 empowered him to do so.

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 Now we need to consider

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 those two dynamics

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 side by side.

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 Sometimes God's instrument

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 for judgment

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 is to step back

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 and say,

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 let man's power

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 come against you.

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 But whenever God is working

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 on behalf of his people,

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 he doesn't trust our power

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 to fight for ourselves.

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 He empowers us

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 with his spirit

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 to fight those battles.

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.539
 That's what he's doing here

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.519
 with Othniel.

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.200
 On the one hand,

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.259
 man's power is set

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.079
 against God's people.

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.000
 On the other,

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:30.640
 God's power is working

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.940
 on behalf of his people.

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.900
 And God's power

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:36.319
 crushes every enemy.

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:39.140
 He always prevails.

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.799
 The salvation of our God

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.600
 is certain

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:44.860
 for all who belong

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.719
 to him.

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:48.279
 It will never fail.

00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.959
 He's always in control.

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.639
 He's in control

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.199
 of the enemy.

00:26:51.479 --> 00:26:52.439
 He's in control

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:53.099
 of the Savior.

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:55.299
 And he always empowers

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.879
 his Savior.

00:26:56.719 --> 00:26:57.359
 And no enemy

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.240
 can defeat him.

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.500
 What is this meant

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.219
 to point us toward?

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:03.059
 You know the answer.

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:06.319
 It all points forward

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.939
 to Jesus.

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:09.359
 The true and better

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.199
 Othniel.

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:13.460
 He too was chosen

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.880
 and empowered by God

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.920
 to bring us

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:17.279
 a greater salvation

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:19.059
 than Israel ever experienced.

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.620
 Their enemy

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:22.080
 was a mere man.

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.860
 Ours is death

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:25.200
 and hell

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:27.039
 and eternal damnation.

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.559
 But God's power

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.299
 through Jesus

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:32.720
 crushes every enemy.

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:35.759
 Even death itself.

00:27:36.840 --> 00:27:37.600
 Romans 8.

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:39.140
 What then shall we say

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.960
 to these things?

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:42.400
 If God is for us

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:44.759
 who can be against us?

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.660
 He who did not spare

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.539
 his own son

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.380
 but gave him up

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:49.980
 for us all

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:51.100
 how will he not

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:52.220
 also with him

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.720
 graciously give us

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.440
 all things?

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.940
 Who shall bring a charge

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.940
 against God's elect?

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.299
 It's God's

00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:00.080
 that justifies.

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.799
 Who is to condemn?

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.059
 Christ Jesus

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:04.160
 is the one who died.

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.920
 More than that.

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.160
 Who was raised?

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.860
 Who is at the right

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.600
 hand of God?

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:10.659
 Who is interceding

00:28:10.659 --> 00:28:11.279
 for us?

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:14.059
 And who shall separate us

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:15.399
 from this love of Christ?

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.299
 Shall tribulation

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:19.000
 or distress

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:20.639
 or persecution

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:22.059
 or famine

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:23.500
 or nakedness

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.399
 or danger

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:25.419
 or sword?

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:27.099
 No.

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:29.319
 In all these things

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:31.079
 we are more than conquerors

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.199
 through him

00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:33.599
 who loved us.

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.919
 for I am sure

00:28:34.919 --> 00:28:36.199
 that neither death

00:28:36.199 --> 00:28:37.199
 nor life

00:28:37.199 --> 00:28:38.159
 nor angels

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:39.119
 nor rulers

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:40.419
 nor things present

00:28:40.419 --> 00:28:41.779
 nor things to come

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.939
 nor powers

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:43.779
 nor height

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.639
 nor depth

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.919
 nor anything else

00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:46.919
 in all creation

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:48.079
 will be able

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:49.139
 to separate us

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:50.279
 from the love of God

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.839
 in Christ Jesus

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.819
 our Lord.

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.579
 Salvation

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.639
 belongs

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:56.579
 to God.

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.899
 He has heard

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.679
 our cries

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.480
 for distress

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:01.340
 and he has raised up

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:02.160
 a deliverer

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.539
 for our salvation

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:05.140
 and it's not Othniel

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:07.240
 it's Jesus Christ

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.519
 his own son.

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:10.640
 That's the salvation

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.240
 of God.

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:13.460
 But there's a final thing here.

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.620
 Verse 11

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:16.880
 we see the gift of God.

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:19.000
 The gift of God.

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.320
 Look with me

00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:21.000
 at verse 11.

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:23.240
 So the land

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.980
 had rest

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:26.740
 40 years.

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.059
 Then Othniel

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.640
 the son

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.480
 of Kenaz

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.720
 died.

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.240
 The rest here

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.380
 was applied

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:37.319
 to the land.

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.160
 Notice it doesn't say

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:40.180
 Israel had rest

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:41.000
 it says that the land

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.420
 had rest.

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:41.819
 Rest

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:43.019
 was given to the land

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.900
 for 40 years.

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.099
 That means

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:46.140
 that in the absence

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:47.039
 of war

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:49.319
 the land

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:50.380
 was able to recover

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:51.360
 and be fruitful

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.100
 for the people.

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.280
 You gotta imagine

00:29:53.280 --> 00:29:53.980
 in those days

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:55.180
 a mighty king

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.660
 comes in

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.720
 and he sets up

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:58.020
 shop for 8 years.

00:29:59.040 --> 00:29:59.500
 He's not

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:01.440
 leaving fertile farmland

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.040
 for the Israelites

00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:02.660
 to take.

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.100
 He's using that

00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.720
 for himself.

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.540
 They are subjected

00:30:05.540 --> 00:30:06.220
 to him.

00:30:06.780 --> 00:30:07.380
 Now God

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.200
 in the absence

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:09.300
 of Cushan Rishatham

00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:10.420
 and in the absence

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.660
 of war for 40 years

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.760
 allows the land

00:30:12.760 --> 00:30:13.420
 to recover

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.980
 in order that life

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.860
 in the land

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.300
 of promise

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:16.980
 may once again

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.740
 flourish

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.980
 for the people

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.400
 of Israel.

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:20.260
 Okay so you understand

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.799
 the gift here.

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.500
 The gift is rest

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.440
 for the land

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.140
 which is ultimately

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:25.019
 in some sense

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:26.279
 rest for the people.

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.379
 Now here's how

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:27.859
 I want you to think

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.379
 about this.

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:31.000
 God's temporal

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.859
 or temporary

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.779
 dealings

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:34.379
 with his physical

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:34.819
 people

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.940
 the nation

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.379
 of Israel

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:38.839
 give us a glimpse

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:40.019
 into his eternal

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.759
 dealings

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:42.059
 with his spiritual

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.559
 people

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:44.680
 which are all

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:45.200
 of those

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.619
 who have

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:47.259
 entered his covenant

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.859
 of grace

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.480
 by faith.

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.140
 Doesn't matter

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.780
 if it's New Testament

00:30:49.780 --> 00:30:50.400
 or Old Testament

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:50.960
 if they have

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.940
 entered his covenant

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.780
 of grace

00:30:52.780 --> 00:30:53.720
 by faith

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.700
 just as Abraham

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.180
 did

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:56.220
 they are a part

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.840
 of the people

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.300
 the covenant

00:30:57.300 --> 00:30:58.020
 people of God.

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.320
 Okay

00:30:58.320 --> 00:31:00.280
 what God does

00:31:00.280 --> 00:31:00.980
 with a physical

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.620
 nation

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.700
 in the Old Testament

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.500
 with Israel

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:05.400
 points us

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:06.120
 to what God

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.759
 is ultimately

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.360
 doing through

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:07.840
 his covenant

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.280
 people

00:31:08.280 --> 00:31:09.240
 his spiritual

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.660
 people

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.940
 and with that

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.240
 in mind

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.720
 I want you to

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.400
 consider a couple

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.720
 of things

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.540
 about this rest.

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.660
 Number one

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.880
 the rest

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.680
 was a gift

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.960
 it wasn't

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.640
 an achievement

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:20.880
 it was a gift

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:23.980
 it came about

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.860
 because God

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:26.080
 gave

00:31:26.080 --> 00:31:28.120
 Kushan Rishathame

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:29.140
 into the hand

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:30.100
 of Atnil

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:32.160
 and this is

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.600
 fundamental

00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:34.259
 to our understanding

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.019
 of salvation

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:37.240
 it is not

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.880
 won

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:39.440
 through our

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.400
 best moral

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:41.120
 and religious

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.660
 efforts

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:43.820
 it is a gift

00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:44.640
 of grace

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:46.440
 from the hand

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:46.980
 of God

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:48.540
 we don't

00:31:48.540 --> 00:31:49.019
 earn it

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:50.620
 we receive

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.019
 it

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.220
 by faith

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.160
 in God's

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.779
 promise

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:55.380
 the rest

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:56.019
 for Israel

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.580
 that's what

00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:56.880
 we're meant

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.600
 to see here

00:31:57.600 --> 00:32:00.000
 they didn't

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.759
 praise Atnil

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.480
 for this rest

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:01.940
 they could have

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.460
 only praised

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:02.820
 God

00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:03.820
 God's the one

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.200
 that gave

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.820
 them the rest

00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:06.540
 there's a second

00:32:06.540 --> 00:32:07.040
 thing here

00:32:07.040 --> 00:32:08.580
 and that is

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:09.180
 that the rest

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.980
 was limited

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:11.360
 was limited

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.979
 they only got

00:32:12.979 --> 00:32:13.839
 40 years

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:15.659
 at the end

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.439
 of 40 years

00:32:16.439 --> 00:32:18.839
 their savior

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.339
 died

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:21.219
 and he didn't

00:32:21.219 --> 00:32:21.759
 come back

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:23.359
 he stayed

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.699
 dead

00:32:23.699 --> 00:32:25.699
 and what we'll

00:32:25.699 --> 00:32:26.259
 find in the

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.719
 first verse

00:32:26.719 --> 00:32:27.339
 of next week's

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:28.199
 passage is that

00:32:28.199 --> 00:32:28.939
 Israel just

00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:29.699
 went right back

00:32:29.699 --> 00:32:30.279
 to the same

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.519
 sin that they

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.979
 were guilty

00:32:31.979 --> 00:32:32.899
 of in verse

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.179
 seven

00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:35.839
 so the land

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:37.459
 its rest

00:32:37.459 --> 00:32:38.000
 was limited

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.099
 and the hard

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.699
 truth here

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:41.480
 is that

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.400
 rest can

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:42.920
 never be

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.380
 permanent

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:45.000
 in a world

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.759
 that is ruled

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.680
 by death

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:48.600
 can't be

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:50.340
 we spend

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:51.000
 so much time

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.460
 in our lives

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.259
 looking for

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.160
 some kind

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.580
 of rest

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:53.900
 here

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:55.180
 and you're

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.480
 never gonna

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.940
 get it

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.680
 that's the

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:56.960
 thing

00:32:56.960 --> 00:33:00.200
 so long

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.700
 as we live

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.080
 here

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:02.799
 bones will

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.420
 still break

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:05.000
 hearts

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.460
 will still

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.860
 break

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:08.000
 families

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.939
 and churches

00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:10.119
 and cultures

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:11.159
 and governments

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:12.139
 will fall

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:12.899
 they'll be

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.359
 divided

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:15.319
 so long

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.740
 as we are

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.079
 in this

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.459
 life

00:33:16.459 --> 00:33:17.659
 we cannot

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:18.240
 have this

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.659
 permanent

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.119
 rest that

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.539
 we're longing

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.899
 for

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:21.619
 as great

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.099
 as Othniel

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.559
 seems to

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:22.959
 have been

00:33:22.959 --> 00:33:24.279
 he couldn't

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.979
 give Israel

00:33:24.979 --> 00:33:25.379
 what it

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.799
 ultimately

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.319
 was longing

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:26.619
 for

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:27.000
 he couldn't

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.599
 give them

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:28.399
 permanent

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:28.959
 rest

00:33:28.959 --> 00:33:29.759
 he was still

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.139
 a sinner

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:30.679
 in a fallen

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.079
 world

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.919
 himself

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:34.960
 and the

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.380
 temporary

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.880
 rest that

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.100
 Israel

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.480
 received

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.779
 was a

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.039
 wonderful

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.460
 blessing

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:37.720
 don't get

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.019
 me wrong

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.279
 I'm not

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.960
 trying to

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.240
 rain on

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.640
 their parade

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:39.880
 here

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.580
 that's not

00:33:40.580 --> 00:33:40.800
 at all

00:33:40.800 --> 00:33:41.019
 what I'm

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.300
 trying to

00:33:41.300 --> 00:33:41.420
 do

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.759
 we are

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.580
 grateful

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.220
 for every

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.740
 moment of

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.440
 physical rest

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.060
 that the

00:33:45.060 --> 00:33:45.519
 Lord is

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.519
 kind to

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.039
 give us

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:48.320
 but we

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:48.960
 all long

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.360
 for a

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:49.800
 kind of

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.220
 rest

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.920
 and renewal

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.400
 that will

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.660
 never

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.140
 end

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:54.700
 we long

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.160
 for

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:56.680
 an existence

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.360
 that isn't

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:57.820
 plagued

00:33:57.820 --> 00:33:58.740
 by anxiety

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.460
 do you ever

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.940
 lay in your

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.460
 bed at night

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.660
 and you

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.160
 just think

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.480
 of the

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.860
 absolute

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.299
 worst

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.700
 possible

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.180
 scenarios

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.480
 for your

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.819
 family

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.559
 ever do

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.799
 that

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:07.539
 I do

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:07.819
 that

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.199
 Julie and

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.500
 I talk

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.800
 about it

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.139
 sometimes

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.539
 we've got

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.340
 like these

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.740
 things with

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.099
 the girls

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.340
 that are

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.619
 like our

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:11.860
 worst

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.260
 nightmares

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.599
 that could

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.760
 ever

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.059
 happen

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.400
 to them

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.619
 and we

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.000
 lay in our

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.280
 beds

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.500
 and we're

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.900
 like have

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.079
 you ever

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.340
 thought

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:16.039
 if this

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.280
 happened

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.840
 to Ashlyn

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.260
 or if this

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.539
 happened

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:17.840
 with the

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.280
 new baby

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:19.300
 or whatever

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:20.000
 it is

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:21.380
 and we

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.840
 feel ourselves

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.480
 with anxiety

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:25.199
 so long

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.420
 as we're

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:25.679
 in this

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.139
 life we'll

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.559
 never have

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.000
 rest from

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.579
 that anxiety

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.099
 in total

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.699
 we long

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.099
 for something

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.480
 more

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.559
 we long

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:31.939
 for a night

00:34:31.939 --> 00:34:32.239
 where we can

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.739
 lay in bed

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.039
 and we're

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.539
 free from

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.179
 all anxiety

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.899
 and all worry

00:34:34.899 --> 00:34:35.659
 and all sin

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.839
 and all struggle

00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:38.559
 and we ask

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.319
 is it even

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:40.039
 possible to

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.779
 experience that

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:43.879
 which brings

00:34:43.879 --> 00:34:44.319
 us to a

00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:45.759
 final point

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:46.299
 of gospel

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.019
 application

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:49.460
 in the end

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.859
 Othniel

00:34:50.859 --> 00:34:51.799
 died

00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:54.419
 that's as far

00:34:54.419 --> 00:34:54.919
 as his help

00:34:54.919 --> 00:34:55.399
 could go

00:34:55.399 --> 00:34:57.799
 what we need

00:34:57.799 --> 00:34:58.419
 and what Israel

00:34:58.419 --> 00:34:59.139
 needed was a

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.739
 savior who

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:00.359
 can conquer

00:35:00.359 --> 00:35:00.759
 death

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:02.379
 a savior

00:35:02.379 --> 00:35:02.839
 who can

00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:03.699
 break this

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:05.000
 vicious cycle

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.400
 of self

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:06.000
 destruction

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.779
 by dealing

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.219
 with our

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.599
 sin

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:08.659
 once and

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.159
 for all

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:10.219
 and the

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.659
 good news

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.039
 is

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:12.400
 you've heard

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.859
 it over

00:35:12.859 --> 00:35:13.319
 and over

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:14.159
 the good

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.920
 news is

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:16.159
 Jesus

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:17.079
 is that

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.719
 savior

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.599
 sent from

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.000
 God

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.799
 he is

00:35:19.799 --> 00:35:20.500
 that one

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:22.659
 he lived

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.319
 the life

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:24.000
 that we

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.359
 were meant

00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:25.000
 to live

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.859
 he died

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:26.339
 the death

00:35:26.339 --> 00:35:26.699
 that we

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.299
 deserve to

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.579
 die

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.279
 but that

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:29.600
 only matters

00:35:29.600 --> 00:35:31.260
 because he

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:32.140
 rose from

00:35:32.140 --> 00:35:32.620
 the dead

00:35:32.620 --> 00:35:33.720
 and in

00:35:33.720 --> 00:35:34.560
 rising from

00:35:34.560 --> 00:35:34.880
 the dead

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.700
 he proves

00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:36.640
 that death

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.560
 has no claim

00:35:37.560 --> 00:35:37.900
 on him

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.740
 has no power

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.360
 over him

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.580
 it proves

00:35:40.580 --> 00:35:41.100
 that God

00:35:41.100 --> 00:35:41.700
 accepted

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:42.860
 his sacrifice

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.640
 on the cross

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:44.800
 as a sufficient

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.820
 payment and

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.320
 atonement

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:47.320
 for our

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:48.000
 sins

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:50.340
 he lives

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:52.100
 he lives

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:53.420
 peace

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.819
 that's what

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.319
 matters

00:35:55.319 --> 00:35:55.739
 here

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:57.380
 and through

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.799
 this

00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:58.279
 Jesus

00:35:58.279 --> 00:35:59.019
 God has

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.559
 provided

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.480
 eternal

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.420
 peace

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.779
 and rest

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:03.819
 as a

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.339
 gracious

00:36:04.339 --> 00:36:05.380
 gift

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.039
 from the

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.460
 hand of

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.860
 God

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:08.000
 and here's

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.380
 the best

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.819
 part of

00:36:08.819 --> 00:36:09.039
 it

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:11.199
 he invites

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.880
 all of

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.319
 us

00:36:12.319 --> 00:36:13.460
 he invites

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.139
 us all

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:15.179
 to enter

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:16.339
 this rest

00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:17.579
 by faith

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.559
 it's the

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.219
 exact

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.880
 words

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.480
 that Jesus

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.059
 used

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.519
 in Matthew

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.000
 11

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:23.679
 come to

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.059
 me

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:25.239
 all

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:26.079
 who labor

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.960
 and are

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.900
 heavy laden

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:29.000
 and I

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.679
 will give

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.299
 you

00:36:30.299 --> 00:36:31.619
 rest

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:33.980
 do you

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.339
 labor

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:35.940
 of course

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.460
 you do

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.880
 do you

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.420
 struggle

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:40.039
 yes

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.859
 are you

00:36:40.859 --> 00:36:41.319
 looking for

00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:41.699
 meaning

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.359
 and purpose

00:36:42.359 --> 00:36:43.319
 and something

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:44.139
 good that

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.619
 might actually

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.199
 come out of

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:45.779
 this pathetic

00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:46.440
 life that we

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.699
 live

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.619
 yes we're

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.059
 looking for

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.519
 all of those

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:48.759
 things

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.500
 we're striving

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.219
 for all of

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:50.639
 those things

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.059
 and Jesus

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.460
 has just

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.880
 come to

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.159
 me

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.679
 and I

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:53.099
 will give

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.359
 it

00:36:53.359 --> 00:36:55.639
 take my

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.279
 yoke upon

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:56.559
 you

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.480
 and learn

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:58.259
 from me

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:59.199
 for I am

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.819
 gentle

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.539
 and lowly

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.039
 in heart

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.840
 and listen

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:02.079
 to what

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.619
 he says

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.719
 and you

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:04.259
 will find

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.759
 rest

00:37:04.759 --> 00:37:05.519
 for your

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:05.940
 what

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:08.019
 soul

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:10.719
 Jesus

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:11.279
 doesn't

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:11.599
 offer

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.300
 rest

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:13.440
 for your

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.079
 land

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:16.279
 Jesus

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:16.880
 doesn't

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.300
 offer

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:18.159
 rest

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:19.179
 necessarily

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:20.279
 for your

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.619
 family

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:22.159
 or for

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.800
 your country

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:24.880
 or necessarily

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.460
 for your

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:25.880
 church

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:28.099
 it's rest

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.900
 for your

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.519
 soul

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.119
 it's a

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.880
 transcendent

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.460
 rest

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.059
 it goes

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.619
 far

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.480
 deeper

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:34.559
 and far

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.119
 longer

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:36.780
 than

00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:37.460
 what we

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:37.940
 hope for

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.340
 now

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:40.720
 and he

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.360
 invites us

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:41.800
 to it

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.559
 he just

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.880
 says if

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.220
 you'll just

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:43.599
 come to

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:43.840
 me

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:45.079
 I will

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.380
 give it

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:45.840
 to you

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:48.300
 salvation

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.980
 is a

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.360
 gift of

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.680
 God's

00:37:49.680 --> 00:37:50.099
 grace

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.360
 through

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:50.720
 Jesus

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:52.400
 and he

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:53.059
 is pleased

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.940
 to offer

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.320
 it to

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.619
 you

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:56.440
 but here's

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:56.680
 the thing

00:37:56.680 --> 00:37:56.960
 I want to

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.680
 emphasize this

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:58.160
 morning before

00:37:58.160 --> 00:37:58.720
 we finish

00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:00.299
 and I

00:38:00.299 --> 00:38:00.659
 know you've

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.079
 heard it

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.279
 and I'm

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:01.759
 not ignorant

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.119
 to the

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.819
 fact that

00:38:02.819 --> 00:38:05.219
 probably every

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.879
 person that's

00:38:05.879 --> 00:38:06.219
 here this

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.599
 morning I

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:06.839
 know it's

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.199
 just a few

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.599
 of us but

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:08.199
 probably every

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:09.239
 person here

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:10.619
 has made

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.079
 some kind of

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.759
 profession of

00:38:11.759 --> 00:38:12.119
 faith in

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.519
 Christ I'm

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.939
 not ignorant

00:38:12.939 --> 00:38:13.439
 of that but

00:38:13.439 --> 00:38:13.699
 I want to

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.000
 make the

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.239
 point

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:14.919
 anyways

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:17.280
 the good

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.680
 thing about

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:19.440
 this is

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:19.820
 that he's

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.340
 pleased to

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.820
 offer it

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:21.280
 to you

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:22.539
 now

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:24.860
 now

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:26.260
 that's the

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:26.539
 thing

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:29.700
 sometimes we

00:38:29.700 --> 00:38:30.019
 get this

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.639
 idea that

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:31.000
 we have

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.260
 to we

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:32.480
 have to

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:32.800
 hear this

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.240
 like voice

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:33.760
 from heaven

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:35.599
 that something

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:36.440
 magical has

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:37.159
 to happen in

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.820
 our lives to

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.300
 where suddenly

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:39.159
 we feel

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:40.039
 like like

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.320
 Christians

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:40.780
 let me tell

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:41.440
 you most

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:41.820
 days I

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.260
 don't feel

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:42.920
 much like a

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.380
 Christian at

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.780
 least in the

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:44.180
 way that we

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.919
 romanticize

00:38:44.919 --> 00:38:45.359
 that feeling

00:38:45.359 --> 00:38:48.480
 let me tell

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:48.719
 you I

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.940
 don't know

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.799
 what you

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:51.299
 understand about

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:51.859
 the gospel

00:38:51.859 --> 00:38:52.559
 what you

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.239
 understand about

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:54.079
 theology

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:56.719
 there's nothing

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:57.279
 you have to

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:57.719
 wait on

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:59.859
 you don't have

00:38:59.859 --> 00:39:00.399
 to wait on

00:39:00.399 --> 00:39:00.980
 some kind of

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.839
 like supernatural

00:39:01.839 --> 00:39:03.099
 voice that

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:03.799
 just opens the

00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:04.219
 clouds and

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:04.679
 says okay

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.599
 now's the

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.139
 time now

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.679
 you're allowed

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.199
 to come to

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:08.940
 me the

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.419
 call has

00:39:09.419 --> 00:39:09.839
 already been

00:39:09.839 --> 00:39:10.259
 issued

00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:11.659
 it's here

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:13.859
 Jesus said

00:39:13.859 --> 00:39:14.139
 it

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:15.940
 sometimes we

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.559
 get confused

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:16.980
 about how

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.440
 conversion

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.000
 happens

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:19.319
 conversion

00:39:19.319 --> 00:39:19.639
 we're not

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.259
 waiting for

00:39:20.259 --> 00:39:20.960
 something weird

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.419
 to happen

00:39:21.419 --> 00:39:21.719
 in our

00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:22.039
 lives

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:23.000
 conversion

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:24.079
 is come

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.559
 to me

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.460
 and I'll

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:25.699
 give you

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:26.079
 rest

00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:27.419
 conversion

00:39:27.419 --> 00:39:29.379
 is if

00:39:29.379 --> 00:39:29.759
 you will

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:30.399
 confess with

00:39:30.399 --> 00:39:30.759
 your mouth

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:31.239
 that Jesus

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:31.719
 is Lord

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:32.159
 and believe

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.379
 in your

00:39:32.379 --> 00:39:32.759
 heart that

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:33.219
 God raised

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:33.440
 him from

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:33.839
 the dead

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:34.460
 you'll be

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:34.859
 saved

00:39:34.859 --> 00:39:36.719
 conversion

00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:37.379
 is believe

00:39:37.379 --> 00:39:38.039
 on the name

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.500
 of the Lord

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.299
 Jesus and

00:39:39.299 --> 00:39:40.519
 you shall

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:42.179
 be saved

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:43.039
 God offers

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.719
 this rest

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.219
 and he

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.719
 offers it

00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:45.119
 to all

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:45.440
 who will

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:45.799
 come to

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:46.079
 him

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.819
 and all

00:39:46.819 --> 00:39:47.119
 that's

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.440
 waiting

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.759
 is for

00:39:47.759 --> 00:39:48.059
 you to

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.440
 actually

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:48.940
 come

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:50.500
 just

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.460
 receive it

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:53.379
 the price

00:39:53.379 --> 00:39:53.719
 has been

00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:54.199
 paid

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:56.099
 it's there

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:57.859
 he says

00:39:57.859 --> 00:39:58.259
 come

00:39:58.259 --> 00:40:00.299
 all that

00:40:00.299 --> 00:40:00.940
 remains for

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:02.059
 you to

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:02.480
 do

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.699
 is to

00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:04.059
 come

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:05.759
 turn

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:08.580
 start

00:40:08.580 --> 00:40:09.060
 trusting

00:40:09.060 --> 00:40:09.620
 Jesus

00:40:09.620 --> 00:40:10.380
 as the

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.620
 Lord

00:40:10.620 --> 00:40:11.260
 and Savior

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:13.300
 what do

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:13.580
 we learn

00:40:13.580 --> 00:40:13.880
 from the

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.200
 off-mail

00:40:14.200 --> 00:40:14.620
 cycle

00:40:14.620 --> 00:40:15.760
 well

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.600
 we learn

00:40:16.600 --> 00:40:16.880
 about

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:17.220
 a lot

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:17.420
 about

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:17.580
 who

00:40:17.580 --> 00:40:17.860
 God

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:18.180
 is

00:40:18.180 --> 00:40:19.860
 we learn

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.060
 he's

00:40:20.060 --> 00:40:20.340
 holy

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:21.680
 and that

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:21.860
 we're

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.120
 not

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:24.520
 we learn

00:40:24.520 --> 00:40:25.200
 that he

00:40:25.200 --> 00:40:25.820
 does have

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.160
 anger

00:40:26.160 --> 00:40:26.560
 it's a

00:40:26.560 --> 00:40:26.800
 righteous

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.180
 anger

00:40:27.180 --> 00:40:28.080
 but it's

00:40:28.080 --> 00:40:28.400
 anger

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:29.200
 and out

00:40:29.200 --> 00:40:29.400
 of that

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:29.620
 anger

00:40:29.620 --> 00:40:29.900
 comes

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.280
 judgment

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:31.800
 but out

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:32.020
 of the

00:40:32.020 --> 00:40:32.220
 same

00:40:32.220 --> 00:40:32.480
 God

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:32.640
 that

00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:32.900
 comes

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:33.340
 wrath

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:35.320
 comes

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:35.740
 salvation

00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:38.259
 a gift

00:40:38.259 --> 00:40:38.819
 of grace

00:40:38.819 --> 00:40:39.399
 of eternal

00:40:39.399 --> 00:40:39.799
 rest

00:40:39.799 --> 00:40:40.159
 that we

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:40.539
 can't even

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:41.000
 imagine

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.379
 now

00:40:41.379 --> 00:40:42.759
 and he

00:40:42.759 --> 00:40:43.379
 offers it

00:40:43.379 --> 00:40:44.459
 to all

00:40:44.459 --> 00:40:44.879
 of us

00:40:44.879 --> 00:40:45.399
 out of

00:40:45.399 --> 00:40:45.879
 his own

00:40:45.879 --> 00:40:46.759
 love

00:40:46.759 --> 00:40:48.039
 so why

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.539
 not take

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:48.759
 it

00:40:48.759 --> 00:40:49.819
 that's

00:40:49.819 --> 00:40:50.039
 enough

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.339
 for us

00:40:50.339 --> 00:40:50.779
 to rejoice

00:40:50.779 --> 00:40:51.219
 in today

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:51.699
 isn't it